Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is born in Somers Town, London.
Mary gives birth to her first daughter two months prematurely. The infant dies twelve days later.
Mary gives birth to her first son, a boy named William, after her father.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is published.
Mary begins writing her second novel The Fields of Fancy, later retitled as Matilda
Mary suffers a miscarriage and nearly dies, but is saved thanks to the quick thinking of her husband.
On the journey back, Percy Shelly's boat sinks, killing all three passengers on board. Mary is devestated.
The Last Man is published.
Mary becomes and stays ill for the last years of her life. She experiences constant headaches and paralysis, making writing increasingly more difficult.
Mary Shelley dies at 53 from a suspected brain tumor, and is buried between her parents at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth.
