Jules Verne | Timeline

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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). (Intro from Wikipedia)

February 8, 1828 - Île Feydeau, Nantes, France - Jules Gabriel Verne is born
January(?) 1(?), 1829 - Nantes - Verne family moves to No.2 Quai Jean-Bart, Nantes
January(?) 1(?), 1834 - Nantes - Jules is sent to boarding school at 5 Place du Bouffay
January(?) 1(?), 1836 - Nantes - Jules enrolls in École Saint-Stanislas, a catholic school
January(?) 1(?), 1839 - Paimboeuf - 11-year-old Verne secretly procures a spot as cabin boy on the ship "Coralie" with the intention of travelling to the Indies and bringing back a coral necklace for his cousin Caroline. The evening the ship set out for the Indies, it stopped first at Paimboeuf where Pierre Verne arrived just in time to catch his son and make him promise to travel "only in his imagination" (wikipedia). Begins writing his first novel "Un prête" (A Priest), influenced by his experience in the Catholic School
January(?) 1(?), 1842 - Nantes - Jules enrolls in the Petit Séminaire de Saint-Donatien, as a lay student
January(?) 1(?), 1844 - Nantes - Jules and his brother are enrolled in the Lycée Royal in Nantes
July 29, 1846 - Rennes - Completes his baccalauréat at Rennes and receives the grade "Good Enough"
January(?) 1(?), 1847 - Paris - Verne's father sends Jules to Law School in Paris
April 27, 1847 - While in Paris - His cousin Caroline, with whom he was in love, is married to Émile Dezaunay, a man of 40.
October(?) 1(?), 1847 - Paris - Passes first-year Law exams
January(?) 1(?), 1848 - Nantes - Returns to Nantes. Meets Rose Herminie Arnaud Grossetière and falls in love with her
July 19, 1848 - Nantes - Rose Herminie Arnaud Grossetière marries Armand Terrien de la Haye, a rich landowner, to Verne's deep frustration
July 30(?), 1848 - Nantes - Jules leaves Nantes again for Paris
June 12, 1850 - Paris - Presentation of the stage comedy "Les Pailles Rompues" written by Jules Verne and Alexandre Dumas Fils =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1851 - Paris - Verne graduates with a "Licence en Droit"
July 1(?), 1851 - Paris - Publication of the historical short story "Un Drame au Mexique"
August 1(?), 1851 - Paris - Publication of the adventure short story "Un Drame dans les airs"
January 1(?), 1852 - Paris - Jules Verne refuses an ultimatum from his father to pursue law in Nantes
July 10, 1852 - Paris - The novella "Martin Paz" begins being presented in the "Musée des Familles"
August 11, 1852 - Paris - End of the presentation of the novella "Martin Paz"
April 1(?), 1854 - Paris - Publication of the short story "Master Zacharius"
June 30, 1854 - Paris - Playwright Jules Seveste, Jules Verne's employer, has a massive stroke and dies
April 1(?), 1855 - Paris - Publication of the short adventure story "Un Hivernage dans les glaces" (A Winter amid the Ice)
January(?) 1(?), 1856 - Paris - Jules Verne stops working for the magazine due to a discussion with Pitre-Chevalier
May 1(?), 1856 - Amiens - Jules Verne travels to Amiens to be August Lelarge's best man. He meets the bride's sister, Honorine de Viane Morel, a 26-year-old widown with two children
November 1(?), 1856 - Amiens - Jules Verne accepts the offer of Honorine's brother to go into business with a broker, and his father gives the approval
January 10, 1857 - Amiens - Jules Verne marries Honorine de Viane Morel
July 27, 1859 - Paris - Jules Verne takes the train to Nantes
July 30(?), 1859 - Nantes - Verne is forced to sail to Bordeaux due to sailing schedule changes
August 2, 1859 - Bordeaux - Jules Verne arrives in Bordeaux and waits a few days for the steamer to Liverpool
August 22, 1859 - Bordeaux - Jules Verne embarks in the steamship 'SS Hamburg" to Liverpool
August 25, 1859 - Liverpool, England - Arrival in Liverpool
August 27, 1859 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Visit to Edinburgh
August 31, 1859 - Oakley - Visit to Oakley
September 1, 1859 - Stirling, Balloch, Loch Lomond - Visit to Stirling
September 2, 1859 - Edinburgh - Returns to Edinburgh
September 3, 1859 - London - Arrives in London
September 6, 1859 - Dieppe, Normandy - Returns to France in Dieppe
January(?) 1(?), 1860 - Paris - Meets photographer, cartoonist and balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known by the pseudonym "Nadar", who is the inspiration for the character of "Michael Ardan" in "From the Earth to the Moon"
July 2, 1861 - Paris - Jules Vernetakes the train in "Gare du Nord" to Hamburg, via Hannover and Cologne
July 3, 1861 - Altona, Hamburg - 2-day stay in Hamburg
July 5, 1861 - Lübeck, Germany - Boards the steamer "Svea" to Stockholm
July 6, 1861 - Ystad, Sweden - Jules Verne arrives in Sweden
July 7, 1861 - Kalmar | Stockholm - Stops in Kalmar
July 8, 1861 - Stockholm - Arrives in Stockholm, where they accomodate themselves at "Hotel Rydberg"
July 15, 1861 - Motala - Arrives at Motala
July 16, 1861 - Töreboda, Sjötorp, Lake Vänern - Travelling to Gothemburg
July 17, 1861 - Gothemburg, Sweden - Arrives in Gothemburg
July 18, 1861 - Gothemburg - Jules Verne boards the norwegian paddlewheel steamship "Viken" to Stavern (Norway)
July 19, 1861 - Christiania (Oslo), Norway - Arrives in Christiania (Oslo) via Larvik, Horten, Vallo, Moss and Drobak
July 21, 1861 - Eidsvoll - Excursion to Eidsvoll
July 23, 1861 - Sandvika - Visit to Sandvika
July 24, 1861 - Drammen - Visit to Drammen
July 25, 1861 - Kongsberg - Visit to Kongsberg
July 26, 1861 - Tinnes | Notodden - Visit to Tinnes and Notodden
July 27, 1861 - Dalen - Excursion to Telemark, in Dalen
July 28, 1861 - Rjukan (Vestfjorddalen) - Visit to Rjukan
July 29, 1861 - Gaustatoppen, near Rjukan - Visit to Mount Gausta
July 30, 1861 - Dalen - Returns to Dalen on the way back to Christiania
July 31, 1861 - Drammen - Returns to Drammen on the way back to Christiania
August 1, 1861 - Christiania (Oslo) - Returns to Christiania
August 2, 1861 - Helsingborg | Helsingør | Copenhagen, Denmark - Stop at Helsingborg. Visit to Helsingør. Arrives in Copenhagen
August 4, 1861 - While in Copenhagen - His son, Michel, is born in Paris
August 6, 1861 - Korsør, Denmark - Reaches Korsør by train and embarks to Kiel
August 7, 1861 - Kiel, Germany - Arrives in Kiel on the "Hermod", a steamship ship carrying mail
August 8, 1861 - Paris - Jules Verne returns to Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1862 - Paris - Verne and Nadar establish the "Société pour la recherche de la navigation aérienne" (later "La Société d'encouragement de la locomotion aérienne au moyen du plus lourd que l'air" (The Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier than Air Machines)
October 23, 1862 - Paris - Jules Verne signs the first of his six contracts with Hetzel
January(?) 1(?), 1863 - Paris - Pierre-Jules Hetzel rejects Verne's book "Paris au XXe siècle"
January 31, 1863 - Paris - Publication of the adventure novel "Cinq semaines en Ballon"
October 4, 1863 - Paris - Nadar's ballon, "Le Géant", makes its first flight from the Champ-de-Mars
October 18, 1863 - Paris - Second flight of "Le Géant"
March 20, 1864 - Paris - The first issues with the story of "Captain Hatteras" are published
August 1, 1864 - Chantenay (Nantes) - Trip to Chantenay
November 25, 1864 - Paris - Publication of the science fiction novel "Voyage au centre de la Terre"
September 14, 1865 - Paris - Publication of the novel "De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes"
September 18, 1865 - Le Crotoy - Verne and family spend 9 weeks in the fishing village of Le Crotoy
March 1(?), 1866 - Le Crotoy - The family moves to Le Crotoy
September 10, 1866 - Bordeaux - Jules Verne arrives on a sailing boat to Bordeaux
September 25, 1866 - Le Crotoy - Returns from the Bordeaux boat trip
November 26, 1866 - Paris - Publication of the complete "Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras"
February 1(?), 1867 - Paris - Jules Verne settles in Paris
March 18, 1867 - Brest - Departs to Liverpool, England

