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A Timeline of C.S. Lewis's Life
1895
June 16, 1895
Warren Hamilton Lewis, C.S. Lewis's Brother, Born
1898
November 28, 1898
Clive Staples Lewis Born in Belfast Ireland
Clive Staples Lewis is born in Belfast to his father Albert J. Lewis and Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis1899
January 2, 1899
C.S. Lewis Baptized into the Church of Ireland
1905
May 1, 1905
Warren Lewis Enrolls in Wynyard
Warren Hamilton Lewis enrolls in Wynyard School, Watford, Hertfordshire, England1908
August 23, 1908
C.S. Lewis's Mother Flora Lewis Dies at 46 Years Old
September 1, 1908
C.S. Lewis Enrolls in Wynyard School
C.S. Lewis joins his brother Warren at "Belsen" (also known as "Oldie's") Wynyard School, England.1910
June 1, 1910
C.S. Lewis Leaves Belsen and returns to Ireland
September 1, 1910
C.S. Lewis Enrolls in Campbell College, Belfast close to his childhood home of Little Lea
1911
January 1, 1911
C.S. Lewis Begins at Cherbourg House
After leaving Campbell College in December the previous year, Lewis enrolls in "Chartres" in preperation for attending Malvern College.1913
June 1, 1913
C.S. Lewis Leaves Cherbourg House
After spending two years at Chartres and losing Christianity, Lewis leaves to enroll in Malvern CollegeSeptember 1, 1913
C.S. Lewis Enrolls in Malvern College
Calls it "Wyvern", and remains until June 1914.1914
April 1, 1914
C.S. Lewis Meets Arthur Greeves
Lewis later said Greeves was "After my brother, my oldest and most intimate friend."1917
June 8, 1917
C.S. Lewis Joins Other Oxford Undergrads in Military Training
April 29, 1917
C.S. Lewis Enters University College, Oxford
September 25, 1917
C.S. Lewis Assigned to the Somerset Light Infantry
June 16, 1917
C.S. Lewis reaches the front line of World War I in the Somme Valley in France
Also his 19th birthday.1918
April 15, 1918
C.S. Lewis Wounded in the Battle of Arras
December 23, 1918
C.S. Lewis Arrives Home After Stays at Several Hospitals
1919
January 13, 1919
C.S. Lewis Returns to University Classes
March 20, 1919
Publication of "Spirits in Bondage", a collection of poems
1924
July 16, 1924
C.S. Lewis Graduates with Honors from University College
1925
May 20, 1925
C.S. Lewis Elected Fellow of Magdalen College
1926
September 18, 1926
Publication of "Dymer," a Long Narrative Poem
1929
September 25, 1929
Albert Lewis, C.S. Lewis's Father, Dies
1930
October 11, 1930
C.S. Lewis, Warren Lewis, and Jan Moore, jointly purchase "The Kilns" and Move in
1931
October 1, 1931
C.S. Lewis Confirms his Return to Christianity
Lewis tells Arthur Greeves in a letter, "I have just passed on from believing in God to definitely believing in Christ — in Christianity.... My long night talk with Dyson and Tolkien had a good deal to do with it."1933
May 25, 1933
Publication of "The Piligrim's Regress"
1936
May 21, 1936
Publication of "The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition"
1938
September 23, 1938
Publication of "Out of the Silent Planet"
1940
April 25, 1940
C.S. Lewis Hosts the First Evening Meeting of the Inklings
J.R.R. Tolkien is also a member of this literary group that would regularly meet at "The Eagle and Child" pub (affectionately known as "The Bird and the Baby")October 18, 1940
Publication of "The Problem of Pain"
1941
June 8, 1941
C.S. Lewis Preaches "The Weight of Glory" from the Pulpit of St. Mary's, Oxford
August 6, 1941
C.S. Lewis Gives First Radio Talk that Would Eventually become "Mere Christianity"
1942
January 6, 1942
First Meeting of the Socratic Club
February 9, 1942
Publication of "The Screwtape Letters"
July 13, 1942
Publication of "Broadcast Talks," the first two series of talks given on the BBC
1943
January 6, 1943
Publication of "The Abolition of Man"
April 19, 1943
Publication of "Christian Behaviour," more radio talks
April 20, 1943
Publication of "Perelandra"
1944
October 9, 1944
Publication of "Beyond Personality," the final radio talks
1945
August 16, 1945
Publication of "That Hideous Strength"
1946
January 14, 1946
Publication of "The Great Divorce"
1947
May 12, 1947
Publication of "Miracles: A Preliminary Study"
September 8, 1947
C.S. Lewis appears as a caricature by Artzybasheff on the cover of Time magazine
1949
October 20, 1949
Last evening meeting of the Inklings
1950
October 16, 1950
Publication of "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe"
1951
January 12, 1951
C.S. Lewis's friend--and co-owner of The Kilns--Mrs Moore Dies
October 15, 1951
Publication of Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
1952
July 7, 1952
Publication of Mere Christianity
September 15, 1952
Publication of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
September 24, 1952
Meets Joy Davidman Gresham, an admiring American author, over lunch
1953
September 7, 1953
Publication of The Silver Chair
November 1, 1953
Joy Davidman returns to England with her two sons
1954
June 4, 1954
Accepts chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University
September 6, 1954
Publication of The Horse and His Boy
September 16, 1954
Publication of English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama, a volume in the Oxford History of English Language
1955
January 7, 1955
Takes up residence at Cambridge University.
May 2, 1955
Publication of The Magician's Nephew
September 19, 1955
Publication of Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
1956
March 19, 1956
Publication of The Last Battle: A Story for Children
April 23, 1956
Marries Joy Davidman in the Oxford Registry Office
September 26, 1956
Publication of Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
October 19, 1956
Joy hospitalized for cancer.
1957
March 21, 1957
Marries Joy, who is thought to be dying, in a Church of England ceremony in the hospital
April 1, 1957
Receives Joy and her two sons into "The Kilns" where she may die in peace
1958
June 1, 1958
Joy has a remission of her cancer
September 8, 1958
Publication of Reflections on the Psalms
October 1, 1958
Joy's cancer returns
1960
March 28, 1960
Publication of The Four Loves
July 13, 1960
Joy Dies
September 9, 1960
Publications of Studies in Words
1961
September 29, 1961
Publication of A Grief Observed
November 18, 1961
Publication of An Experiment in Criticism
1963
November 22, 1963
Lewis dies. On this day Aldous Huxley and John F. Kennedy also die.
1964
January 27, 1964
Publication of Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer
2004
August 17, 2004
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