Robert Louis Stevenson
- From about 1873: Robert Louis
- From about 1868: Robert Louis Balfour
Scottish
Scottish author, notable for his many adventure tales. - AsNotedIn
Scottish author, notable for his many adventure tales. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1850/11/13 | Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson is born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland to lighthouse engineer and meteorologist, Thomas Stevenson, and his wife Margaret Isabella. | Born | Edinburgh | Scotland | |||
| 1879/08/30 | Robert Stevenson arrives in Monterey. He stays a few months at the French Hotel where he writes 'The Old Pacific Capital'. | Visitor | Stevenson House | Monterey | |||
| 1879/10/00 | RLS may have wandered the Spyglass area gathering ideas for his novels. He later wrote about the journey to California in The Amateur Emigrant (1895). | Visitor | Spyglass Hill Golf Course | Pebble Beach | |||
| 1881/00/00 | "Thrawn Janet" by Robert Louis Stevenson is published. | Author | Thrawn Janet (Short Story) | ||||
| 1881/10/00 | RLS's "Treasure Island" begins serial publication in the magazine 'Young Folks' as "The Sea-Cook or, Treasure Island". | Author | Treasure Island (book) | ||||
| 1882/00/00 | "A Lodging for the Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson is published. | Author | A Lodging for the Night (Short Story) | ||||
| 1884/12/00 | R L Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher" is caught in the Pall Mall Gazette's Christmas Extra. | Author | The Body Snatcher (short story) | ||||
| 1885/03/06 | "A Child's Garden of Verses" is published under the title "Penny Whistles" | Author | A Child's Garden of Verses | ||||
| 1886/01/05 | "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is published. | Author | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (book) | ||||
| 1886/05/01 | "Kidnapped" is published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. | Author | Kidnapped (book) | ||||
| 1887/10/03 | Robert Louis Stevenson arrives in Saranac Lake for treatment of what is thought to be tuberculosis. His lodgings are now known as Stevenson Cottage. | Health | Stevenson Cottage | St Armand | |||
| 1887/10/03 | Robert Louis Stevenson arrives in Saranac Lake for treatment of what is thought to be tuberculosis. His lodgings are now known as Stevenson Cottage. | Health | Stevenson Cottage | Saranac Lake | |||
| 1888/06/28 | Robert Stevenson, wife Fanny, his Mother and his maid depart San Francisco for the Marquesas Islands on CASCO. | Visitor | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||||
| 1888/07/28 | During the voyage of the CASCO, Robert Louis Stevenson lands at Hatihe'u, on the north side of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. | Visitor | Nuku Hiva | French Polynesia | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||
| 1888/08/00 | Stevenson party sail for the Tuamotu islands | Visitor | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||||
| 1888/10/00 | The CASCO arrives at Papeete, Island of Tahiti | Visitor | Tahiti | French Polynesia | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||
| 1888/10/00 | Robert Stevenson takes ill. The CASCO takes the group to Tautira island in Tahiti, where Stevenson works on "The Master of Ballantrae". | Visitor | Tahiti | French Polynesia | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||
| 1888/11/05 | While Princess Moi helps nurse Robert Stevenson back to health, he writes "To an Island Princess". | Visitor | To an Island Princess | Tahiti | French Polynesia | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | |
| 1888/12/00 | Stevenson party embarks from Tautira for Honolulu on the CASCO. | Visitor | Tahiti | French Polynesia | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||
| 1889/01/24 | The Casco arrives back in Honolulu. On the first night ashore RSL, Captain Otis and party are guest of Joe and Belle Strong for dinner at the Royal Hawaiian (Richard and Hotel Sts, razed). Over roast beef and wine, RSL provides lively yarns of the voyage. | Seafarer | Hawaii Capital Historic District | Honolulu | Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO | ||
| 1889/02/00 | Robert Louis Stevenson finishes writing "The Master of Ballantrae" during a sojourn in Waikiki. | Visitor | The Master of Ballantrae | Waikiki | |||
| 1889/05/00 | Robert Louis Stevenson visits Molakia, staying for a week at Kalaupapa. | Visitor | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | Hawaii | |||
| 1889/06/24 | RLS and family depart Honolulu on the chartered schooner EQUATOR for an excursion to the South Pacific. As King Kalakaua waves farewell, his musicians serenade the departing voyagers. | Passenger | EQUATOR (schooner) | Everett | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1889/09/00 | The EQUATOR sails through the area near Winslow Reef. | Passenger | Phoenix Islands Protected Area | Phoenix Islands | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1889/09/00 | Stevenson family and the EQUATOR visits Butaritari. | Traveler | Butaritari | Gilbert Islands | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1889/09/20 | "The Master of Ballantrae" is published by Cassell and Company, London. | Author | The Master of Ballantrae | ||||
| 1889/10/00 | The Stevenson family spend two months on Abemama Atoll. | Passenger | Abemama | Gilbert Islands | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1889/10/00 | The EQUATOR takes the Stevenson party to the coral atoll of Abaiang. | Traveler | Apaiang | Gilbert Islands | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1889/12/07 | The Equator arrives at Apia on the island of Upolo, Samoa. RLS and family stay with an American trader, H J Moors, Beach Road, Apia. | Traveler | Apia | Samoa | Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR | ||
| 1890/00/00 | Visitor | Murphys Bar and Grill | Honolulu | ||||
| 1890/01/00 | The Stevensons' purchase a home, Villa Vailima, in Samoa. | Home | |||||
| 1890/04/11 | JANET NICOLL leaves Sydney, Austrailia one day late due to a dock stike. | Passenger | Stevensons' Voyage on the JANET NICOLL | ||||
| 1890/04/18 | JANET NICOLL makes a port-o-call at Aukland, New Zealand. | Passenger | Stevensons' Voyage on the JANET NICOLL | ||||
| 1890/06/00 | Mr and Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson visit Swains Island. | Passenger | Swains Island | American Samoa | Stevensons' Voyage on the JANET NICOLL | ||
| 1890/07/00 | Stevensons stop at Abemama Atoll. | Passenger | Abemama | Gilbert Islands | Stevensons' Voyage on the JANET NICOLL | ||
| 1891/00/00 | "The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson is published. | Author | The Bottle Imp (Short Story) | ||||
| 1894/11/29 | US Consul, James Mulligan, goes to great pains to secure a turkey and host Robert L Stevenson and his wife on Thanksgiving Day. | Guest | Samoa | Turkey | |||
| 1894/12/03 | Robert Louis Stevenson, talking to his wife and straining to open a bottle of wine, suddenly exclaimes, "What's that!" asking his wife "Does my face look strange?" and collapses. He died within a few hours, probably of a cerebral haemorrhage. | Died | |||||
| 1896/00/00 | Songs of Travel and Other Verses, including To an Island Princess, is published | Author | To an Island Princess |
10 Creative Works by Robert Louis Stevenson »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Thrawn Janet (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1881/00/00 |
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| Treasure Island (book) | Author | Novel | 1881/10/00 |
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| A Lodging for the Night (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1882/00/00 |
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| The Body Snatcher (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1884/12/00 |
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| A Child's Garden of Verses | Author | Book | 1885/03/06 |
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| The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1886/01/05 |
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| Kidnapped (book) | Author | Book | 1886/05/01 |
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| The Master of Ballantrae | Author | Book | 1889/09/20 | |
| The Bottle Imp (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1891/00/00 |
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| To an Island Princess | Author | Poem | 1896/00/00 |
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