Jane Austen By vassiavl Period: 1700 to 1850 Jane Austen Biography Some of the main events in Jane Austen's life. Dec 16, 1775 Date of birth Steventon, Hampshire, England Apr 5, 1776 Baptised as Jane Steventon, Hampshire 1811 'Sense and Sensibility' her first novel Jul 18, 1817 Date of her death Jane Austen dies at the age of 41, in Winchester, Hapmshire