On 7th February 1812 Charles Dickens was born.
On 2nd April 1836 Charles Dickens [aged 24] and Catherine Dickens nee Hogarth [aged 20] were married.
On 29th October 1839 [his daughter] Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens was born to Charles Dickens [aged 27] and [his wife] Catherine Dickens nee Hogarth [aged 24]. She married (1) 1860 Charles Allston Collins (2) 4th June 1874 Charles Edward Perugini.
On 17th December 1843 the first print run of 6,000 copies of Charles Dicken's [aged 31] 'A Christmas Carol' was completd. On 19th December 1843 it was made available to the public and all 6,000 copies sold out by the end of Christmas Eve. The book included for colour and four black and white etchings by John Leech: 1. Marley’s Ghost, 2. Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball, 3. Scrooge’s Third Visitor, 4. The Last of the Spirits.
1859. William Powell Frith [aged 39]. "Charles Dickens [aged 46] in His Study".
In 1860 [his son-in-law] Charles Allston Collins [aged 31] and [his daughter] Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens [aged 20] were married.
1870. Frederick Hollyer [aged 31]. Photograph of Charles Dickens [aged 57].
On 9th June 1870 Charles Dickens [aged 58] died.
On 22nd November 1879 [his former wife] Catherine Dickens nee Hogarth [aged 64] died.