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of events in the life of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824). Each year links to its corresponding " year in poetry" article:

1788 Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London. * January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...

:''22 January'' – Born, 16 Holles Street, London.

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election ...

:Mother (Catherine Gordon) took lodgings in Queen Street,

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1791 Events January–March * January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts. * January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Count ...

:''2 August'' – Father (John "Mad Jack" Byron) died in France never having seen his son. :Mother moved to flat in 64 Broad Street, Aberdeen.

1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United St ...

–

1798 Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of ...

– At Aberdeen Grammar School.

:''21 May'' – George Gordon Byron became 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale on death of great-uncle. :''August'' – With his mother took up residence at ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, near

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1799 Events January–March * January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the French Revolutionary Wars. * January ...

:Lived with Parkyns family, Nottingham. Tutored by "Dummer" Rogers. :''July'' – Removed to London by John Hanson, Byron’s lawyer & business agent. :''September'' – Attended Dr. Glennie's School, Dulwich Grove. :Spent Christmas holidays with Hanson family at Earl's Court, London. :Spent summer holiday in Newstead Abbey and fell in love with 1st cousin, Margaret Parker. 1801 :''April'' – Entered

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

. :Spent summer with mother at Mrs Massingberd's, 16 Piccadilly, at Hanson's and in

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. :Christmas holidays in

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with mother.

1803 Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 4 – William Symingt ...

:''February'' – Newstead Abbey leased to Henry Edward Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn. :''21 July'' – Mother rented Burgage Manor, Southwell. :''September'' – Fell madly in love with neighbour's daughter, Mary Chaworth, of Annesley Hall. Refused to go back to Harrow.

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...

:''January'' – Fell out with Lord Grey and returned to Harrow. :''22 March'' – Started holiday at Burgage Manor and met the Pigots who lived opposite.

1805 After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created. * February 7 – King Anouvong become ...

:''2 August'' – Played for Harrow in annual

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match v Eton at

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. Scored 6 notches. :''24 October'' – Went up to Trinity College,

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. :Friendships with E.N.Long & John Edleston began.

1806 Events January–March *January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. *January 5 – The body of British naval leader Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state ...

:''February'' – Got heavily in debt with moneylenders; dissipation in London. :''April'' – Returned to Trinity College. :''July'' – At Burgage Manor writing poems. :''August'' – After acrimonious quarrel with mother escaped to London. :''November'' – Collection of poems, ''Fugitive Pieces'', privately printed.

1807 Events January–March *January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies. *January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with b ...

:''January'' Second volume of poetry, ''Poems on Various Occasions'', privately printed. :''June'' – ''Hours of Idleness'' published. Back at Cambridge started friendships with John Cam Hobhouse and Scrope Davies, Matthews and Hodgson. :''December'' – Came down from Cambridge University for good.

1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is formally banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect. However Americans still continue the slave trade by transpor ...

:''February'' – ''Hours of Idleness'' ridiculed in the ''

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''. :''March'' – ''Poems Original and Translated'' published. :''July–August'' – At

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with John Hobhouse and Scrope Davies.

1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded. * January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...

:''13 March'' – Took seat in the

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. :English Bards and Scotch Reviewers published. :''20 June'' – Travelled to Falmouth with Hobhouse. :''2 July'' – Set sail with

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in the Lisbon packet, ''Princess Elizabeth''. :''7 July'' – Arrived in

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

. :''12–16 July'' – Explored

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. :''20 July'' – Departed for Spain. :''29 July'' – Arrived

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. :''3 August'' – Sailed in the frigate, ''Hyperion''. :''4 August'' – Arrived at the Rock of

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. :''16 August'' – Sailed for Malta in packet ''Townshend''. :''31 August'' – Arrived

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

. :''September'' – Had romantic affair with Mrs Spencer Smith. :''19 September'' – Left Malta aboard the brig, ''Spider'', for Greece & Albania. :''26 September'' – Aboard the ''Spider'', at anchor off

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, and spent several hours on shore. :''26–28 September'' – Aboard the ''Spider'', passed by Missolonghi, Ithaca,

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, and

Santa Maura Lefkada (, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to ...

