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1812
Born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, England. -
1824
His dad is arrested for debt in Marshalsea prison. Due to lack of money, the family sent Charles to work at the Warren bitumen factory. -
1827
Dickens gets an assistant job at a law firm. -
1830
Dickens begins a relationship with Maria Beadnell. -
1833
He ends his relationship with Maria Beadnell and publishes his work: "A dinner at Poplar Walk" -
1834
Dickens begins to use the nickname Boz and meets Catherine Hogart. -
1835
Dickens is engaged to Catherine. -
1836
The 1rst of his 10 children is born and Oliver Twist is published. -
1841
Charles and Catherine tour Scotland. -
1842
Charles and Catherine travel to America. -
1844
Dickens and his family travel to Italy. -
1846
Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland. -
1848
Dickens’s sister, Fanny, dies. -
1851
Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous breakdown. John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies. Dora Dickens dies when she is only eight months old. What will we have for dinner?, a Catherine Dickens cookbook is published. -
1855
Dickens has a disappointing meeting with Maria Beadnell. -
1857
Dickens meets Ellen Ternan. -
1858
Dickens separates from Catherine. -
1860
His brother Alfred dies and Dickens burns his personal papers. -
1863
Dickens’ mother, Elizabeth, dies. -
1865
Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident. Ellen Ternan and her mother were also on the train with him. -
1867
Dickens tours America for the second time. -
1869
Dickens is ordered by doctors to discontinue readings. -
1870
Charles Dickens dies at Gad’s Hill Place on June 9, 1870.