The "Great Eastern"

March 26, 1867 - Liverpool - Sets out with his brother Paul to New York on the "Great Eastern"
April 9, 1867 - New York - Arrives in New York
April 11, 1867 - Buffalo - Train trip to Buffalo
April 12, 1867 - Niagara Falls - Visit to Niagara Falls
April 13, 1867 - Buffalo - Returns to Buffalo by train
April 15, 1867 - Brooklyn, New York - Arrives in Brookly, New York
April 17, 1867 - Pier 37, New York - Departs to Brest on board the "Great Eastern"
April 30, 1867 - Brest - The "Great Eastern" arrives in Brest
May(?) 5(?), 1867 - Paris - Jules Verne visits the 1867 Exposition Universelle, where he studies the model of "Plongeur", the first submarine in the world to be propelled by mechanical (rather than human) power. He also takes notes about the most recent discovery: the diving suit (speculative date)
November 1(?), 1867 - Nantes - Visit to his parents
June 1(?), 1868 - Dover - Boat trip to Dover
August 1(?), 1868 - Gravesend | London - Boat Trip to Gravesend and London
October 1(?), 1868 - Baden-Baden - Excursion to Baden-Baden
December 15, 1868 - Nantes - Visit to his parents
January 1(?), 1869 - Chantenay - Boat trip on the Loire River to Chantenay
February 1(?), 1869 - Nantes - Jules Verne leaves Nantes
March 1(?), 1869 - Le Crotoy - Moves definitively to Le Crotoy

March 20, 1869 - While in Le Crotoy - Issues with the first chapters of "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin" (20,000 leagues under the sea) are published
June 15, 1869 - South Coast of England - Boat trip on the south coast of England
July 1(?), 1869 - Le Havre - Boat trip to Le Havre
August 1(?), 1869 - Cherbourg - Boat trip to Cherbourg
November 1(?), 1869 - Amiens - Jules Verne moves to Amiens
March 1(?), 1870 - Sion, Switzerland - In Sion, Switzerland, from February to April
June 1(?), 1870 - Paris - Arrives in Paris on the "Saint-Michel", sailing by River Seine
June 10(?), 1870 - Paris - The publication of all the issues of "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin" (20,000 leagues under the sea) is completed
July 1(?), 1870 - Calais, Gravelines, Dunkerque - Boat trip
July 19, 1870 - While sailing on the English Channel - France declares WAR to Prussia
August 9, 1870 - Paris - Made a Chevalier de la "Légion d'honneur"
August 31, 1870 - Nantes - Visit to his parents
January 28, 1871 - While in Paris - France and Prussia sign a treaty in Versailles in which France looses Alsace-Lorraine and has to pay 5 million francs to Prussia
March 28, 1871 - Paris - The Commune is proclaimed in Paris
June 1(?), 1871 - Paris - Visit to the city during the Commune of Paris
November 1(?), 1871 - Amiens - Returns to Amiens
November 3, 1871 - Nantes - Jules Verne travels to Nantes to see his father for the last time. Pierre Verne dies
November 16, 1871 - Paris - Publication of "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin" complete in a luxury edition, with 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou. The book is widely acclaimed
June 28, 1872 - Amiens - Jules Verne is received as a member of the Amiens Academy
November 6, 1872 - Paris - Publication of the adventure novel "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours"
November 7, 1874 - Paris - Premiere of "Cinq semaines en Ballon" at the theâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
June 1(?), 1877 - Nantes - Returns to in Nantes in 1877 to occupy himself with his "rebel son" Michel. There he buys his third yacht "Saint-Michel III"
July 23, 1877 - Le Havre - Cruise on the Normandy coast
August 16, 1877 - Pornic, W. of Nantes - Lunch at Arnaud's place
April 9, 1878 - Saint-Nazaire - Jules Verne sells his yacht "Saint-Michel" to the Lucas brothers, pilots from Saint-Nazaire. He replaces it with a steam sailing ship of 100-tons, baptized as "Saint-Michel III"
May 25, 1878 - Nantes - Departs to the Mediterranean on board the "Saint-Michel III"
June 3, 1878 - Vigo, Spain - Anchors at Vigo
June 6, 1878 - Lisbon, Portugal - Anchors at Lisbon. Jules Verne has dinner with writers Pinheiro Chagas, Ramalho Ortigão and the ilustrator Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro in Hotel Bragança in Lisbon
June 7, 1878 - Cadiz, Spain - Stop at Cadiz
June 19, 1878 - Gibraltar - The "Saint-Michel III" anchors at Gibraltar
June 22, 1878 - Oran, Algeria - Bad weather delays his arrival to Oran
July 1, 1878 - Marseille - Jules Verne arrives in Marseille from Algiers, on board an ocean liner, while the crew of the "Saint-Michel III" sail to Nantes
July 22, 1878 - While in Nantes(?) - The "Saint-Michel III" returns to Nantes, its home port
June 28, 1879 - While in Nantes(?) - The "Saint-Michel III" sets sail to Boulogne
July 2, 1879 - Boulogne - Jules Verne and his guests embark on the "Saint-Michel III" to Scotland

