Pride and Prejudice — Chronology

An in-story chronology reconstructed by working backward from every temporal clue in the original text. The reference year 1811 is inferred from the novel's publication in 1813 and the internal clue that November 18 falls on a Monday.

Chronology types:

• [Confirmed] — a date or weekday is stated in the original
• [Calculated] — can be calculated mechanically from a confirmed date
• [Range] — textual clues narrow the range, but the exact date is unknown
• [Estimated] — approximate point calculated from age, duration, or similar clues; margin of error ±2–5 years
• [Relative] — only the position relative to another event is known, such as “after” or “immediately before”

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Basis for the Reference Year

Clue	Original text	Calculation
Collins's arrival date	“Monday, November 18th” (letter in Chapter 13)	Years between 1800 and 1820 in which November 18 was a Monday: 1811 and 1822
Novel published	January 1813	1811 is the most natural “present”
Gardiner's letter	“Monday, August 2” (Chapter 49)	August 2, 1812 was a Sunday → not a perfect match; presumed calendar error by Austen
Conclusion	Story begins: autumn 1811 / ending: autumn–winter 1812

Caution: Austen did not maintain a perfectly precise calendar. “Monday, August 2” fell on a Sunday in 1812, so it contains a weekday error. In translation or adaptation, prioritize season and relative order and use weekdays only as references.

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Part 1: Prior Chronology (Before the Novel Begins)

Chronological Arrangement (Origin: Autumn 1811)

