Beverley Nichols born on September 9 at The Woods, Bower Ashton, Bristol, England, to parents John and Pauline Nichols.

Inducted into the Labour Corps, a noncombat Army division

Invited on an academic junket to America with a Cambridge contingent. Meets with President Wilson and visits many US cities.

Enters Oxford. Becomes editor of The Isis and starts a new magazine, The Oxford Outlook. Has article published in the New York Post.

Prelude, a novel, is published.

Elected president of the Oxford Union, graduates with a BA.

Patchwork, a novel, is published.

Works as staff reporter for London Sunday Dispatch. Writes articles for London papers Sunday Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily News, Daily Mirror, and for American papers Weekly Review, Outlook, and New York Evening Post.

Self, a novel, is published.

Writes articles for the London Daily News, "From an Attic Window," based on his stay in Greece. Other articles appear in the London Sunday Times, London Daily Mail, the American Outlook, and the Baltimore Sun.

Writes series of short stories for London Daily News under the title "Little Tales." They are published in 2 booklets with 30 stories in each.

Travels to Australia to work with Nellie Melba on her opera tour and to ghostwrite her autobiography.

Hires Arthur R. Gaskin as his manservant.

Melodies and Memories, the autobiography of Nellie Melba, is published.

Writes a series of character portrait articles for London glossy magazine The Sketch, which are later published as Are They the Same at Home?

Twenty-five, an autobiography, is published.

Writes articles for Hearst's, Good Housekeeping, and Nash's Magazine.

Crazy Pavements, a novel, is published.

Are They the Same at Home?, a collection of celebrity profiles, is published.

The Star-Spangled Manner, another collection of celebrity profiles, is published.

Serves as editor of the American Sketch in New York from December through April 1929.

Purchases Thatch Cottage in Glatton.

The Stag, a play, opens in London.

Women and Children Last, a collection of short stories, is published.

Oxford/London/Hollywood, a combined edition of Twenty-five, Are They the Same at Home? and The Star-Spangled Manner, is published.

Glamour, a film in which Beverley acts, opens.

Avalanche, a play, opens in London.

Down the Garden Path, a novel about gardening, is published.

For Adults Only, a satire, is published.

Begins weekly articles for London Sunday Chronicle. Continues to write occasional articles for it through 1947.

Evensong, a novel, is published.

Evensong, a play, opens in London on June 30.

When the Crash Comes, a play, opens in London.

Puck at Brighton, a tour guide to Brighton, is published.

A Thatched Roof, a novel about gardening, is published.

Failures: Three Plays is published.

Cry Havoc!, a political novel, is published.

A Village in a Valley, a novel about gardening, is published.

A Book of Old Ballads, literary research, is published.

Evensong, a film, opens.

How Does Your Garden Grow?, a collection of radio talks on gardening, is published.

Purchases house at One Ellerdale Close, Hampstead.

The Fool Hath Said, a religious novel, is published.

No Place Like Home, a collection of travel writing, is published.

Floodlight, a musical revue, opens in London.

Thatch Cottage is put up for sale in September, mostly due to the lost £3000 investment in Floodlight.

Mesmer, a play, is published.

Mesmer is produced in London.

News of England, a political book, is published.

Green Grows the City, a novel about gardening, is published.

Revue, a novel, is published.

Buys Butcher's Barn, Danehill (near Haywards Heath), to be out of London during the war.

Men Do Not Weep, a collection of short stories, is published.

Sells Butcher's Barn and moves back into Ellersdale Close.

Verdict on India, a political treatise, is published.

Purchases Merry Hall in Ashtead, Surrey.

Sells house at One Ellerdale Close.

The Tree That Sat Down, a children's novel, is published.

Begins writing weekly column for Woman's Own. Continues through 1967.

The Stream That Stood Still, a children's novel, is published.

All I Could Never Be, an autobiography, is published.

Shadow of the Vine, a play, is published.

Yours Sincerely, a collection of magazine articles, is published.

The Mountain of Magic, a children's novel, is published.

Uncle Samson, a political book, is published.

Merry Hall, a novel about gardening, is published.

A Pilgrim's Progress, a religious novel, is published.

Attends Queen Elizabeth II's coronation as one of the few newpaper reporters allowed. His article is republished as Queen's Coronation Day in 1953.

Laughter on the Stairs, a novel about gardening, is published.

Evensong is produced for television as a musical.

No Man's Street, a mystery, is published.

Shadow of the Vine, a play, opens in London.

The Moonflower, a mystery, is published.

Beverley Nichols' Cat Book, a collection of cat photographs, is published.

Sunlight on the Lawn, a novel about gardening, is published.

Death to Slow Music, a mystery, is published.

Sells Merry Hall, moves into the cottage on the grounds of Merry Hall for a few months, then to a ground floor flat in a house on Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead.

The Rich Die Hard, a mystery, is published.

Purchases Sudbrook Cottage, Ham, Surrey (near Richmond), in summer.

Shadow of the Vine is produced for television.

The Sweet and Twenties, an autobiography, is published.

Murder by Request, a mystery, is published.

Beverley Nichols' Cats' A. B. C. is published.

Beverley Nichols' Cats' X. Y. Z. is published.

Garden Open Today, a novel about gardening, is published.

Forty Favorite Flowers, a book about gardening, is published.

Gaskin dies of cirrhosis of the liver brought on by alcoholism.

A Case of Human Bondage, an autobiography, is published.

Powers That Be, a book on parapsychology, is published.

Art of Flower Arrangement, a book on garden writing, is published.

Garden Open Tomorrow, a novel about gardening, is published.

The Sun in My Eyes, a travel book, is published.

The Wickedest Witch in the World, a children's novel, is published.

Gift of a Garden, a condensed version of the Allways trilogy, is published.

Gift of a Home, a condensed version of the Merry Hall trilogy, is published.

Father Figure, an autobiography, is published.

Down the Kitchen Sink, an autobiography, is published.

Beverley Nichols' Cats' A to Z, a combination of the previous Cats books into one volume, is published.

The Unforgiving Minute, an autobiography, is published.

Twilight, a collection of poems, is published.

The fiftieth anniversary edition of Down the Garden Path is published with a new preface by Beverley.

Beverley Nichols dies September 15 from complications due to a fall. His ashes are later scattered on the grounds of the church at Glatton.