Saint-Michel III

July 13, 1879 - Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland - The "Saint-Michel III" arrives in Leith, after a stormy passage from France
July 22, 1879 - Great Yarmouth - Stop in Great Yarmouth
July 23, 1879 - Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland - Departs to France
July 24, 1879 - Great Yarmouth - Stop in Great Yarmouth
July 29, 1879 - Le Havre - Departs to Lorient on his steam yacht
August 1, 1879 - Brest - Stop in Brest
August 3, 1879 - Saint-Nazaire - The "Saint-Michel III" anchors at Saint-Nazaire
August 18, 1879 - Saint-Nazaire(?) - Departs to Lorient on his steam yacht
August 19, 1879 - Lorient - Attends the launch of the ironclad battleship "Dévastation"
August 23, 1879 - Chantenay - Letter to Pierre-Jules Hetzel
August 26, 1879 - Nantes - Departs in another cruise to St.Michel and St.Nazaire
September 16, 1879 - Nantes - Departs on his steam yacht to the Coast of Normandy
September 20, 1879 - Le Tréport, Normandy - Arrives at Le Tréport, Normandy
September 22, 1879 - Le Tréport, Normandy - Sea trip from Le Tréport
January(?) 1(?), 1880 - While in Amiens - Triumph of "Michael Strogoff" in the theatres
June 1, 1881 - Nantes - Departs on his steam yacht "Saint-Michel III" to the North Sea
June 5, 1881 - Rotterdam - Reaches Rotterdam
June 11, 1881 - Wilhelmshaven - Resumes voyage and reaches Wilhelmshaven
June 17, 1881 - Kiel - The "Saint-Michel III" leaves Rendsburg and arrives at Kiel the same evening
June 19, 1881 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Arrival in Copenhagen
June 26, 1881 - Copenhagen - The "Saint-Michel III" departs back to France
June 28, 1881 - Kiel - Returns to Kiel to sail through the Eider Channal (Ejderkanalen)
July 4(?), 1881 - Wilhelmshaven - Returning to France and stopping at the same places of the outward journey
July 6(?), 1881 - Rotterdam - Returning to France and stopping at the same places of the outward journey
July 17, 1881 - Nantes - Returns from the North Sea
July 29, 1881 - Les Sables d'Olonne - Expedition to Les Sables d'Olonne
August 6, 1881 - Ramsgate, England - Arrives at Ramsgate
August 9, 1881 - Nantes - Returns from Ramsgate
March 15, 1884 - While in Amiens - Michel Verne marries in Nîmes. His parents are not present

Verne collecting authentic information
from the best sources about the 
underwater world”. from
L’Algerie Pittoresque,Jun 15, 1884

May 13, 1884 - Nantes - Departs from Nantes for a cruise on the Mediterranean Sea aboard the "Saint-Michel III"
May 18, 1884 - Vigo, Spain - Reaches Vigo in bad weather. The "Saint-Michel III" has its engine repaired
May 22, 1884 - Lisbon, Portugal - The "Saint-Michel III" anchors at Lisbon
June 4, 1884 - Gibraltar - Arrives in Gibraltar
June 10, 1884 - Annaba, Algeria - Arrives in Annaba, where the "Bey" of the city puts special wagon at his disposal
June 18, 1884 - Mellieha, Malta - In strong wings, Jules Verne is forced to anchor near Mellieha in Malta. His brother Paul comes ashore to look for a pilot and is arrested (Malta was in quarantine)
June 19, 1884 - La Valletta, Malta - The winds change direction and Jules Verne takes the "Saint-Michel III" to La Valletta's Grand Harbour
June 28, 1884 - Naples, Italy - Jules Verne arrives in Naples
July 3, 1884 - Anzio, Italy - Jules Verne leaves the "Saint-Michel III" in Anzio and departs by train to Nantes, via Rome
July 7, 1884 - Rome, Italy - Jules Verne and wife are received by Pope Leo XIII
July 15(?), 1884 - Amiens - Returns to Amiens by train, via Florence, Venice and Milan
February 15, 1885 - Amiens - Jules Verne decides to sell the "Saint-Michel III" due to maintenance costs
June 16, 1885 - While in Amiens - "Mathias Sandorf", a novel inspired by his latest Mediterranean cruise, begins being published in "Le Temps"
July 1(?), 1885 - Amiens - Jules Verne sells the "Saint-Michel III" to maritime broker Martial Noé
September 20, 1885 - While in Amiens - The last issue of "Mathias Sandorf" is published in "le Temps"
March 9, 1886 - Amiens - Jules Verne is shot in the left leg by his nephew Gaston, who had mental problems
February 15, 1887 - While in Amiens - Death of his mother, Sophie Allotte de la Fuye, in Nantes. Jules Verne sells the "Saint-Michel III"
January 1, 1888 - Amiens - Jules Verne enters politics and is elected town councilor of Amiens
February 20, 1890 - While in Amiens - Michel Verne marries Jeanne Reboul in Paris. Again, his parents are not present
January(?) 1(?), 1892 - Amiens - Promoted to an Officier de la Légion d'honneur
October 20, 1895 - Amiens - Visited by the italian novelist and journalist Edmondo De Amicis
August 27, 1897 - While in Amiens - His brother, Paul Verne, dies in Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1901 - Amiens - Jules Verne writes the first draft of "Le Phare du bout du monde" (The Lighthouse at the End of the World)
January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Amiens - Jules Verne is diagnosed with cataracts
January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Amiens - Publication of "Maître du Monde" (Master of the World)
March 24, 1905 - Amiens - Jules Verne dies, aged 77 =(END)

Miguel de Cervantes | Timeline

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 – 22 April 1616), often simply called Cervantes, was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright.
His major work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). He was dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios ("The Prince of Wits"). (Wikipedia) 

September 29, 1547 - Alcalá de Henares - Spain - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is born
January(?) 1(?), 1551 - Valladolid - Cervantes Family moves to Valladolid
January(?) 1(?), 1553 - Córdoba - Cervantes Family moves to Córdoba
January(?) 1(?), 1556 - Córdoba - Collects the inheritance of his grandfather
January(?) 1(?), 1564 - Seville - Cervantes Family moves to Seville
January(?) 1(?), 1566 - Madrid - Cervantes Family moves to Madrid =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1567 - Madrid - First poems published
December(?) 1(?), 1569 - Madrid - Cervantes flees Madrid to avoid being arrested and having his hand cut off, after a duel with Antonio de Sigura
January(?) 1(?), 1570 - Rome - Arrives in Rome and joins the household of the prelate Giulio Acquaviva
September 16, 1571 - Naples - Joins the army in Naples with his brother Rodrigo and departs to Corfu (in Greece) with Andrea Doria
September 26, 1571 - Corfu - Arrival at Corfu
October 7, 1571 - Gulf of Patras, Greece - Battle of Lepanto. Cervantes is wounded

