Robert Burns
A timeline of Burns' life
25 Jan 1759
Burns is born in Alloway
1766
He moved to Mount Oliphant Farm, near Tarbolton to work when he was only seven.
1781
He temporarily moved to Irvine to become a flax-dresser, but moved back to the farm because there was a fire in the place where he was working
1784
He stayed near Tarbolton until his fathers death.
1784
He befriended Captain Richard Brown, who encouraged him to be a poet
1784
He moved to a farm in Mauchline, and met Jean Armour. He continued to be a poet.
1786
He set out for Edinburgh to get his first poem published.
1788
He met back up with Jean and they bought a farm in Dumfriesshire.
1788
He married Jean and had 9 children.
17??
After giving up his farm, he retired to Dumfries to become a poet.
1796
Burns dies in Dumfries, having written 688 poems.
