Lord Byron (chronology)
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BYRON
(January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824)
- Jan. 22 – Born, 16 Holles Street, London.
- Mother took lodgings in Queen Street, Aberdeen.
- Aug. 2 – Father died in France never having seen his son.
- Mother moved to flat in 64 Broad Street, Aberdeen.
1794 – 1798 - At Aberdeen Grammar School.
- May 21 – George Gordon Byron became 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale on death of grandfather.
- Aug. – With his mother took up residence at ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, near Nottingham.
- Lived with Parkyns family, Nottingham. Tutored by "Dummer" Rogers.
- July – Removed to London by John Hanson, Byron’s lawyer & business agent.
- Sept. – Attended Dr. Glennie’s School, Dulwich.
- Spent Xmas holidays with Hanson family at Earl’s Court, London.
- Spent summer holiday in Newstead Abbey and fell in love with 1st cousin, Margaret Parker.
- April – Entered Harrow School.
- Spent summer with mother at Mrs Massingberd’s, 16 Piccadilly, at Hanson’s and in Cheltenham.
- Xmas holidays in Bath with mother.
- Feb. – Newstead Abbey leased to Lord Grey de Ruthyn.
- July 21 – Mother rented Burgage Manor, Southwell.
- Sept. – Fell madly in love with neighbour’s daughter, Mary Chaworth, of Annesley Hall. Refused to go back to Harrow.
- Jan – Fell out with Lord Grey and returned to Harrow.
- Mar. 22 – Started holiday at Burgage Manor and met the Pigots who lived opposite.
- Aug 2 – Played for Harrow in annual match v Eton at Lord’s. Scored 6 notches.
- Oct. 24 – Went up to Trinity College, Cambridge University.
- Friendships with E.N.Long & John Edleston began.
- Feb – Got heavily in debt with moneylenders; dissipation in London.
- April – Returned to Trinity College.
- July – At Burgage Manor writing poems.
- Aug – After acrimonious quarrel with mother escaped to London.
- Nov – Collection of poems, Fugitive Pieces, privately printed.
- Jan Second volume of poetry, Poems on Various Occasions, privately printed.
- June – Hours of Idleness published. Back at Cambridge started friendships with Cam Hobhouse and Scrope Davies, Matthews and Hodgson.
- Dec. – Came down from Cambridge University for good.
- Feb. – Hours of Idleness ridiculed in The Edinburgh Review.
- Mar. – Poems Original and Translated published.
- July-Aug. – At Brighton with John Hobhouse & Scrope Davies.
- Mar. 13 – Took seat in the House of Lords.
- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers published.
- June 20 – Travelled to Falmouth with Hobhouse.
- July 2 – Set sail with Hobhouse in the Lisbon packet, Princess Elizabeth.
- July 7 – Arrived in Lisbon.
- July 12-16 – Explored Cintra.
- July 20 – Departed for Spain.
- July 29 – Arrived Cadiz.
- Aug 3 – Sailed in the frigate, Hyperion.
- Aug 4 – Arrived at the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Aug 16 – Sailed for Malta in packet Townshend.
- Aug 31 – Arrived Malta.
- Sept – Had romantic affair with Mrs Spencer Smith. Sailed in brig, Spider, for Greece & Albania.
- Sept 29 – Landed at Prevesa.
- Oct 1 – Left for Joannina.
- Oct 11 – Left for Tepelene, Albania, to meet Ali Pasha.
- Oct 31 – At Joannina. Started poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
- Nov. 20 – Visited Missolonghi.
- Dec. 25 – Arrived Athens.
- Mar-Apr – Toured Turkey, visited Smyrna, Ephesus, Troy.
- May 3 – Swam Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos.
- May 13 – Arrived Constantinople.
- July 18 – Arrived Athens.
- July 21 – Left for the Morea.
- July 26 – Arrived Patras.
- Aug 19(?) – At Athens: stayed in Capuchin monastery.
- Oct 18 – Returned Athens.
- March – Wrote Hints from Horace & The Curse of Minerva
- Apr 22 – Sailed in the Hydra
- Apr 30-June 2 – At Malta. Sailed for England in frigate Volage
- July 14 – Landed Sheerness; at Reddish’s Hotel, St James’ Street.
