Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Summer home Home Wadsworth Hall Hiram
Wadsworth-Longfellow House Portland, ME
1807/02/27 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is born in Portland, Maine. Portland, ME Maine Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Birthday
1815/00/00 Henry spends summers on his grandfather's farm fishing in Indian Camp Brook and the Curtis River (Stroudwater River). Visitor Stephen Longfellow House Gorham, ME
1825/00/00 Graduates from Bowdoin College, enrolled in 1821 Graduate Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin College Brunswick
1829/09/02 Henry Longfellow becomes Professor of Modern Languages and College Librarian at Bowdoin College, 1829 to 1835 Professor Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin College Brunswick
1833/00/00 Allen and Ticknor publish "Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique" by Jorge Manrique, translated from the Spanish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Translator Old Corner Bookstore Boston
1837/00/00 Spring 1837, Henry Longfellow begins renting rooms from widow Elizabeth Craigie. Home Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Cambridge, MA
1842/00/00 "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is published in "Ballads and Other Poems" Poet The Wreck of the Hesperus
1843/07/13 Fanny Appleton marries Henry W Longfellow in the second floor drawing room of 39 Beacon St. Groom Nathan Appleton Residence Boston Marriage of Fanny Appleton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1846/00/00 William D Ticknor and Company acquire all of Longfellow's works from John Owen in 1846 and issued them in a variety of editions and bindings. Author Old Corner Bookstore Boston
1847/00/00 William D Ticknor and Company publishes "The Estray" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author Old Corner Bookstore Boston
1848/00/00 William D Ticknor and Company publishes "Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author Old Corner Bookstore Boston
1848/00/00 William D Ticknor and Company, Boston, publishes "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author Old Corner Bookstore Boston
1853/06/14 Longfellow host a farewell dinner party for Nathaniel Hawthorne. Host Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Cambridge, MA Nathaniel Hawthorne Farewell Dinner Party
1861/01/00 The Atlantic Monthly publishes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Paul Revere's Ride. Author Paul Revere's Ride (poem) Old Corner Bookstore Boston The Midnight Ride
1862/10/00 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visits the Howe Tavern. Inspired by the Inn's atmosphere and pastoral landscape, he will write a series of poems focused on a group of fictitious characters that regularly gathered at the old Sudbury tavern. Visitor Tales of a Wayside Inn (book) Longfellow's Wayside Inn Sudbury, MA
1863/00/00 "The Cumberland" is included in "Tales of a Wayside Inn". Author The Cumberland
1863/00/00 "The Theologian's Tale" is included in "Tales of a Wayside Inn". Author Torquemada
1863/00/00 "The Falcon of Ser Federigo" is included in "Tales of a Wayside Inn". Author The Falcon of Ser Federigo
1863/05/28 Saw the first black Regiment, or Regiment of Blacks march through Beacon St! An imposing sight, with something wild and strange about it, like a dream. At last the North consents to let the Negro fight for his freedom. - HWL Life Nathan Appleton Residence Boston Establishment of the Shaw Memorial
1863/11/00 Stereotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow and Co, "Tales of a Wayside Inn" is published by Ticknor and Fields. Author Tales of a Wayside Inn (book)
1863/12/25 Henry W Longfellow writes "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day". The poem will later became the lyrics for a Christmas Carol of the same name. Poet Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Cambridge, MA
1864/05/23 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow serves as a pallbearer at Nathaniel Hawthorne's funeral in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord. Mourner Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord, MA Death of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1865/02/00 "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is published in Our Young Folks, a juvenile magazine published by Ticknor and Fields. Author I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (poem)
1866/00/00 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow buys a cottage as a gift and residence for his friend, Professor George Washington Greene. Benefactor Windmill Cottage East Greenwich, RI
1866/07/01 HWL writes a friend: I have left the little girls in Portland, where I passed a day or two with them and among other things had a sail down Casco bay through the wooded islands and wished you were there. Visitor Portland, ME Maine Great Portland Fire of 1866
1866/07/23 After visiting Portland, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes to a friend, "I have been in Portland since the fire. Desolation! Desolation! Desolation! It reminds me of Pompeii, the sepult city." He will donate $200 dollars to the sufferers. Visitor Portland, ME Maine Great Portland Fire of 1866
1867/11/20 Henry W Longfellow visits Charles Dickens at the Parker House. "Perfectly white in hair and beard, but a remarkably handsome and notable-looking man." - CD Dinner Guest Dickens' Door and Mirror at the Parker House Parker House Boston Charles Dickens' 1867 Tour of America
1867/11/21 Henry W Longfellow, Ralph W Emerson, Oliver W Holmes and Louis Agassiz dine with Charles Dickens. Dinner Guest Charles Dickens' 1867 Tour of America
1870/00/00 Henry W Longfellow buys the windmill and has it moved and then attached at the south-west corner of the house. The house is enlarged with a south-eastern kitchen ell. Benefactor Windmill Cottage East Greenwich, RI
1871/00/00 "The Poet's Tale, Lady Wentworth" is written circa 1871. Author The Poet's Tale, Lady Wentworth
1871/00/00 Henry W Longfellow tours the Wentworth-Coolidge house, which he describes in his poem, Lady Wentworth Visitor The Poet's Tale, Lady Wentworth Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Portsmouth, NH Marriage of Martha Hilton and Benning Wentworth
1876/07/00 As copper is removed from the roof of Old South Meetinghouse, a group of 20 Boston women organize to buy the building and enlist Ralph W Emerson, Julia W Howe, Henry W Longfellow, Louisa M Alcott and Wendell Phillips to rally people to pledge funds. Benefactor Old South Meetinghouse Boston
1880/04/18 Longfellow writes to Greene from Cambridge, "I have written several poems of late, one of which, 'The Windmill', I send you." Its first stanza runs: Behold a giant am I, Aloft here in my tower, With my granite jaws I devour, foundation fair Poet Windmill Cottage East Greenwich, RI
1888/09/29 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument unvieled Memorial Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument Portland, ME

8 Creative Works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
The Wreck of the Hesperus Poet Poem 1842/00/00
  • 80 or So Notable Poems to Read for a Life List
Paul Revere's Ride (poem) Author Poem 1861/01/00
  • 80 or So Notable Poems to Read for a Life List
The Cumberland Author Poem 1863/00/00
Torquemada Author Poem 1863/00/00
The Falcon of Ser Federigo Author Poem 1863/00/00
Tales of a Wayside Inn (book) Author Poems 1863/11/00
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (poem) Author 1865/02/00
  • 80 or So Notable Poems to Read for a Life List
The Poet's Tale, Lady Wentworth Author Poem 1871/00/00

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