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A timeline to celebrate a two hundred year legacy of one of Britians greatest writers.
1812 1817 After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood. Dickens attends local school kept by a Baptist minister. 1822 Family returns to London.
1821
1830 1832 1833 1834 First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7. Admitted as a reader to the British Museum.
Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness. Becomes reporter on the Morning Chronicle.
1835 1836 1837 The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9. 1838
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London.
1841
1842
Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh. 1843 Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December.
January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household.
1844
Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December. 1846 Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas. 1848
1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4). 1847 Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas. 1851 Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. 1854 Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form.
1850
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50). 1853 Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
1855
Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell. 1856 Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 Little Dorrit published in one volume (issued in montley parts, 18557). Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with young actress Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins about a holiday in Cumberland, appears in Household Words.
1858
Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina. 1860 Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill.
1859
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3. 1863 Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1866 Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1865 Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother. 1867 Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868). 1868 Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined. 1870 Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
1812 1817 After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood. Dickens attends local school kept by a Baptist minister. 1822 Family returns to London.
1821
1830 1832 1833 1834 First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7. Admitted as a reader to the British Museum.
Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness. Becomes reporter on the Morning Chronicle.
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London. 1838 Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9. Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London.
1839
1841
1842
Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh. 1843 Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December. 1845 Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4). 1847 Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household. Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December. Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas.
1844
1846
1848
Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas. Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London.
1850
1851
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50). 1853 Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
1854
Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form.
1855
Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell. 1856 Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 1858 Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins. Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina. 1860 Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3. 1863 Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1866 Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1865 Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother. 1867 Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868). 1868 Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined. 1870 Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey. 1859 All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
1812 1817 After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood.
1824 1827
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7.
1830
Admitted as a reader to the British Museum. 1832 Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness.
1833
First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5. 1834 Becomes reporter on the Morning Chronicle.
1835
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. 1836 Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
1837
The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9.
1838
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London. 1841 Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh.
1842
January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household.
1843
Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December.
1844
Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December.
1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4).
1846
Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas.
1847
Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
1848
Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas.
1850
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50).
1851
Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London.
1853
Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
1854
Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form. 1855 Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell.
1856
Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins.
1858
Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina.
1859
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
1860
Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3.
1863
Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round.
1865
Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother.
1866
Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1867 Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868).
1868
Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined. 1870 Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
1812 1817
7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood.
After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
CHARLES
1821 1822
1824
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7.
1827
1830
1832
Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness.
1833
First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
1834
1835
1836
Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
1837
The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9.
1838
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London.
1841
Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh. 1842 January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household.
1843
Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December. 1844
Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December.
1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4). 1846 Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas.
C H R O N O L O G Y
Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women. 1847
DICKENS
1848
Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas.
1850
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50). 1851
Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London.
1853
Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
1854
Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form. 1855 Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell.
1856
Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins. 1858
Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina.
1859
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
1860
Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3. 1863
Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round.
1865
Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother.
1866
Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1867 Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868). 1868 Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined. 1870 Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
C H
1812 1817
7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood.
After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
1821 1822
1824
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7.
1827
1830
1832
Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness.
1833
First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
1834
1835
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. 1836 Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
1837
The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9.
1838
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London. 1841
Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh. 1842 January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household.
E
1843
Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December.
1844
Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December.
1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4). 1846 Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas.
1847
Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
1848
Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas.
1850
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50).
Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London.
1851
Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
D
1853
1854
Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form. 1855 Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell.
1856
Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins.
1858
Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina.
C
1859
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
1860
Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3.
Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1863
1865
Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother.
1866
Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1867
Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868). 1868 Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined.
E G
1870
Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
N Y S
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7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood. 1817
H I
1822 Family returns to London. 1827 Becomes a solicitors clerk. 1832 1834 1836 1838 1841
1812
After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
1821
1824
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7.
Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness.
1830
1833
First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
1835
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9.
1837
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London. Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh.
1842
January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household.
1843
Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December. 1844
Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December.
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1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4). Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas.
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1847 Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas. 1850 Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form. 1855
Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50).
Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins.
Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina.
Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. 1861 Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3.
Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round.
Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1867 Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868). Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined. 1870
1853
Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell.
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
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1859
Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother.
1865
Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
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1812 1817 7 Febuary Charles John Huffam Dickens born at Portsmouth, where his father is a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The Eldest son in a family of eight, two of whom die in childhood.
