Chronology
- April of 1814: Maria Bronte (daughter of Patrick and Maria)
born
- February 8, 1815: Elizabeth Bronte born
- 1815: Patrick becomes curate at Thornton
- April 21, 1816: Charlotte Bronte born
- June 26, 1817: Patrick Branwell Bronte born
- July 30, 1818: Emily Jane Bronte born
- January 17, 1820: Anne Bronte born
- April 20, 1820: Patrick becomes Reverend of Haworth; family
moves
- September 15, 1821: Maria Bronte (wife of Patrick) dies of
tuberculosis
- 1824: Maria and Elizabeth attend Cowan Bridge school.
Charlotte and Emily follow later in the year.
- May 6, 1825: Maria dies of tuberculosis
- June 15, 1825: Elizabeth dies of tuberculosis
- June of 1825: Charlotte and Emily return home
- January of 1831: Charlotte attends Roe Head School
- May 1832: Charlotte returns home
- 1835: Branwell goes to Royal Academy Schools in London, never
gets to the schools, and returns home
- July of 1835: Charlotte becomes a teacher at Roe Head School.
Emily becomes a student there.
- October of 1835: Emily returns home. Anne takes her place.
- September of 1837: Emily becomes teacher at Law Hill School
- December of 1837: Charlotte and Anne return home after Anne
becomes ill. Charlotte resigns her position.
- 1838: Branwell goes to Bradford to become a portrait painter
- March of 1838: Emily returns home from Law Hill School
- April of 1839: Anne becomes governess to Ingham family
- December of 1839: Anne is dismissed by the Ingham family
- May of 1840: Anne becomes governess to Robinson family
- August of 1840: Branwell works as assistant clerk in Sowerby
Bridge Railway Station
- February of 1842: Charlotte and Emily go to Brussels as pupils
at the Pensionnat Heger
- October 29, 1842: Aunt Branwell dies
- November of 1842: Charlotte and Emily return home
- January of 1843: Charlotte returns to Brussels as a teacher in
the Pensionnat Heger. Branwell becomes tutor in Robinson family
- January of 1844: Charlotte comes home
- June 11, 1845: Anne resigns from position as governess to
Robinson family
- July of 1845: Branwell is dismissed from Robinson family for
having an affair with Mrs. Robinson
- May of 1846: Publication of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and
Acton Bell
- October 19, 1847: Charlotte's Jane Eyre published
- December of 1847: Anne's Agnes Grey and Emily's Wuthering
Heights published
- June of 1848: Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
published
- September 24, 1848: Branwell dies of tuberculosis
- December 19, 1848: Emily dies of tuberculosis
- May 28, 1849: Anne dies of tuberculosis
- 1849: Charlotte's Shirley is published
- 1853: Charlotte's Villette is published
- June 29, 1854: Charlotte marries Arthur Bell Nicholls
- March 31, 1855: Charlotte dies of tuberculosis and
complications in pregnancy
- 1857: Charlotte's The Professor is published
- June 7, 1861: Rev. Patrick Bronte dies