Estimated year	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
c. 1750s–60s	[Estimated]	BG-001	Construction of Pemberley begins—“the work of many generations”	Darcy's statement in Chapter 8. Built over several generations; exact date unknown
Unknown	[Relative]	BG-002	The Longbourn estate is placed under entail	Its date of creation is entirely unknown; it exists in a form that cannot be dissolved
c. 1760	[Estimated ±10]	BG-003	Birth of the late Mr Darcy	Calculated from an adult son aged about 23 at his death and his own estimated age of 55–65
c. 1763	[Estimated ±5]	BG-004	Birth of Mr Bennet	Married for 23 years + estimated age 22–25 at marriage → now about 45–48
c. 1768	[Estimated ±5]	BG-005	Birth of Mrs Bennet, née Gardiner	Married for 23 years + estimated age 17–20 at marriage → now about 40–43
c. 1760–65	[Estimated ±10]	BG-006	Birth of Lady Catherine	Has an adult daughter and is Darcy's mother's sister → about 45–55
c. 1780s	[Estimated ±5]	BG-039	Marriage of Sir Lewis de Bourgh and Lady Catherine	Calculated from Anne de Bourgh's estimated age of 18–20
c. 1783	[Estimated ±3]	BG-041	Marriage of Darcy's parents; Lady Anne joins the Darcy family	Calculated from Darcy's birth around 1783
c. 1783	[Estimated ±2]	BG-008	Darcy is born	Mrs Reynolds in Chapter 43: “I have known him ever since he was four years old” + about 28 in the story
c. 1783	[Estimated ±2]	BG-009	Wickham is born—the late Mr Darcy becomes his godfather	Chapter 16: “nearly the same age” as Darcy
c. 1783–85	[Estimated ±5]	BG-019	The late Mr Darcy employs Wickham's father as estate steward	Chapter 35: “for many years the management”
1784	[Estimated ±1]	BG-010	Charlotte Lucas is born	Chapter 5: “about twenty-seven” → around 1784
1786	[Estimated ±1]	BG-011	Collins is born	Chapter 15: “five-and-twenty” → around 1786
1788	[Calculated]	BG-020	Mr and Mrs Bennet marry—expect a son and abandon saving	Chapter 1: “three-and-twenty years” → 1811−23=1788
c. 1788–89	[Calculated ±1]	BG-012	Jane Bennet is born	First child, born soon after the marriage; age 22–23 in the story
c. 1789	[Estimated ±2]	BG-018	Bingley is born	Chapter 4: “not been of age two years” → about 23 → 1788–89
c. 1791	[Confirmed]	BG-013	Elizabeth Bennet is born	Chapter 29: “not one-and-twenty” (age 20 in 1811) → 1791
c. 1792	[Estimated ±1]	BG-014	Mary Bennet is born	Middle child between eldest and youngest; about 18–19
c. 1793	[Estimated ±1]	BG-015	Kitty/Catherine Bennet is born	Chapter 41: “two years older” than Lydia → about 17
c. 1791–96	[Range]	BG-021	Mr Lucas is knighted → leaves business and moves to Lucas Lodge	Chapter 5 description. Exact date unknown, but presumed to be during Charlotte's childhood
c. 1791–93	[Estimated ±3]	BG-040	Sir Lewis de Bourgh dies	Date unknown; Lady Catherine is now a widow
June 1795	[Confirmed]	BG-016	Lydia Bennet is born	Chapter 51: “sixteen last June” in 1812 → June 1795
c. 1795	[Estimated ±1]	BG-017	Georgiana Darcy is born	Chapter 35: “more than ten years my junior” + Chapter 44: “little more than sixteen”
c. 1798–1800	[Range]	BG-022	The future Mrs Gardiner begins living in Derbyshire	Chapter 25: “about ten or a dozen years ago”
c. 1800–01	[Range]	BG-036	Mrs Gardiner visits Pemberley and knows the late Mr Darcy	Chapter 25: “had seen Pemberley, and known the late Mr. Darcy”
c. 1801	[Estimated ±2]	BG-005-a	Wickham and Darcy go from school to Cambridge	Estimated university entrance at about age 18
c. 1801	[Range]	BG-006	The late Mr Darcy pays all of Wickham's school and university expenses	Chapter 35: “supported him at school, and afterwards at Cambridge”
c. 1802–03	[Range]	BG-023	Mrs Gardiner leaves Derbyshire, marries, and moves to London	Calculated from BG-022
c. 1803	[Estimated ±2]	BG-024	Miniature portraits of Wickham and Darcy are made	Mrs Reynolds in Chapter 43: “about eight years ago” (1811−8=1803)
c. 1804–05	[Range]	BG-025	Bingley's father dies; Bingley inherits about £100,000	Chapter 4: his father intended but failed to buy an estate. He dies before Bingley comes of age around 1809–10
c. 1806	[Confirmed ±1]	BG-026	The late Mr Darcy dies—his will leaves Wickham a living + £1,000	Chapter 35: “about five years ago” (1811−5=1806)
c. 1806	[Relative]	BG-027	Wickham's father dies soon after the late Mr Darcy	Chapter 35: “did not long survive mine”
c. 1806	[Relative]	BG-037	Wickham stops visiting Derbyshire	Chapter 25: “little there since the death of Darcy's father”
Early 1807	[Calculated ±0.5]	BG-028	Wickham declines ordination and takes £3,000 in place of the living	Chapter 35: “within half a year from these events,” about six months after BG-026
1807–09	[Range]	—	Wickham's period of dissipation in London, about three years	Chapter 35: “for about three years I heard little of him”
c. 1809	[Confirmed ±1]	BG-029	The incumbent dies → Wickham renews his demand → Darcy refuses	Chapter 35: “the living became vacant two years ago” (1811−2=1809)
c. 1809–10	[Range]	BG-030	Bingley leases Netherfield, deciding within thirty minutes	Chapter 4: within two years after coming of age; an “accidental recommendation”
c. 1810	[Estimated]	BG-032	Georgiana leaves school and receives an independent establishment in London	Chapter 35: “about a year ago, she was taken from school” (1811−1=1810)
Summer 1810	[Confirmed ±season]	BG-031	The Georgiana–Wickham Ramsgate affair—Darcy prevents their elopement	Chapter 35: “last summer,” viewed from spring 1811 → summer 1810
Immediately after summer 1810	[Relative]	BG-033	Mrs Younge is dismissed and runs a lodging house on Edward Street	Chapter 52: immediately after Ramsgate
Easter 1811	[Confirmed ±month]	BG-034	Collins is ordained and receives the Hunsford living	Collins's letter in Chapter 13: “having received ordination at Easter”
c. summer 1811	[Range]	BG-038	Jane, at about age fifteen, is courted while staying with her Gardiner uncle	Mrs Bennet's recollection in Chapter 9. About seven years earlier, around 1804; its placement here does not reflect its past date
Unknown	[Relative]	BG-035	Quarrel between Collins's father and Mr Bennet	Date unknown; Collins's letter says “my late honoured father”

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Part 2: Main-Narrative Chronology (Autumn 1811–Autumn/Winter 1812)