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After previous postings to London and Sheerness and frequent changes of address, John Dickens settles his family in Chatham.
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1822
1821
Dickens attends local school kept by a Baptist minister. Family returns to London.
1824
Dickenss father in Marshalsea Debtors Prison for three months. During this time and afterwards Dickens employed in a blacking warehouse, labelling bottles. Resumes education at Wellington House Academy, Hampstead Road, London, 1825-7.
1827
1830
Admitted as a reader to the British Museum. 1832 Becomes a parliamentary reporter after mastering shorthand. In love with Maria Beadnell, 1830-33. Misses audition as an actor at Covent Garden because of illness.
1833
First published story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk, in the Monthly Magazine. Further stories and sketches in this and other periodicals ,1834-5.
1834
1835
Engaged to Catherine Hogarth, daughter of editor of the Evening Chronicle. 1836 Sketches by Boz, First and Second Series, published. Marries Catherine Hogarth. Meets John Forster, his literary adviser and future biographer. The Strange Gentleman, a farce, and The Village Coquettes, a pastoral operetta, professionally performed in London.
1837
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The Pickwick Papers published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1836-7). Birth of a son, the first of ten children. Death of Mary Hogarth, Dickenss sister-in-law. Edits Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9.
Oliver Twist published in three volumes (serialized monthly in Bentleys Miscellany, 1837-9). Visits Yorkshire schools of the Dotheboys type.
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1838
Nicholas Nickleby published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1838-9). Moves to 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London. 1841 Declines invitation to stand for parliament. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge published in separate volumes after appearing in weekly numbers in Master Humphreys Clock, 1840-41. Public Dinner in his honour at Edinburgh.
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January- June First visit to North America, described in American Notes, two volumes. Georgiana Hogarth, Dickens sister-in-law, becomes permanent member of the household. 1843 Martin Chuzzlewit published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1843-4). Dickens and family leave for Italy, Switzerland and France. Dickens returns to London briefly to read The Chimes to friends before its publication in December. Becomes first editor of the Daily News but resigns after seventeen issues. Pictures from Italy published. Dickens and family in Switzerland and Paris. The battle of Life published at Christmas. Dombey and Son published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1846-8). Organizes and acts in charity performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Every man in His Humour in London and elsewhere. The Haunted Man published at Christmas. Death of Dickenss father and infant daughter. Further theatrical activities, including a performance before Queen Victoria. A Childs History of England appears at intervals published in three volumes (1852, 1853, 1854). Moves to Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. Visits Preston, Lanchashire, to observe industrial unrest. Hard Times appears weekly in Household Words and is published in book form. 1855 Dickens buys Gads Hill Place, near Rochester. 1857 Publishes Reprinted Pieces (articles from Household Words). Separation from his wife followed by statement in Household Words. First public readings for his own profit in London, followed by provincial tour. Dickenss household now largely run by sister-in-law Georgina. Dickens sells London house and moves family to Gads Hill. Death of Dickenss mother, and of his son Walter (in India). Reconciled with Thackeray, with whom he had quarrelled shortly before the latters death. Publishes Mrs Lirripers Lodgings in Christmas number of All the Year Round. Begins another series of readings. Takes a house for Ellen at Slough. Mugby Junction appears in Christmas number of All the Year Round. 1867 Returns to England. Readings now include the sensational Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist; Dickens health further undermined.
Speech on the Press to Printers Pension Society, followed by others on behalf of various causes throughout Dickenss career. A Christmas Carol published in December.
1845
Dickens and family return from Italy. The Cricket on the Hearth published at Christmas. Writes autobiographical fragment, 1845-6, not published until included in Forsters Life (three volumes, 1872-4).
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1847
Returns to London. Helps Miss Burdett Coutts to set up, and later to run, a Home for Homeless Women.
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1850
Household Words, a weekly journal Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins in March and continues until 1859. Dickens makes a speech at first meeting of Metropolitan Sanitary Association. David Copperfield published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1849-50).
1853
Bleak House published in one volume (issued in monthly parts, 1852-3). Dickens gives first public readings for charity (from A Christmas Carol).
