[Chronological links are only in place to September 1812.]

Events of Volume I

Before Michaelmas (i.e. Sept. 29, one of the four `quarter days' according to which houses etc. were rented):: Bingley takes possession of Netherfield.
Tues 15 Oct.: Mr. Collins's letter sent to Mr. Bennet, who does not tell his family. About this time, the Meryton assembly is held, and Darcy's snub takes place. [Illustration <JPEG>]. A day later, the Lucas-Bennet confabulation.
[Not dated.]: Bingley and Jane become mutually attracted. Charlotte gives advice to Elizabeth. Darcy begins to find Elizabeth attractive. Evening at Sir William Lucas's. [Illustration <JPEG>]. Lydia and Kitty frequently visiting Meryton, on account of the officers of the recently arrived militia regiment quartered there.
Tues 12 Nov.: Jane is invited to dine at Netherfield. [Illustration <JPEG>]
Wed 13 Nov.: News of Jane's illness; Elizabeth goes to Netherfield.
Thurs 14 Nov.: Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield. Elizabeth remains.
Fri 15 Nov.: Elizabeth examines Darcy's temperament. Darcy begins to feel his danger.
Sat 16 Nov.: Darcy adheres to his book.
Sun 17 Nov.: The Bennet sisters leave Netherfield.
Mon 18 Nov.: Arrival of Mr. Collins.
Tues 19 Nov.: First appearance of Wickham. [Illustration <JPEG>]
Wed 20 Nov.: Supper with the Philipses. Elizabeth's conversation with Wickham.
Thurs 21 Nov.: The Bingleys visit Longbourn. Elizabeth suspects that Mr. Collins intends to propose to her.
Fri 22 Nov.-Mon 25 Nov.: A succession of rain.
Tues 26 Nov.: The ball at Netherfield. Elizabeth and Darcy dance. Elizabeth's relations "expose themselves" in front of Darcy [Illustration <JPEG>].
Wed 27 Nov.: Mr. Collins proposes [Illustration <JPEG>]; Bingley goes to London.
Thurs 28 Nov.: Elizabeth talks with Wickham. The Bingleys leave Netherfield.
Fri 29 Nov.: Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Sat 30 Nov.: Mr. Collins returns to Hunsford. Charlotte Lucas breaks the news of her engagement to Elizabeth.
Tues 3 Dec.: Mr. Collins promised letter of thanks arrives.
Mon 16 Dec.: His return to Longbourn.

Events of Volume II

? Dec.: Letter from Caroline Bingley to Jane.
Sat 21 Dec.: Mr. Collins's departure.
Mon 23 Dec.: The Gardiners come for Christmas.
Mon 30 Dec.: They leave, taking Jane.

Early in Jan.: Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Mon 6 Jan.: Jane has been a week in town.
Tues 7 Jan.: She calls in Grosvenor-street.
Wed 8 Jan.: Charlotte says good-bye.
Thurs 9 Jan.: The wedding.
Late in Jan.: Four weeks pass away without Jane's seeing Bingley.
Early in March: Elizabeth's farewell to Wickham; she goes to London.
?Thurs 5 March: Arrival at Hunsford
?Fri 6 March: Miss de Bourgh at the Parsonage [Illustration <JPEG>].
?Sat 7 March: They dine at Rosings.
?Thurs 12 March: Sir William leaves.
?Thurs 19 March: End of Elizabeth's first fortnight.
Mon 23 March: Darcy and Fitzwilliam arrive.
Tues 24 March: They call at the Parsonage. Jane has been in town (almost) three months.
Fri 27 March: It was doubtless on Good Friday that Darcy was `seen at church'.
Sun 29 March, Easter Day: The evening is spent at Rosings. [Illustration <JPEG>]
Mon 30 March: Darcy's first visit to the parsonage; from thenceforth Darcy and/or Colonel Fitzwilliam frequently visit the Parsonage.
Thurs 9 April: Elizabeth's conversation with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Darcy proposes.
Fri 10 April: Darcy's letter. Elizabeth's self-reproaches begin. She has spent five weeks in Kent.
Sat 11 April: Fitzwilliam and Darcy leave Kent, after a stay of `nearly three weeks'.
Fri 17 April: The evening spent at Rosings. [Illustration <JPEG>]
Sat 18 April: Elizabeth goes to London, after a visit of six weeks (and a few days).
Early in May: Jane, Elizabeth, and Maria Lucas return to Longbourn.
Late in May: The ----shire regiment, with Lydia, removes to Brighton.
June: Lydia's sixteenth birthday.
Mid-June: Northern tour is postponed to mid-July.
Sat 1 Aug.: Lydia's elopement.
Sun 2 Aug.: Colonel Forster sends an express to Longbourn.
Mon 3 Aug.: Jane mails her first letter to Elizabeth. Colonel Forster comes to Longbourn. [Illustration <JPEG>]. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Lambton.