September–October 1811: Bingley's Arrival

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Late September	[Range]	EVT-001	News spreads that Bingley has taken Netherfield	“before Michaelmas” (before September 29) + sighting of a four-horse chaise
Before September 29 (Michaelmas)	[Range]	—	Bingley completes his move into Netherfield	“take possession before Michaelmas”
Early October	[Range]	EVT-002	Mr Bennet secretly visits Bingley	Soon after the move
Early–mid October	[Range]	EVT-002-001	Bingley returns the visit and speaks with Mr Bennet for ten minutes	“a few days” before the return visit
October 15	[Confirmed]	—	Date of Collins's letter	Heading: “Hunsford, near Westerham, Kent, 15th October”
Mid-October (Tuesday)	[Calculated]	EVT-003	Meryton assembly—“tolerable” + Bingley and Jane	“a fortnight” after Bingley's return visit → a Tuesday in mid-October
Mid-October–early November	[Range]	EVT-004–005	Darcy's attraction begins; party at Lucas Lodge	After “several” meetings following the assembly

November 1811: Netherfield Stay to Collins's Visit

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early November (Tuesday)	[Range]	EVT-006	Jane falls ill at Netherfield	Miss Bingley's dinner invitation; Jane becomes ill after riding in the rain
Early November (Wednesday)	[Relative]	EVT-007	Elizabeth walks to nurse Jane	Morning after Jane falls ill
Early November (Wed–Thu)	[Relative]	EVT-007-001	Debate over accomplishment	Evening during the Netherfield stay
Early November (Friday)	[Relative]	EVT-008	Mrs Bennet embarrasses the family during her Netherfield visit	Two days after Jane falls ill
Early November (Fri–Sat)	[Relative]	EVT-009	Reel confrontation + “bewitched”	Evening late in the stay
Early November (Saturday evening)	[Relative]	EVT-009-001–002	Confession of faults + recognition of “danger”	Final evening of the stay
Early November (Sunday)	[Relative]	EVT-010	Elizabeth and Jane leave Netherfield	“On Sunday, after morning service”
November 18 (Monday)	[Confirmed]	EVT-011	Collins arrives at Longbourn at 4 p.m.	Letter: “Monday, November 18th, by four o'clock”
November 19 (Tuesday)	[Calculated]	EVT-012	Collins changes his intended bride from Jane to Elizabeth	“The next morning”
November 19 (Tuesday) afternoon	[Calculated]	EVT-013	Wickham appears; encounter with Darcy in the street	Walk to Meryton the same day
November 20 (Wednesday) evening	[Calculated]	EVT-014	Wickham's false testimony at dinner with the Philipses	“the next day”
November 20–23	[Range]	EVT-015	Collins pre-engages Elizabeth for dances	Around the arrival of the Netherfield invitation
November 26 (Tuesday)	[Confirmed]	EVT-016	Netherfield ball	Bingley in Chapter 44: “the 26th of November”
November 26 (Tuesday)	[Confirmed]	EVT-016-001–004	Miss Bingley's warning, Collins introduces himself, Mrs Bennet prophesies, Mary sings	Same night
November 27 (Wednesday)	[Calculated]	EVT-017	Collins proposes to Elizabeth → rejected	“The next day”
November 27 (Wednesday)	[Calculated]	EVT-018	Mr Bennet takes Elizabeth's side	Same day
November 27 (Wednesday)	[Calculated]	EVT-019	Bingley's party withdraws to London; Miss Bingley's letter arrives	Letter arrives the same day. Bingley left “the day before,” November 26
November 28 (Thursday)	[Calculated]	EVT-018-001	Wickham admits deliberately missing the ball	While “walking to Meryton”
November 29 (Friday)	[Calculated]	—	Collins loses every game of whist at the Philipses'	Several days after the ball
November 30 (Saturday)	[Confirmed]	EVT-020	Charlotte accepts Collins's proposal	Collins's departure day is “Saturday.” He planned to leave after a “se'nnight” but proposes a day early
November 30 (Saturday)	[Confirmed]	—	Collins leaves Longbourn for Hunsford	“he was to begin his journey too early on the morrow” → morning of December 1