Battle of Lepanto

October 9, 1571 - Petalà inlets - The armada takes shelter from bad weather
October 15, 1571 - Petalà inlets - The weather improves. The armada sails for Messina
November 1, 1571 - Messina - Arrival in Messina. Cervantes spends six months recovering from the wounds taken in the battle of Lepanto
July 7, 1572 - Messina - Departs to Palermo with Don Juan de Áustria
July 15, 1572 - Palermo - A letter from the King arrives, ordering Cervantes to go to Corfu
August 2, 1572 - Crotone - On his way to Corfu
August 5, 1572 - Otranto, Southeast of Lecce - On his way to Corfu
August 9, 1572 - Corfu - Arrival at Corfu
September 7, 1572 - Corfu - Departs to Igomenitsa
September 10, 1572 - Igomenitsa - The turkish fleet is detected
September 12, 1572 - Kefallonia, mouth of the Gulf of Patras
September 15, 1572 - Strofades Islands (44km S-SE Zakynthos)
September 18, 1572 - Methoni
September 26, 1572 - Pylos, Navarino Bay
October 2, 1572 - Pylos, Navarino Bay - Navarino is taken
October 7, 1572 - Pylos, Navarino Bay - Departs to Methoni
October 9, 1572 - Island of Zante
October 15, 1572 - Kefallonia, Mouth of the Gulf of Patras
October 18, 1572 - Igomenitsa
October 20, 1572 - Corfu - Back at Corfu
October 22, 1572 - Corfu - Departs to Messina
October 26, 1572 - Messina - Arrival at Messina
October 11, 1573 - Tunis, Tunisia - Tunis is retaken by the Spanish
October 15, 1573 - Bizerte, Tunisia - The Spanish loose the battle to the turks
November 1, 1573 - Sardinia - Winter spent in Sardinia
March 1, 1574 - Naples - Arrival in Naples. Cervantes stays for two years (speculative date)
September 20, 1575 - Naples - Departs to Spain
September 26, 1575 - Palamós, Catalonia - Cervantes is captured by barbary corsairs
October(?) 15(?), 1575 - Algiers, Algeria - Cervantes is arrested in Argel
January(?) 1(?), 1576 - Algiers - First escape attempt
January(?) 1(?), 1577 - Algiers - second escape attempt. Ransom of his brother Rodrigo
January(?) 1(?), 1578 - third escape attempt
January(?) 1(?), 1579 - Fourth escape attempt
September 19, 1580 - Algiers - Cervantes is ransomed. Departs to Valencia
October 24, 1580 - Denia - Arrival in Spain, Valencia region
November(?) 1(?), 1580 - Valencia - Transfer
December(?) 1(?), 1580 - Madrid - Return to his Family in Madrid
April(?) 16(?), 1581 - Tomar, Portugal - Meeting with King Felipe II's Court. Cervantes receives a secret mission
May(?) 24(?), 1581 - Lisbon, Portugal - Cervantes departs to Orán
June(?) 1(?), 1581 - Orán, Algeria - Secret mission in Orán
July(?) 1(?), 1581 - Lisbon - return to Lisbon
December 28, 1581 - Madrid - Return to Madrid
February 17, 1582 - Madrid - Cervantes unsucessfully requests service in the Indies
January(?) 1(?), 1584 - Madrid - Affair with Ana Franca de Rojas, resulting in the birth of a daughter - Isabel de Cervantes
December 12, 1584 - Esquivias (between Madrid and Toledo) - Cervantes marries Catalina de Salazar
January(?) 1(?), 1585 - Publication of "La Galatea"
January(?) 1(?), 1587 - Madrid, Toledo, La Mancha, Andalucia - Cervantes travels to Andalucia as a Commissioner of provisions for the "Spanish Armada". During the years as commissioner, he travels several times between Madrid and Andalucia, passing through Toledo and La Mancha (today, Ciudad Real).
January 10, 1588 - Seville - Cervantes settles in Seville
May 21, 1590 - Seville - Again, Cervantes asks the King for a post in the Indies, but is denied
September 1, 1597 - Seville - Cervantes is arrested in the Royal Jail
December 1, 1597 - Seville - Cervantes is released from the Royal Jail
January(?) 1(?), 1604 - Valladolid - Cervantes settles in Valladolid
January 16, 1604 - Valladolid - Publishes the first volume of "Don Quixote"
January(?) 1(?), 1607 - Madrid - Returns to Madrid
April 22, 1616 - Madrid - Miguel de Cervantes dies, aged 68 =(END)

Herman Melville | Timeline

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his sea adventure Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he was almost forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. The main characteristic of his style is probably pervasive allusion, reflecting his written sources. Melville's way of adapting what he read for his own new purposes, scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's". (Wikipedia)

