William Makepeace Thackeray
British Raj
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1811/00/00 | Born | Born | |||||
| 1840/07/06 | As the death-bell begins to toll at St Sepulchre for Courvoisier, the crowd changes: I don't know if it was the bell I heard - but a dreadful quick feverish kind of jangling noise mingled with the noise of the people, and lasted two minutes. WMT | Witness | St Sepulchre-without-Newgate | London | |||
| 1842/00/00 | William Thackeray stays at The Shelbourne hotel for six and eight pence a day. Writing in his Irish Sketch Book, Thackeray finds the hotel "majestically conducted by clerks and other officers". | Guest | The Shelbourne Dublin | Dublin | |||
| 1846/00/00 | William Makepeace Thackeray takes a home on Young St from 1846 to 1854. | Home | William M Thackeray House | London | |||
| 1846/00/00 | William Thackeray writes "Vanity Fair" in Kensington, London. | Author | Vanity Fair (book) | William M Thackeray House | London | ||
| 1847/01/01 | The serialization of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" in 20 pamphlets begins. Sold in pictorial printed yellow wrappers, the booklets, feature engraved plate covers and wood-engraved illustrations in the text by the author. | Author | Vanity Fair (book) | ||||
| 1848/00/00 | William Thackeray moves to the 10 Crown Court, Inner Temple, London. Although some of the courts are gloomy, the chambers looking on the river and the gardens are very cheerful and agreeable. The gardens are a very pleasant walk on Sunday evenings. | Home | Inner Temple, London | London | |||
| 1852/00/00 | During a visit to the Prescott Home, William Thackeray sees the Prescott and Linzee Swords from the Battle of Bunker Hill in the library. He wrote about them in the opening lines of his novel The Virginians. | Visitor | Headquarters House | Boston | |||
| 1854/12/00 | "The Rose and the Ring" is published | Author | The Rose and the Ring | ||||
| 1863/00/00 | Dies | Dies |
2 Creative Works by William Makepeace Thackeray »
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| Vanity Fair (book) | Author | Book | 1847/01/01 |
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| The Rose and the Ring | Author | Book | 1854/12/00 |
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