Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:Biographical Timeline with Selected Publication Dates
- February 27, 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born
- 1813 Begins attending Portland Academy
- 1820 First published poem, "The Battle of Lovell's Pond," appears in the "Portland Gazette"
- 1821 Enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. Stays in Portland for first year of studies
- 1825 Graduates from Bowdoin College
- 1826 - 1829 Travels/Studies in Europe
- 1829 - 1835 Teaches at Bowdoin College
- 1831 Marries Mary Potter
- 1835 Outre-Mer published. Longfellow returns to Europe with Mary and two of her friends. Mary dies in Rotterdam.
- 1836 Meets Frances (Fanny) Appleton. Returns to US from second tour of Europe, moves to Cambridge, MA to begin professorship at Harvard
- 1839 Voices of the Night and Hyperion published
- 1843 Marries Fanny
- 1844 - 1855 Henry and Fanny have six children: Charles, Ernest, Frances (died at age 16 months), Alice, Edith, and Anne
- 1847 Publishes Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
- 1854 Retires from teaching
- 1855 Publishes The Song of Hiawatha
- 1861 Fanny dies
- 1863 Publishes Tales of a Wayside Inn
- 1867 Publishes a translation of Dante's Divine Comedy
- 1868 Received by Queen Victoria
- 1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dies