August 1, 1819 - New York City - Herman Gansevoort Melvill is born
August 19, 1819 - New York City - Melville is baptized at home by a minister of the South Reformed Dutch Church
September 10, 1819 - Albany - Maria Melvill takes his 4 children to Albany, including 6-months Herman
November 17, 1819 - New York City - Maria returns with her 4 children to New York
June 27, 1820 - Albany - Maria Melvill takes his 4 children to Albany
September 24, 1820 - New York City - Maria returns with her 4 children to New York
August 8, 1822 - New York City - The family departs to Boston
October 1, 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts - The family leaves Boston together
October 4, 1822 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Stop at the Melvill farm outside Pittsfield
January(?) 1(?), 1826 - New York City - Starts attending New York Male High School. Contracts scarlet fever
August 9, 1826 - Albany - Herman is sent to Albany to the care of Peter Gansevoort
January(?) 1(?), 1828 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - The Melville family moves to Broadway
January(?) 1(?), 1829 - New York City - Herman is transfered to Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
September 28, 1829 - New York City - Herman enrolls in the English Department of Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
October 9, 1830 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - 11-year old Melville helps his father pack papers and personal belongings so that they could leave Manhattan
October 10, 1830 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - Departs through the Hudson River on the "Swiftsure"
October 11, 1830 - Albany - After a trip up the River Hudson, Melville and his father reach Albany
October 15, 1830 - Albany - Starts attending the Albany Academy, while his father goes into the fur business
October 1(?), 1831 - Albany - Melville leaves the Albany Academy
January 28, 1832 - New York City - Melville witnesses his father's death
April 1(?), 1832 - New York City - Melville's uncle Peter Gansevoort, one of the directors of the NY state Bank, gets him a job as clerk for $150 a year
May 1(?), 1834 - Albany - The Melvilles move to another house in Albany
May 15(?), 1834 - Albany - Melville leaves the Bank to help his cousin Gansevoort, after his cap and fur store was destroyed by a fire
January 1(?), 1835 - Albany - Melville becomes a member of Albany's Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement
March 1(?), 1835 - Albany - While still working in the store, Melville enrolls in Albany Classical School
September 1(?), 1835 - Albany - Back at the Albany Academy, in the Latin Course
March 1(?), 1837 - Albany - Melville is again withdrawn from Albany Academy
April 1(?), 1837 - Gansevoort is forced to file for bankruptcy because of the Nationwide economic panic
June 5, 1837 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Melville starts taking care of his uncle's farm, while Gansevoort becomes a law student in New York
August(?) 1(?), 1837 - Lenox, Massachusetts - Gets a job as schoolteacher at Sikes District School
February 1(?), 1838 - Stanwix Hall, Albany - Melville is elected president of the Philo Logos Society
April 21, 1838 - Albany - Melville publishes two polemical letters in the "Albany Microscope" =(START)
November 1(?), 1838 - Lenox - Melville's term at Sikes end
November 7, 1838 - Lansingburgh, Troy - Melville moves to Landingburgh (now Troy), where his family had moved in May
November 12, 1838 - Lansingburgh - Melville pays for a term at Lansingburgh Academy - Surveying and Engineering course
May 4, 1839 - Lansingburgh - "Fragments from a writing desk" article is published in the "Democratic Press and Lansingburgh Advertiser", a weekly newspaper
June 2, 1839 - Manhattan, New York - Melville arrives in Manhattan by boat, from Albany
June 5, 1839 - Manhattan - Melville signs aboard the merchant ship "St.Lawrence" as a "boy" for a cruise to Liverpool
July 2, 1839 - Liverpool, England - Melville arrives in Liverpool, at that time, the biggest port in the World
July 9, 1839 - Liverpool - Letter to Maria Gansevoort Melvill
August 14, 1839 - Liverpool - Melville boards the "St.Lawrence" back to New York
September 30, 1839 - Manhattan, New York - Melville arrives in New York, after 5 weeks in Liverpool
November(?) 1(?), 1839 - Greenbush, New York - Resumes teaching
July(?) 1(?), 1840 - Galena, Illinois - Melville and Gansevoort seek help of their uncle Thomas to find work
October(?) 1(?), 1840 - Lansingburgh - Melville returns home, after a trip through the Mississipi and St.Louis
December 25, 1840 - New Bedford - Melville signs aboard the whaler "Acushnet" as a "Boy", for 1/175th of the voyage's profit
December 27, 1840 - New Bedford - Hears the Reverend Enoch Mudge during a Church service at the seaman's Bethel
January 3, 1841 - Fairhaven, Massachusetts - Melville departs for the Pacific Ocean on the whaler "Acushnet"
February(?) 1(?), 1841 - Off Bahama Banks - The "Acushnet" finds whales, and stores 175 oil barrels
March 13, 1841 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The "Acushnet" reaches Rio de Janeiro. 175 oil barrels are sent home aboard another ship
April 15, 1841 - Cape Horn - The "Acushnet" crosses Cape Horn and enters the Pacific Ocean
April 28, 1841 - Patagonian Coast - The "Acushnet" crosses path with the "Samuel Enderby"
May 1, 1841 - Sailing north, close to the 79th meridian of W longitude, towards the island of Mas Afuera
May 6, 1841 - Off Island of Mas Afuera, Chile - The men on the "Acushnet" sight the peak of Los Innocentes (Island of Mas Afuera) on the horizon
June 23, 1841 - Santa, Peru - The "Acushnet" anchors at Santa Harbor
June 30, 1841 - Santa, Peru - David Smith, boatsteerer, deserts at Santa, Peru
July 23, 1841 - W-NW Galapagos (longitude of Acapulco) - The "Acushnet" encounters the "Lima", a Nantucket whaler with the son of Owen Chase aboard. Melville reads his copy of his father's narrative of the fate of the "Essex" in 1820, not far from where it sank 21 years before
July 25, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" (Central East Pacific) - Sperm whale sighted
August 1, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - 22nd birthday during a squall
August 9, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The "Acushnet" hails the "Midas" of New Bedford, in a rainy and squally Monday
August 10, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - Whales spout near the ship for 3 days - up to 250 oil barrels are taken
August 13, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The ship is steered to the east. Days of "rugged weather"
August 27, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The ship moves to the Northeast in squally rugged weather
August 30, 1841 - 3rd parallel of South Latitude - After crossing the parallel in nasty weather, masthead standers spot sperm whales
September 4, 1841 - 3 miles N of the Equator Line - Northernmost point reached by the "Acushnet"
September 25, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The "Acushnet" spots Isaac Daggett's "William Wirt" (which would return to Fairhaven on June 4, 1842 with a cargo of 2,760 barrels of sperm oil
October 1, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - Last time sperm whales are spotted. Another 120 oil barrels are taken in squally weather
