The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Оливер Голдсмит

1728 November 10. Born at Pallas, near Ballymahon, in the county of Longford, Ireland. 1730 Family remove to Lissoy, in the county of Westmeath. 1731 Under Elizabeth Delap. 1734 Under Mr. Thomas Byrne of the village school. 1736–44 At school at Elphin (Mr. Griffin's), Athlone (Mr. Campbell's), Edgeworthstown (Mr. Hughes's). 1744 June 11. Admitted a sizar of Trinity College, Dublin, 'annum agens 15.' 1747 Death of his father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith. May. Takes part in a college riot. June 15. Obtains a Smythe exhibition. Runs away from college. 1749 February 27. Takes his degree as Bachelor of Arts. 1751 Rejected for orders by the Bishop of Elphin. Tutor to Mr. Flinn. Sets out for America (via Cork), but returns. Letter to Mrs. Goldsmith (his mother). 1752 Starts as a law student, but loses his all at play. Goes to Edinburgh to become a medical student. 1753 January 13. Admitted a member of the 'Medical Society' of Edinburgh. May 8. Letter to his Uncle Contarine. September 26. Letter to Robert Bryanton. Letter to his Uncle Contarine. 1754 Goes to Leyden. Letter to his Uncle Contarine. 1755 February. Leaves Leyden. Takes degree of Bachelor of Medicine at Louvain (?). Travels on foot in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Sketches The Traveller. 1756 February 1. Returns to Dover. Low comedian; usher (?); apothecary's journeyman; poor physician in Bankside, Southwark.

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1757	Press corrector to Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist; assistant at Peckham Academy (Dr. Milner's). April. Bound over to Griffiths the bookseller. Quarrels with Griffiths. December 27. Letter to his brother-in-law, Daniel Hodson.
1758	February. Publishes The Memoirs of a Protestant, condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion. Gives up literature and returns to Peckham. August. Leaves Peckham. Letters to Edward Mills, Bryanton, Mrs. Jane Lawder. Appointed surgeon and physician to a factory on the Coast of Coromandel. November (?). Letter to Hodson. Moves into 12 Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey. Coromandel appointment comes to nothing. December 21. Rejected at Surgeons' Hall as 'not qualified' for a hospital mate.
1759	February (?). Letter to Henry Goldsmith. March. Visited by Percy at 12 Green Arbour Court. April 2. Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe published. 'Prologue of Laberius' (Enquiry). October 6. The Bee commenced. 'On a Beautiful Youth struck blind with Lightning' (Bee). October 13. 'The Gift' (Bee). October 18. 'The Logicians Refuted' (Busy Body). October 20. 'A Sonnet' (Bee). October 22. 'Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec' (Busy Body). October 27. 'Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize' (Bee). November 24. The Bee closed.
1760	January 1. The British Magazine commenced. January 12. The Public Ledger commenced. January 24. First Chinese Letter published (Citizen of the World). May 2. 'Description of an Author's Bedchamber' ('Chinese Letter' in Public Ledger). October 21. 'On seeing Mrs … perform,' etc. ('Chinese Letter' in Public Ledger). Editing Lady's Magazine. Compiling Prefaces. Moves into 6 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street.

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1761	March 4. 'On the Death of the Right Hon. … ('Chinese Letter' in Public Ledger). April 4–14. 'An Epigram'; to G. C. and R. L. ('Chinese Letter in Public Ledger). May 13. 'Translation of a South American Ode.' ('Chinese Letter' in Public Ledger) August 14. Last Chinese Letter published (Citizen of the World). Memoirs of M. de Voltaire published in Lady's Magazine.
1762	February 23. Pamphlet on Cock Lane Ghost published. February 26. History of Mecklenburgh published. May 1. Citizen of the World published. May 1 to Nov. 1. Plutarch's Lives, vol. i to vii, published. At Bath and Tunbridge. October 14. Life of Richard Nash published. October 28. Sells third share of Vicar of Wakefield to B. Collins, printer, Salisbury. At Mrs. Fleming's at Islington.
1763	March 31. Agrees with James Dodsley to write a Chronological History of the Lives of Eminent Persons of Great Britain and Ireland. (Never done.)
1764	'The Club,' afterwards the Literary Club, founded. Moves into lodgings on the library staircase of the Temple. June 26. History of England, in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son published. October 31. Oratorio of The Captivity sold to James Dodsley. December 19. The Traveller published.
1765	June 4. Essays by Mr. Goldsmith published. 'The Double Transformation,' 'A New Simile' (Essays). Edwin and Angelina (The Hermit) printed privately for the amusement of the Countess of Northumberland. Resumes practice as a physician.
1766	March 27. Vicar of Wakefield published. 'Elegy on a Mad Dog'; 'Olivia's Song' (Vicar of Wakefield). May 31. Vicar of Wakefield, 2nd edition. June. Translation of Formey's Concise History of Philosophy and Philosophers published. August 29. Vicar of Wakefield, 3rd edition. December 15. Poems for Young Ladies published.

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1766	December 28. English Grammar written.
1767	April. Beauties of English Poesy published. July 19. Living in Garden Court, Temple. July 25. Letter to the St. James's Chronicle. December 22. Death of John Newbery.
1768	February 5. Publishes The Good Natur'd Man, a Comedy, produced at Covent Garden, January 29. 'Epilogue to The Good Natur'd Man.' Moves to 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple. May. Death of Henry Goldsmith. Living at Edgware.
1769	February 18. 'Epilogue to Mrs. Lenox's Sister.' February 29. Agreement for 'a new Natural History of Animals' (Animated Nature). May 18.