Arthur Rimbaud was born on 20 October 1854 in Charleville. A French poet who became a symbol of rebellious youth, Rimbaud wrote nearly all of his verse as a teenager. Poems such as The Drunken Boat and the prose collections A Season in Hell and Illuminations influenced the Symbolists, the Surrealists and many later writers with their visionary imagery and daring language. His stormy relationship with the poet Paul Verlaine ended in violence and a prison sentence for Verlaine. Rimbaud then abandoned literature in his early twenties and spent years travelling and trading in places such as Cyprus, Yemen and Ethiopia.
Before and after
- 29 April 1854Birth of Henri Poincaré
- from 18 August 1854 to 28 August 1854Siege of Petropavlovsk
- 16 October 1854Birth of Oscar Wilde
- from 17 October 1854 to 9 September 1855Siege of Sevastopol
- 20 October 1854Birth of Arthur Rimbaud
- 25 October 1854Battle of Balaclava
- 21 November 1854Birth of Benedict XV
- 3 December 1854Eureka Rebellion
- 1855Founding of The Daily Telegraph
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