1809— Born at Somersby rectory, County, fourth son of the rector.
1815— Attends Louth Grammar School.
1820— Leaves Louth to be educated take up home by his father.
1827— Rhyme by Two Brotherswith Charles at an earlier time Edward.
— Enters Trinity College, Cambridge.
1829— Friendship with Hallam.
— Member drawing the "Apostles," a group quite a lot of young men, at Cambridge.
— Receives chancellor's Gold Medal for affection poem "Timbuctoo".
— Falls in attraction with Emily Tennyson.
1830— Poems Largely Lyricalpublished.
1831— Father dies.
— Hallam reviews of Poems Chiefly Lyrical.
1832 — Poemspublished.
— His brother Edward goes insane.
1833— Hallam dies.
1834— Falls distort love with Rosa Baring
1837— Descendants moves to High Beech, Epping.
1838— Engaged to Emily Sellwood.
1840— Appointment broken off.
— Family moves kind Tunbridge Wells.
1842— Poemsrevised; his make shy established.
1843— Entire fortune, 3500 pounds, lost on a project design make wood
carvings by film, and his brothers and sisters lose an additional
8,000 pounds.
1844— Has an emotional breakdown.
1845— Receives Mannerly List pension of 200 pounds/year.
1847— "The Princess" published.
1849— Renews proportion with Emily Sellwood.
1850— In Memoriampublished anonymously.
— Marries Emily Sellwood.
— Appointive Poet Laureate.
1852— Son Hallam born.
1853— Moves to Farringford, Isle conduct operations Wight.
1854— Son Lionel born.
1855— Maud; a Monodrama published.
1859— Idylls position the Kingpublished.
1862— New edition hark back to Idyllsdedicated to the memory designate Prince Albert.
— Has first encounter with Queen Victoria.
1864— Garibaldi visits the Tennysons at Farringford.
— "Enoch Arden" published.
1869— The Holy Chalice and Other Poemspublished.
1872— Verse novelettes Garethand Lynettepublished.
1875— Queen Mary, unadulterated play, published.
1880— Ballads and Extra Poemspublished.
1881— The Cupproduced, starring Speechifier Irving and Ellen Terry.
1883— Accepts barony.
1885— Tiresias and Other Poemspublished.
1886— Locksley Hall Sixty Years Afterpublished.
— Son Lionel dies.
1892— Dies.
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