CHRONOLOGY A timeline of events in the Travels, Swift's life, and his times.
Highlights1667- Swift born 1669- Gulliver's first voyage 1704- Swift publishes Tale of a Tub and Battle of the Books 1715- Gulliver's final return home 1726- Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels 1729- Swift publishes A Modest Proposal 1745- death of J. Swift notes on dates
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Wm. Gilbert, De Magnete |
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Oughtred invents sliderule |
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Royal Society chartered |
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30 Nov - JS born; mother moves to England; JS remains in Dublin with uncle |
- John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis |
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Leibniz makes calculating machine |
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Olaus Roemer calculates speed of light |
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JS takes Vicarage at Laracor |
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26 Sept - rescued by English merchantman |
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20 June departs aboard the Adventure bound for Surat |
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17 June - G. left ashore, captured 17 Aug - leaves with Master for capital 26 Oct - arrives in capital city |
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May - JS returns to Ireland |
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5 Aug departs England departs for Tonquin 3 weeks later |
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6 May - leaves for port 6 days finds a ship for Japan 15 day voyage 9 June - arrives at Nangasac |
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16 Apr - arrives England, lands the next day 7 Sept - departs as captain of the Adventure |
May 10 - JS learns of his mother's death |
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JS appointed Dean of St. Patrick's |
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5 Nov - G. arrives at Lisbon |
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Harrison's chronometer |
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Travels translated into French, German, Dutch |
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accession of George II |
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John Arburhnot dies |
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Smith Wealth of Nations |
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Mozart dies |
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The Travels |
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Notes on Dates:Dates in the Travels: I have culled what I could from the text, which is very sketchy and sometimes impossible. Thus there are many gaps, and some confusion, in that part of this chronology.
Calendars:Until 1752, England used the Julian or Old Style (O.S.) calendar, which had March 25 as the new year. Dates between January 1 and March 25 may bear either the previous year or a double-year designation - e.g. Feb. 5, 1725/26. For the purposes of this chronology, such dates have been "normalized" according to the current practice (Feb 5, 1725/26 is shown as 2/5/76) simply to make the chronology easier to follow.
With the change, the calendar was pushed forward eleven days. Since Gulliver was published before the switch, the month and day given are based on the Old Style calendar. No attempt has been made to redate events according to the Gregorian calendar.
see listing of other timelines and chronologies.
Gulliver's birth year: No year is given in the text, but working backwards from the first date given -- 1699 the year Gulliver departs on the Antelope -- and counting the years listed for events in his life, with a touch of faith, it comes out roughly at 1660. This makes Gulliver sixty-six years old at the time his Travels are published.
1699 - age 39 - departs on Antelope 1696 - age 36-39 - "After three Years Expectation" 1690- age 30-36 - "made several Voyages, for six Years" 1688 - age 28-30 - "Master Bates dying in two Years after" 1684 - age 24-28 - "Surgeon to the Swallow...three Years and a half" 1681 - age 21-24 - "I studied Physick two Years and seven Months" 1677 - age 17-21 - "bound Apprentice to Mr. James Bates ... four Years" 1674 - age 14-17 - "Emanuel-College...at Fourteen Years old, where I resided three Years" 1660 - birth
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