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| 1878 | Born July 29, Walnut, Ill. | |
| 1892 | Brother, David, died at age 20 | |
| 1894 | Graduated high school, Walnut, Ill. | |
| 1896 | Attended Knox College Academy for three months | |
| 1897 | Father died | |
| 1900 | June - Moved to Washington, DC, to work for Census Bureau. Wrote for Washington Times. Attended art school. |
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| 1902 | June - Moved to Philadelphia, PA. Free lanced for newspapers | |
| 1902 | Moved to Atlanta, GA, as Associate Editor, Atlanta News, then to Atlanta Journal as editorial writer and occasional columnist |
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| 1907 | Assistant Editor, Uncle Remus Magazine | |
| 1909 | June 8 - Married Reina Melcher | |
| 1909 | November - Moved to New York City. Free lanced, worked briefly for news service. These were hard years. |
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| 1912 | Started with New York Sun Got his own column, The Sun Dial |
Danny's Own Story - novel |
| 1915 | Mother died Son, Robert, born November 7 |
Dreams and Dust - poetry |
| 1916 | |
The Cruise of the Jasper B - novel
Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers - humor |
| 1918 | Daughter, Barbara, born October | |
| 1919 | Prefaces humorous prefaces to books unwritten |
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| 1921 | Son, Bobby, died February 15, age 5 | Carter and Other People - short stories and a one act play Noah and Jonah N Cap'n John Smith - a book of poetry The Old Soak - humorous vignettes Hail and Farewell - poetry |
| 1922 | Left Sun, started with New York Herald. Play, The Old Soak opened on Broadway in August, played 423 performances. |
Poems and Portraits - poetry Sonnets to a Red Haired Lady and Famous Love Affairs - poetry The Revolt of the Oyster - short stories |
| 1923 | To Paris and England in October Reina died December 2 |
Mr. Hawley Breaks into Song |
| 1924 | Words and Thoughts a play performed in NY based on Carter & Other People |
The Old Soak's History of the World - vignettes Pandora Lifts the Lid collaboration (actually written by) Christopher Morley The Awakening and Other Poems - poetry The Dark Hours - a play |
| 1926 | Married Marjorie Potts Vonnegut on February 2 | The Old Soak - a play |
| 1927 | The Skinners, a play, failed in Mamaroneck, NY |
The Almost Perfect State - humorous vignettes from Utopia Archy and Mehitabel Out of the Sea - a play |
| 1928 | |
Love Sonnets of a Cave Man and other poems When the Turtles Sing and Other Unusual Tales |
| 1929 | Accepted job as Hollywood screenwriter Quit in anger a few months later Wrote angry poem about Hollywood |
an ode to hollywood - privately printed in 100 copies A Variety of People - short stories |
| 1930 | Play, Everything's Jake, a sequel to The Old Soak, opened on Broadway. Closed after six performances. |
Off the Arm - a novel |
| 1931 | October - Daughter, Barbara, died at age 13 | |
| 1932 | November 14, The Dark Hours opened on Broadway Closed after six performances |
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| 1933 | |
Archy's Life of Mehitabel |
| 1934 | |
Chapters for the Orthodox - short stories Master of the Revels - a play on Henry VIII |
| 1935 | August - Master of the Revels produced at Schenectady, NY |
Archy Does His Part Her Foot is on the Brass Rail illustrated by James Thurber Limited to 350 copies |
| 1936 | Don had a disabling stroke, his third His wife, Marjorie, died October 25 |
Sun Dial Time - short stories |
| 1937 | Broke, disabled and blind Marquis died December 29 |
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| 1938 | |
Don Marquis, a eulogy by Benjamin DeCasseres |
| 1939 | |
Sons of the Puritans, an unfinished autobiographical novel, is published |
| 1940 | |
The Lives and Times of Archy & Mehitabel a compilation of all A&M books published by Doubleday stays in print more than 30 years |
| 1946 | |
The Best of Don Marquis published by Doubleday |
| 1950s | |
Archy & Mehitabel, a back alley opera 33RPM LP Record with Carol Channing and Eddie Bracken produced by Columbia Records |
| 1962 | |
Biography O Rare Don Marquis By Edward Anthony published by Doubleday |
| 1970 | |
Shinbone Alley Animated VCR version of the 1950s LP with Channing and Bracken, produced by Fine Arts Films |
| 1978 | Fans gather in Port Townsend, Washington, to celebrate Don's 100th birthday |
Everything's Jake, a play, published in limited edition |
| 1981 | |
Don Marquis a critical biography by Lynn Lee released by Twayne Publishers, Boston |
| 1982 | |
Selected Letters of Don Marquis, a collection edited by William McCollum, Jr. |
| 1996 | |
archyology released by University Press of New England |
| 1998 | |
archyology ii released by University Press of New England |
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