Timeline of Jane Austen

1800s

Year	Austen	Literary history	Political history
1800	29 March – Mrs. Leigh Perrot tried at Taunton and acquitted October – Edward Austen visits Steventon and takes Cassandra back to Godmersham with him via Chawton and London End of November–mid-December – Jane Austen visits the Lloyds at Ibthorpe December – Revd. Austen decides to retire and move to Bath ? – Austen revises and completes Sir Charles Grandison	Publication of Maria Edgeworth's novel Castle Rackrent Publication of Mary Robinson's (pictured) Lyrical Tales Publication of Elizabeth Hamilton's Memoirs of Modern Philosophers	Food riots in Britain Robert Owen founds model factory at New Lanark
1801	January – Henry Austen resigns commission in Oxfordshire militia and sets up as a banker and army agent in London End of January – Jane Austen visits the Bigg-Wither family at Manydown February – Cassandra returns to Steventon from Godmersham via London May – Austen family leaves Steventon and settles in Bath May – Mrs. Austen and Jane travel to Bath via Ibthorpe, and stay with the Leigh-Perrots May – James Austen and his family move to Steventon rectory End of May – Austen family takes a West Country holiday, probably visiting Sidmouth and Colyton End of May – Jane Austen's West Country romance with a young clergyman may have occurred September – Austen family visits Steventon and Ashe 5 October – Austen family returns to Bath	Publication of Edgeworth's novel Belinda Publication of Hamilton's Letters on Education	1 January – Act of Union creates the United Kingdom 1 October – Truce between Britain and France
1802	April – James, Mary, and Anna visit the Austen family at Bath Summer – Charles Austen joins the Austens for the holidays 1 September – Jane and Cassandra Austen arrive at Steventon 3 September – Charles takes Jane and Cassandra to Godmersham 28 October – Charles brings his sisters back to Steventon 25 November – Jane and Cassandra visit the Biggs family at Manydown 2 December – Harris Bigg-Wither unexpectedly proposes marriage to Jane Austen; she accepts 3 December – Austen rejects Bigg-Wither's proposal; she and Cassandra return to Steventon and leave at once for Bath Winter – Austen revises Susan (Northanger Abbey)	Publication of Walter Scott's (pictured) collection of ballads Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Publication of West's novel The Infidel Father	27 March – Treaty of Amiens signed; 18-month break in wars with France
1803	Spring – Austen sells copyright for Susan to Benjamin Crosby, a London publisher, for £10 18 May – Henry and Eliza nearly trapped in France when Napoleon breaks the Peace of Amiens Summer – Austen possibly visits Charmouth, Up Lyme, and Pinny July – Francis Austen stationed at Ramsgate September–October – Rev. and Mrs. Austen, probably accompanied by Jane and Cassandra, stay at Godmersham October – Jane and Cassandra visit Ashe 24 October – Jane and Cassandra return to Bath November – Austen family visits Lyme Regis		12 May – Peace of Amiens ends; war resumes with France
1804	Jane Austen probably writes The Watsons Spring – Mrs. Austen seriously ill Summer – Austens, with Henry and Eliza, visit Lyme Regis 25 October – Austens return to Bath and move to 3 Green Park Buildings East 16 December – Jane Austen's long-time friend, Mrs. Anne Lefroy of Ashe, killed in a riding accident	Publication of Edgeworth's collection of stories Popular Tales	18 May – Napoleon (pictured) crowns himself emperor of the French
1805	21 January – Rev. George Austen (Jane's father) dies suddenly in Bath 25 March – Mrs. Austen and her daughters move to 25 Gay Street, Bath June – Mrs. Austen, Jane, and Cassandra travel to Godmersham via Steventon, taking Anna with them 18 June – James Austen's daughter, Caroline, born Summer – Possible courtship of Jane Austen by Edward Bridges Summer – Martha Lloyd joins the Austen household 17 September–November – Jane and Cassandra travel to Worthing	Publication of Edgeworth's (pictured) The Modern Griselda Publication of Amelia Opie's novel Adeline Mowbray Publication of William Godwin's novel Fleetwood	21 October – Nelson's fleet defeats combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar
1806	January – Mrs. Austen and her daughters visit Steventon 29 January – Mrs. Austen returns to Bath and takes lodgings in Trim Street February–mid-March – Jane and Cassandra visit the Biggs sisters at Manydown, returning to Bath via Steventon 2 July – Mrs. Austen and her daughters finally leave Bath, and go via Clifton to Adlestrop 24 July – Francis Austen marries Mary Gibson 14 August–mid-October – Mrs. Austen and her daughters visit the Coopers at Hamstall Ridware October – Austen family takes lodgings in Southampton with Francis Austen and Mary Winter – Cassandra Austen visits Godmersham
1807	March – Austen family moves into a house in Castle Square, Southampton April – Henry brings Cassandra back to Southampton from Godmersham via London 19 May – Charles Austen marries Fanny Palmer in Bermuda September – Edward Austen arranges family gathering at Chawton Great House, followed by further family gathering in Southampton	Publication of William Wilberforce's (pictured) A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade	25 March – Britain abolishes the slave trade
1808	January–March – Jane and Cassandra stay at Steventon, Manydown, and with the Fowles at Kintbury 15 May – Henry and Jane Austen at Steventon en route to London 14 June – Jane Austen travels to Godmersham with James and Mary 8 July – Austen returns to Southampton 28 September – Cassandra travels to Godmersham 10 October – Elizabeth Austen (Edward's wife) dies after eleventh childbirth	Publication of Scott's poem Marmion Publication of Hamilton's novel Cottagers of Glenburie Publication of More's novel Coelebs in Search of a Wife
1809	February – Cassandra returns to Southampton 5 April – Austen attempts unsuccessfully to pressure Crosby to publish Susan 15 May – Mrs. Austen and her daughters begin visit to Godmersham 7 July – Austen family and Martha Lloyd move to Chawton Cottage (pictured) August – Jane Austen's interest in writing revives October – Edward Austen and Fanny visit Chawton	Foundation of The Quarterly Review, the chief Tory periodical Publication of Edgeworth's story collection Tales of Fashionable Life (1809–1812)

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