October 21, 1772
Samuel Taylor Coleridge is born in Devonshire
1791
Enters Jesus College at Cambridge
July 28, 1794
First poems appear in the Morning Chronicle
March 1, 1796
Publishes The Watchman (an anti-government periodical (production ceases on May 13, 1796))
April 16, 1796
Publishes Poems on Various Subjects
August 1797
Drafts Kubla Kahn
September 18, 1798
Publishes Lyrical Ballads (anonymously with William Wordsworth) and Fears in Solitude
June 1802
Publishes Poems
October 4, 1802
Publishes Dejection: An Ode
May 25, 1816
Publishes Christabel, Pains of Sleep, Kubla Kahn and republishes The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
July 1817
Publishes Biographia Literaria and Sibylline Leaves
May 1825
Publishes Aids to Reflection
June 1828
Publishes Poetical Works (3 volumes)
July 25, 1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge dies at the age of 61
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