Timeline » 1847 in context

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A.D. 1930

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

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

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)

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 BrontÃ«), Wuthering Heights (Emily BrontÃ«) and Agnes Grey (Anne BrontÃ«)
Author: Bronte, Emily: May: Seeking publishers for The Professor (Charlotte BrontÃ«), Wuthering Heights (Emily BrontÃ«) and Agnes Grey (Anne BrontÃ«)
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 BrontÃ« sisters' pseudonyms) published

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 BrontÃ«'s Wuthering Heights
Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Literary: Charlotte BrontÃ«'s Jane Eyre
Author: Bronte, Anne, Literary: December: Anne BrontÃ«'s Agnes Grey published
Author: Kingsley, Charles, Literary: Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke

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 BrontÃ« 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 BrontÃ« dies
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth, Literary: Gaskell's Mary Barton
Author: Bronte, Anne, Literary: A. BrontÃ«'s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall published
Author: Bronte, Emily, Literary: Emily BrontÃ« dies

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

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 BrontÃ« meets Elizabeth Gaskell
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth: Elizabeth Gaskell meets Charlotte BrontÃ«
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

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 BrontÃ« refuses offer of marriage from James Taylor of Smith, Elder
Author: Bronte, Charlotte: 1851-52: BrontÃ« works on Villette
Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth, Literary: Gaskell's Cranford

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