A BRONTË CHRONOLOGY
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Patrick Brontë born 17 March 1777
Maria Brontë born 1783
Patrick leaves Ireland for Cambridge 1802
Degree of A.B. 1806
Curacy at Wetherfield, Essex 1806
„ Dewsbury Yorks 1809
„ Hartshead-cum-Clifton 1811
Publishes ‘Cottage Poems’ (Halifax) 1811
Married to Maria Branwell 18 Dec. 1812
First Child, Maria, born 1813
Publishes ‘The Rural Minstrel’ 1813
Elizabeth born 1814
Publishes ‘The Cottage in the Wood’ 1815
Curacy at Thornton 1816
Charlotte Brontë born at Thornton 21 April 1816
Patrick Branwell Brontë born 1817
Emily Jane Brontë born 1818
‘The Maid of Killarney’ published 1818
Anne Brontë born 1819
Removal to Incumbency of Haworth February 1820
Mrs. Brontë died 15 September 1821
Maria and Elizabeth Brontë at Cowan Bridge July 1824
Charlotte and Emily „ „ September 1824
Leave Cowan Bridge 1825
Maria Brontë died 6 May 1825
Elizabeth Brontë died 15 June 1825
Charlotte Brontë at School, Roe Head January 1831
Leaves Roe Head School 1832
First Visit to Ellen Nussey at The Rydings September 1832
Returns to Roe Head as governess 29 July 1835
Branwell visits London 1835
Emily spends three months at Roe Head, when Anne takes her place and she returns home 1835
Ellen Nussey visits Haworth in Holidays July 1836
Miss Wooler’s School removed to Dewsbury Moor 1836
Emily at a School at Halifax for six months (Miss Patchet of Law Hill) 1836
First Proposal of Marriage (Henry Nussey) March 1839
Anne Brontë becomes governess at Blake Hall, (Mrs. Ingham’s) April 1839
Charlotte governess at Mrs. Sidgwick’s at Stonegappe, and at Swarcliffe, Harrogate 1839
Second Proposal of Marriage (Mr. Price) 1839
Charlotte and Emily at Haworth, Anne at Blake Hall 1840
Charlotte’s second situation as governess with Mrs. White, Upperwood House, Rawdon March 1841
Charlotte and Emily go to School at Brussels February 1842
Miss Branwell died at Haworth 29 Oct. 1842
Charlotte and Emily return to Haworth Nov. 1842
Charlotte returns to Brussels Jan. 1843
Returns to Haworth Jan. 1844
Anne and Branwell at Thorp Green 1845
Charlotte visits Mary Taylor at Hounsden 1845
Visits Miss Nussey at Brookroyd 1845
Publication of Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell 1846
Charlotte Brontë visits Manchester with her father for him to see an Oculist Aug. 1846
‘Jane Eyre’ published (Smith & Elder) Oct. 1847
‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Agnes Grey’, (Newby) Dec. 1847
Charlotte and Emily visit London June 1848
‘Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ 1848
Branwell died 24 Sept. 1848
Emily died 19 Dec. 1848
Anne Brontë died at Scarborough 28 May 1849
‘Shirley’ published 1849
Visit to London, first meeting with Thackeray Nov. 1849
Visit to London, sits for Portrait to Richmond 1850
Third Offer of Marriage (James Taylor) 1851
Visit to London for Exhibition 1851
‘Villette’ published 1852
Visit to London 1853
Visit to Manchester to Mrs. Gaskell 1853
Marriage 29 June 1854
Death 31 March 1855
Patrick Brontë died 7 June 1861