A Timeline for Jane Eyre

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1784

Sarah Gibson is born (?)

Jonas Mason, a merchant, and Antoinetta, a Creole, are married in Jamaica (?)

1785

Richard Mason is born (?)

1787

Bertha Antoinetta Mason is born (?)

1790

Grace Poole is born (?)

1790

Edward Fairfax Rochester is born

1799

Mr. and Mrs. Rivers marry; Hannah comes to Moor House

1800

St. John Rivers is born

1803

Blanche Ingram is born

Diana Rivers is born (?)

1805

Mary Rivers is born (?)

Mary Ingram is born (?)

Mr. Reed and Sarah Gibson marry

1806

John Reed is born

Helen Burns is born

1808

Eliza Reed is born (?)

1800

Late: Jane Reed marries Mr. Eyre; she is disowned by her family

Georgiana Reed is born

1810

August (?): Jane Eyre is born

1811

Early: Mr. Eyre and Jane Reed Eyre die of typhus fever within a month of each other

Late 1811/Early 1812

Mr. Reed dies

1814

Mr. Fairfax dies

Edward Rochester goes to Jamaica

October 20th, Thurs.: Edward Fairfax Rochester marries Bertha Antoinetta Mason

1815-1818

Rowland Rochester dies

1818

Bertha Mason is diagnosed insane

Old Mr. Rochester dies

1819

Early: Edward Rochester leaves Jamaica, installs Bertha at Thornfield
Rochester tours Europe madly

Late: Edward Rochester makes Céline Varens his mistress

1820

Autumn: Mrs. Reed takes John out of school for a month or two

Early November: Jane is locked inside the Red Room and takes ill

December: Adéle Varens is born
Last week: Mrs. Reed writes to Mr. Brocklehust

1821

John Eyre loses Mr. Rivers’ fortune

January:
Week of the 8th: Bessie’s mother visits her at Gateshead
Monday, 15th: Mr. Brocklehurst visits Gateshead before proceeding to a visit to the archdeacon
Friday, 19th: Jane leaves for Lowood in the morning, arrives that night
Saturday, 20th: Jane meets Helen Burns

February:
Saturday, 10th: Mr. Brocklehurst comes to Lowood; Jane is called a liar

March: Lowood girls can go beyond the garden walls

April: Typhus hits Lowood

June: 
Early: Helen Burns dies
Rochester discovers Céline’s affair with the Vicomte, the next morning, Rochester duels the vicomte and shoots him in the arm.

Late 1821/Early 1822

John Eyre visits Gateshead, departs for Madeira

1822-1827

Rochester has a three-month affair with Giacinta, an Italian, and a longer affair with Clara, a German, after which he sets her up in business.

1824

Early: Bessie Lee marries Robert Leaven

1825

Early: Bobby Leaven is born

1826

John Reed is expelled from college; in the next three years he is jailed twice.

John Eyre writes to Gateshead asking for Jane; he is told she is dead.

1826/1827

Jane Leaven is born

1827

Early: Jane becomes a teacher at Lowood

St. John takes the living at Morton, opens a boy’s school

Late (?): Céline Varens abandons Adéle, runs away to Italy with a musican or singer, Adéle goes to live with Mme. Frédéric and her husband.

1827/1828

November-February: nobody comes to Thornfield

Winter: Mrs. Reed and Georgiana go to London; Eliza prevents Georgiana from eloping with Lord Edwin Vere

1828

St. John Rivers decides to be a missionary

Late July: Rochester takes Adéle from France to England

Last week July/first week August: Rochester, Adéle, and Sophie spend a week in London

August: 
Early: Adéle comes to Thornfield
Maria Temple marries the Rev. Mr. Nasymth and moves to a distant county
Next day: Jane writes and sends her ad
Thursday: The ad is published
Late August/Early September: “a week later” Jane gets the letter from Thornfield

Late September/Early October: Jane sends her references

October:
Six days after reply is received: Bessie visits Jane at Lowood
Next day: Jane leaves Lowton at 4 am, arrives in Millcote at 8pm, arrives at Thornfield late
Next morning: Jane meets Adéle

1829

January: Mr. Rochester arrives at Thornfield

February: Bessie has her third baby

March:
First week (?): Rochester tells Jane about Céline Varens
Early next morning: the fire and dousing of the bed; after breakfast Mr. Rochester goes to the Leas

April:
Week of the 9th: John Reeds comes to Gateshead and demands his inheritance
Monday, 20th: a letter from Mr. Rochester announcing his party.
Wednesday, 22nd: John Reeds dies, likely committed suicide
Thursday, 23rd: Rochester arrives at Thornfield with the Ingrams, Eshtons, Lynns, and Dents
Friday, 24th: Jane and Adéle are presented to the party
Mrs. Reed hears of John’s death, has a stroke
Tuesday, 28th: Mrs. Reed seems better
Wednesday, 29th: Bessie understands Mrs. Reed; she asks for Jane
Richard Mason arrives from Jamaica; the gypsy incident; Crazy Bertha attacks Mason.
Thursday, 30th: Jane attends to Mason in the morning, he leaves; in the afternoon Robert Leaven arrives from Gateshead.

