Robert Louis Stevenson’s life

By n_salazar1
  • Birth

    Birth

    Robert was born on November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Childhood

    Childhood

    Him and his family moved to Terrace,Edinburgh. He was baptized at a early age.

  • First time in a school

    Goes to school for the first time ever. He attends Mr Henderson’s Preparatory School in India Street he only is able to go a few times because his health is not god.
  • Early education

    Early education

    His parents put him in a all boy school where he stayed for almost 15 months.
  • travels

    travels

    He went on a five-month tour of Europe with his parents. He was two months in Mentone in the south of France, then went to Genoa, Naples, Rome, Florence, Venice, Innsbruck.
  • School

    School

    Thomas Stevenson takes Robert to the Burlington Lodge Academy, Spring Grove, Isleworth only to do one term.
  • Education

    Education

    Starts his study's at Edinburgh University.
  • Training

    Training

    starts to work on part of training for lighthouse engineering.

  • Meeting

    Attends first meeting of the Speculative Society.

  • Training

    Leaves for Erraid and stays there for three weeks as part of training for lighthouse engineering.

  • publication

    Publication of Island Nights’ Entertainments

  • writing

    Finishes The Ebb-Tide and sends first ten chapters to Sidney Colvin in London.

  • Publication

    Publication of Catriona

  • War

    There is war between the Samoan chiefs Mataafa and Laupepa. Although Mataafa is defeated, RLS supports him

  • Death

    Dies of a cerebral hemorrhage.