. :''28 September'' – 19:00. Anchored off

Preveza Preveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza, which is the s ...

. :''29 September'' – Landed at Preveza. :''30 September'' – Visited the ruins of

Nicopolis Nicopolis () or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus (Roman province), Epirus. Its site, near Preveza, Greece, still contains impressive ruins. The city was founded in 29 BC by Octavian in commemoration of his ...

. :''1 October'' – Left on a large boat for Salaora, the port of Arta, en route for

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. :''1–2 October'' – Stayed for two nights in customs house at Salaora. :''3 October'' – Left by horse and arrived in Arta. :''11 October'' – Left for

Tepelenë Tepelenë ( sq-definite, Tepelena) is a city and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in the south of Albania. The town is on the left bank of the Vjosa River, about three kilometres downstream from its union with the Drino. Until the abolition ...

, Albania, to meet Ali Pasha. :''12 October'' – First encounter with Ali Pasha of Tepelenë. :''26 October'' – Returned to Ioannina. :''31 October'' – At Ioannina. Started poem, ''Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage''. :''3 November'' – Slept the night at St. Dimitrios Chan, south of Ioannina. :''4 November'' – Arrived at Arta. :''5 November'' – Arrived at Salaora. :''6 November'' – Arrived at Preveza. :''7 November'' – Left Preveza at noon aboard a turkish galleote for

. :''8 November'' – Due to bad weather they finished up at Porto Fanari. :''9 November'' – Decided to return by horse to Preveza. :''10 November'' – Visited the ruins of Nicopolis again. :''13 November'' – Sailed from Preveza to Vonitsa. :''14 November'' – Travelled towards Missolonghi. :''20 November'' – Visited Missolonghi. :''25 December'' – Arrived at

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. 1810 :''Mar–Apr'' – Toured

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, visited

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. :''5 March'' – Arrived Smyrna aboard the brig ''Pylades''. :''3 May'' – Swam Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos. :''13 May'' – Arrived

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. :''18 July'' – Arrived Athens. :''21 July'' – Left for the

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. :''26 July'' – Arrived

. :''19 August(?)'' – At Athens: stayed in Capuchin monastery. :''18 October'' – Returned Athens.

1811 Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón ...

:''March'' – Wrote ''Hints from Horace'' & ''The Curse of Minerva'' :''22 April'' – Sailed in the ''Hydra'' :''30 April–2 June'' – At Malta. Sailed for England in frigate ''Volage'' :''14 July'' – Landed

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; at Reddish’s Hotel, St James' Street. :''1 August'' – Mother died. :''3 August'' – At Newstead Abbey; Matthews drowned at Cambridge. :''16 October'' – Visited Cambridge University with Scrope Berdmore Davies. :''28 October'' – Took up residence at 8 St James Street's, London. :''4 November'' – Dinner with Samuel Rogers to meet the poet

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who was widely regarded as Ireland's "National poet, national bard" during the late Georgian era. The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his ''I ...

. :''19 December'' – After further visit to Cambridge left for Newstead, where Byron had an affair with Welsh maid, Susan Vaughan.

1812 Events January–March * January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire. * January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege ...

:''27 February'' –

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in House of Lords – opposing the Framework Bill 1812 :''10 March'' – ''Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage'' Cantos I & II published, which made Byron famous overnight. :''25 March'' – First saw Annabella Milbanke. :''April'' – Affair with Lady Caroline Lamb started. :''21 April'' – Second speech in the House of Lords – in favor of Catholic emancipation. :''15 August'' – Thomas Claughton offered £140,000 for Newstead but delayed payment. :''September'' – Wrote Drury Lane Theatre Address at request of Lord Holland. :''October'' – Proposal of marriage to Annabella Milbanke rejected; Wrote ''The Waltz''. :''24 October'' – Left for Eywood, Presteign, to visit the Oxfords. :''21 November'' – Left Eywood to stay with Jerseys at Middleton. :''30 November'' – At Batt's Hotel,

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, London. :''14 December(?)'' – Back at Eywood.

