rudyard kipling By jared2 Dec 30, 1865 rudyard kipling was born on december 30, 1865 Sep 1, 1875 rudyard starts school at United services college, denvon, UK Dec 25, 1885 rudyard wrote his first book, Quartette Feb 7, 1886 Publishes his second book, departmental ditties Jan 18, 1892 Marriage to Caroline Starr Balestier, London Jan 23, 1892 Visits America Feb 7, 1894 Publishes; The Jungle Book Feb 7, 1907 rudyard Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature Feb 7, 1915 looses his only son, John Kipling in world war 2 Jan 18, 1936 rudyard kipling died at the age of 70