Born, August 6, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire.
Goes to Louth Grammar School, 1816.
Publishes, along with his brother Charles, _Poems by Two Brothers_, 1827.
Goes to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1828.
Forms friendship with Arthur Henry Hallam, 1828.
Wins Vice-Chancellor's Gold Medal for his poem _Timbuctoo_, 1829.
Publishes _Poems, Chiefly Lyrical_, 1830.
Makes an expedition to the Pyrenees with Arthur Henry Hallam, 1830.
Leaves Cambridge, owing to the illness of his father, 1831.
Visits the Rhine with Arthur Henry Hallam, 1832.
Publishes _Poems by Alfred Tennyson_, 1832.
Arthur Henry Hallam dies, 1833.
Removes from Somersby to High Beech in Epping Forest, 1837.
Publishes _Poems_ in two volumes, 1842.
Granted a pension of 200 pounds from the Civil List, 1845.
Publishes _The Princess_, 1847.
Publishes _In Memoriam_, 1850.
Appointed Poet Laureate, 1850.
Marries Miss Emily Selwood, 1850.
Tours southern Europe with his wife, 1851.
Hallam Tennyson born, 1852.
Writes _Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington_, 1852.
Takes up his residence at Farringford in the Isle of Wight, 1853.
Lionel Tennyson born, 1854.
Writes _The Charge of the Light Brigade_, 1855.
The University of Oxford confers on him the degree of D.C.L., 1855.
Publishes _Maud and Other Poems_, 1855.
Purchases Farringford, 1856.
Publishes _Idylls of the King_, 1859.
Writes his _Welcome to Alexandra_, 1863.
Publishes _Enoch Arden_, 1864; _The Holy Grail_, 1869.
His mother dies, 1865.
Purchases land at Haslemere, Surrey, 1868, and begins erection of
Aldworth.
Publishes _Queen Mary_, 1875; the drama successfully performed by Henry
Irving, 1876.
Publishes _Harold_, 1876.
His drama _The Falcon_ produced, 1869.
Seeks better health by a tour on the Continent with his son Hallam, 1880.
Publishes _Ballads and Other Poems_, 1880.
His drama _The Cup_ successfully performed, 1881.
His drama _The Promise of May_ proves a failure, 1882.
Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Farringford, 1884.
Publishes _Becket_, 1884.
His son Lionel dies, 1885.
Publishes _Tiresias and Other Poems_, 1885. This volume contains _Balin
and Balan_, thus completing his _Idylls of the King_.
Publishes _Demeter and Other Poems_, 1889.
Dies at Aldworth, October 6, 1892, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
The _Death of Oenone_ is published, 1892.