Lord Byron

Poetry and life of Lord Byron

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Jun 1812

Byron witnesses a waltz

Lord Byron portraitByron attends a private ball where he witnesses the waltz, which was largely introduced to England in this year. Image: Richard Westall, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1813, National Portrait Gallery, London). This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired.

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Cheryl A. Wilson, “The Arrival of the Waltz in England, 1812″

David Rettenmaier
1 Jul 1816

Byron, "Darkness"

Portrait of Byron

In July 1816, Lord Byron writes his poem, “Darkness,” a vision of chaotic disorder and universal extinction consequent upon the disappearance of the sun. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Martin Meisel, "On the Age of the Universe"

Gillen D'Arcy Wood, "1816, The Year without a Summer"

David Rettenmaier
15 Oct 1822 to 30 Jul 1823

The Liberal

Portrait of Byron15 Oct. 1822 – 30 July 1823: The Liberal [The radical journal, the Liberal, edited by Leigh Hunt, Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, begins its four-issue publication run in 1822, ending in 1823. Individual publication dates for issues one through four are as follows: 15 Oct 1822, 1 January 1823, 26 April 1823, 30 July 1823. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Jane Stabler, “Religious Liberty in the ‘Liberal,’ 1822-23″

David Rettenmaier
10 Feb 1824

Deformed Transformed

Portrait of ByronOn 10 February 1824, publication of Byron's The Deformed Transformed. Byron’s late drama, published as a fragment, garners largely negative reviews. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Angela Esterhammer, “1824: Improvisation, Speculation, and Identity-Construction”

David Rettenmaier
26 Mar 1824

Don Juan, Cantos 15-16

Portrait of ByronOn 26 March 1824, publisher John Hunt brings out the last cantos (15-16) of Byron’s unfinished mock-epic poem Don Juan. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Angela Esterhammer, “1824: Improvisation, Speculation, and Identity-Construction”

David Rettenmaier
19 Apr 1824

Death of Lord Byron

Portrait of ByronOn 19 April 1824, death of Lord Byron. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Angela Esterhammer, “1824: Improvisation, Speculation, and Identity-Construction”

David Rettenmaier
1 Jul 1824 to 16 Jul 1824

Byron's funeral rites

Portrait of ByronFrom 1–16 July 1824, public funeral rites for Byron in England. Following Byron’s death at Missolonghi, Greece, his body was returned to England for burial at Hucknall Torkard Church in Nottinghamshire. Image: Thomas Philipps, Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Angela Esterhammer, “1824: Improvisation, Speculation, and Identity-Construction”

David Rettenmaier