October 8, 1841 - Encounter with Captain Gifford's "William Lee", with 400 oil barrels aboard
October 9, 1841 - Encounter with Captain Pease's "Margaret", with 300 oil barrels aboard
October 13, 1841 - Encounter with Charles D. Harding's "Joseph Maxwell", with 700 oil barrels aboard
October 15, 1841 - Encounter with Charles Stetson's "Alexander" - Ominous words of native treachery in the Marquesas Islands
October 23, 1841 - Line of the Equator - The "Acushnet" hails the barque "United States", with 300 oil barrels aboard
October 31, 1841 - NW of Albermale, Galapagos Islands - North head of Albermale sighted
November 1, 1841 - Off Rock Redonda, Galapagos Islands - The "Acushnet" falls in with Josiah Hamblen's "Phenix", with 550 barrels of sperm oil
November 2, 1841 - West coast of Narborough island - Encounter with Silas Jones' "Hobomok", with 850 barrels aboard, Seth Pinkham's "Henry Astor", with 1000 barrels aboard, and William H. Gardner's "Richard Mitchell", with 1000 barrels aboard. Melville hears from Silas Jones the story of the "Coral", whose boats were chewed in 1835 by a great bull whale, with a crewman killed
November 19, 1841 - Chatham's Isle - The "Acushnet" anchors at Chatham's Isle
November 25, 1841 - Chatham's Isle - The ship gets under way
November 30, 1841 - "on the way to Peru" - In good weather, sperm whales are spotted, and another 70 barrels are filled before heading to Peru
December 1, 1841 - "on the way to Peru" - Captain Pease writes home, informing that he had 570 oil barrels aboard, and had trans-shipped additional 150 barrels
December 2, 1841 - Tumbez, Peru - The "Acushnet' arrives in Tumbez and finds Charles G Smith's "Roman" in port
December 15, 1841 - Tumbez, Peru - The "Acushnet" departs Tumbez towards the Off-shore grounds
December 19, 1841 - Sailing to southeast
December 24, 1841 - For reasons unknown, the "Acushnet" sails towards Peru again
December 27, 1841 - Off Cape Blanco, Peru - (daily position)
December 29, 1841 - Gulf of Guayaquil - (daily position)
December 30, 1841 - Point St.Helena, Equador - (daily position)
December 31, 1841 - N of Salango and La Plata Islands - Captain Pease sets course to the Galapagos Islands
January 6, 1842 - Charles Isles - Arrival to the Charles Isles
January 8, 1842 - SW of Charles Islands - Exploring the coast of Charles Islands
January 17, 1842 - Charles Isles - Return to the Charles Isles
January 21, 1842 - Vicinity of Rock Redonda, Galapagos Islands - Laying in becalmed sea
May 2, 1842 - W of Galapagos (longitude of Vancouver) - The "Acushnet" informs the passing Nantucket whaler "Ontario" that it has 700 barrels aboard
June 17, 1842 - 6 days from the Marquesas - The "Acushnet" heads southwest to Nukahiva
June 23, 1842 - 2 miles S of Cape Martin, Marquesas Islands - (daily position)
June 24, 1842 - Taiohae Bay, Marquesas Islands - The "Acushnet" anchors at Taiohae Bay, close to several french navy ships (The french claimed the islands and 200 soldiers were building Fort Collet at the time)
July 9, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - Melville deserts the "Acushnet" with Richard T. Greene
July 13, 1842 - Marquesas Islands - Melville and Greene are welcomed by the Typee indians
August 7, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - An australian whaler in open disorder, the "Lucy Ann", arrives in Nuku Hiva
August 9, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - Melville boards the "Lucy Ann", bound for Tahiti
August 10, 1842 - Off Island of Tahuata (St.Christina) - The Island of St.Christina is sighted
August 26, 1842 - Hiva Oa, Southern Marquesas - The "Lucy Ann" arrives to La Dominica and signs a trio of deserters. Most of the crew gets increasingly frustrated for not heading for open ocean and the profits of whaling
September 4, 1842 - On the way to Tahiti - The Captain is confined to his cabin when his sickness worsens
September 20, 1842 - Moto-Utu, Tahiti - The Ship arrives in Tahiti and the captain decides to anchor away from Papeete
September 22, 1842 - Papeete, Tahiti - Melville and 11 other sailors, refuse to do their duties aboard the ship
October 5, 1842 - Calabooza Beretanee (British Prison), Papeete - Melville and the others are taken before the british Consul, and jailed for "mutiny"
October 19, 1842 - Mo'orea Island - Melville escapes and crosses the channel to Mo'orea Island
November 6, 1842 - Passe Tareu, N Mo'orea Island (Papetoai) - Signs articles on the whaler "Charles and Henry" for a six-month cruise
November 7, 1842 - Passe Tareu, N Mo'orea Island (Papetoai) - The "Charles and Henry" departs. The ship had an extensive supply of books, specially of adventure and travel, which Melville devours in his spare time
January 27, 1843 - South Pacific, W of Santiago - Encounters the "Roscoe" from New Bedford
February 2(?), 1843 - Sailing towards the Island of Mas Afuera, Chile
February 9, 1843 - Latitude of Nazca, longitude of Cape San Lucas - The "Martha", of Fairhaven, encounters the "Charles and Henry" with 400 barrels of oil
April 27, 1843 - Lahaina, Maui - Hawaii - The "Charles and Henry" anchors at Lahaina
May 2, 1843 - Lahaina, Maui - Hawaii - Melville and another 2 crew members are discharged by mutual consente
June 6, 1843 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Melville is shocked to see the "Acushnet" lying on the outer reef
July 7, 1843 - Honolulu - A US Navy frigate, USS Constellation makes port in Honolulu, from the Opium War. The "Acushnet" departs for Japan, so Melville was free to enjoy life in Oahu
August 2, 1843 - Honolulu - The flagship of the Pacific Squadron, the frigate USS United States, unde Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, comes into port
August 17, 1843 - Honolulu - Melville enlists as an ordinary seaman on board the USS United States for "3 years of cruise"
August 18, 1843 - Honolulu - Melville and the crew are summoned to watch the flogging of 7 crewmen for infractions
August 20, 1843 - Honolulu - The USS United States departs for the Marquesas "with a fine breeze"
September 3, 1843 - N of the Marquesas Islands - The crew of the USS United States is mustered to hear a reading of the articles of war
September 5, 1843 - Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva (Marquesas) - Anchor at the Marquesas, still with heavy french presence
September 7, 1843 - Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva (Marquesas) - The USS United States is towed out of the harbor and sets sail to Tahiti
September 12, 1843 - Matavai Bay, Tahiti - Melville reaches Tahiti, after a 5 days Voyage
September 19, 1843 - Matavai Bay, Tahiti - The USS United states sets sail to Valparaiso, Chile
September 28, 1843 - Sailor James Craddock falls from the mizzen yard with multiple fractures
October 19, 1843 - Mas Afuera Island, Chile - The ship passes close to the Mas Afuera Island
October 20, 1843 - Juan Fernández Island (Alexander Selkirk) - The ship passes close to the Juan Fernández Island
October 21, 1843 - Valparaíso, Chile - The "USS United States" drop anchor and exchange salutes with "USS Constellation"
November 5, 1843 - Valparaíso, Chile - The "USS United States" departs to Callao
November 15, 1843 - Callao, Peru - Arrival in Callao. The "USS United States" remains there for 10 weeks. The crew is denied shore leave while the USS Constellation was in port
