A Brontë Chronology

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