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A.D. 1330Year: A.D.1847A.D. 1930
 
 

1843

Historical
Theatre Regulation Act
Literary
Carlyle's Past and Present
Literary
Ruskin's Modern Painters (vol. 1)
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
Charlotte returns to Brussels; Branwell joins Anne as tutor at Thorp Green
Author: Dickens, Charles, Literary
1843-1844: Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit in monthly parts. Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Author: Wordsworth, William, Literary
Wordsworth becomes Poet Laureate

1844

Historical
Co-operative Society founded in Rochdale
Historical
Factory Act (women and children)
Historical
Railway mania
Literary
Disraeli's Coningsby, or The New Generation published
Author: Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Hopkins born on 28th July
Author: Dickens, Charles
1844-1845: Dickens lives in Italy
Author: Dickens, Charles
Dickens' The Chimes
Author: Shelley, Mary
Percy Bysshe Shelley's father dies and Percy Florence succeeds to his estate and title
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
Charlotte returns to Haworth; plans for school abandoned

1845

Historical
John Henry Newman converts to Catholicism
Historical
Financial speculation in Railways
Historical
Onset of the Irish potato famine
Literary
Disraeli's Sybil, or The Two Nations published
Author: Dickens, Charles
First performances by Dickens' amateur theatrical company; others follow in 1846-48 and 1850-52. Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth
Author: Dickens, Charles
1845-46: Dickens edits and writes for Daily News
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
Sisters begin to write seriously; in autumn, Charlotte discovers Emily's poems and persuades her to publish
Author: Dickens, Charles, Literary
Dicken's Dombey and Son (-1848)
 

1846

Historical
Repeal of Corn Laws
Author: Dickens, Charles
1846-47: Lives in Switzerland and Paris
Author: Dickens, Charles
Dickens' The Battle of Life
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
May: Seeking publishers for The Professor (Charlotte Brontë), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) and Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Author: Bronte, Emily
May: Seeking publishers for The Professor (Charlotte Brontë), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) and Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
August: Charlotte accompanies father to Manchester for cataract operation; begins to write Jane Eyre while nursing him
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
August: Thomas Newby agrees to publish Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey; Smith, Elder reject The Professor but accept Jane Eyre
Author: Eliot, George
Eliot translates Das Leben Jesu
Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Literary
Poems by Acton Currer and Ellis Bell (the Brontë sisters' pseudonyms) published

1847

Historical
Railway reaches Dorchester
Historical
Ten Hours' Factory Act
Literary
Disraeli's Tancred
Author: Dickens, Charles
Collaborates with Miss Coutts on opening of a home for homeless women
Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Thackeray's Vanity Fair (-1848)
Author: Bronte, Emily, Literary
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Literary
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
Author: Bronte, Anne, Literary
December: Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey published
Author: Kingsley, Charles, Literary
Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke

1848

Historical
Chartist demonstrations in London
Historical
Revolutions in Europe.
Historical
Cholera epidemic
Historical
Public Health Act
Historical
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded
Literary
Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto
Literary
Newman's Loss and Gain
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Thomas Hardy attends village school
Author: Dickens, Charles
Dickens' The Haunted Man
Author: Bronte, Emily
Emily Brontë dies
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
July: Anne and Charlotte make themselves known to George Smith
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
September: Branwell dies
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
November: Emily Brontë dies
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth, Literary
Gaskell's Mary Barton
Author: Bronte, Anne, Literary
A. Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall published
Author: Bronte, Emily, Literary
Emily Brontë dies
 

1849

Historical
Bedford College for Women founded
Literary
Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke
Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Thackeray's Pendennis
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
May: Anne Brontë dies
Author: Bronte, Anne
Anne Brontë dies
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
November: Charlotte Brontë begins correspondence with Elizabeth Gaskell and Harriet Martineau
Author: Dickens, Charles, Literary
Dickens' David Copperfield in monthly parts
Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Literary
C. Brontë's Shirley published

1850

Historical
Roman Catholic hierarchy established
Historical
Public Libraries Act
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Thomas Hardy attends school in Dorchester
Author: Wordsworth, William
William Wordsworth dies
Author: Dickens, Charles
Dickens founds and edits weekly magazine, Household Words; contributes regular articles
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
Charlotte Brontë meets Elizabeth Gaskell
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Gaskell meets Charlotte Brontë
Author: Tennyson, Alfred, Literary
Tennyson named Poet Laureate
Author: Tennyson, Alfred, Literary
Tennyson's In Memoriam
Author: Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, Literary
Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese
Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Literary
Bronte's Shirley

1851

Historical
Great Exhibition in London
Historical
Taylor Mill's The Enfranchisement of Women
Literary
Ruskin's Stones of Venice
Author: Shelley, Mary
Mary Shelley dies from a brain tumour, aged 53
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
Charlotte Brontë refuses offer of marriage from James Taylor of Smith, Elder
Author: Bronte, Charlotte
1851-52: Brontë works on Villette
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth, Literary
Gaskell's Cranford
 
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