November 20(?), 1843 - Callao, Peru - As the crew begins to exchange gossip with other Pacific Squadron crews, Melville hears about a mysterious "mutiny" that had occcurred on board the "USS Somers", and 3 sailors that had been hanged. The affair was kept quiet until the ship reached New York in December 1842, but soon had wide publicity because of the mysterious circunstances surrounding the affair and because one of the sailors was the son of Secretary of War John C. Spencer
December 28, 1843 - Lima, Peru - Melville visits Lima after his section is granted 48-hour of liberty
January 3, 1844 - Lima, Peru - Melville departs Lima
January 21, 1844 - Callao, Peru - The "USS United States" escorts the "USS Constellation" and "HMS Vindictive" out of the Harbor, for a quick race
February 15, 1844 - Callao - The New Commodore, Alexander J. Dallas appears in the frigate "USS Savannah"
February 24, 1844 - Callao - The ship departs to Matatlán, for a supply of the Mexican silver dollars which could be used as currency in Latin-American ports
March 28, 1844 - Mazatlán, México - The "USS United States" anchors at Mazatlán
April 16, 1844 - Mazatlán - The "USS United States" departs Mazatlán
June 5, 1844 - Callao, Peru - The USS United States arrives in Callao after a slow 51-days voyage in calms and light headwinds
July 6, 1844 - Callao - The USS United States sets course home
July 16, 1844 - W Cape Horn - The USS United States reaches the Cape Horn with contrary winds
July 28, 1844 - E Cape Horn - After Crossing the Cape (without seeing it), the ship is caught in a 6-hour storm
August 16, 1844 - Rio de Janeiro - The USS United States reaches the harbor of Rio de Janeiro
August 24, 1844 - Rio de Janeiro - The USS United States departs Rio de Janeiro for Boston, racing with another 3 american ships and a french sloop
September 3, 1844 - Atlantic Ocean, roughly between Caracas and Freetown - the old ship, sails fast through the Atlantic ahead of the 4 other adversaries
October 2, 1844 - Boston - Melville arrives in Boston, aboard the USS United Estates
October 14, 1844 - Boston - Melville receives his payment and heads home
November(?) 1(?), 1844 - Lansingburgh, Troy - Melville reaches his home, in a time where financial depression was over
July(?) 1(?), 1845 - Lansingburgh - Melville completes "Typee", based in his own adventures
February 26, 1846 - "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" is published in London
March 17, 1846 - "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" is published in New York
July 1(?), 1846 - Rochester - Melville meets Toby Greene again, after their stay in the Marquesas Islands in 1842
March 30, 1847 - "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas", is published in London
April 24, 1847 - A portion of "Omoo" is published in New York
May 1, 1847 - "Omoo", is published, complete, in New York
August 4, 1847 - ? - Melville marries Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Lemuel Shaw
August 5, 1847 - Centre Harbor, New Hampshire - Melville and Elizabeth begin their honeymoon
August 10(?), 1847 - Montreal, Canada - Arrival in Montreal
August 20, 1847 - Quebec - Arrival in Quebec
August 30, 1847 - Lansingburgh, Troy - The couple returns to Lansingburgh
February 16, 1848 - The Melvilles first child, Malcolm, is born
January(?) 1(?), 1849 - Publication of "Mardi, and a Voyage Thither"
May 30(?), 1849 - New York City - Tom, Melville's younger brother, signs on the "Navigator", bound for China. Melville goes aboard
October 11, 1849 - New York City - Departs for Britain aboard the "Southampton"
October 21, 1849 - Grand Banks, E of Canada - Sailing in the Great Banks towards Britain
October 30, 1849 - S of Scilly Islands, Britain - Melville starts crossing the English Channel
November 1, 1849 - The Lizzard - The ship passes through the Lizzard, with many ships anchored. Publication of "Redburn: His First Voyage"
November 6, 1849 - Dover | London - Melville goes ashore in Dover. Reaches London on the same night
November 27, 1849 - Boulogne - Takes a boat from London to Boulogne
November 28, 1849 - Paris - Arrives by train to Paris
December 7, 1849 - Brussels - Arrival in Brussels
December 9, 1849 - Cologne - Arrival in Cologne
December 10, 1849 - Coblenz - Arrival in Coblenz
December 11, 1849 - Dover - Travels to Dover during the night by the Rhine
December 12, 1849 - London - Back to London by train
December 25, 1849 - Portsmouth - Arrives in Portsmouth
December 26, 1849 - Portsmouth - Departs to the United States, and passes close to Horatio Nelson's "Victory"
January 30, 1850 - New York City - Melville returns home
February 1, 1850 - "White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War" is published in London
March 21, 1850 - "White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War" is published in New York
May 1, 1850 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Letter to Richard Henry Dana, mentioning the work on his "whaling voyage" book
June 27, 1850 - Pittsfield - Letter to Richard Bentley, proposing a publication in London
August 5, 1850 - Lenox, Massachusetts - Melville meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic hosted by a mutual friend
August 17, 1850 - A review of Hawthorne's short story collection by Melville is published in the "Literary World"
September 1(?), 1850 - Pittsfield - The Melvilles purchase "Arrowhead", a farm house in Pittsfield
October 1(?), 1850 - Pittsfield - Melville moves to Pittsfield with his Family
October 22, 1850 - Pittsfield - The Melville's second child, Stanwix, is born
January 1(?), 1851 - Dalton, Massachusetts - Visits Carson's Old Red Paper Mill, to buy paper for his books
July 3, 1851 - Bentley offers Melville ₤150 and "half profits", which he accepts on 20th
September 10, 1851 - New York City - Goes to New York with the proof sheets, made from the finished plates, which he sent to London by his brother Allan
October 18, 1851 - "Moby Dick" is published in London
November 14, 1851 - "Moby Dick" is published in New York
July 1(?), 1852 - New York City - "Pierre: or, The Ambiguities" is published
July 3, 1852 - New Bedford - Melville departs alone to Boston. Reaches New Bedford on the same day
July 6, 1852 - Nantucket - Melville visits Nantucket for the first time, the place that had long haunted his imagination and that had been a major source for "Moby Dick"
July 8, 1852 - Nantucket - Melville meets Captain Pollard: "Saw Capt. Pollard on the island of Nantucket, and exchanged some words with him. To the islanders he was a nobody—to me, the most impressive man, tho’ wholly unassuming, even humble—that I ever encountered."
August 7, 1852 - The Boston "Daily Advertiser" reviews Melville's "Pierre" with a complain
September 8, 1852 - New York City - The New York "Day Book" publishes a venomous attack headlined "Herman Melville Crazy"
May 22, 1853 - Pittsfield - The same day that the Melville's third, Elizabeth, child is born, Melville finishes "Isle of the Cross"
November 1(?), 1853 - "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is published in Putnam's magazine
December 1(?), 1853 - The short story "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! or, The Crowing of the Nobel Cock Beneventano" is published on Harper's Magazine
July 1(?), 1854 - "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile" starts being published in serial form
November 27, 1854 - Pittsfield - Melville and family depart to spend Thanksgiven in Boston
