Writers in London

The atlas holds 68 people and 315 moments here, from 1374 to 2015.

Moments

  1. 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  2. 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx
  3. 1849 Refugee reunion Friedrich Engels
  4. 1849 Arrives as an exile in London Karl Marx
  5. 1851 Attends the Great Exhibition Charles Dickens
  6. 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
  7. 1851 Moves into Tavistock House Charles Dickens
  8. 1854 Attends Crystal Palace opening Charles Darwin
  9. 1855 London Philharmonic concerts Richard Wagner
  10. 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
  11. 1860 Trinity House board attendance Michael Faraday
  12. 1861 First foreign journey: London Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  13. 1862 Met Herzen and visited the Crystal Palace Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  14. 1862 Diplomatic visit to England Otto von Bismarck
  15. 1864 Moves to Modena Villas Karl Marx
  16. 1864 Joins the First International's founding meeting Karl Marx
  17. 1868 Visit to London Jules Verne
  18. 1870 Gives final public reading Charles Dickens
  19. 1870 Makes last public appearance Charles Dickens
  20. 1870 Buried in Poets' Corner Charles Dickens
  21. 1870 Move to Regent's Park Road Friedrich Engels
  22. 1871 Makes a London trip Mark Twain
  23. 1872 Writes from London Mark Twain
  24. 1873 Rents Montague Street house Charles Darwin
  25. 1875 Conducts Requiem in London Giuseppe Verdi
  26. 1875 Moves to 41 Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  27. 1875 Appears before vivisection commission Charles Darwin
  28. 1879 London triumph at the Gaiety Theatre Sarah Bernhardt
  29. 1879 Studies at University College London Rabindranath Tagore
  30. 1881 Boarder at Tite Street Oscar Wilde
  31. 1882 Buried in Westminster Abbey Charles Darwin
  32. 1882 Marriage to Jacques Damala Sarah Bernhardt
  33. 1883 Marx funeral eulogy Friedrich Engels
  34. 1883 Dies at Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  35. 1884 Wilde family home at Tite Street Oscar Wilde
  36. 1884 Marriage at St James's Church Oscar Wilde
  37. 1888 Studies at University College London Mahatma Gandhi
  38. 1888 Trains for the bar at Inner Temple Mahatma Gandhi
  39. 1888 Concert at St James's Hall Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  40. 1889 Residence on Villiers Street Rudyard Kipling
  41. 1889 Born in London Charlie Chaplin
  42. 1889 Dinner at the Langham Hotel Oscar Wilde
  43. 1891 Residence recorded at Tite Street Oscar Wilde
  44. 1891 Leaves London after qualifying Mahatma Gandhi
  45. 1892 Marriage at All Souls Church Rudyard Kipling
  46. 1893 Conducting in London Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  47. 1895 Imprisonment at Pentonville Oscar Wilde
  48. 1895 Imprisonment at Wandsworth Oscar Wilde
  49. 1895 Premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
  50. 1895 Warning at the Café Royal Oscar Wilde

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