Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1890/08/20 I was born on the 20th of August, 1890, at No 454 (then No 194) Angell Street (razed 1961), in the city of Providence. This was the home of my mother's family. My parents' actual residence at the time being in Dorchester, MA. - HPL Providence, RI Rhode Island
1896/00/00 HPL and his mother spend two weeks at her uncle James Wheaton Phillips' farm on Johnson Road (Abraham Place - J Whipple Phillips House). They will visit again in 1908. Visitor Moosup Valley Historic District Foster, RI
1904/00/00 In 1904 the death of my beloved maternal grandfather broke up the home at 454 Angell St, and caused my mother and myself to take our present smaller quarters at No 598 on the same thoroughfare. - HPL letter to Maurice Moe, 1 January 1915 Home HP Lovecraft House Providence, RI
1907/00/00 H P Lovecraft gives an illustrated astronomical lecture in the vestry of the First Baptist Meetinghouse to the Boy's Club Lecturer First Baptist Meetinghouse Providence, RI
1908/05/00 Prior to his high school graduation, H P Lovecraft suffers what he later described as a "nervous collapse" and "a sort of breakdown". Though he intended to attend Brown University after high school, he never graduated and never attended school again. Health
1919/11/00 H P Lovecraft's short story "Dagon" is published in The Vagrant. An amateur publication published and edited by W Paul Cook, The Vagrant operated from 1915 to 1927. Author Dagon (short story)
1920/00/00 H P Lovecraft's aunt, Lillian Delora Phillips Clark, works as a live-in caregiver or housekeeper at 135 Benefit Street, 1919-1920. Family Stephen Harris House Providence, RI
1922/02/00 Serialization of H P Lovecraft's novella "Herbert West-Reanimator" begins in the amateur publication Home Brew. Author Herbert West-Reanimator
1924/03/01 H P Lovecraft's short story "The Rats in the Walls" is published. Author The Rats in the Walls
1924/03/03 Sonia Haft Greene marries Howard Phillips Lovecraft at St Paul's Church, New York, NY. Groom St Paul's Chapel New York City Marriage of Sonia Greene and H P Lovecraft
1924/05/00 Harry Houdini and H P Lovecraft's short story "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" is published in Weird Tales as "Entombed with the Pharaohs". Author Imprisoned with the Pharaohs (Short Story)
1925/09/01 H P Lovecraft's short story "The Temple" is published in Weird Tales No 24. Author The Temple (Lovecraft story)
1926/04/17 H P Lovecraft moves back to Providence and lives at 10 Barnes Street north of Brown University. Life College Hill Historic District Providence, RI
1926/10/20 In a letter to Frank Belknap Long, HPL tells of his visit to Foster with his aunt Annie. HPL and Annie visit the house where his mother and his maternal grandmother were born. The topography of Foster RI is similar to the features in "The Silver Key". Visitor The Silver Key Foster, RI Rhode Island
1927/03/00 Lovecraft completes the "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". Author The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
1928/02/01 H P Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu" is published. Author The Call of Cthulhu
1930/02/24 Lovecraft begins writing "The Whisperer in Darkness". Author The Whisperer in Darkness
1931/03/22 From 24 February to 22 Mar 1931, H P Lovecraft writes the novella "At the Mountains of Madness". Author At The Mountains of Madness (book)
1931/05/00 Lovecraft visits Whitehead, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, 639 Edgewater Dr, Dunedin. Lovecraft may have helped Whitehead with Bothon, or as some believe, it was written by August Derleth based on a synopsis found among Whitehead's papers. Author Bothon Dunedin Florida
1931/08/01 "The Whisperer in Darkness" by H P Lovecraft is published in Weird Tales. Author The Whisperer in Darkness
1931/11/06 If I had any promontory specifically in mind when writing that tale, it was the headland near Gloucester called 'Mother Ann' - though that has no such relation to the city as my mysterious cliff has to Kingsport. - HPL letter to August Derleth Author The Strange High House in the Mist (short story) Eastern Point Light Station Gloucester, MA
1933/07/26 The Sargent etc house must have given you an excellent idea of a typical middle-period colonial interior.... (H P Lovecraft Letter to Miss Helen V Sully) Life Sargent House Museum Gloucester, MA
1934/05/07 R H Barlow admirably types up a neat copy of the first 201 entries in H P Lovecraft's notebook, "Commonplace Book". Author Commonplace Book (Lovecraft)
1936/02/00 "At The Mountains of Madness" is syndicated in the February, March and April issues of Astounding Stories. Author At The Mountains of Madness (book)
1936/04/01 H P Lovecraft's novella "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is published. Author The Shadow Over Innsmouth
1936/06/01 H P Lovecraft's novella "The Shadow Out of Time" is published. Author The Shadow Out of Time
1937/03/15 Howard Phillips Lovecraft dies of cancer of the small intestine. He is interned at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence. Died Swan Point Cemetery Providence, RI
1940/11/01 Zealia Bishop and H P Lovecraft's novella "The Mound" is published. Author The Mound
1941/05/00 H P Lovecraft's novel "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is serialized in Weird Tales magazine, May and July 1941. Author The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

114 Creative Works by H P Lovecraft »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
The Dark Brotherhood Author Short Story
The Watchers Out of Time Author Short Story
The Horror from the Middle Span Author Short Story
Wentworth's Day Author Short Story
The Lamp of Alhazred Author Short Story
The Shadow in the Attic Author Short Story
The Ancestor Author Short Story
The Shuttered Room Author Short Story
