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01/01/1798	Lyrical  Ballads	William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge published a collection of poems called "Lyrical Ballads". It was the beginning of the Romantic Era. Romanticism also coincided with the French, American, and Industrial Revolutions. "Lyrical Ballads" included Coleridge's, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
	05/18/1804	Napoleon Bonaparte's Corantation	Napoleon becomes French emperor, ending the French Revolution.
	01/01/1807	Britain declares slave trade illegal
	01/28/1813	Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
	03/11/1818	Frankenstein	Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein; it includes inserts of poems from her husband Percy Shelley. It consisted of Romantic and Gothic era ideals, and is often considered one of the first science fiction novels.
	01/01/1820	Prometheus Unbound	Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes the closet play, Prometheus Unbound. A closet play is a play that is not meant to be performed, however Prometheus Unbound still has characteristics of a performable play. The play is a romantic type of work because it depends on the reader's imagination.
	01/01/1830	First Railroad	Designed by Peter Cooper, the Tom Thumb was the first American-built train.
	01/14/1831	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Victor Hugo published the Romantic novel, and he also wrote Les Miserables. Hugo incorporates the gothic era into his work, a common trait of romanticism.
	02/23/1848	French Revolution of 1848	Realism begins after the Revolution. The Realist movement offers and alternative to the Romantic movement.
	01/01/1850	The Prelude	William Wordsworth's The Prelude was published three months after his death.  Wordsworth's most famous work, The Prelude is said to be the "crowning acheivement of English romanticism".
	01/01/1850	The Scarlet Letter	Written by Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter is an example of American Romanticism. It deals with religion and politics.
	05/15/1855	Exposition Universelle	A world fair in Paris where impressionist art became popularized. This marks the beginning of the end of Romanticism. Impressionism and modernism begin to replace Romanticism.
	11/24/1859	On the Origin of Species	Darwin publishes the On the Origin of Species, which focuses on the biological and scientific part of nature. It opposes the Romantic movement to some degree.