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