1903
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25 June
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Eric Arthur Blair born at Motihari,
Bengal
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1904
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Moved to Henley-on-Thames, England
with mother and sister
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1911
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September
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Entered St Cyprian's preparatory school
at Eastbourne
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1914
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2 October
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First publication, a poem: 'Awake! Young Men of England' in The Henley
and South Oxfordshire Standard.
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1916
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21 July
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Poem: 'Kitchener'
published in The Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard.
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December
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Left St Cyprian's
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1917
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January
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Entered Wellington College
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May
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Entered Eton College
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1918
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autumn
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wrote the poem 'The Pagan', never published
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christmas
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wrote the poem 'Our minds are married, but we are too young'
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1921
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20 December
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Left Eton
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1922
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June
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Took India Office examination
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October
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Appointed Assistant District Superintendent
of Police
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27 October
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Sailed from Liverpool for Rangoon,
Burma
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29 November
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Arrived at Provincial Police training
school, Mandalay
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| 1924 |
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January
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Posted to Myaungmya
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June
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Posted to Twante
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December
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Posted to Syriam
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1925
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26 September
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Posted to Insein
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1926
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April
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Posted to Moulmein
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December
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Posted to Katha as headquarters assistant
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1927
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June
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Left Katha
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14 July
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Sailed from Rangoon
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August
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Disembarked at Marseilles
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September
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On holiday at Polperro, Cornwall.
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Announced decision not to return to
Burma
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autumn
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Moved into lodgings in Portobello Road,
London
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Spent time in the East End with tramps
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On the road, sleeping in workhouses
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1928
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1 January
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Resigned commission in Indian Imperial
Police
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spring
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Went to France, stayed at 6 rue du
Pot de Fer
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6 October
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Published first article as professional
writer, 'La Censure en Angleterre', in Monde
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29 December
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First professional article in
England, 'A Farthing Newspaper', in G.K.'s Weekly
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1929
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February
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Ill with bronchitis
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7 March
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Admitted to Hôspital Cochin with
pneumonia
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22 March
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Left hospital
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March
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L.I. Bailey, a London literary agent,
agreed to look at his work
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April
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Met Bailey in Paris
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autumn
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Dishwasher in Paris
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December
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The
Adelphi agreed to publish his article on tramps, 'The Spike'
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Returned to 3 Queen Street, Southwold
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1930
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Reviewer for The Aldelphi
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Tutor to boy at Walberswick, Suffolk
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early in year
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Writing Down and Out in Paris and London
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Tutor to three Peters boy 1930-1931
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from April
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Occasional tramps in London and the
home countries
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October
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Completed a diary version of Down and Out in Paris and London.
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Sent to Jonathan Cape. Rejected
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Began or resumed work on Burmese Days
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