Notes on the History of our Period

Regency Dance is the term used for the dances of a period ranging roughly from 1790 to 1820

Jane Austen Dancers cover the period of Jane Austen's life

Jane Austen and Regency Chronology
Date Event
1775 Jane Austen Born
1776 George Stubbs publishes "The Anatomy of the Horse"
1776 Beau Brummell is born
1784 Dr Johnson dies
1788 The Regency Crisis
1789 French Revolution Starts
1791 The Escape scandal
1792 Jane Austen at 16 is dancing at Basingstoke Town Hall
1793 Start of the French Revolutionary Wars
1794 James Boswell dies
1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination
1798 The Battle of the Nile
1799 William Pitt the Younger introduces the first income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars
1801 Jane Austen moves to Bath
1802 End of the French Revolutionary Wars
1803 Start of the French Napoleonic Wars
1806 Jane Austen leaves Bath
1811 Prince George assumes the Regency
1813 The Publication of Pride and Prejudice
1813 The Publication of Mansfield Park
1815 The battle of Waterloo ends the French Napoleonic Wars
1816 Beau Brummell go into exile in France
1817 Jane Austen dies
1820 George III dies and the Prince Regent attains the Throne as George IV - the end of the Regency
1828 Crockfords is founded by William Crockford
1830 George IV dies