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 * The Newcomes


 * Thomas Newcome arrives in London.


 * Susan Newcome dies giving birth to Thomas Newcome, jnr.
 * Thomas Newcome marries Sophia Alethea Hobson.
 * Sophia Alethea Newcome, aged 43, gives birth to Brian and Hobson Newcome.


 * Following his abortive amour with Léonore de Blois, Thomas Newcome, jnr. leaves for India.


 * Léonore de Blois marries the Comte de Florac.
 * The Vicomte de Florac born in England.
 * The Floracs return to France.


 * Death of Thomas Newcome, snr.


 * Birth of Clive Newcome in India.


 * Clive Newcome travels from India to England.


 * Death of Sophia Alethea Newcome, aged 83.


 * Historical events
 * 25 Oct 1760: accession of King George III.
 * 19 April 1774: beginning of the American War of Indepedence.


 * 3 Sep 1783: the Treaty of Paris ends the American War of Independence.
 * July 1789: French aristocrats begin leaving the country to become émigrés


 * 10 Nov 1799: beginning of the French Consulate.
 * 7 Feb 1800: Bonaparte becomes First Consul.
 * 14 Jun 1800: Battle of Marengo.
 * 2 Apr 1801: First Battle of Copenhagen.
 * 1 Nov 1803: Battle of Laswari.
 * 28 Nov 1803: Battle of Argaum.
 * 18 May 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French.
 * Jan-Feb 1805: Battle of Bharatpur.
 * 2 Dec 1805: Battle of Austerlitz.
 * Aug-Sep 1807: Second Battle of Copenhagen.
 * 5 Feb 1811: the Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.
 * mid-Oct 1812: beginning of the Retreat from Moscow.
 * 30 May 1814: the Treaty of Paris ends the War of the Sixth Coalition.
 * 24 Dec 1814: the Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812.
 * 20 Nov 1815: the Treaty of Paris ends the Hundred Days.


 * 29 Jan 1820: George III dies; the Prince Regent succeeds as George IV.


 * 5 Jan 1827: death of the Duke of York. The Duke of Wellington succeeds him as Commander-in-Chief.
 * 1827: Publication of John Keble's The Christian Year.


 * Pendennis
 * John Pendennis born
 * John Pendennis enters St Boniface College, Oxbridge
 * John Pendennis' father dies insolvent (his son in his second year at Boniface). John Pendennis begins apprenticeship as an apothecary under his mother's brother.
 * Helen Thistlewood born (more than 20 years after John Pendennis)


 * Francis Bell (aged 26) stays for the summer with Helen Thistlewood and her widowed mother.
 * Helen Thistlewood joins Lady Pontypool as companion (five years before Lady P's death)
 * Francis Bell and Helen Thistlewood resolve that he will keep his promise to Martha Coacher.
 * Death of Lady Pontypool. John Pendennis, aged 43, marries Helen Thistlewood.
 * Arthur Pendennis born to John and Helen Pendennis.
 * Francis Bell hears of Arthur Pendennis's birth. Death of the first Mrs Bell.
 * The second Mrs Bell dies giving birth to her daughter Helen Laura.
 * The Pendennises move from Bath to Clavering (Arthur aged eight).
 * Laura Bell comes to live with the Pendennises.
 * Arthur Pendennis sent to school at Grey Friars (aged under 12).


 * Death of John Pendennis. Arthur (aged 16) removed from Grey Friars.


 * Philip


 * Birth of Philip Firmin