1811

Before 29 Sept.	Bingley takes possession of Netherfield.
Tues 15 Oct.	Mr. Collins's letter.
Tues 12 Nov.	Jane is invited to dine at Netherfield.
Wed 13 Nov.	Her illness.
Thurs 14 Nov.	Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield. Elizabeth remains.
Fri 15 Nov.	Darcy begins to feel his danger.
Sat 16 Nov.	Darcy adheres to his book.
Sun 17 Nov.	The sisters leave Netherfield.
Mon 18 Nov.	Arrival of Mr. Collins.
Tues 19 Nov.	First appearance of Wickham.
Wed 20 Nov.	Supper with the Philipses.
Thurs 21 Nov.	The Bingleys visit Longbourn.
Mon 25 Nov.	A succession of rain.
Tues 26 Nov.	The ball at Netherfield.
Wed 27 Nov.	Mr. Collins proposes; Bingley goes to London.
Thurs 28 Nov.	The Bingleys leave Netherfield.
Fri 29 Nov.	Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Sat 30 Nov.	Mr. Collins returns to Hunsford.
Tues 3 Dec.	His promised letter of thanks arrives.
Mon 16 Dec.	His return to Longbourn.
Sat 21 Dec.	His departure.
Mon 23 Dec.	The Gardiners come for Christmas.
Mon 30 Dec.	They leave, taking Jane.

1812

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 goes to London.
Thurs 5 March	Arrival at Hunsford.
Fri 6 March	Miss de Bourgh at the Parsonage.
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 25 March	It was doubtless on Good Friday that Darcy was 'seen at church'.
Sun 29 March	Easter Day The evening is spent at Rosings.
Thurs 9 April	Elizabeth's conversation with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Darcy proposes.
Fri 10 April	Darcy's letter. Elizabeth 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.
Sat 18 April	Elizabeth goes to town, 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.	Colonel Forster comes to Longbourn. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Lambton.
Tues 4 Aug.	Mr. Bennet goes to town. The Gardiners and Elizabeth tour Pemberley.
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 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; 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 25 Sept.	Bingley comes to shoot. He and Jane are engaged.
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.
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.
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'.

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