| 1891 |
Esther Louise Forbes was born to William Trowbridge and Harriette
Merrifield Forbes on June 28 in Westboro, Massachusetts. |
| 1898 |
The Forbes family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts. |
| 1909-1912 |
Esther Forbes attended Bradford Academy, a junior college, in Bradford, Massachusetts. |
| 1916-1918 |
Attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Joined editorial board of the Wisconsin Literary Magazine in 1916. |
| 1919 |
Returned to Worcester. In late December began working for the editorial department of Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston. |
| 1924-1926 |
Wrote feature articles for the Boston Evening Transcript. |
| 1926 |
Married Albert L. Hoskins, Jr., an attorney, on January 14 and left Houghton Mifflin. The couple moves to New York City. O Genteel Lady! was published. |
| 1928 |
A Mirror for Witches was published. |
| 1933 |
Albert Hoskins and Esther Forbes Hoskins divorced. Forbes returned to Worcester. |
| 1935 |
Miss Marvel was published. |
| 1937 |
Paradise was published. |
| 1938 |
The General's Lady was published. |
| 1942 |
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In was published. |
| 1943 |
Received honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from Clark University. Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History for Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. Johnny Tremain was published. |
| 1944 |
Received Newbery Award for Johnny Tremain. |
| 1946 |
America's Paul Revere was published. |
| 1947 |
The Boston Book was published. Awarded the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer novel award of $150,000 for forthcoming book, The Running of the Tide. |
| 1948 |
The Running of the Tide was published. |
| 1949 |
Elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| 1954 |
Rainbow on the Road was published. |
| 1960 |
Became first woman member elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society. |
| 1967 |
Died on August 12, 1967, of rheumatic heart disease. |
