| 1865 ~ William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland 1868 ~ Family moves to London 1874 ~ Yeats begins to attend the Godolphin School 1880 ~ Family returns to Howth, Ireland 1881 ~ Yeats starts to attend Erasmus High School 1882 ~ Yeats writes earliest poetry 1883 ~ Family moves to Dublin, Ireland 1884 ~ Yeats starts to attend the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin 1885 ~ Two pomes attear in the Dublin University Review (first published) ~ Meets AE 1886 ~ Yeats leaves the Metropolitan School of Art ~ Mosada published in Dublin 1887 ~ Family moves to England ~ 'The Madness of King Goll' appears in The Leisure Hour (first published work in England) 1888 ~ Yeats completes The Wanderings of Oisin at his uncles house, Sligo, Ireland 1889 ~ The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems published ~ Yeats meets Maude Gonne 1890 ~ Yeats joins the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 1891 ~ Yeats founds the Irish Literary Society (London) ~ Proposes to Maude Gonne, but turned down ~ Writes The Countess Cathleen 1892 ~ Yeats gounds the Irish Literary Society (Dublin) ~ The Countess Cathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics published 1894 ~ The Land of Heart's Desire produced in London 1896 ~ Yeats meets Lady Gregory 1899 ~ First plays produced by the Irish Literary Theatre, The Countess Cathleen and Edward Martyn's The Heather Field preformed at the Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin ~ The Wind among the Reeds published 1902 ~ Cathleen in Houlihan produced in Dublin ~ Yeats becomes president of the Irish National Theatre 1903 ~ In the Seven Woods (poems), Baile an Aillin (narrative poem), and Ideas of Good and Evil (essays) published 1904 ~ Abbey Theatre built in Dublin, opening with Yeats' On Baile's Strand 1905 ~ The Shadowy Waters produced in London 1907 ~ Yeats visits Italy for the first time 1910 ~ Yeats granted a civil pension ~ The Green Hamlet and Other Poems published 1911 ~ Yeats meets George Hyde-Lees, his future wife 1914 ~ Responsibilities published 1916 ~ Easter Rebellion (rising of Irish Republicans) 1917 ~ Yeats marries George Hyde-Lees in London 1918 ~ Per America Silentia published ~ Yeats' move to Dublin 1919 ~ Daughter, Anne, is born ~ Yeats begins lecture tour in the United States ~ The Wild Swans at Coole published 1920 ~ Tour ends and Yeats returns to England 1921 ~ Son, Michael, is born ~ Irish Free State established ~ Michael Robertes and the Dancer published 1922 ~ Irish Civil War ~ Yeats' move to Dublin 1923 ~ Yeats takes a seat in the Senate ~ Yeats win the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature 1925 ~ A Vision published 1928 ~ The Tower published ~ Yeats declines from running again for Senate due to failing health 1931 ~ Yeats receives honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Oxford University 1932 ~ Helps found the Irish Academy of Letters ~ Begins another lecture tour in America 1933 ~ The Winding Stair and Other Poems published ~ Yeats' live in Dublin 1935 ~ From 'A Full Moon in March' published 1936 ~ Yeats fall seriously ill ~ The Oxford Modern Verse published ~ Earliest poems for Last Poems written ~ Broadcasts a lecture on poetry on the B.B.C. 1937 ~ Yeats does four more B.B.C. broadcasts 1939 ~ Yeats dies on January 28, in Cap Martin and is buried at Roquebrune 1948 ~ Yeats' body brought to Ireland and re-interred at Drumcliff, County Sligo |
| Yeats' Chronology |