1764
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26
April –Rev. George Austen
married Cassandra Leigh.
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1765
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13
February – James Austen born.
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1766
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26
August – George Austen born..
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1767
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7
October – Edward Austen born.
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1768
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July
– The Austen family moves to Steventon, Hampshire.
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1771
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8
June – Henry Thomas
Austen born.
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1773
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9 January – Cassandra Elizabeth Austen born.
Rev. Austen takes in pupils to live with the family.
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1774
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23
April – Francis (Frank) Austen born.
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1775
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16
December – Jane Austen born
at Steventon Rectory.
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1779
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23 June – Charles Austen born.
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1782
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Time
of Jane’s walking to New Down with Charles.
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1783
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Edward Austen became the heir of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Knight.
Spring – Jane and Cassandra go to school with Mrs. Cawley.
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1785
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Spring
– Jane and Cassandra start at the Abbey School.
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1786
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December – Jane and Cassandra leave the Abbey School.
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1787
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Jane begins writing Juvenilia.
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1788
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Summer – Austen family visits Kent and
London.
23 December – Francis Austen sails to the East Indies.
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1789
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Publication of James’s periodical The Loiterer (to March 1790).
Jane works on Jack
and Alice.
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1790
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Autumn – Edward Austen returns from the Grand Tour.
Jane working on Love
and Freindship and her History of
England.
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1791
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Charles Austen enters the Royal Naval Academy.
27 December – Edward Austen marries Elizabeth Bridges.
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1792
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27 March – James Austen marries Anne Mathew.
October – Jane and Cassandra visit the Lloyds at Ibthorpe.
Winter – Cassandra engaged to Rev. Tom Fowle.
Jane works on Lesley
Castle.
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1793
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Jane begins to write a parody of Sir Charles
Grandison.
23 January – Edward Austen's first child, Fanny, is born.
15 April – James Austen's first child, Anna, is born.
3 June – Jane writes last of juvenilia, the poem "Ode to
Pity."
Winter – Francis Austen returns home from the Far East.
December – Jane visits cousins in Southampton.
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1794
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22 February – Eliza de Feuillide's husband executed in
Paris.
August – Jane and Cassandra visit Edward’s family at
Rowling.
September – Charles Austen goes to sea.
Autumn – Jane working on Lady Susan.
Jane receives book A
Companion to the Altar.
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1795
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Jane begins Elinor and Marianne (Sense
and Sensibility).
3 May – Death of
James’s wife, Anne
Autumn –Tom Fowle joins the West Indian campaign.
December–Tom Lefroy visits Ashe rectory and meets Jane.
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1796
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January – Tom Fowle sails for the West Indies.
August to October – Jane visits Edward’s family in Rowling.
October – Jane begins First Impressions (Pride and
Prejudice).
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1797
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17 January – James Austen marries Mary Lloyd.
April – News arrives of Tom Fowle’s death from fever.
August – Jane finishes First Impressions.
1 Nov. – Rev. Austen offers First Impressions to
publisher.
Nov. – Jane re-writes Elinor and Marianne (Sense and
Sensibility.)
November – Family visits the Leigh-Perrots in Bath.
Winter – Rev. Samuel Blackall visits Ashe and meets Jane.
31 December – Henry Austen marries Eliza de Feuillide.
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1798
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August to October – Family visits Edward at Godmersham.
August – Jane possibly begins writing Susan (Northanger Abbey).
9 August – Cousin Jane Williams killed in a road accident.
17 November – James Austen's son, James-Edward, born.
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1799
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March – Cassandra returns to Steventon from Godmersham.
17 May–June –Jane visits Bath with Edward’s family.
End of June – Jane finishes Susan (Northanger Abbey).
14 August – Jane's aunt, Mrs. Leigh Perrot, charged with
theft.
|
1800
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End of Nov. to mid-Dec. – Jane visits the Lloyds at
Ibthorpe.
December – Revd. Austen decides to retire and move
to Bath.
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1801
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January – Henry Austen sets up as a banker in London.
May – Austen family settles in Bath and James’s family
moves into Steventon rectory.
Summer –Jane's romance may have occurred during holiday.
5 October – Austen family returns to Bath.
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1802
|
April – James, Mary, and Anna visit the Austen family at
Bath.
Summer – Charles Austen joins the Austens for the
holidays.
3 Sept. to 28 Oct. –
Jane and Cassandra visit Godmersham.
25 Nov. to 2 Dec. – Jane and Cassandra visit the
Bigg-Wither family at Manydown and Harris unexpectedly proposes marriage to
Jane.
