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Birth
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. -
First Poem Published
Emily was a reserved person her whole entire life especially with her poems, but a friend by the name of Hellen Hunt pushed her to publish her one of her many poems, named "Success is Counted Sweet." -
Father's Death
Edward Dickinson died from a stroke at the age of 71. Emily and her father were very close. Scholars say that Emily was Edward's favorite daughter. After his death, Emily became less interactive with the world around her and more confined to her room or the garden. -
Mother's Death
Emily and her mother, Emily Norcross Dickinson, were not two peas in a pod, but due to her mothers paralytic stroke, she became paralyzed, leaving Emily to care for her with her sister Lavinia. The after math of Norcross' stroke made her repeatedly ill and eventually died from illness. Scholars question whether or not Emily would have written all 1,775 poems if she did not stay isolated caring for her mother. -
Nephew's Death
Emily's nephew, Thomas Gilbert Dickinson child of Austin Dickinson was a witty and brilliant kid stated by Emily's letters. She enjoyed his company and charming manipulation. After his death at the age of eight by typhoid fever, Emily began to dig deeper into her depression. -
Death of First Love
Emily's first announced love was, Judge Otis Phillips Lord. Otis was a close friend of Emily's father. In her letters, she speaks of how after her father's death Otis steps in to help the family with business matters and eventually grow an interest for each other after Otis' wife passes. Later on, Otis dies of unknown causes leaving Emily with a sore heart. -
A Best Friend's Death
Emily Dickinson met her best friend Hellen Hunt through an editor by the name of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Hellen was one of the few who believed in Emily's talent of poetry and continued to nag her about publishing her work. A quote from Hellen states, "It is cruel and wrong to your 'day and generation' that you will not give them light ... I do not think we have a right to withhold from the world a word or a thought any more than a deed, which might help a single soul." -
Emily Dickinson's Death
During Emily's life, she was never rewarded for her great poetry considering she never published much, but after her death, her sister found around 1800 letters of poetry that never touch another eye besides Emily's. All of the death in her life brought her to a tragic end stated by Emily "The crisis of the sorrow of so many years is all that tires me." -
Emily's Fist Volume
Four years after Lavinia's finding of her deceased sister's poems; she took it upon herself to try and publish her sister's work. With the result of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, published by Mabel Looms Todd and T.W Higginson.
