Life and Times of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, M.D., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Other Notable Personages
TABLE OF MAJOR EVENTS(1)
by Leslie S. Klinger
Year
Life of Sherlock Holmes
Life of John H. Watson
Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
Events in England
Events on the Continent
Events in the World
1844
Siger Holmes and Violet Sherrinford marry.
Sarah Berhhardt, Richard D'Oyly-Carte born.
Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Norway, dies; Oscar I succeeds to throne. Friedrich Nietzsche born.
1845
Sherrinford Holmes born.
Irish potato famine; Anglo-Sikh War begins.
Engels publishesCondition of the Working Class in England
Poe publishes "The Raven." Texas and Florida become states.
1846
James Moriarty born.
Repeal of Corn Laws. Planet Neptune discovered.
Austrian and Russian troops enter Cracow; Austria annexes Cracow.
Oregon settlement sets U.S. boundary at 49th parallel. Mormons commence move to Utah.
1847
Mycroft Holmes born.
Ten Hours' Act
Sonderbund War in Switzerland
Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, born
1848
W. G. Grace born
Second French Republic. Birth of painter Paul Gauguin.
Marx and Engels'Communist Manifesto published.
1851
Opening of the Crystal Palace
Foucault demonstrates earth's rotation with huge pendulum.
First Australian gold discoveries. "New York Times" first published.
1852
John Hamish Watson born.
First Derby-Disraeli government
Louis Napoleon proclaims himself Napoleon III; Second French Empire begins
Polygyny instituted in Utah.
1853
Lillie Langtry, Cecil Rhodes born.
Tenor Edouard de Reszke born
Telegraph system established in India.
1854
William Sherlock Scott Holmes born.
Family moves to Australia (date approx.).
Crimean War begins. Birth of Oscar Wilde.
Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, marries Bavarian Princess Elizabeth
Kansas-Nebraska Act. Sacramento becomes capital of State of California.
1855
Holmes family sails to Bordeaux
Lord Palmerston becomes Prime Minister . "Daily Telegraph" first published.
Paris World Fair
Czar Nicholas I of Russia dies.
1856
Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War. "Big Ben" cast.
George Bernard Shaw born.
Sigmund Freud born.
1857
Joseph Conrad born
Publication of Flaubert'sMadame Bovary.
Indian Mutiny. Transatlantic cable commenced.
1858
Holmes family travels to Montpellier
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