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(Saturday, December 16th) Jane Austen is born to George and Cassandra Austen at Steventon rectory. She is the seventh child and second daughter behind brothers James, George, Charles, Francis, Henry, Edward and sister Cassandra (not to be confused with her mother, also named Cassandra.

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The first theatrical presentation is performed by the Austen family in their home.

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Jane and elder sister Cassandra leave for Mrs. Crawley's boarding school in Oxford for their formal education. The school is then moved to Southampton where Typhoid Fever breaks out. The girls are returned home.

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The Austen family performs Sheridan's The Rivals.

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It is believed that at about this time, Jane begins to write short stories and poems that later are collectively referred to as the Juvenilia and consists of three bound notebooks of works.

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Jane pens Love and Friendship and dedicates the work to cousin Eliza. It is believed that at about this time, she makes the conscious decision to write-for-profit and become a professional writer.

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It is believed that before 1796, Jane read aloud to the Austen family her story entitled Elinor and Marianne. The versed Austen reader would know these to be the main characters in Sense & Sensibility.

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(December) Nephew of nearby neighbor's Tom Lefroy places a visit to Steventon. It is believed that Jane very much fell in love with Tom based on her letters to Cassandra, indicating that the two had been spending a lot of time in one another's company. Tom is studying in London to become a barrister.

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(January) Tom Lefroy is taken away from Steventon and Jane by his family as the marriage arrangement is deemed highly impractical as both have no money. Jane will never see Tom again in her life.

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(August) Jane begins penning First Impressions. This work would go on to become her most famous piece known more as Pride & Prejudice.

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(Thursday, December 2nd) Jane Austen receives her only proposal of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither, an "unattractive" Oxford educated young man and childhood friend and heir to a large family estate. Jane accepts the proposal for practical reasons. The very next day, however, Jane withdraws her acceptance, feeling it to be a mistake.

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(Wednesday, April 5th) Jane writes an angry letter (under the pseudonym Mrs. Ashley Dennis = M.A.D.) to publisher Benjamin Crosby and offers up a revised version of the manuscript for Susan to force Crosby's hand in publishing the work or returning it to her possession. Crosby claims that no timeline was ever set for the book's publication and as such Ms. Austen can continue waiting or purchase back the copyright for the novel. Without the means to do so, Jane cannot purchase the copyright.

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Sense & Sensibility is accepted for publishing by Thomas Egerton.

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(Wednesday, October 30th) Sense & Sensibility is published by Thomas Egerton with Henry Austen acting as literary agent. The novel is greeted with favorable reviews.

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(Thursday, January 28th) Pride & Prejudice is published by Thomas Egerton with Henry Austen acting as literary agent. Thanks to a large amount of resources put into advertising the piece, the novel is an instant success.

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(Saturday, October 2nd) Sense & Sensibility in first edition form sells out completely, forcing a second edition to be printed.

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(Monday, May 9th) Mansfield Park is Published by Thomas Egerton. Largely ignored by professional reviewers, the novel is nonetheless another success in the public square. The first edition sells out in a short six months.

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Jane's health declines enough for her family to begin noticing she is unwell.

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(Tuesday, March 18th) Despite completing some 12 chapters of The Brothers, Jane is forced to stop due to her ever-increasing illness. Walking becomes a chore and nothing can be done without great difficulty and loss of energy.

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(April) Jane's illness ultimately confines the author to her bed.

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(Friday, July 18th) Jane Austen dies in Winchester during the early part of the day.

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Nephew James Austen publishes his memoirs entitled "A Memoir of the Life of Jane Austen" and brings Jane Austen's life and works to a greater audience, solidifying her place in literary history.

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Jane Austen, (born December 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, England—died July 18, 1817, Winchester, Hampshire), English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. She published four novels during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). In these and in Persuasion and Northanger Abbey (published together posthumously, 1817), she vividly depicted English middle-class life during the early 19th century. Her novels defined the era’s novel of manners, but they also became timeless classics that remained critical and popular successes for over two centuries after her death.