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Turner |
Cultural and Political Events |
| 1775 |
Joseph Mallord William Turner born in Covent Garden, London. |
Beginning of War of American Independence (to 1783). |
| 1776 |
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4 July, American Declaration of Independence.
Birth of John Constable. |
| 1783 |
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William Pit the Younger becomes Prime Minister. |
| 1788 |
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George III's first attack of illness publicly announced.
Birth of Lord Byron.
Death of Thomas Gainsborough. |
| 1789 |
Turner is admitted as a student of the Royal Academy Schools. |
French Revolution begins; storming of the Bastille.
George Washington elected first President of the US.
William Blake, Songs of Innocence. |
| 1792 |
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Abolition of the French monarchy.
Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women.
Death of Sir Joshua Reynolds. |
| 1793 |
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Execution of Louis XVI.
War breaks out between Britain and France.
The Louvre is established as a national art gallery. |
| 1796 |
Turner exhibits his first oil painting at the Royal Academy, Fishermen at Sea. |
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| 1797 |
Turner's first extensive tour of the North of England, visiting Norham Castle.
Norham
Castle on the Tweed, about 1806-7
JMW Turner
© Tate, London 2002 |
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| 1798 |
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Nelson destroys the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile.
William Wordsworth Lyrical Ballads.
Birth of Eugène Delacroix. |
| 1799 |
Turner elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, aged 24.
Stays with William Beckford at Fonthill, Wiltshire. |
Napoleon seizes power in France.
Discovery of the Rossetta Stone in Egypt. |
