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On Novenber 30th of 1667, Jonathan Swift is born to Abigail Erick. His father passed away months before he was born. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, but his mother soon retuened to England after his birth.
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This timeline will take you through the life of Jonathan Swift. Throughout the timeline, you will find important parts of Swift's life and what made him famous today.
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Swift attends the best schools in Ireland at the age of six; the school was called Kilkenny Grammar School.
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Jonathan Swift starts college in 1682 at Trinity College, Dublin. Willoughby Swift helps himpay for his schooling and Jonathan works on his BA.
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Swift graduates from Trinity College and starts to study for his Master's degree.
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The Glorious Revolution begins when William of Orange invades England. Swift was studying for his Master's degree in Ireland, but is forced to leave to go to England. There is mother helps him get a job.
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Jonathan Swift's mother helps him get a job when he moves to England. His mother lands him a job as a secretary and personal assistant of Sir William Temple. The postition is in Moor Park in Surrey. Here, Swift starts to make his way through all the books in Temple's library.
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Esther Johnson is an important person in Swift's life and they meet in 1689 when he's living in Moor Park. She is eight years old at the time and he later become her tutor/mentor. They stay in touch throughout their lives.
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Swiftt starts to develop a disturbance of the inner ear. He later find out that he has Meniere's Disease. His doctors tell him to return to Ireland and he does in 1690.
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Jonathan returns from Ireland and goes back to work with Temple. While in England, Temple shows Swift around Oxford and get him to study there in 1691. Swift recieves a Master's degree from Oxford in 1692. He also publishes his first poem, "Ode to the Athenian Society" in 1691.
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In 1694, Swift leave England to go back to Ireland and take the holy orders. He becomes priest of Church Of Ireland in 1695. Also, the Irish church becomes the Anglican Church this year also.
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Swift starts to write A Tale of a Tub. It was his first major story.
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Swift's boss and friend, Temple, dies in 1699. He finds work elsewhere cas haplain and secretary to Earl of Berkeley in Ireland.
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The Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinty College was recieved by Swift in 1702. Later in the year, he travel to England and brought back Esther Johnson to Ireland. Esther is now 20 years old and many people believed Swift married her.
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Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub' and 'The Battle of the Books' are published in 1704 and many people were now interested in his writing. 'The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit' was also published this year.
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'Bickerstaff Papers' and 'An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity' is published.
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Swift leaves the Whigs and allies himself with the Tories. He also becomes part of the Tory newpaper as editor of The Examiner,
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Swift begins writing Gulliver's Travels.
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'Gullivers Travels' is completed and the publication of 'The Drapier Letters', which gained Swift popularity in Ireland 1745.
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The publication of Gulliver's Travels finally happens on October 26, 1726. It became Swift's bestselling book and many translations were made.
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Esther "Stella" Johnson dies on the 28th of Janurary of 1728.
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"A Modest Proposal" is published.
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"A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed" is published.
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Collected edition of Swift's Works is published in 1735. Swift is suffering from dizziness, nausea, and his memory loss. In other words, he is suffering from Meniere's Disease.
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As Swift gets older and older, he suffers from a paralytic stroke. He also becomes senile.
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Jonathan Swift dies on the 19th of October in 1745. Swift wrote his epitaph:
Hic depositum est Corpus
IONATHAN SWIFT S.T.D.
Hujus Ecclesiæ Cathedralis
Decani,
Ubi sæva Indignatio
Ulterius
Cor lacerare nequit,
Abi Viator
Et imitare, si poteris,
Strenuum pro virili
Libertatis Vindicatorem.
