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Patrick Bronte born in Ireland.
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Maria Bronte (nee Branwell) was born.
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Maria Bronte was born.
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Elizabeth Bronte was born.
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Charlotte Bronte was born.
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Patrick Branwell Bronte was born.
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Emily Bronte was born.
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Reverend Patrick Bronte was made the curate of Haworth, Yorkshire.
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Anne Bronte was born.
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Maria diagnosed with cancer.
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Maria Bronte died of cancer.
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Charlotte and Emily sent to Clergy Daughters school in Cowan, England.
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Maria dies of consumption (now called TB) at age 12.
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Charlotte and Emily leave the Clergy Daughters School.
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Elizabeth dies aged 10.
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Charlotte begins writing a book called 'The History of the Year'
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Charlotte writes poetry and prose.
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Emily Bronte begins writing.
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Emily writes poetry and prose.
Pseudonym: Currer, Ellis, Acton Bell. Collection of poems in 1842. Had to use pseudonyms because they lived in an age of discrimination of women writers. -
Charlotte begins working as a teacher at a school called Roe Head. Emily goes with her as a pupil.
Later in the year, Emily goes home and Anne takes her place as a pupil. -
Anne returns home due to illness and Charlotte resigns.
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Aunt to sisters dies. Will used to fund publishing of poems.
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Charlotte and Emily move to France to study for a few months.
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Emily Bronte writes 'Wuthering Heights'. Charlotte Bronte publishes 'Jane Eyre'. Anne publishes 'Agnes Grey'.
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Anne publishes 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'
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Brother Branwell dies under suspicious circumstances.
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Emily dies aged 30 of Terburculosis
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Anne sent to Scarborough to recover from TB. (Aged 29)
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Anne dies of TB (Consumption)
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Charlotte wrote 'Shirley' and 'Villette'
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Charlotte marries Arthur Bell Nichols.
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Charlotte dies while pregnant.
Novel called 'The Professor' rejected previously - published posthomously' (1857) -
Patrick Bronte dies aged 84.