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William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin.
In June of 1865, he was born in Dublin, Ireland. -
William Butler Yeats attends the Metropolitan School of Art
He was trained in law, but abandoned it for art school. He later dropped out of art school in 1885. -
Yeats returns to London
As a child, Yeats was familar with London and he returned there to meet with writers, he also met Maud Gonne there. -
Yeats publishes The Countless Cathleen.
Yeats published this play in 1892 and it was dedicated to Maud Gonne. -
Yeats helps found the Rhymers' Club poetry group.
Along with Ernest Rhys, Yeats and him found the Rhymer's Club Poetry group in London. -
William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory co-founded the Irish Theatre.
They both helped found the Irish National Theatre Society in Ireland. -
The King's Threshold was published.
One of Yeats best known plays was published. -
William Butler Yeats gets married to Georgiana Hyde-Lees.
He got married to Georgiana after he was rejected Iseult Gonne, the daughter off Maud Gonne, who he also had asked to marry him before. -
The Wild Swans at Coole was published.
One of Yeats most famous poems was published. -
The Second Coming is published.
Among Yeats's most well known poems, it is published and is about the "second coming" of Jesus. -
He becomes a senator in 1922.
William went from writing to politics as he worked as a senator for 6 years in Ireland. -
Yeats wins a Nobel Prize
William Butler Yeats wins a Nobel Prize in literature for "his his always inspired poetry" -
The Tower was published.
The Tower was a book of poems Yeats released late in life. -
Yeats dies at height of fame
William Butler Yeats dies at 73 at a boarding house on the French Riviera. -
Last Poems and Two Plays was published
Another famous work published after Yeats passes away.
