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Charlotte Brontë born
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Charlotte Brontë was born on 21st April in Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire. Her parents were clergyman Patrick Brontë of County Down, Ireland, and Maria Branwell of Cornwall.
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| 1817 |
Patrick Branwell Brontë born
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Charlotte already had two elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth.
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| 1818 |
Emily Brontë born
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Emily, like Charlotte, would go on to become a writer. Another sister, Anne, who also wrote, was born two years later.
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| 1820 |
Anne Brontë born
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The family moved to Haworth parsonage, Yorkshire.
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| 1821 |
Mrs Brontë died
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Charlotte’s mother died on 15th September at the age of 38. Her sister, Elizabeth, came to live at the parsonage until her death in 1842.
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| 1824 |
Brontë girls at school
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They attended Cowan Bridge School.
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| 1825 |
Death of Maria and Elizabeth
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The sisters died from tuberculosis contracted at school.
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| 1831–1832 |
Charlotte attended school at Roe Head, Mirfield
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Her new school was 20 miles from Haworth. Emily came with her initially, but returned home some months later suffering from homesickness.
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| 1835 |
Charlotte returned to Roe Head School as a teacher
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She experienced bouts of depression and ill health while teaching there, and eventually returned to Haworth in December 1938.
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| 1839, 1841 |
Worked as a governess
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Charlotte held two different posts as a governess.
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| 1842 |
Moved to Belgium
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With Emily, Charlotte boarded as a pupil at Pensionnat Héger, Brussels.
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| 1843 |
Employed to teach at Pensionnat Héger
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Charlotte experienced great homesickness, but was also distraught to leave her relationship with M Héger, which became an increasingly significant and deeply felt attachment for Charlotte.
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| 1844 |
Rev. Arthur Bell Nicholls came to Haworth as the new curate
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He would become Charlotte’s husband 10 years later.
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| 1846 |
Poems published
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Charlotte, Emily and Anne used the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Charlotte also started to write Jane Eyre.
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| 1847 |
Jane Eyre published
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| 1848 |
Death of Branwell and Emily
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Both died from tuberculosis, Branwell in September and Emily in December, followed by Anne in 1849.
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| 1849 |
Shirley published
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Charlotte also visited London and the Lakes in 1849 and 1850, making literary friends.
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| 1853 |
Villette published
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The novel was a reworking of Charlotte’s first novel, The Professor, which wasn’t itself published until after her death.
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| 1854 |
Married
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Charlotte married Rev. A B Nicholls.
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| 1855 |
Charlotte died aged 38
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She experienced extreme hyperemis gravidarum (persistent vomiting in pregnancy).
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| 1857 |
The Professor published
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte Brontë was also published.
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| 1861 |
Death of Patrick Brontë
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Patrick died, having outlived his wife and all six of his children.
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