Anna Barbauld: A Brief
Chronology
 |
This silhouette of Anna Barbauld
appeared in The Works of Anna
Laetitia Barbauld, with a Memoir by Lucy
Aikin, 1825. |
|
| 1743 |
Birth on 20
June, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, first
child of Reverend John Aikin, master of Kibworth
School, and Jane Jennings Aikin |
| 1747 |
Birth on 15
January of her brother John |
| 1758 |
Move to
Warrington in July. John Aikin takes the position
of tutor of languages at the newly opened
Dissenting academy, Warrington,
Lancashire. |
| 1761 |
John Aikin
becomes tutor in divinity and Joseph Priestley
comes to Warrington in September as tutor of
languages. |
| 1767 |
Priestley moves
to Leeds and AB writes "On Mrs. Priestley's
Leaving Warrington." Rochemont Barbauld is
admitted to Warrington Academy. |
| 1769 |
AB writes
"Corsica." |
| 1771 |
AB's brother
completes medical studies. |
| 1772 |
John Aikin's
Essays on Song-Writing (which includes
AB's "Songs"). Hymns I-V appear in William
Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship.
AB's Poems published in
December. |
| 1773 |
AB and JA
publish Miscellaneous Pieces in
Prose in August. |
| 1774 |
Marriage to
Rochemont Barbauld on 26 May. They undertake the
running of Palgrave School in
Suffolk. |
| 1775 |
Devotional Pieces
published. |
| 1777 |
Adoption of
JA's third son Charles Rochemont Aikin (born
1775). |
| 1778 |
Lessons
for Children of Two to Three Years Old
(May) and Lessons for Children of Three
Years Old (June). |
| 1779 |
Lessons
for Children from Three to Four Years Old
(April). |
| 1780 |
AB's father
dies. |
| 1781 |
Hymns in
Prose for Children (August). |
| 1784 |
John Aikin
moves to Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| 1785 |
AB's mother
dies. The Barbaulds leave Palgrave School and
tour France. |
| 1786 |
The Barbaulds
return to England in June and settle in
London. |
| 1787 |
The Barbaulds
settle in Hampstead and Rochemont is minister to
the Rosslyn Hill congregation. AB takes
students. |
| 1790 |
An
Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the
Corporation and Test Acts appears in
March. |
| 1791 |
The
Epistle to William Wilberforce appears in
June. |
| 1792 |
Remarks
on Gilbert Wakefield's Enquiry into . . . Public
or Social Worship appears in May. John
Aikin moves to London to escape
persecution. |
| 1793 |
AB contributes
to John Aikin's Evenings at Home
(volumes 1-2 appear in January) and publishes
Sins of Government, Sins of the
Nation (April). |
| 1794 |
AB visits
Scotland in September and October. |
| 1795 |
"Essay on
Akenside's Poem on the Pleasures of
Imagination." |
| 1796 |
Monthly
Magazine edited by John Aikin until 1806.
AB writes poems and essays for the
MM. |
| 1797 |
AB meets
Coleridge in August. |
| 1798 |
John Aikin
moves to Stoke Newington after an
illness. |
| 1802 |
Barbaulds move
to Stoke Newington in March. |
| 1803 |
Annual
Review edited to 1809 by Arthur Aikin, the
nephew of AB. AB contributes to AR. |
| 1804 |
AB's edition of
Samuel Richardson's Correspondence
(6 volumes) including a biography appears in
June. |
| 1805 |
AB's edition,
Selections from the Spectator, Tatler,
Guardian, and Freeholder, with a Preliminary
Essay appears in February. |
| 1806 |
John Aikin
resigns from the Monthly Magazine
and starts the Athenaeum (edits to
1809). |
| 1807 |
AB agrees to
writes prefaces for a collection of British
novels. |
| 1808 |
Suicide of
Rochemont Barbauld in November following his
assault on AB in January and their separation in
March. |
| 1809 |
AB writes for
the Monthly Review (until
1815). |
| 1810 |
Publication of
The British Novelists in 50
volumes. |
| 1811 |
AB edits
The Female Speaker and completes
Eighteen Hundred and Eleven by
December. |
| 1812 |
Eighteen
Hundred and Eleven appears in
January. |
| 1822 |
Death of John
Aikin. |
| 1825 |
Death of AB at
Stoke Newington on 9 March. Works
and A Legacy for Young Ladies,
edited by Lucy Aikin, AB's niece,
appear. |