| Timeline |
| 1608 |
Born in London |
| 1620 |
(date approx.) Enters St Paul's School |
| 1625 |
Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge |
| 1629 |
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity composed |
| 1632 |
On Shakespeare published, takes M. A. cum laude at Cambridge, returns to family homes at Hammersmith |
| 1637 |
Comus published, mother dies |
| 1638 |
Lycidas published, begins tour of Western Europe |
| 1639 |
Settles in London, opens a private academy |
| 1641 |
Of Reformation, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and Animadversions published |
| 1642 |
The Reason for Church Government published, marries Mary Powell (she leaves him a month later) |
| 1643 |
Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce published |
| 1644 |
Of Education, The Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce, and Areopagitica published |
| 1645 |
Tetrachordon, Colasterion, and Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin...1645 published; Mary Powell returns |
| 1646 |
Daughter Anne born |
| 1647 |
Father dies |
| 1648 |
Daughter Mary born |
| 1649 |
Tenure of Kings and Magistrates , Observations on the Articles of Peace and Eikonoklastes, published |
| 1651 |
Defensio pro populo Anglicano published, moves to new home in Westminster, son John born |
| 1652 |
Stricken blind, daughter Deborah born, wife Mary dies |
| 1654 |
Defensio Secunda published |
| 1656 |
Marries Katherine Woodcock |
| 1657 |
Daughter Katherine born |
| 1658 |
Wife and daughter Katherine both die |
| 1659 |
A Treatise of Civil Power, Ready and Easy Way To Establish a Free Commonwealth and The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church published; arrested and imprisoned in October, released in December |
| 1663 |
Marries Elizabeth Minshull |
| 1667 |
Paradise Lost published |
| 1669 |
Accidence Commenced Grammar published |
| 1670 |
History of Britain published |
| 1671 |
Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agonistes published |
| 1672 |
Art of Logic published |
| 1673 |
Of True Religion and Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions ...1675 published |
| 1674 |
Epistolae Familiares, dies 8 November |