- Aug 1 – Mother died.
- Aug 3 – At Newstead Abbey; Matthews drowned at Cambridge.
- Oct 16 – Visited Cambridge Univ with Scrope Berdmore Davies.
- Oct 28 – Took up residence at 8 St.James’ Street, London.
- Nov 4 – Dinner with Samuel Rogers to meet Thomas Moore.
- Dec 19 – After further visit to Cambridge left for Newstead, where Byron had an affair with Welsh maid, Susan Vaughan.
- Feb 27 – Maiden speech in House of Lords.
- Mar 10 – Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Cantos I & II published, which made Byron famous overnight.
- Mar 25 – First saw Annabella Milbanke.
- April – Affair with Lady Caroline Lamb started.
- Aug 15 – Thomas Claughton offered £140,000 for Newstead but delayed payment.
- Sept – Wrote Drury Lane Theatre Address at request of Lord Holland.
- Oct – Proposal of marriage to Annabella Milbanke rejected; Wrote The Waltz.
- Oct 24 – Left for Eywood, Presteign, to visit the Oxfords.
- Nov 21 – Left Eywood to stay with Jerseys at Middleton.
- Nov 30 – At Batt’s Hotel, Dover Street, London.
- Dec 14(?) – Back at Eywood.
- Jan 19 – Took lodgings at 4 Bennet Street, St.James’.
- May 29 – Accompanied Moore to visit Leigh Hunt in prison.
- June 1 – Last speech in House of Lords.
- June 8 – First edition of The Giaour published.
- June 20 – Met Madame de Stael for first time.
- Aug – Correspondence with Miss Milbanke begun.
- Sept – Visit to Wedderburn Webster and dallied with Lady Frances Webster.
- Oct 19 – "Spared" Lady Frances and returned to London.
- Nov 14 – Began Journal (continued to April 19 1814).
- Dec 2 – Bride of Abydos published.
- Feb 1 – Corsair published. 10,000 copies sold on day of publication.
- March – Sat to Phillips for portrait.
- March 28 – Rented apartment in Albany, Piccadilly.
- April 2 – With Augusta at her home at Six Mile Bottom, Cambs [1] (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/SixMileBottom/).
- April 16 – Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte published anonymously.
- July 1 – At Duke of Wellington’s Ball.
- July 22 – At Hastings with Augusta.
- Aug 6 – Lara published with Samuel Rogers’ Jacqueline.
- Sept 9 – Tentative proposal to Annabelle Milbanke.
- Sept 15 – Received Annabelle’s acceptance of proposal of marriage.
- Oct 29 – Left for Seaham, near Durham, Annabelle’s home.
- Oct 30-31 – At Six-Mile-Bottom with Augusta.
- Nov 2 – Arrived Seaham.
- Nov 16 – Left for London.
- Nov 18 – At Cambridge .
- Nov 19-22 – At Six Mile Bottom.
- Nov 23 – Applauded by undergraduates at Cambridge University.
- Nov 24 – London.
- Dec 24 – Left with Hobhouse for Seaham.
- Dec 25 – Christmas at Six Mile Bottom.
- Dec 30 – Arrived Seaham.
- Jan 2 – Married to Miss Annabelle Milbanke at Seaham.
- Jan 2-21 – Treaclemoon at Halnaby, Yorkshire.
- Jan 21 – Mar 9 – At Seaham.
- Mar 12-28 – At Six Mile Bottom.
- Mar 29 – Settled at 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London.
- April 7 – Met Sir Walter Scott at John Murray, Albemarle Street.
- April 17 – Death of Lord Wentworth; Milbankes took name of Noel.
- April – Hebrew Melodies published with musical score by Nathan.
- May – Became member of Management Sub-Committee, Drury Lane Theatre.
- June-July – Visited Leigh Hunt at Maida Vale, London.
- July 29 – Signed new will leaving estate residue to Augusta Leigh.
- Oct – Wrote Siege of Corinth.
- Nov – Wrote Parisina.
- Dec10 – Birth of Ada, poet’s only legitimate daughter.
To be completed...
- April 19 – Died