Romantic Era

Birth of William Blake

Nov 28, 1757

William Blake is born

Birth of William Wordsworth

Apr 7, 1770

William Wordsworth is born

Birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Oct 21, 1772

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is born

Romantic Era

Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 1850

The Romantic era peaks at the end of the late 18th century into mid-19th century

Birth of Lord Byron

Jan 22, 1788

Lord Byron is born

Beginning of the French Revolution

Jan 31, 1789

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Jan 27, 1790

William Blake imitates biblcal prophecy and expresses his personal Romantic beliefs

Songs of Experience

Jan 27, 1791

William Blake publishes Song of Experience. Contrasts world of childhood to the adult world..

Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Aug 4, 1792

Percy Bysshe Shelley is born

Birth of John Keats

Oct 31, 1795

John Keats is born

Lyrical Ballads

Jan 27, 1798

Considered to mark the beginning of the Romantic Era. Natural language rather than rather than elaborate dictions. By Wordsworth and Coleridge

The Necessity of Atheism

Jan 31, 1811

P.B Shelley develops an arguement for atheism.

She Walks In Beauty

Jan 31, 1813

Lord Byron celebrates the beauty of women

Frankenstein published

Jan 31, 1818

P.B. Shelley's wife, Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein. Starting from a competition with Percy Shelly, Lord Byron and John Polidori to try to create the best horror story.

Endymion

Jan 31, 1818

John Keat's first major attempt to explore relationship between real wolrd of human existence and the "ethereal world of an idealized existence"

Death of John Keats

Feb 23, 1821

Death of P.B Shelley

Jul 8, 1822

Death of Lord Byron

Apr 19, 1824

Death of William Blake

Aug 12, 1827

Death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Jul 25, 1834

Death of William Wordsworth

Apr 23, 1850