1813 Events January–March * January 5 – The Danish state bankruptcy of 1813 occurs. * January 18– 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a Britis ...

:''19 January'' – Took lodgings at 4 Bennet Street, St James'. :''29 May'' – Accompanied Moore to visit

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...

in prison. :''1 June'' – Last speech in House of Lords. :''8 June'' – First edition of ''The Giaour'' published. :''20 June'' – Met Madame de Stael for first time. :''26 June'' – Augusta Leigh arrives in London, and is met by her half-brother, Byron. :''1 July'' – Third (and final) speech in the House of Lords – Debate on Major Cartwright’s Petition :''August'' – Correspondence with Miss Milbanke begun. :''September'' – Visit to James Wedderburn Webster and dallied with Lady Frances Webster. :''19 October'' – "Spared" Lady Frances and returned to London. :''14 November'' – Began Journal (continued to 19 April 1814). :''2 December'' – ''Bride of Abydos'' published.

1814 Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French gar ...

:''1 February'' – ''Corsair'' published. 10,000 copies sold on day of publication. :''March'' – Sat to Phillips for portrait. :''28 March'' – Rented apartment in Albany,

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. :''2 April'' – With Augusta at her home at Six Mile Bottom, Camb

:''16 April'' – ''Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte'' published anonymously. :''1 July'' – At Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington's Ball. :''22 July'' – At

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with Augusta. :''6 August'' – ''Lara'' published with Samuel Rogers' Jacqueline. :''9 September'' – Tentative proposal to Annabella Milbanke. :''15 September'' – Received Annabelle's acceptance of proposal of marriage. :''29 October'' – Left for

Seaham Seaham ( ) is a seaside town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Located on the Durham Coast, Seaham is situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham, England, Durham. The town grew from the late 19th century onwards as ...

, near Durham, Annabella’s home. :''30–31 October'' – At Six-Mile-Bottom with Augusta. :''2 November'' – Arrived Seaham. :''16 November'' – Left for London. :''18 November'' – At Cambridge. :''19–22 November'' – At Six Mile Bottom. :''23 November'' – Applauded by undergraduates at Cambridge University. :''24 November'' – London. :''24 December'' – Left with

for Seaham. :''25 December'' – Christmas at Six Mile Bottom. :''30 December'' – Arrived Seaham.

1815 Events January * January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England. * January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Pr ...

:''2 January'' – Married to Miss Annabella Milbanke at Seaham. :''2–21 January'' – ''Treaclemoon'' at Halnaby,

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. :''21 January – 9 March'' – At Seaham. :''12–28 March'' – At Six Mile Bottom. :''29 March'' – Settled at 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London. :''7 April'' – Met Sir

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...

at John Murray,

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. :''17 April'' – Death of Lord Wentworth; Milbankes took name of Noel. :''April'' – ''Hebrew Melodies'' published with musical score by Nathan. :''May'' – Became member of Management Sub-Committee, Drury Lane Theatre. :''June–July'' – Visited Leigh Hunt at Maida Vale, London. :''29 July'' – Signed new will leaving estate residue to Augusta Leigh. :''October'' – Wrote ''Siege of Corinth''. :''November'' – Wrote ''Parisina''. :''10 December'' – Birth of

Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (''née'' Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-pur ...

, poet’s only legitimate daughter.

1824 Events January–March * January 1 – John Stuart Mill begins publication of The Westminster Review. The first article is by William Johnson Fox * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of th ...

:''19 April'' – Died of Malaria in Missolonghi, Greece.

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