Winter – Jane revises Susan (Northanger Abbey)
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1803
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Spring – Jane sells copyright for Susan to
publisher for £10.
18 May – Henry and Eliza nearly trapped in France.
September–October – Austen family stays at Godmersham.
November – Austen family visits Lyme Regis.
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1804
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Jane begins The Watsons, (as it was later
titled) but does not finish it.
Spring – Mrs. Austen seriously ill.
Summer – Austens, with Henry and Eliza, visit Lyme Regis.
25 Oct. – Austens move to 3 Green Park Bldgs. East in Bath.
16 Dec. –Mme. Lefroy killed in a riding accident.
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1805
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21 January – Jane’s father, Rev. George Austen dies
suddenly.
25 March – Austen family moves to 25 Gay Street, Bath.
June – Family with niece Anna visit Godmersham.
18 June – James Austen's daughter, Caroline, born.
Summer – Martha Lloyd joins the Austen household.
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1806
|
29 January – Mrs. Austen takes lodgings in Trim Street,
Bath.
Feb. to mid-March – Jane and Cassandra visit the Bigg
sisters.
2 July – Family leaves Bath, and visit Adlestrop.
24 July – Francis Austen marries Mary Gibson.
5 Aug.– The Austens travel to Stoneleigh Abbey.
October – Austen family takes lodgings in Southampton.
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1807
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March – Austen family moves into a house in Castle Square,
Southampton with Frank and wife Mary.
19 May – Charles Austen marries Fanny Palmer in Bermuda.
Sept. –Family gathering at Chawton Great House.
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1808
|
January–March – Jane and Cassandra visit family and
friends.
14 June to 8 July – Jane visits Godmersham.
10 Oct.– Edward’s wife, Elizabeth, dies after 11th
childbirth.
|
1809
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February – Cassandra returns to Southampton.
5 April – Jane writes to Crosby to ask about publishing Susan.
15 May – Mrs. Austen and her daughters visit Godmersham.
7 July – Austen family moves to Chawton
Cottage.
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1810
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July–August – Jane and Cassandra visit friends and family.
Winter – Sense and
Sensibility accepted for publication.
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1811
|
February – Jane starts planning Mansfield Park.
Mar. – Jane (in London) corrects proofs of Sense
and Sensibility.
August – Charles Austen and family return to England.
30 October – Sense and Sensibility published
anonymously.
Winter – Jane revises First Impressions (Pride and
Prejudice).
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1812
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April – Edward Austen and Fanny visit Chawton.
9–25 June – Mrs. Austen and Jane visit Steventon
14 Oct. – Edward Austen changes surname to "Knight."
Autumn – Jane sells copyright of Pride and
Prejudice for £110.
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1813
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28 January – Pride and
Prejudice published anonymously.
21 April to Sept. – Edward’s family at Chawton Great House
22-25 April – Jane takes care of cousin Eliza (de
Feuillide) Austen.
July –Jane finishes Mansfield Park.
November – Second editions of first two novels released.
November – Mansfield Park probably
accepted for publication.
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1814
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1 January – Jane begins Emma.
1 March to April – Jane visits Henry in London.
April to June– Edward’s family at Chawton Great House
9 May – Mansfield Park published
anonymously by Egerton.
August – Frank’s family at Chawton Great House for 2
years.
6 September – Charles's wife Fanny dies in childbirth.
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1815
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29 March – Emma finished.
8 August – Jane begins Persuasion
(called The Elliots).
4 October – Jane moves to London to nurse Henry.
13 November – Jane visits the Prince Regent's mansion.
End of December – Emma published.
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1816
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Spring – Henry buys back manuscript of Susan and Jane changes heroine’s
name to Catharine
(Northanger Abbey).
18 July – First draft of Persuasion finished.
6 August – Jane revises final two chapters of Persuasion.
Second edition of Mansfield Park published
by Murray.
December – Henry ordained and becomes curate of
Chawton.
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1817
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27 Jan. to 18 Mar. – Jane works on novel The Brothers (Sanditon).
27 April – Jane makes her will.
24 May – Cassandra takes Jane to Winchester for
medical care.
18 July – Jane dies early in the morning at her lodgings.
24 July – Jane buried in Winchester Cathedral in
aisle of nave.
End of December – Northanger Abbey and Persuasion published.
|
1833
|
Richard
Bentley publishes the collected works of Jane Austen in an illustrated five
volume series known as the Standard Novels. They remain in print to this day.
|
1869
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Jane’s
nephew Edward (James Edward Austen-Leigh) publishes the first biography: A Memoir of Jane Austen.
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1925
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The Brothers (Sanditon) is published under
the title Fragment of a Novel.
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