Charles Baudelaire Timeline by Adelaide Nelson

1827: Baudelaire's Father Dies

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After his father's death, Baudelaire became increasingly affectionate towards his mother, and even would write love poems about her ("Charles Baudelaire").

1821: Charles Baudelaire Is Born

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Charles Baudelaire is born to Joseph-François Baudelaire and Caroline Archimbault-Dufays Baudelaire in Paris, France ("Charles Baudelaire").

1828: Charles' Mother Remarries

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Madame Baudelaire marries Jacques Aupick. During this time, Charles becomes extremely jealous of his stepfather and begins to fail in school ("Charles Baudelaire").

1841: Charles is Sent to India

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Because of his bad behavior at home and school, his parents send him to India for one year, hoping he would return a better man. During his travels, he is extremely inspired and begins to write his first poetic works ("Charles Baudelaire").

1842: Baudelaire Returns From India

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When Baudelaire returns from India, he is eligible to receive his inheritance that his father left for him. With this new sum of large money, Baudelaire decided to become a Parisian dandy, a term for self-revolutionaries at that time who used odd fashion styles to break tradition and rebel ("Charles Baudelaire").

1842: Baudelaire Meets The Love of His Life

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Baudelaire meets Jeanne Duval, a French woman with African descent, who becomes one of Baudelaire's most important muses for his literature ("Charles Baudelaire").

1846: Baudelaire Discovers The Work of Edgar Allen Poe

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Baudelaire is deeply moved by Edgar Allen Poe's poems, so he begins to translate them into France and share them with society. Today, Baudelaire is credited with bringing Poe's poems to not only France, but all of Europe. These new translations also gave Baudelaire some fame, and enough followers to publish his work (Hyslop).

1857: Baudelaire's First Book of Poetry is Published

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Poe publishes "Les Fleurs du Mal" (The Flowers of Evil), a book of poetry that took almost 20 years to write. This book covered many modern ideas of sexuality, evil, and psychology which scared people, and unfortunately, made Baudelaire receive a lot of criticism ("Charles Baudelaire").

1857: Baudelaire Volume of Poems Are Confiscated By The French Government

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Due to "detailed eroticism and graphic depiction of lesbianism and vampirism" ("Charles Baudelaire"), the people of Paris were disgusted by Baudelaire's work and even his close friends, began to shun Baudelaire. Soon, Baudelaire and his publisher were prosecuted for being against religion and public morality, and his poems were banned until 1949 ("Charles Baudelaire").

1867: Baudelaire Dies From Syphilis

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After enduring a syphilis-induced stroke a year prior, Baudelaire dies in his childhood home and under the care of his mother. Him and Jeanne Duval are reunited in death, since she died five years earlier due to the same syphilis ("Charles Baudelaire").