Anna Barbauld: A Brief Chronology
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This silhouette of Anna Barbauld appeared in The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, with a Memoir by Lucy Aikin, 1825. |
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| 1743 |
Birth on 20 June, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, first child of Reverend John Aikin, master of Kibworth School, and Jane Jennings Aikin |
| 1747 |
Birth on 15 January of her brother John |
| 1758 |
Move to Warrington in July. John Aikin takes the position of tutor of languages at the newly opened Dissenting academy, Warrington, Lancashire. |
| 1761 |
John Aikin becomes tutor in divinity and Joseph Priestley comes to Warrington in September as tutor of languages. |
| 1767 |
Priestley moves to Leeds and AB writes "On Mrs. Priestley's Leaving Warrington." Rochemont Barbauld is admitted to Warrington Academy. |
| 1769 |
AB writes "Corsica." |
| 1771 |
AB's brother completes medical studies. |
| 1772 |
John Aikin's Essays on Song-Writing (which includes AB's "Songs"). Hymns I-V appear in William Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship. AB's Poems published in December. |
| 1773 |
AB and JA publish Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose in August. |
| 1774 |
Marriage to Rochemont Barbauld on 26 May. They undertake the running of Palgrave School in Suffolk. |
| 1775 |
Devotional Pieces published. |
| 1777 |
Adoption of JA's third son Charles Rochemont Aikin (born 1775). |
| 1778 |
Lessons for Children of Two to Three Years Old (May) and Lessons for Children of Three Years Old (June). |
| 1779 |
Lessons for Children from Three to Four Years Old (April). |
| 1780 |
AB's father dies. |
| 1781 |
Hymns in Prose for Children (August). |
| 1784 |
John Aikin moves to Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| 1785 |
AB's mother dies. The Barbaulds leave Palgrave School and tour France. |
| 1786 |
The Barbaulds return to England in June and settle in London. |
| 1787 |
The Barbaulds settle in Hampstead and Rochemont is minister to the Rosslyn Hill congregation. AB takes students. |
| 1790 |
An Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts appears in March. |
| 1791 |
The Epistle to William Wilberforce appears in June. |
| 1792 |
Remarks on Gilbert Wakefield's Enquiry into . . . Public or Social Worship appears in May. John Aikin moves to London to escape persecution. |
| 1793 |
AB contributes to John Aikin's Evenings at Home (volumes 1-2 appear in January) and publishes Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation (April). |
| 1794 |
AB visits Scotland in September and October. |
| 1795 |
"Essay on Akenside's Poem on the Pleasures of Imagination." |
| 1796 |
Monthly Magazine edited by John Aikin until 1806. AB writes poems and essays for the MM. |
| 1797 |
AB meets Coleridge in August. |
| 1798 |
John Aikin moves to Stoke Newington after an illness. |
| 1802 |
Barbaulds move to Stoke Newington in March. |
| 1803 |
Annual Review edited to 1809 by Arthur Aikin, the nephew of AB. AB contributes to AR. |
| 1804 |
AB's edition of Samuel Richardson's Correspondence (6 volumes) including a biography appears in June. |
| 1805 |
AB's edition, Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder, with a Preliminary Essay appears in February. |
| 1806 |
John Aikin resigns from the Monthly Magazine and starts the Athenaeum (edits to 1809). |
| 1807 |
AB agrees to writes prefaces for a collection of British novels. |
| 1808 |
Suicide of Rochemont Barbauld in November following his assault on AB in January and their separation in March. |
| 1809 |
AB writes for the Monthly Review (until 1815). |
| 1810 |
Publication of The British Novelists in 50 volumes. |
| 1811 |
AB edits The Female Speaker and completes Eighteen Hundred and Eleven by December. |
| 1812 |
Eighteen Hundred and Eleven appears in January. |
| 1822 |
Death of John Aikin. |
| 1825 |
Death of AB at Stoke Newington on 9 March. Works and A Legacy for Young Ladies, edited by Lucy Aikin, AB's niece, appear. |
