poet timeline By: Kyle Messier By kmessier Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Jan 1, 1900 Christina Rossetti Timeline Dec 5, 1830 Christina Rossetti was born Sep 17, 1842 her first verses were written and printed by her grandfather May 19, 1848 she is ingaged with James Collinson, but breaks it off because he converts to Catholicism Oct 20, 1850 Has seven poems published in The Germ under the pseudonym Ellen Alleyne Nov 3, 1853 Attempts to support the family by starting a day school at Frome, Feb 17, 1854 her father died Apr 20, 1854 she moved back to london Apr 8, 1862 Rossetti's best-known collection, Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862), established her fame as a significant voice in Victorian poetry Sep 18, 1866 Refuses Charles Cayley's hand because he is not a Christian, though she is in love with him Apr 30, 1870 Commonplace and Other Short Stories published Feb 2, 1885 recurrent bouts of Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, had made Rossetti an invalid, and ended her attempts to work as a governess. Dec 29, 1894 Christina Rossetti died of cancer