elcome
to the Chesleyan Timeline, where the Emily Chesley Reading Circle
tries to make sense of modern history and the two major figures of
it: Emily Chesley and Michael Flannigan.
As the Circle continues its "scholarship"
we will doubtless add to the timeline, but for now, here is the history
of the (modern) world, a la Chesley.
The Full Timeline
1769-1805 | 1805-1843
| 1844-1855 | 1856-1869
| 1870-1879 | 1880-1897
| 1898-1907 | 1908-1919
| 1920-1927 | 1928-1938
| 1939-2002
By Key dates:
1769-1805
1783 (November 21): Michael Flannigan born Co. Kerry, Ireland
1803 ( May 19) : Flannigan starts diary
1805-1843
1807 ( Sept. 16) Flannigan marries Lydia Klamm
1810 (Sept. 16) Klamm "leaves" Flannigan
1822 Flannigan vomits on the Sultana of Khabstakan
1844-1855
1848 Flannigan family flees famine in Ireland, moves to London,
England
1850 Flannigan leaves for Far East
1852 Failed ascent of Peak XV (Mount Everest)
1854 Flannigan's Introspection Wheel is a hit with the upper
classes
1854 (Dec. 24) Marriage of Emily's parents: Johnny Charles
Chesley and Molly Magdalene Catherine Mary (nee) Flannigan
1855 Flannigans and Chesleys flee London: return to Ennis,
Co. Clare
1856-1869
1856 (May 24):- Emily Chutney Chesley born County Clare, Ireland
1869 Flannigan/Chesley clan leaves Ireland for the Green Fields
of Amerkia
1870-1878
1876 Flannigan/Chesley move to Winnipeg, Manitoba
1880-1897
1880 Flannigan/Chesley move to London, Ontario
1881 (May 24) Victoria Disaster and Thong Bank Incident
1888 Emily publishes her first book: Scarlet Sunday
1889 Emily publishes The Afrikaans of East Nissouri
1898-1907
1901 (Jan. 22) - death of Michael Flannigan
1904 Emily's famous speech before the Canadian Congress of
Speculationists
1908-1919
1908 Emily faces the Privy Council during the 'Chesley Sedition
Case'
1912 Expedition to the South Pole
1919 Emily publishes The Pestilence, circumnavigates
the globe
1920-1927
1920 Emily in Ireland
1923 Emily in New Yok
1928-1938
1928 Emily in Clichy
1939-2002
1939 Emily returns to Ireland
1948 (Oct. 29) Emily Chesley dies tragically
1998 Emily Chesley Reading Circle formed
