Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley

Galvanism

1791

Luigi Galvanis production of an electric current between two metals and a frogs legs, the graphic demonstration of galvanism. Line engraving from Galvanis De Viribus Electricitatis, 1791

Publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

1792

Cover of the first edition

Publication of Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness

Feb 14, 1793

Cover of the first edition

Publication of Things as They Are; or The Adventures of Caleb Williams

1794

Cover of the first edition

Birth of Mary

Aug 30, 1797

Portrait by Richard Rothwell

Death of her Mother

Sep 20, 1797

Portrait by John Opie

Publication of Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman

1798

Title page of the first edition

Her Father Remarried

Dec 21, 1801

Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill

Affair with Percy Bysshe Shelley

1814

Portrait by Alfred Clint

The Year Without a Summer

1816

Draft of Frankenstein

Marriage with Percy Bysshe Shelley

1816

The Lover's Seat: Shelley by William Powel Frith

Publication of Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus

Jan 1, 1818

Cover of the first edition

Death of Mary

Feb 1, 1851

English Heritage blue plaque in Chester Square, Belgravia, London

Release of Frankenstein: The Movie Adaptation

Nov 21, 1931

Theatrical release poster by Karoly Grosz