Charles Dickens

Early Childhood

Feb 7, 1812

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, at Portsea on the southern coast of England. http://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/life/childhood/

Married

Jan 1, 1836

The first chapters of The Pickwick Papers are published. Charles gets married to Catherine Hogarth.

First Child

Jan 1, 1837

The first of his 10 children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, is born. Mary Hogarth, Catherine’s sister, dies. The publication of Oliver Twist begins.

Boarding School

Feb 23, 1838

Dickens and Hablot Browne travel to Yorkshire to see the boarding schools. Publication of Nicholas Nickleby begins.

Baranby Rudge & Walter

Jan 1, 1841

Barnaby Rudge is published. Charles and Catherine go on a tour in Scotland. Their son, Walter, is born.

Switzerland Trip

Jan 1, 1846

Charles Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland. Charles starts the publication of Dombey and Son begins.

Deaths

Feb 23, 1851

Catherine Dickens his wife, suffers a nervous collapse. John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies.

Train Wreck

Feb 23, 1865

Charles Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident along with Ellen Ternan and her mother.

Final Reading

Jan 1, 1870

Dickens gives his final public reading. Publication of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins. Charles Dickens dies at Gad’s Hill Place on June 9.

6th Novel

Jan 1, 1884

In the year 1884 Dickens's criticism of America was unbuckled, in Charles's 6th novel Martin Chuzzelwit.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1990.Martin_Chuzzlewit