The Flowering of Romanticism A’isha Sharif Madi Hill Braeden Perkins

Events In The World The Flowering of Romance

Coup d'état establishes Napoleon dictator of France(crowned Emperor in 1804) U.S. president Jefferson buys Louisiana territory form France Haiti gains independence from France Napoleon begins conquering most of Europe (to 1812); Muhammad Ali begins rule and modernization of Egypt U.S. abolishes slave trade Congress of Vienna opens seeking to remake Europe after Napoleon’s downfall and prevent spread of French ideals of democracy (to 1815) Zulu chief Shaka begins rule over large kingdom in southeastern Africa (to 1828) Ludwig van Beethoven, nearly deaf, begins composing monumental Ninth Symphony (to 1823) Spain’s Latin American Empire begins collapse as Mexico, several Central American states, and Venezuela win independence U.S. president Monroe issues Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Latin America : Simon Bolivar liberates last Spanish colonies in Latin America Greece wins full independence from Ottoman Turks

1798 to 1832

1790: British diplomats assemble Second Coalition (Britain, Austria, and Russia) hoping to drive Napoleon from power in France 1800: Act of Union passed, creating United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1805: British fleet defeats Napoleon’s navy in the Battle of Trafalgar off the Spanish coast, ending Napoleon’s hoped of invading Britain 1807: British Slave Trade abolished 1811: George III declared permanently insane; eldest son George, Prince of Wales, named regent 1812: Britain fights US in War of : British and Prussian armies under British leader Wellington defeat Napoleon at Waterloo 1818: Crossing of Atlantic Ocean by steamship 1819: “Peterloo Massacre”- 11 killed in St.Peter’s Field, Manchester, when cavalry charges social reformers1820: Regency ends with the death of George III and crowning of Prince of Wales as George IV 1821: Engineer George Stephenson begins work on the world’s first railroad line (passenger service starts in 1825) 1829: First water- purification plant built in London; Catholic Emancipation Act passed, freeing Catholics from restrictions 1830: George IV dies; reign of brother, William IV, begins (to 1837) 1832: First Reform Bill extends voting rights to middle-class men but affects only 5% of population

Events in British Literature

1798: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish “Tintern Abbey” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” anonymously in the book Lyrical Ballads. 1800: Dorothy Wordsworth begins keeping Grasmere Journals 1811: Jane Austen’s Sense and Stability published anonymously 1812: Lord Byron wins fame with first two sections of Childe Harold’s pilgrimage 1813: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published anonymously 1814: Sir Walter Scott anonymously publishes Waverly 1818: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein published anonymously 1819: Percy Bysshe Shelley writes “Ode to the West Wind”; John Keats writes “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “To the Autumn” 1821: John Keats, age 25, dies of tuberculosis 1822: Percy Bysshe Shelley, age 29, drowns off coast of Italy 1823: Lord Byron joins Greek war for liberation from Turks 1824: Byron, age 36, dies of fever