Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed poets of the Victorian era.

Elizabeth Barret Browning began writing poetry as a small child in Durham, England. While she was a prolific writer it was not until she after she met fellow poet and muse Robert Browning, did her career take off. She dedicated her most financially successful book Sonnets from the Portuguese to him in 1846.

• "A Man's Requirements"
• "Past and Future"
• "Only a Curl"
• "Songs from the Portuguese The First Time He Kissed Me"
• "The Cry of the Children"
• "The Lady's Yes"

• March 6, 1806: Born

• 1814: Begins writing poetry

• 1821: Prescribed opium for an illness; develops a lifelong habit.

• 1837: Family settles at 50 Wimpole Street. Elizabeth bursts a blood vessel, affecting her lungs, the first in a series of serious illnesses

• 1840: Brother, Edward, drowns in Babbacombe Bay; she writes "De Profundis", articulating her grief

• 1845: Robert Browning, visits Elizabeth at Wimpole Street and writes a declaration of love the next day

• 1846: Marries Robert Browning secretly in London; they settle happily in Florence

• 1849: Son Robert Barrett-Browning ("Pen") is born

• 1857: Her father dies, still unreconciled to Elizabeth and her marriage

• 1860: Her health declines after her Poems Before Congress is not well-received

• 1861: Dies in Florence and buried in the Protestant cemetary

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1912: The Cry of the Children

• 1915: Aurora Leigh

• 1934: The Barretts of Wimpole Street

• 1994: Drug Taking and The Arts

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