December 1811: Season of Separation

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early December	[Range]	EVT-021	Miss Bingley's second letter extinguishes Jane's hope	“Miss Bingley's letter arrived,” several days later
Early–mid December	[Range]	EVT-021-001	Wickham's accusations against Darcy spread through Meryton	“openly acknowledged and publicly canvassed”
Mid-December (Monday)	[Range]	—	Collins revisits Longbourn during the engagement	After a “Monday fortnight”
December 25 (Wednesday)	[Confirmed]	—	Christmas; the Gardiners visit Longbourn	Chapter 25: “came, as usual, to spend the Christmas”
December 25–early January	[Range]	EVT-022-001	Mrs Gardiner advises Elizabeth about Wickham	During the Christmas stay
Late December	[Range]	—	The Gardiners take Jane to London	After the Christmas visit

January–February 1812: Winter in London

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early January	[Range]	—	Jane arrives at Gracechurch Street, London	She attempts to visit Miss Bingley after “a week in town”
Mid-January	[Range]	—	Jane visits Miss Bingley in Grosvenor Street	“My aunt is going tomorrow into that part of the town”
Early February	[Range]	EVT-023	Miss Bingley's coldness: after four weeks, her return visit is brief and cold	“Four weeks passed away”
Mid-February	[Range]	EVT-022	Wickham turns his attention to Miss King	After Miss King receives her inheritance
Late February	[Range]	EVT-023-001	Collins and Charlotte marry	“Thursday was to be the wedding-day”

March 1812: Journey to Hunsford

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early March	[Range]	EVT-024	Mrs Gardiner proposes a summer tour of the Lakes while at the theater	One-night stop through London
Early March	[Range]	—	Elizabeth leaves London and arrives at Hunsford	“a journey of only twenty-four miles”
Early–mid March	[Range]	—	Life at Hunsford Parsonage begins; first visit to Rosings	Soon after arrival
Mid-March	[Range]	EVT-025	First dinner with Lady Catherine + interrogation	Shortly after “on the ensuing Sunday at church”
Mid–late March	[Range]	—	Daily life during the first two weeks at Hunsford	“the first fortnight of her visit”

April 1812: Easter—Proposal and Letter

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early April (week before Easter)	[Range]	EVT-026	Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam arrive at Rosings	“Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it”
Early April (next day)	[Relative]	—	Darcy makes his first visit to the parsonage with Collins	“On the following morning”
Early–mid April	[Range]	EVT-026-001	Pianoforte scene—“I am not afraid of you”	Evening of “Easter-day”
Early–mid April	[Range]	EVT-026-002	Darcy visits the parsonage alone; awkward conversation	Several days after Easter
Mid-April	[Range]	—	Darcy “accidentally” meets Elizabeth three times on her walking route	“More than once... unexpectedly”
Mid-April (day before Friday)	[Calculated]	EVT-027	Colonel Fitzwilliam reveals Darcy's role in separating Bingley and Jane	Darcy plans to leave “the day after the next,” on Saturday → Thursday
Mid-April (evening before Friday)	[Calculated]	EVT-028	Darcy's first proposal—Elizabeth rejects him	“that evening,” when Elizabeth misses dinner at Rosings
Mid-April (night)	[Relative]	EVT-028-001	Darcy writes his letter through the night	Letter dated “eight o'clock in the morning”
Mid-April (next morning, day before Saturday)	[Calculated]	EVT-029	Darcy delivers the letter at the park entrance	“the next morning... in the hope of meeting you”
Mid-April (same day, two-hour walk)	[Relative]	EVT-030	“Till this moment, I never knew myself”	Two-hour walk while reading the letter
Mid-April (Saturday)	[Calculated]	EVT-030-001	Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam leave Rosings	“Saturday”
Late April	[Range]	EVT-030-002	Elizabeth leaves Hunsford	Several days to a week after Darcy departs

May–June 1812: Spring and Summer at Longbourn

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early May	[Range]	EVT-031	Elizabeth tells Jane the truth about Wickham	“the next morning” after returning to Longbourn
Early May	[Relative]	EVT-031-001	She withholds the part about the separation of Bingley and Jane	Same conversation
Mid-May–early June	[Range]	EVT-032	Lydia is invited to Brighton; Elizabeth fails to persuade her father	Near “the last of the regiment's stay”
Late May–early June	[Range]	EVT-033	Final encounter with Wickham—“improves on acquaintance”	“the very last day of the regiment's remaining”
Late May–early June	[Relative]	EVT-033-001	Elizabeth faces the failure of her parents' marriage	Around Wickham's departure
Early June	[Range]	—	Lydia leaves for Brighton with Mrs Forster	Day the militia moves
Mid-June	[Range]	—	Kitty can go to Meryton without crying	“by the middle of June”

