timeline british romanticism By angelpg12 1789 French Revolution French Revolution inspires ideas of freedom and change. 1798 Wordsworth and Coleridge Wordsworth and Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads 1810 Byron, Shelley, and Keats. The movement expands with Byron, Shelley, and Keats. 1837 End of the Romantic era. Queen Victoria’s reign begins end of the Romantic era.