1776        Born on December 25 to an Irish actor Robert Owenson and Jane Hill.
1789        Sydney's mother dies.
1789-92   Sydney and her sister attend Mme Terson's Academy in Clontarf and than
                Mrs. Anderson's finishing school in Earl Street Dublin.
1794        The Owensons go to Kilkenny where Robert establishes a theatre.
1800        While visiting her father's cousin Sydney meets Myles McDermont, on whom
                Glorvina's father in The Wild Irish Girl is based.
1801        Published Poems, Dedicated by permission to the Countess of Moria.  She
                becomes a governess with the Featherstonehaugh family and then later
                with the Crawford family.
1802      St Clair; or, The Heiress of Desmond Sydney's first novel is published.
1806      The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale launches Sydney as a literary celebrity.
1806-7    Sydney visits Croftons in Connaught.
1807       The First Attempt, or Whim of a Moment, a comic opera set in Spain opens,
                with Sydney's father making his last stage appearance.  The Lay of an
                Irish Harp: or, Metrical Fragments; Patriotic Sketches of Ireland, written in
                Connaught and addressing political and social problems in Ireland.
1808        Sydney visits London where she is recognized as the new name in Irish writing.
1809       Woman, or, Ida of Athens, a novel portraying Greek, Irish, and women's
                political oppression, is published.  Sydney lives with Marquis and the
                Marchioness of Abersorn at Baron's Court.  Here she meets Charles Morgan,
                and Englishman and her patron's physician.
1811       The Missionary: An Indian Tale, is published.  Charles is knighted.
1812        Sydney marries Sir Charles Morgan.  her father dies.  Sydney and Charles
                move  out of the Abercorn's house.
1813        Morgans move to Dublin.
1814       O'Donnel, A National is highly successful.  It is the first British novel to portray
                a governess as a romantic heroine and an Irish Catholic gentleman as hero.
1817       France, a controversial travel book promoting pro-Revolutionary ideas
                is published.
1818       Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale portraying an Irishwomen who supports
                herself as a novelist.
1819-20   The Morgans visit France and Italy.
1821       Italy, was published.  People felt it had radical politics.
1822       The Mohawks: A  Satirical Poem was published in conjunction with her
                husband.
1824        The Morgans visit England.  she publishes The Life and Times of Salvator,
                the biography of an Italian painter.
1825       Absenteeism, an essay on Ireland was published.
1827       The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: A National Tale was published.  It was
                Sydney's least optimistic tale about Ireland.
1829        The Morgans visit the Low Countries and France.  A collection of
                autobiographical sketches, The Book of the Boudoir was published.
1830        She published France in 1829-30.
1832        The Morgans visit France.
1833       Dramatic Scenes for Real Life, set in Ireland was published.
1835        Sydney's last novel, The Princess, or, The Beguine was published.
1837        She becomes the first women to receive a literary pension from the British
                government.  Because of disillusionment with things in Ireland, the Morgans
                move to London.
1838       Historic Sketches was published.
1839       Women and Her Master, a critic of women's treatment through the Middle
                Ages was published.
1841        The Morgans visit Germany.
1843        Sydney's husband dies.
1859        Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan dies.

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