Four O'Clock Author Short Story 1905/04/05
The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast Author Short Story 1905/04/16
The Slaying of the Monster Author Short Story 1905/04/16
The Sorcery of Aphlar Author Short Story 1905/04/17
The Descendant Author Short Story 1905/04/21
History of the Necronomicon Author Short Story 1905/04/21
The Book Author Short Story 1905/04/21
Sweet Ermengarde Author Short Story 1905/04/26
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath Author Novel 1905/04/26
The Transition of Juan Romero Author Short Story 1905/04/27
Satan's Servants Author Short Story 1905/05/02
Old Bugs Author Short Story 1905/05/12
The Alchemist Author Short Story 1916/11/00
A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson Author Short Story 1917/09/01
The Beast in the Cave Author Short Story 1918/06/00
Beyond the Wall of Sleep Author Short Story 1919/10/01
Dagon (short story) Author Short Story 1919/11/00
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The White Ship Author Short Story 1919/11/01
The Statement of Randolph Carter Author Short Story 1920/05/01
The Doom that Came to Sarnath Author Short Story 1920/06/01
Poetry and the Gods Author Short Story 1920/09/01
The Cats of Ulthar Author Short Story 1920/11/01
Nyarlathotep Author Short Story 1920/11/01
Polaris (short story) Author Short Story 1920/12/01
The Street Author Short Story 1920/12/01
The Picture in the House Author Short Story 1921/00/00
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family Author Short Story 1921/03/00
Ex Oblivione Author Short Story 1921/03/01
The Crawling Chaos Author Short Story 1921/04/01
The Terrible Old Man (short story) Author Short Story 1921/07/00
The Tree Author Short Story 1921/10/01
The Nameless City Author Short Story 1921/11/01
Herbert West-Reanimator Author Novel 1922/02/00
The Tomb Author Short Story 1922/03/01
The Music of Erich Zann Author Short Story 1922/03/01
Celephais Author Short Story 1922/05/01
The Lurking Fear Author Short Story 1923/01/00
Memory Author Short Story 1923/05/01
What the Moon Brings Author Short Story 1923/05/01
Hypnos Author Short Story 1923/05/01
The Horror at Martin's Beach Author Short Story 1923/11/01
The Hound Author Short Story 1924/02/01
The Rats in the Walls Author Short Story 1924/03/01
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs (Short Story) Author Short Story 1924/05/00
The Shunned House (short story) Author Short Story 1924/10/19
The Festival Author Short Story 1925/01/01
The Unnamable Author Short Story 1925/07/01
The Temple (Lovecraft story) Author Short Story 1925/09/01
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In the Vault Author Short Story 1925/11/01
Hallowe'en in a Suburb Author Poem 1926/03/00
The Outsider Author Short Story 1926/04/01
The Moon-Bog Author Short Story 1926/06/01
He Author Short Story 1926/09/01
Pickman's Model (short story) Author Short Story 1926/09/01
The Green Meadow Author Short Story 1927/00/00
The Horror at Red Hook Author Short Story 1927/01/01
Two Black Bottles Author Short Story 1927/08/01
The Colour Out of Space Author Short Story 1927/09/01
The Call of Cthulhu Author Short Story 1928/02/01
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Cool Air Author Short Story 1928/03/00
The Last Test Author Short Story 1928/11/01
The Silver Key Author Short Story 1929/01/01
The Dunwich Horror Author Short Story 1929/04/01
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The Curse of Yig Author Short Story 1929/11/01
The Electric Executioner Author Short Story 1930/08/01
The Whisperer in Darkness Author Mezzobula 1931/08/01
The Strange High House in the Mist (short story) Author Short Story 1931/10/01
The Trap (story story) Author Short Story 1932/03/01
The Man of Stone Author Short Story 1932/10/01
The Dreams in the Witch House Author Short Story 1933/07/01
The Horror in the Museum Author Short Story 1933/07/01
The Other Gods Author Short Story 1933/11/01
Winged Death Author Short Story 1934/03/01
Commonplace Book (Lovecraft) Author Notes 1934/05/07
The Battle that Ended the Century Author Short Story 1934/06/01
From Beyond Author Short Story 1934/06/01
Through the Gates of the Silver Key Author Short Story 1934/07/01
Till A'the Seas Author Short Story 1935/00/00
Out of the Aeons Author Short Story 1935/04/01
The Quest of Iranon Author Short Story 1935/07/07
The Challenge from Beyond Author Short Story 1935/09/01
At The Mountains of Madness (book) Author Book 1936/02/00
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth Author Novel 1936/04/01
The Shadow Out of Time Author Novel 1936/06/01
The Haunter of the Dark Author Short Story 1936/12/01
The Disinterment Author Short Story 1937/01/01
The Thing on the Doorstep Author Short Story 1937/01/01
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The Horror in the Burying-Ground Author Short Story 1937/05/01
Collapsing Cosmoses (Lovecraft) Author Written Fragment 1938/00/00
Ibid Author Short Story 1938/01/01
The Diary of Alonzo Typer Author Short Story 1938/02/01
Azathoth (story fragment) Author Written Fragment 1938/06/01
The Night Ocean Author Short Story 1939/00/00
Medusa's Coil Author Short Story 1939/01/01
The Evil Clergyman Author Short Story 1939/04/01
In the Walls of Eryx Author Short Story 1939/10/01
The Very Old Folk Author Short Story 1940/06/00
The Tree on the Hill Author Short Story 1940/09/01
The Mound Author Novel 1940/11/01
The Thing in the Moonlight Author Short Story 1941/01/00
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Author Novel 1941/05/00
The Little Glass Bottle Author Short Story 1959/00/00
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard Author Short Story 1959/00/00
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure Author Short Story 1959/00/00
The Mysterious Ship Author Short Story 1959/00/00
Witches Hollow Author Short Story 1962/00/00

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