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Birth
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin -
First major poetry collection
Yeats published his first major poetry collection, The Wanderings of Oisin. -
Abbey Theatre in Dublin
Yeats co-founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, promoting Irish drama and nationalism. -
Political shift
Yeats was deeply affected by the Easter Rising, leading to a political shift in his work. -
Irish Free State.
Yeats became a Senator of the Irish Free State. -
Nobel Prize in Literature
He became the first Irish person to recieve a Nobel Prize in literature. -
Death
He died and his body was later moved to Drumcliff, Sligo, in accordance with his wishes.