May:
Friday, 1st: Jane leaves Thornfield, reaches Gateshead at 5pm, speaks to Mrs. Reed
Friday, 8th: Thornfield party disperses; Mr. Rochester goes to London
Tuesday, 12th (?): Mrs. Reed tells Jane about her uncle in Madeira, dies at midnight
Saturday, 23rd (?): Georgiana goes to London
Sunday, 31st: Jane leaves Gateshead

June:
Monday, 1st: Eliza goes to a convent near Lisle
Jane arrives at Thornfield
Tuesday, 23rd: Midsummer Eve: Edward Fairfax Rochester proposes to Jane Eyre; they come in at midnight, the chestnut tree is struck by lightning.

July:
Saturday 11th-Tuesday,14th: Mr. Rivers dies
Tuesday, 21st: Rochester is away on business; Bertha tears Jane’s veil
Wednesday, 22nd: Rochester returns; Jane spends the night with Adéle
Thursday, 23rd: The wedding; Bertha is revealed; Jane runs away in the night
Friday, 24th: Early in the morning, Jane boards the coach
Sunday, 26th: Jane arrives at Whitcross, spends the night in the heath
Monday, 27th: Jane enters Morton at 2pm, sleeps in the woods
Tuesday, 28th: Jane comes to Marsh End/Moor House
Wednesday, 29th-Friday, 31st: Jane cannot move or speak

August: Mr. Rochester sends Adéle to school, Mrs. Fairfax to live with friends
Saturday, 1st: Jane rises
John Eyre dies
Saturday, 22nd: Jane learns she has the Morton school job
Sunday, 23rd: Letter arrives announcing the death of John Eyre
Monday, 24th: Jane goes to Morton
Tuesday, 25th: Diana and Mary leave for B—- (Bath?)

September:
Tuesday, 1st: St. John and Hannah move back to the parsonage
Wednesday, 2nd (?): Morton’s girl’s school opens, Rosamund Oliver returns from S—-.
Thornfield burns down; Bertha Rochester dies; Rochester moves to Ferndean

October: Rosamund Oliver meets Mr. Granby, grandson of Sir Frederic Granby, in S—
Week of 30th: Jane gets a letter from Diana and Mary
Late October/Early November: Jane begins Rosamund’s portrait.

November:
Thursday, 5th: St. John and Jane discuss Rosamund Oliver; he discovers Jane’s real name. Friday, 6th: St. John reveals fortune and cousinship to Jane 
Jane writes to Mrs. Fairfax

December:
Thursday, 17th: Jane leaves the Morton school, moves into Marsh End/Moor House
Thursday 17th-Thursday 24th: Jane and Hannah clean and cook
Thursday 24th: Diana and Mary arrive at Moor House; St. John reveals that 
Rosamund Oliver is engaged to Mr. Granby

1830

January: Jane writes to Mrs. Fairfax again

March: St. John begins teaching Jane Hindustani

May:

Monday, 24th: Jane cries over the Hindustani; St. John Rivers proposes to Jane Eyre, she refuses
Tuesday, 25th: St. John defers his departure for Cambridge
Monday, 31st: St. John again tries to persuade Jane to India; Jane hears Mr. Rochester’s cherished voice across the moorland skies

June:
Tuesday, 1st: St. John goes to Cambridge; Jane leaves Marsh End/Moor House at 3pm
Thursday, 3rd: Jane arrives at the Rochester arms, goes to Thornfield, returns to the inn and hears what has happened; before dark she arrives at Ferndean and reunites with Mr. Rochester.
Friday, 4th: near 4pm Edward Rochester proposes to Jane Eyre again.
Monday, 7th: Jane Eyre marries Edward Fairfax Rochester
Monday, 14th: St. John returns from Cambridge
Sunday, 20th: St. John sails for India
Soon after marriage: Jane rescues Adéle, places her in another school nearby

July:
Sunday, 7th: St. John reaches India

December: St. John writes to Jane

1832

Spring: Edward Rochester regains some sight

Later: A son is born to Jane and Edward Rochester

1836

Helen Burns’ grave is marked

1830-1840

Diana Rivers marries Captain Fitzjames

Mary Rivers marries Mr. Wharton

Georgiana Reed marries a wealthy man

Eliza Reed becomes Superior of her convent

1840

Summer: Jane writes her autobiography

Soon after (?): St. John Rivers dies