| 1772 Oct 21 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge born, at Ottery St Mary, Devon |
| 1781 Oct 4 | father John Coleridge dies (see STC's letter) |
| 1782 July | Coleridge sent to Christ's Hospital Preparatory School, Hertford |
| 1782 Sep | to Christ's Hospital School, London |
| 1791 Sep | to Cambridge, Jesus College |
| 1797 Jan 1 | Coleridges move to Nether Stowey |
| 1797 Nov 12-20? | walk of Coleridge and Wordsworth to Watchet and Dulverton: The Ancient Mariner begun, probably at Watchet |
| 1798 Mar 23 | The Ancient Mariner is finished in first draft, read by Coleridge to the Wordsworths at Alfoxton |
| 1798 March | plan for Lyrical Ballads volume with Wordsworth is initiated |
| 1798 Sept 16 | Coleridge sails to Germany with William and Dorothy Wordsworth and John Chester (Coleridge away nine months) |
| 1798 Sept 18 | Lyrical Ballads published with first version of The Ancient Mariner |
| 1801 Jan 25? | publication of Lyrical Ballads (1800), 2nd edition, with revised version of The Ancient Mariner, subtitled "A Poet's Reverie" [to discussion] |
| 1804 Apr 9 | sails to Malta (away two years). See Notebook entry |
| 1817 Jul: | Sibylline Leaves published, which includes a version of The Ancient Mariner with the Gloss for the first time. |
| 1834 July 25 | death of Coleridge at Highgate |