November 28, 1854 - Boston - Arrival in Boston
March 1(?), 1855 - "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile" is published, in complete book
March 2, 1855 - Pittsfield - The Melvilles fourth child, Frances, is born
April 1(?), 1855 - The short story "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is published
October 11, 1856 - New York City - Herman Melville departs to Liverpool aboard the "Glasgow"
October 25, 1856 - Greenock, Scotland - Arrival in Britain
October 26, 1856 - Glasgow - The "Glasgow" goes 20 miles up the River Clyde to Glasgow
October 29, 1856 - Stirling - Melville starts a tour, leaving Glasgow and reaching Stirling
October 30(?), 1856 - Perth - Visit to Perth
November 1(?), 1856 - Edinburgh - Stays a few days in Edinburgh
November 5(?), 1856 - York - Visits York on his way to Liverpool
November 7(?), 1856 - Lancaster - Lancaster on his way to Liverpool
November 8, 1856 - Liverpool - Arrival in Liverpool
November 11, 1856 - Southport,  N of Liverpool - Looks for available steamers. Meeting with Hawthorne in Southport
November 13, 1856 - Liverpool - Melville and Hawthorne return to Liverpool
November 15, 1856 - Chester - Melville and Hawthorne go to Chester
November 18, 1856 - Liverpool - Melville departs on the "Egyptian" to the Levant
November 27(?), 1856 - Cape St.Vincent, Portugal - Describes the convoys of ships heading to Crimea
November 28(?), 1856 - Gibraltar - The "Egyptian" enters the Mediterranean
December 2, 1856 - Syra, Greek Islands - The "Egyptian" arrives to the port of Syra
December 6, 1856 - Off Salonica - Melville is invited to the deck to enjoy the view of Mount Olympus covered in Snow
December 10, 1856  - Dardanelles - After Salonica, the "Egyptian" departs through the Dardanelles
December 12, 1856 - Pera, Istanbul - Melville arrives to the port of Pera, in heavy fog
December 20, 1856 - Smyrna - After a complete tour through all Istanbul, Melville crosses the Dardanelles and reaches Smyrna
December 23, 1856 - Syra, Greek Islands - Returns to Syra
December 25, 1856 - Syra - After Christmas celebrations, the ship departs to Egypt
December 28, 1856 - Alexandria, Egypt - Arrival in Alexandria
December 30, 1856 - Cairo - Arrival in Cairo. Goes to the Pyramids the next day
January 1, 1857 - Alexandria - Returns to Alexandria, looking or a ship to Jaffa
January 6, 1857 - Jaffa, Palestine - Arrival in Jaffa. Departs on 4th
January 9, 1857 - Jerusalem - Melville visits Jerusalem, Petra and the Red Sea until 18th
January 19, 1857 - Ramlah - Overnight stay at a greek convent
January 20, 1857 - Jaffa - Returns to Jaffa, via Lod (SE of Tel-a-Viv) with armed escort after arab robberies in the region
January 27, 1857 - Beyrut, Lebanon - Melville takes the austrian steamer "Acquila Imperiale". Reaches Beyrut in the same day
February 1, 1857 - Beyrut - Departs to Smyrna on the austrian steamer "Smirne"
February 2, 1857 - Larnaca, Cyprus - The ship anchors off Larnaca
February 4, 1857 - Off Rhodes - Melville enjoys the view of Rhodes and other islands by moonlight
February 6, 1857 - Smyrna - Return to Smyrna. Departs to Pireus on the paddle steamer "Italia"
February 8, 1857 - Pireus | Athens - Arrival in Pireus, via Syra. Staying in Athens
February 11, 1857 - Pireus - Embarks in the french steamer "Cydnus" for Messina
February 13, 1857 - Messina, Sicily - Arrival in Messina
February 18, 1857 - Naples - Arrival in Naples
February 24, 1857 - Naples - Departs to Rome by diligence
February 25, 1857 - Rome - Arrival in Rome
March 22, 1857 - Civitavecchia - Melville departs Rome and reaches Civitavecchia
March 23, 1857 - Livorno - Reaches Livorno. Visits Pisa on the same day
March 24, 1857 - Florence - Visit to Florence
March 30, 1857 - Bologna - Arrival in Bologna
March 31, 1857 - Ferrara - Arrival in Ferrara
April 1, 1857 - Venice - Melville reaches Venice in hard rain. Compares it to arriving Boston. "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade", Melville's final novel, is published in New York
April 6, 1857 - Milan - Depart Venice to Milan. Arrives in the same day
April 8, 1857 - Lake Como | Milan - Melville takes a steamer at Lake Como. Back to Milan
April 9, 1857 - Turin - Arrival in Turin, via Novara
April 11, 1857 - Genoa - Arrival in Genoa in rain
April 15, 1857 - Bellinzona - Arrival in Bellinzona, through the Alps
April 17, 1857 - Lucern - Arrival in Lucern
April 18, 1857 - Bern - Arrival in Bern
April 20, 1857 - Basel - Arrival in Basel
April 21, 1857 - Heidelberg - Arrival by train to Heidelberg
April 22, 1857 - Frankfurt - Arrival in Frankfurt
April 23, 1857 - Cologne - Arrives in Cologne by boat
April 24, 1857 - Amsterdam - Arrival in Amsterdam by train, via Utrecht and Düsseldorf. Takes the steamer to London on the night of 25th
April 26, 1857 - London - Melville arrives in London by the morning
May 2, 1857 - Oxford - Arrives in Oxford by train
May 3, 1857 - Stratford-on-Avon | Birmingham - Visiting Shakespeare's house. Arrives in Birmingham at night
May 5, 1857 - Liverpool - Departs to the United States on a steamer
May 25(?), 1857 - New York City - Returns to the United States (speculative date)
November 30(?), 1857 - Concord - Lecture in Concord
December 2, 1857 - Boston - Lecture in Boston
December 9, 1857 - Boston - Takes the train to Montreal from Boston
December 11, 1857 - Montreal, Canada - Lecture "Statues in Rome"
February 1, 1858 - Cincinnati - Lecture "Statues in Rome"
February 21, 1860 - Cambridge(port), Massachussets - Last appearance as lecturer, at the Dowse Institute
May 30, 1860 - Boston - Departs in a voyage around the world in the clipper "Meteor", captained by his brother Tom
June 11, 1860 - Atlantic Ocean - Latitude of South Carolina - Sailing towards the South Atlantic
June 20, 1860 - Atlantic Ocean - Latitude of Hispaniola - Sailing towards the South Atlantic
June 29, 1860 - Line of the Equator - The "Meteor" crosses the line of the Equator
July 8, 1860 - S Atlantic Ocean - Latitude between Vitória and Ilhéus (BRA) - Sailing towards Cape Horn
July 21, 1860 - North of Falkland/malvinas islands - After this point, the ship is hit by gales, squalls and head-winds, snow and rain
August 7, 1860 - Le Maire Strait (between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island) - The "Meteor" enters the Le Maire Strait
August 8, 1860 - Cape Horn - The "Meteor" rounds the Cape Horn
September(?) 10(?), 1860 - Off Galapagos Islands - Middle of route from Cape Horn to San Francisco - Aproximate date and place
October 12, 1860 - San Francisco - The "Meteor" arrives in San Francisco after 135 days of voyage
October 20, 1860 - San Francisco - Hearing that his poem was unpublished, Melville cancels his trip around the world and decides to depart to New York
November(?) 1(?), 1860 - Pittsfield - Melville returns to New York
January(?) 1(?), 1863 - New York City - Melville resettles in New York with his family
January(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Obtains a position as customs inspector for the City of New York, through his wife's influence. "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is published
January(?) 1(?), 1886 - New York City - Herman Melville retires 
February 23, 1886 - His son Stanwix dies in San Francisco, aged 36
November 1(?), 1888 - New York City - Melville starts working on "Billy Budd, Sailor", a novela
September 28, 1891 - New York City - Herman Melville dies, aged 72 =(END)