Timeline of Robert Browning
1812----> Robert Browning born on 7th May at Camberwell.
1824----> parents of Robert Browning tries to publish his first collection of poems, Incondita. The manuscript is later destroyed.
1828----> He enters London University, but does not last the year.
1833----> Pauline published anonymously. Not a single copy is sold.
1834----> Browning travels to Russia. Applies unsuccessfully for a diplomatic post.
1835----> Paracelsus published at the expense of his father.
1837----> Stafford unsuccessfully performed at Covent Garden.
1838----> First journey to Italy.
1840----> Sordello published. General outcry at its obscurity.
1841----> Begins publishing a series of poetic pamphlets, Bells and Pomegranates, aimed at reaching a popular audience. The first comprises Pippa Passes.
1842----> Bells and Pomegranates II (King Victor and King Charles) and III (Dramatic Lyrics).
1843----> Bells and Pomegranates IV (The Return of the Druses) and V (A Blot in the Scutcheon).
1844---->Second journey to Italy, Bells and Pomegranates VI (Colombe's Birthday).
1845----> Bells and Pomegranates VII (Dramatic Romances and Lyrics) Begins correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett on 10 January. The courtship proper begins with Browning’s first visit on 20 May.
1846----> Bells and Pomegranates VIII (Luria and A Soul’s Tragedy). Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett secretly marry on 12th September. The couple leave England for Italy 19 September.
1847----> The couple settle in Florence.
1849----> First collected edition of Poems. His only child, Robert Weidemann Barrett Browning (known as ‘Pen’) born on 9th March
1850----> Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day.
1852----> The ‘Essay on Shelley’
1855----> Men and Women (in two volumes).
1857----> John Kenyon’s legacy ensures financial security for the Brownings.
1860----> Comes across the Old Yellow Book at a bookstall in Florence.
1861----> Death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (29 June), Browning leaves Florence, eventually settling in London.
1863----> The Poetical Works (3 vols.).
1864----> Dramatis Personae. His first unqualified popular and critical success. Begins work on The Ring and the Book.
1868----> The Poetical Works (4 vols.).
1868-9-> The Ring and the Book is published in four instalments (November-February). Browning’s popularity rivals Tennyson’s.
1871----> Balaustion’s Adventure; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau.
1872----> Fifine at the Fair.
1873----> Red Cotton Night-Cap Country.
1874----> Aristophanes’ Apology: The Inn Album.
1876----> Pacchiarotto and How He Worked In Distemper.
1877----> Translates The Agamemnon of Aeschylus.
1878----> La Saisiaz and The Two Poets of Croisic.
1879----> Dramatic Idyls. First Series.
1880----> Dramatic Idyls, Second Series.
1881----> The Browning Society founded.
1883----> Jocoseria.
1884----> Ferishtah's Fancies.
1887----> Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day.
1888-9-> Poetical Works (16 vols.).
1889----> Asolando, Fancies and Facts published 12th December. A copy is placed in Browning’s hands in Venice; he dies the same evening. Burial in Westminster Abbey, 31st December.
Source:
Robert Browning by Browning, Robert, 1812-1889