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Birth
Jonathan Swift was born on the 30th November 1667 in Dublin Ireland. He was born to Jonathan Swift and Abigail Erick. -
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Start of School
Swift starts going to Kilkenny school. This is the start of his education. -
College
Goes to Trinity College in Dublin. -
Graduates college
Graduates Trinity College -
Work
He starts working for Sir William Temple in England. And Meets Esther Johnson. -
School
Swift goes to and receives a M. A. degree from Oxford, and Swift also publishes first poem. -
Holy Orders
Swift ordained as a priest in the Church of Ireland. -
Start of one of his great works
Begins work on "A Tale of a Tub". -
William Temple
Sir William Temple dies and Swift reterns to Ireland. -
School and Politics
Swift receives D. D. from Dublin University, and publishes his first political pamphlet. -
Publication of Books
The publication of Swift's A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, and The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. -
More Publishing
Swift meets Addison and Steele, then publishes the Bickerstaff Papers and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity. -
England, Publishing, Tories
Swift goes to England. And publication of "A Description of a City Shower." Swift falls out with Whigs, so he allies himself with the Tories, and becomes editor of the Tory newspaper The Examiner. -
Marriage
Swift is believed to have married Stella (Esther Johnson) in secret. -
One of His Greatest Works Started
Begins work on Gulliver's Travels. -
Publication and Gullivers Travels
Publication of The Drapier Letters and Gullivers Travels is completed. -
The Great work is Published
Visit England, where he visits with the Pope. And publication of Gulliver's Travels. -
Stella
Death of Stella -
Publication
Publication of A Modest Proposal -
More Publication
Publication of "A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed." -
Death of Swift
Swift dies on 19th October 1745
