Emily Dickinson

  • Birth

    Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst on December 10, 1830at 5:00 a.m by Emily Norcross Dickinson and Edward Dickinson.
  • Moved

    No one knows the exact month and day but Emily moved to Pleasant street in 1840.
  • First school

    Emily Dickinson attended amherst acadamy in 1840
  • About the time she got interested in poetry

    Emily Dickinson got interested in poetry in her teen years.
  • Graduated Amherst academy

    Emily Dickinson Graduated Amherst acadamy in 1847
  • Entered Mount Holyoke female seminary

    Emily Dickinson Entered Mount Holyoke College in 1848.
    She never retured after her first year.
  • Moved back to her old house.

    Emily moved back to her on house on Main street shortly after she moved to Pleasant street, so they did not stay there for long.
  • Brother Got married

    Emily Dickinson's brother (William Austin Dickinson) got married to Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson in 1856.
  • Hired an maid that became one of Emily's closes friend.

    In 1869, Mr. Dickinson hired a maid name Maggie Maher that soon became one of maggies closest friends, and saved some of her writings from burning after she died.
  • Fathers Death

    Emily Dickinson's father (Edward Dickinson) died in 1874.
  • Mothers death

    Emily Dickinson's mother (Emily Norcross Dickinson) died in 1882.
  • Brother had an affair

    Emily Dickionson's Brother had an affair with Mabel Loomis Todd on Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson in 1882
  • Emily's death

    Emily Elizabeth Dickinson died May 15 1886.