| 1854 |
born October 20 at Charleville. |
| 1870 |
ran away from home to Paris |
| 1871 |
crashed into the Paris literary world, met Paul
Verlaine and moved in with him in Montmartre--sexual relationship was
scandalous |
| 1872 |
Verlaine left his wife and moved with Rimbaud
to London |
| 1873 |
learned
English thoroughly and taught if for a living in London, and drunken
argument between Verlaine and Rimbaud led Verlaine to shoot at Rimbaud's
wrist resulting in 18 months of prison |
| 1875 |
saw Verlaine for the last time |
| 1883 |
already a vanished legend |
| 1886 |
his first free verse poem, "Marine"
appeared in La Vogue |
| 1891 |
returned to Marseilles in June from Africa
where he was a trader and gunrunner, died on November 10 |
