PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF S. T. COLERIDGE
Born, October 21, 1772.
Death of his father, October 4, 1781.
Entered at Christ’s Hospital, July 18, 1782.
Elected a “Grecian,” 1788.
Discharged from Christ’s Hospital, September 7, 1791.
Went into residence at Jesus College, Cambridge, October, 1791.
Enlisted in King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons, December 2, 1793.
Discharged from the army, April 10, 1794.
Visit to Oxford and introduction to Southey, June, 1794.
Proposal to emigrate to America—Pantisocracy—Autumn, 1794.
Final departure from Cambridge, December, 1794.
Settled at Bristol as public lecturer, January, 1795.
Married to Sarah Fricker, October 4, 1795.
Publication of “Conciones ad Populum,” Clevedon, November 16, 1795.
Pantisocrats dissolve—Rupture with Southey—November, 1795.
Publication of first edition of Poems, April, 1796.
Issue of “The Watchman,” March 1-May 13, 1796.
Birth of Hartley Coleridge, September 19, 1796.
Settled at Nether-Stowey, December 31, 1796.
Publication of second edition of Poems, June, 1797.
Settlement of Wordsworth at Alfoxden, July 14, 1797.
The “Ancient Mariner” begun, November 13, 1797.
First part of “Christabel,” begun, 1797.
Acceptance of annuity of £150 from J. and T. Wedgwood, January, 1798.
Went to Germany, September 16, 1798.
Returned from Germany, July, 1799.
First visit to Lake Country, October-November, 1799.
Began to write for “Morning Post,” December, 1799.
Translation of Schiller’s “Wallenstein,” Spring, 1800.
Settled at Greta Hall, Keswick, July 24, 1800.
Birth of Derwent Coleridge, September 14, 1800.
Wrote second part of “Christabel,” Autumn, 1800.
Began study of German metaphysics, 1801.
Birth of Sara Coleridge, December 23, 1802.
Publication of third edition of Poems, Summer, 1803.
Set out on Scotch tour, August 14, 1803.
Settlement of Southey at Greta Hall, September, 1803.
Sailed for Malta in the Speedwell, April 9, 1804.
Arrived at Malta, May 18, 1804.
First tour in Sicily, August-November, 1804.
Left Malta for Syracuse, September 21, 1805.
Residence in Rome, January-May, 1806.
Returned to England, August, 1806.
Visit to Wordsworth at Coleorton, December 21, 1806.
Met De Quincey at Bridgwater, July, 1807.
First lecture at Royal Institution, January 12, 1808.
Settled at Allan Bank, Grasmere, September, 1808.
First number of “The Friend,” June 1, 1809.
Last number of “The Friend,” March 15, 1810.
Left Greta Hall for London, October 10, 1810.
Settled at Hammersmith with the Morgans, November 3, 1810.
First lecture at London Philosophical Society, November 18, 1811.
Last visit to Greta Hall, February-March, 1812.
First lecture at Willis’s Rooms, May 12, 1812.
First lecture at Surrey Institution, November 3, 1812.
Production of “Remorse” at Drury Lane, January 23, 1813.
Left London for Bristol, October, 1813.
First course of Bristol lectures, October-November, 1813.
Second course of Bristol lectures, December 30, 1813.
Third course of Bristol lectures, April, 1814.
Residence with Josiah Wade at Bristol, Summer, 1814.
Rejoined the Morgans at Ashley, September, 1814.
Accompanied the Morgans to Calne, November, 1814.
Settles with Mr. Gillman at Highgate, April 16, 1816.
Publication of “Christabel,” June, 1816.
Publication of the “Statesman’s Manual,” December, 1816.
Publication of second “Lay Sermon,” 1817.
Publication of “Biographia Literaria” and “Sibylline Leaves,” 1817.
First acquaintance with Joseph Henry Green, 1817.
Publication of “Zapolya,” Autumn, 1817.
First lecture at “Flower-de-Luce Court,” January 27, 1818.
Publication of “Essay on Method,” January, 1818.
Revised edition of “The Friend,” Spring, 1818.
Introduction to Thomas Allsop, 1818.
First lecture on “History of Philosophy,” December 14, 1818.
First lecture on “Shakespeare” (last course), December 17, 1818.
Last public lecture, “History of Philosophy,” March 29, 1819.
Nominated “Royal Associate” of Royal Society of Literature, May, 1824.
Read paper to Royal Society on “Prometheus of Æschylus,” May 15, 1825.
Publication of “Aids to Reflection,” May-June, 1825.
Publication of “Poetical Works,” in three volumes, 1828.
Tour on the Rhine with Wordsworth, June-July, 1828.
Revised issue of “Poetical Works,” in three volumes, 1829.
Marriage of Sara Coleridge to Henry Nelson Coleridge, September 3, 1829.
Publication of “Church and State,” 1830.
Visit to Cambridge, June, 1833.
Death, July 25, 1834.