Speech in support of the Administrative Reform Association. Disappointing meeting with now married Maria Beadnell.
Little Dorrit published in one volume. Dickens acts in Wilkie Collinss melodrama The Frozen Deep and falls in love with Ellen Ternan. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, written jointly with Wilkie Collins.
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1859
All the Year Round, a weekly journal again Conducted by Charles Dickens, begins. A Tale of Two Cities, serialized both in All the Year Round and in monthly parts, appears in one volume.
1861
Great Expectations published in three volumes after appearing weekly in All the Year Round (1860-61). The Uncommercial Traveller (papers from All the Year Round) appears; expanded edition, 1868. Further public readings, 1861-3.
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1865
Our Mutual Friend published in two volumes (issued in monthly parts, 1864-5). Dickens severely shocked after a serious train accident at Staplehurst, Kent, when returning from France with Ellen Ternan and her mother.
Moves Ellen to Peckham. Second journey to America. Gives readings in Boston, New York, Washington and elsewhere, despite increasing ill-health. George Silvermans Explanation appears in Atlantic Monthly (then in All the Year Round, 1868).
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1870
Farwell readings in London. The Mystery of Edwin Drood issued in six monthly parts, intended to be completed in twelve. 9 June Dies, after stroke, at Gads Hill, aged fifty-eight. Burried in Westminster Abbey.
A timeline to celebrate a two hundred year legacy of one of Britians greatest writers.
CHARITY
Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity The Hospital for Sick Children first opened it doors at 49 Great Ormond Street on Valentines Day 1852 with 10 beds. Dr Charles West was the driving force behind its opening, driven by the shockingly high level of infant mortality in the capital. The first child admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital as an out-patient was two-year-old George Parr, who had catarrh and diarrhoea not serious by todays standards, but this was a time when one third of children born in London died before adulthood. Help us save more lives, develop new treatments, build state of the art facilities and support our remarkable patients and their families. With your donation we can continue to put the child first and always. Great Ormond Street Hospital deals with more than 175,000 patient visits every year. Read some of the remarkable stories of our patients and their families. Donations allow the hospital to buy equipment, fund research and provide better facilities that would otherwise be unaffordable under the NHS.
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ARTIST INTERPRETATIONS
In the months leading up to this event we have commisioned some top artists and designers to produce thier own interpretations of Dickens famous works. The starting point was a plain white hardback book, all slightly varying in size and upon these the artists were allowed to produce a piece fo work, using and media and processes they wish. These books will be auctioned off during the launch night event and all money raised will go to Greast Ormond Street Hopsital, something very close to Dickens heart.
Without this extraordinary thingwe couldnt have got anywhere, because tense allows you to say what youre going to do tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or it allows one person to say to another person Do you remember that thing we saw yesterday? Three sunsets ago, that place there. Lets meet there in four sunsets time. Thats immediately a plan, instead of having to improvise like a wolf pack by instinctYou set out a plan and then implement it. It underwrites everything that is our civilization.
Without this extraordinary thingwe couldnt have got anywhere, because tense allows you to say what youre going to do tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or it allows one person to say to another person Do you remember that thing we saw yesterday? Three sunsets ago, that place there. Lets meet there in four sunsets time. Thats immediately a plan, instead of having to improvise like a wolf pack by instinctYou set out a plan and then implement it. It underwrites everything that is our civilization.
Without this extraordinary thingwe couldnt have got anywhere, because tense allows you to say what youre going to do tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or it allows one person to say to another person Do you remember that thing we saw yesterday? Three sunsets ago, that place there. Lets meet there in four sunsets time. Thats immediately a plan, instead of having to improvise like a wolf pack by instinctYou set out a plan and then implement it. It underwrites everything that is our civilization.
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS
Dickens believed that enriching peoples life with knowledge and enjoyment of the arts was key to building a fair society and creating opportunities. Charles Dickens 200 is committed to following Dickenss educational mission by supporting learning activities around the world, from teachers conferences and family workshops to creative writing master classes and writing competitions. Tonight three professional speakers will be introducing opportunities for the forthcoming year.