Appendix 1: John Henry Newman: A Brief Chronology
Appendix 1
John Henry Newman: A Brief Chronology
1801
February 21. Born, Old Broad Street, London; Baptized: April 9
1808
May 1. Enrolled at Ealing School
1816
August-December. “First conversion” December 14. Enrolled at Trinity College, Oxford
1820
December 5. Took B.A. degree “under the line”
1822
April 12. Elected Fellow of Oriel College
1824
June 13. Ordained deacon of the Church of England
1825
May 29. Ordained priest of the Church of England
1826
July 2. Preached his first University sermon
1828
January 5. “We lost my sister Mary suddenly”
March 14.”Instituted by the Bishop of Oxford to St. Mary's”
1832
December 8. Beginning of Mediterranean voyage with Froudes
1833
June 16. Wrote “Lead, Kindly Light” (“The Pillar of the Cloud”)
July 14. Keble's Assize sermon on “National Apostasy”
1834
Parochial Sermons
Tract XC
June 1. Preached his fourteenth University Sermon
1843
February 2. Preached his fifteenth University Sermon
September 25. Preached “The Parting of Friends” at Littlemore
1845
October 9. Received as Roman Catholic by Dominic Barberi
1847
May 30. Ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Rome
1848
February 1. Established the English Oratory
1851
November 5. Beginning of Achilli trial
1852
May 10. Delivered first university lecture in Dublin July 13. Preached sermon: “The Second Spring”
1853
January 31. Fined £100 at conclusion of Achilli trial
1854
March 22. Opening of the London Oratory at Brompton
June 4. Installed as rector of the Catholic University in Dublin
1855
Autumn. Separation of London and Birmingham Oratories
1856
May 1. Dedication of Catholic University Church of Saints Peter and Paul
1857
March. Informed Irish bishops of his proposed resignation as rector
August. Invited by Wiseman to supervise new translation of the Bible
1859
Rambler
May 2. Foundation of Oratory School
Apologia pro Vita Sua
1865
The Month
1870
An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent
1875
A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk
1878
February 26–28. Visit to Oxford: Honorary Fellow of Trinity College
1879
May 15. Received the “red hat” from Pope Leo XIII in public consistory
1890
August 11. Newman's death; burial at Rednal on August 19
1900
The Dream of Gerontius
1991
January 22. Declared “Venerable” by Pope John Paul II
2010
September 19. Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI