Timeline of Jane Austen

1810s

Year	Austen	Literary history	Political history
1810	July–August – Jane Austen (pictured) and Cassandra visit Manydown and Steventon November – Edward Austen and Fanny visit Chawton Winter – Sense and Sensibility accepted for publication by Thomas Egerton, London publisher	Publication of Scott's poem "Lady of the Lake" Publication of West's novel The Refusal	October – George III recognized as insane
1811	February – Jane Austen starts planning Mansfield Park March – Austen stays with Henry in London March – Austen corrects proofs of Sense and Sensibility March – Cassandra visits Godmersham August – Charles Austen and family return to England 30 October – Sense and Sensibility published anonymously November – Jane Austen visits James at Steventon Winter? – Jane Austen begins revising First Impressions, later published as Pride and Prejudice		February – George, Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent Luddites protest industrialization in Britain (1811–1812)
1812	April – Edward Austen and Fanny visit Chawton 9–25 June – Mrs. Austen and Jane visit Steventon; Cassandra goes to Godmersham 14 October – Edward Austen officially adopts "Knight" as surname Autumn – Jane Austen sells copyright of Pride and Prejudice to Egerton for £110	Publication of Lord Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I and II Publication of Anna Laetitia Barbauld's poem Eighteen Hundred and Eleven Publication of West's novel The Loyalists	June – Napoleon invades Russia 18 June – United States declares war on Great Britain October–December – Napoleon's defeated army retreats from Russia (pictured)
1813	28 January – Pride and Prejudice published anonymously 21 April – Edward Austen and family come to Chawton Great House and stay for four months 22 April – Jane Austen goes to London to attend the dying Eliza de Feuillide 25 April – Eliza dies 1 May – Austen returns to Chawton 19 May – Henry Austen takes Jane to London for a fortnight July? – Austen finishes Mansfield Park September – Edward Austen and Jane travel via London to Godmersham (her last visit there) 13 November – Edward Austen takes Jane back to Chawton via London November – Second editions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility released November – Mansfield Park probably accepted for publication	Publication of Byron's poems The Giaour and The Bride of Abydos to great acclaim May – Publication of Percy Bysshe Shelley's (pictured) poem Queen Mab
1814	21 January – Austen begins Emma 1 March – Henry Austen takes Jane to London April – Jane Austen returns to Chawton via Streatham April – Edward Austen and family stay at Chawton Great House for two months 9 May – Mansfield Park (pictured) published anonymously by Egerton Midsummer – Austen visits the Cookes at Great Bookham, Surrey August – Austen visits Henry in London August – Francis Austen and family move into Chawton Great House and stay there for about two years 3 September – Henry Austen takes Jane home to Chawton 6 September – Charles's wife Fanny dies after childbirth 25 November – Austen visits Henry in London 5 December – Henry takes Jane back to Chawton 25 December – Jane and Cassandra stay with Mrs. Heathcote and Miss Bigg in Winchester	Publication of Walter Scott's novel Waverley Publication of Burney's novel The Wanderer Publication of Edgeworth's novel Patronage Publication of Byron's poem The Corsair, instantly popular Publication of Wordsworth's poem The Excursion Publication of Mary Martha Sherwood's children's book The History of Little Henry and his Bearer	6 April – Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba 24 December – Treaty of Ghent ends war between the United States and Britain
1815	2–16 January – Jane and Cassandra stay at Steventon; they also visit Ashe and Laverstoke 29 March – Emma finished March or April? – Jane and Cassandra probably visit Henry in London 8 August – Austen begins Persuasion August – Austen possibly goes to London to negotiate publication of Emma, returning early in September 4 October – Austen moves to London to nurse Henry 13 November – Austen visits the Prince Regent's Library at Carlton House; receives invitation to dedicate a future work to him 16 December – Austen returns to Chawton End of December – Emma published by John Murray, dedicated to the Prince Regent	Publication of Scott's novel Guy Mannering	March – Napoleon returns from Elba May – Corn Laws passed 18 June – Duke of Wellington (pictured) defeats Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo Restoration of Louis XVIII in France 20 November – Treaty of Paris, officially ending Napoleonic wars
1816	Spring – Jane Austen begins to feel ill Spring – Henry buys back manuscript of Susan Spring – Austen revises Susan as Catharine, intending to publish it 15 March – Henry's bank fails and he leaves London 22 May – Jane and Cassandra go to Cheltenham via Steventon 15 June – Jane and Cassandra return to Chawton via Kintbury 18 July – First draft of Persuasion finished 6 August – Persuasion revised and finished Second edition of Mansfield Park published by Murray December – Henry is ordained and becomes curate of Chawton	Publication of Coleridge's poem "Christabel" Publication of Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" Publication of Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III Byron (pictured) leaves England because of personal troubles, never to return	April – Riots in East Anglia and manufacturing districts in Britain Elgin marbles exhibited in the British Museum
1817	27 January–18 March – Austen works on novel later published as Sanditon 18 March – Austen ceases work on Sanditon 27 April – Austen makes her will 24 May – Cassandra takes Jane to Winchester for medical treatment 18 July – Austen dies early in the morning 24 July – Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral (pictured) End of December – Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are published together by Murray along with Henry's "Biographical Notice of the Author"	Publication of Coleridge's Biographia Literaria Publication of Edgeworth's novels Ormond and Harrington Publication of Byron's poem Manfred Publication of Godwin's novel Mandeville Publication of Scott's novel Rob Roy

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