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| 22 Nov 1819 CE | Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), also known as Marian Evans and George Eliot, was born at Arbory Park in Astley near Coventry. She was the gifted daughter of Robert Evans, the Warwickshire estate agent for the Earl of Lonsdale. | |
| 1836 CE | Mary Ann Evans' mother died and Mary (George Eliot) took charge of the family household. | |
| 1851 CE | After the death of her father, Mary Ann Evans' (George Eliot) became subeditor of the 'Westminster Review'. She contributed many articles, and came to know many of the literary people of the day. | |
| 1854 CE | Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) began a long and happy union with G. H. Lewes. She regarded thire relationship as marriage, though it involved social ostracism and could have no legal sanction because Lewes's estranged wife was still living. | |
| 1858 CE | Mary Ann Evans published her first collection of tales, 'Scenes of Clerical Life', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1859 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes her first novel, 'Adam Bede', under the pseudonym George Eliot. It is a tragic love story in which the model for the title character was Eliot's father. | |
| 1860 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'The Mill on the Floss', a story of destructive family relations, under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1861 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'Silas Marner', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1863 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'Romola', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1866 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'Felix Holt', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1871 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'Middlemarch', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1876 CE | Mary Ann Evans publishes the novel, 'Daniel Deronda', under the pseudonym George Eliot. | |
| 1878 CE | The relationship between Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) and George Henry Lewes ended upon his death. Lewes was married (his wife was unbalanced), and although he never got a divorce, their relationship had continued. | |
| 6 May 1880 CE | After the death of George Henry Lewes in 1878, Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) married John Cross, an American banker who was 20 years younger. She died just a few months later. | |
| 22 Dec 1880 CE | Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) died in London. The cause of her death was a kidney illness. She wanted to be buried in Westminster Abbey, but her wish was rejected and she was buried in Highgate Cemetery instead. | |
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