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Birth
When he was born he was called David Henry. His birth was the start of many thngs for him. -
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Concord Academy
Concord AcademyHe went to Concord Academy and gained the level of knowledge that he need to get into harvard. -
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College
HavardHe went to Harvard University and graduated 19th in his class. He got the education that he would need to do four things but he only choose one. This is where he meets Emerson and they become friends. -
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Teaching at Concord
ConcordHe began teaching at Concord's public school but quit after two weeks because he didn't to give corporal punishments. This shows that he didn't have the heart to hurt people at all. -
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Re-opening Concord
ConcordHim and his brother John reopen the Concord Academy. They made their school more fitting to what they wanted by having disscussions and nature walks, which caused the school to be a success. -
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Boating trip to the Concord and Merrimack
Concord and MerrimackHenry and John go down to the Concord and Merrimack rivers. This is what inspired his first book. They both fell in love with the same girl, Ellen Sewall, which added competition and love into his life. -
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Working at father's pencil factory
EmersonHe begins to work at his fathe'rs pencil factory and getss to make his first lecture. All of this makes him and Emerson become closer friends. -
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Proposal/ Rejection
Ellen SewallHe proposed to Ellen Sewall, and so did his brother. After they were both were rejected he put essays and poems into the Dial, which was new Transcendetalist quarterly. -
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Close school
ConcordBoth him and his brother John close their school because John is ill and keeps getting worse. He is very simpathetic of his brother. He also becomes a handyman for Emerson. -
John's Death
John dies and Henry is so taken with his death that he has like a fake case of what his brother died of. This was very traumatic for him. -
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Walden was written
WaldenHenry came up with the first version of the book and it was ment for lectures because it was adressed to his townsmen. -
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Draft of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
BookHe drafts the book in memory of his brother. In this time he was living at Walden and this is when he takes his first trip to Maine woods. -
Jail Time
Henry spent two nights in jail because he wouldn't pay the poll tax that supported slavery. -
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Moving out, Movinh in, and falling in love (again)
EmersonHe finally decides to leave his cabin at Walden and move in with Emerson and his family. He then begins to have intense feelings for Emerson's wife. -
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Ktaadn
KtaadnThis was an essay that Henry wrote and it was published. After this he decided to become a professional lecturer. He then studied surveying and went back to working on "Walden". -
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Nature Study
Cape CodHe wanted to take a more professional way of studying nature by thinking of things to do in this field for his life. He also takes his first trip down to Cape Cod. -
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Civil Didsobedience
Civil DisobedienceThe book was about fighting for something in a non-violent way. It was first called Resistance to Civil Government. -
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Sister dies
HelenHis sister Helen died from tuberculosis which he is later affected by. She was also a schoolteacher. -
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Surveying, Reading, and BSNH
Alexander von HumboldtHe continues to survey a lot and goes to Canada. He reads the natural history of Alexander von Humboldt. He is elected into the Boston Society of Natural History. -
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Revising Walden
WaldenHe starts using his journal to help him recvise Walden. It begins have less things on social reform and alternative lifestyles. It becomes more personal. -
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2nd trip to Maine woods and A Yankee in Canada
A Yankee in CanadaHe goes on another trip to the Maine woods. Also parts of his book "A Yankee in Canada" are published along with excerpts of "Walden". -
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Walden
WaldenWalden is finally published and people said that Henry was walking around expecting great things. He seemed a little cocky. -
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Cape Cod
Cape CodThe first Cape Cod essays of his were published and he took yet another trip down there. -
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His father's death
PencilsHis father dies and he has to take over the pencil factory at the age of 41 and still continues to lecture a lot. -
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A lecture and disease
LectureIn September he rads one of his lectures that is a major contribution to science to Concord. It is called "The succession of Forest Trees". Then in December he gets a really bad cold while he was outside counting rings on trees. This is the start of his death. -
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Before death
MinnesotaHis tuberculosis gets worse so he decides to go visit Minnesota because of the drier climate than he was in. -
Death
He died from tuberculosis at the age of 45.
