| 1667 | (November 30th) Birth |
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| 1668 | Carried to Whitehaven by his nurse |
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| 1671 | Brought back to Ireland |
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| 1673 | Sent to Kilkenny School |
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| 1681 | Sent to Trinity College, Dublin |
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| 1685 | Graduates |
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| 1688 | Death of Swift's uncle, Godwin Swift
Joins his mother at Leicester |
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| 1689 | Begins his first service
with Sir William Temple |
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| 1690 | Returns to Ireland |
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| 1691 | Begins his 2nd service with Temple |
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| 1692 | Admitted M.A. at Oxford
Earliest poems (Pindaric Odes, etc.) |
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| 1694 | (May) Quits Sir William Temple's
service for the second time
(Oct) Ordained Deacon
by the Bishop of Kildare |
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| 1695 | (Jan) Ordained Priest, and appointed
to the Prebend of Kilroot |
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| 1696 | (May) Begins his third residence
with Temple, at Moor Park |
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| 1697 | (Dec) Resigns the living of Kilroot
Battle of the Books chiefly written. |
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| 1698 | (January 27th) Death of Temple |
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| 1699 | Swift returns to Ireland,
as Chaplain to Lord Berkeley |
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| 1700 | (February) Vicar of Laracor |
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| 1701 | Became D.D, of Trinity College
Returns to England
Dissensions at Athens and Rome
Stella settles in Ireland, where Swift follows
at end of the year |
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| 1702 | (March) Death of William III.
(April to October) Swift visits England |
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| 1703 | (November) Again in England |
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| 1704 | Publication of the Tale of a Tub
and Battle of the Books
Returns to Laracor
(August) Victory of Blenheim
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| 1705 | (April) Visit to England, to press claim
of First Fruits for Irish Church |
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| 1706 | (May) Victory of Ramillies |
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| 1707 | (November) Swift again returns to England,
to renew struggle for First Fruits |
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| 1708 | (Feb) Dismissal of Harley from Whig Ministry
Victory of Oudenarde
(October) Death of Prince George
Lord Wharton appointed Governor of Ireland
(Addison made Chief Secretary)
Letter on the Sacramental Test,
Argument against Abolishing Christianity,
Project for the Advancement of Religion,
Sentiments of a Church of England Man
Predictions for the year 1708 (Bickerstaff)
Acquaintance with Hester Vanhomrigh (Vanessa) |
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| 1709 | (July) Swift returns to Laracor
Overtures for Peace from Louis XIV.
(Nov. 5th) Sacheverell's sermon
against the Whig Ministry |
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| 1710 | (Feb) Prosecution of Sacheverell
(May) Death of Swift's mother
(Aug) Harley made Chancellor of Exchequer
(Sept) Swift returns to England
(October) His introduction to Harley,
and breach with the Whigs |
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| 1711 | Sid Hamet's Rod (lampoon on Godolphin)
Writing in Examiner
(March) Harley wounded by Guiscard
(May) Harley made Lord Treasurer,
and created Earl of Oxford
(October) Conduct of the Allies
(December) Dismissal of Marlborough |
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| 1712 | (January) Visit of Prince Eugene to England
Letter to the October Club
(July) St. John created Viscount Bolingbroke
(August) Suspension of hostilities
and beginning of peace negotiations
(November) Death of Duke of Hamilton
in duel with Lord Mohun |
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| 1713 | (April) Peace signed at Utrecht
Appointed Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin
(June) Returns to Ireland
(July) Dissensions between
Oxford and Bolingbroke
(September) Swift returns to England
(December) Importance of the Guardian
(Attack on Steele) |
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| 1714 | Plan of Scriblerus Club
(May) Swift quits London
(July) Oxford dismissed
(Aug) Death of Queen Anne
Fall of Tory Ministry
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1714
-1719 | Swift in retirement
Cadenus and Vanessa |
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| 1716 | Marriage with Stella |
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| 1720 | Swift's appearance as Irish Patriot
The Universal use of Irish Manufactures |
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| 1722 | Patent for copper coinage granted to Wood |
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| 1723 | First Drapier's Letter; Death of Vanessa |
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| 1724 | Lord Carteret appointed
Governor of Ireland
(August) 2nd and 3rd Drapier's Letters
(October) 4th Drapier's Letter
Prosecution of Harding, the printer
(November) Bill against Harding
thrown out by Grand Jury
(December) 5th Drapier's Letter
Dr. Boulter appointed Primate of Ireland |
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| 1726 | Swift visits England
Meeting with Walpole
Gulliver's Travels |
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| 1727 | (April) Swift's last visit to England
(June) Death of George I |
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| 1728 | (January) Death of Stella
Publication of the Beggar's Opera
Publication of the Dunciad
Death of Congreve |
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| 1729 | A Modest Proposal, etc.
Answer to the Craftsman |
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| 1731 | Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift |
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| 1733 | Rhapsody on Poetry |
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| 1735 | Faulkner's Edition of Swift's Works
Death of Arbuthnot
Four Last Years of the Queen |
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| 1736 | The Legion Club |
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| 1740 | Swift's last letter |
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| 1741 | Guardian appointed for Swift
by Court of Chancery |
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| 1742 | Last brain seizure,
leaving Swift in helpless idiocy |
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| 1745 | (October 19th) Death |
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