Events of Volume III

Tues 4 Aug.: Jane mails her second letter to Elizabeth. Mr. Bennet goes to town. The Gardiners and Elizabeth tour Pemberley [Illustration <JPEG>].
Wed 5 Aug.: Colonel Forster back at Brighton. Mr. Bennet writes to Jane. Darcy and his sister visit Elizabeth; Bingley says it is `above eight months' since 26 Nov.
Thurs 6 Aug.: The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Pemberley.
Fri 7 Aug.: Elizabeth hears from Jane; the dinner at Pemberley is cancelled, and the Gardiners and Elizabeth leave Lambton.
Sat 8 Aug.: They arrive at Longbourn. Darcy leaves Derbyshire for London.
Sat 9 Aug.: Mr. Gardiner leaves Longbourn.
Tues 11 Aug.: Mrs. Gardiner hears from her husband.
Fri 14 Aug.: Darcy calls in Gracechurch-street.
Sat 15 Aug.: Mr. Bennet returns. Mrs. Gardiner goes back to town. Darcy calls again, having ascertained that Mr. Bennet is gone.
Sun 16 Aug.: Darcy sees Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner.
Mon 17 Aug.: Mr. Gardiner's express (misdated August 2). Matters `all settled' between Mr. Gardiner and Darcy. Lydia goes to Gracechurch-street, where she remains for a fortnight. Mrs. Bennet comes down stairs for the first time in a Fortnight (since 2 Aug.).
Mon 31 Aug.: Wedding of Lydia and Wickham; they come to Longbourn [Illustration <JPEG>]; Lydia is sure Wickham will `kill more birds on the first of September than any body else in the country'.
Tues 1 Sept.: Darcy dines with the Gardiners.
Wed 2 Sept.: Jane writes to Mrs. Gardiner.
2 or 3 Sept.: Darcy leaves town.
?Fri 4 Sept.: Elizabeth asks Mrs. Gardiner for an explanation of Lydia's disclosures.
Sun 6 Sept.: Mrs. Gardiner replies.
?Thurs 10 Sept.: The Wickhams leave.
16 or 17 Sept.: Bingley expected at Netherfield. It is now `about a twelvemonth' since Mr. Bennet's waiting upon him had been first canvassed.
?Sat 19 Sept.: Bingley and Darcy call.
Tues 22 Sept.: They dine at Longbourn.
?Wed 23 Sept.: Darcy's confession to Bingley.
?Thurs 24 Sept.: Darcy leaves for town, to return in ten days' time. Bingley calls alone.
Fri 25 Sept.: He comes to dine, and stays supper.
Sat 26 Sept.: Bingley comes to shoot. He and Jane are engaged. [Illustration <JPEG>]
?Sat 3 Oct.: Lady Catherine's visit, about a week after the engagement, and two days after the `report of a most alarming nature' had reached after. [Illustration <JPEG>]
Sun 4 Oct.: Mr. Bennet hears from Mr. Collins, who, writing no doubt on Friday 2 Oct., says he mentioned the rumour of Elizabeth's engagement to Darcy `to her Ladyship last night'.
?Tues 6 Oct.: Bingley brings Darcy. The proposal; Elizabeth confides in Jane.
?Wed 7 Oct.: They walk to Oakham Mount. Parental applications.
?Thurs 8 Oct.: Darcy dines at Longbourn.
Before Christmas: The double wedding. The Gardiners are `to come to Pemberley at Christmas'.

[E-text editor's note: The novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë is set during almost the same time-period. The double wedding which is the climax of Shirley takes place in August 1812, the same month that Lydia causes trouble in Pride and Prejudice.]

See also Ellen Moody's alternative calendar for Pride and Prejudice.

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