July 1812: Derbyshire Tour—Pemberley—Flight

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early July	[Range]	EVT-034	Destination changes from the Lakes to Derbyshire in a Gardiner letter	“a fortnight later in July”
Mid-July	[Range]	—	The Gardiners arrive at Longbourn and depart after one night	Eve of the tour
Mid–late July	[Range]	—	Travel through Oxford, Blenheim, Warwick, Birmingham, and elsewhere	“Oxford, Blenheim, Warwick, Kenilworth, Birmingham”
Late July	[Range]	—	Arrival at Lambton	After entering Derbyshire
Late July (morning of third day at Lambton)	[Relative]	EVT-035	Visit to Pemberley—Mrs Reynolds's testimony	“on the third her repining was over,” the third day of the letters
Late July (same day)	[Relative]	EVT-035-001	Before the portrait in the gallery—“a more gentle sensation”	Same visit
Late July (same afternoon)	[Relative]	EVT-036	Darcy returns unexpectedly—encounter in the grounds	“he was that moment arrived”
Late July (same day)	[Relative]	EVT-036-001	Introduction to the Gardiners + permission to fish	Same afternoon
Late July (next morning)	[Relative]	EVT-037	Darcy and Georgiana visit the Lambton inn with Bingley	“the very morning after their own arrival”; Darcy comes a day early
Late July (same night)	[Relative]	EVT-037-001	Elizabeth lies awake for two hours analyzing her feelings	“she lay awake two whole hours”
Late July (day after next)	[Relative]	EVT-037-002	Dinner at Pemberley; Miss Bingley mentions Wickham	“the day after the next was fixed on”
Last week of July (Saturday night)	[Calculated]	EVT-038-001	Lydia and Wickham flee Brighton at midnight	Chapter 46: “Saturday night about twelve”
Last week of July (Monday morning)	[Calculated]	—	Flight discovered at 8 a.m. Sunday; Colonel Forster dispatched	“not missed till yesterday morning at eight” (Sunday)
Last week of July (day Jane's letters arrive)	[Relative]	EVT-038	Elizabeth receives Jane's letters and breaks down before Darcy	Two letters, written five and four days earlier
Last week of July (same day)	[Relative]	EVT-039	Recognition of love—“all love must be vain”	Immediately after Darcy leaves
Last week of July (same afternoon)	[Relative]	—	Elizabeth and the Gardiners depart urgently for Longbourn	Same day
Last week of July (next day)	[Relative]	EVT-039-001	Darcy leaves Derbyshire and begins his secret search in London	Chapter 52: “left Derbyshire only one day after ourselves”

July–August 1812: Secret Intervention in London (Unseen)

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Late July–early August	[Range]	EVT-039-002	Darcy pays Mrs Younge and discovers Wickham's location	“two or three days before he could get from her what he wanted”
Early August	[Relative]	EVT-039-003	Darcy and Wickham negotiate several times	“They met several times”
Early August	[Relative]	EVT-039-004	Darcy visits Lydia, urges her to return home, and is refused	“Lydia absolutely resolved on remaining”
Early August (Saturday)	[Relative]	EVT-039-005	Darcy first visits Gardiner; confirms Mr Bennet is absent	“Saturday he came again”
Early August (same Saturday)	[Relative]	—	Darcy and Mr Gardiner confer for hours; authority to settle is transferred	“shut up with him several hours”
August 2 (Monday)	[Confirmed]	EVT-040	Gardiner's letter announces the marriage settlement	Heading: “Gracechurch Street, Monday, August 2”
Early August	[Relative]	EVT-040-001	Mr Bennet bans the couple from Longbourn, then withdraws the ban	After receiving the letter
Mid-August	[Range]	EVT-040-002	Wickham and Lydia marry from the Gardiners' house; Darcy attends	About one to two weeks after the letter
Mid-August	[Relative]	EVT-041	Elizabeth fully recognizes her love	After news of the marriage
Mid–late August	[Range]	EVT-041-001	Lydia accidentally reveals Darcy's presence at the wedding	During Wickham and Lydia's Longbourn visit
Late August	[Relative]	EVT-041-002	Elizabeth writes to Mrs Gardiner for an explanation	Immediately after Lydia's disclosure

September–October 1812: Truth Revealed—Reunion

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
September 6	[Confirmed]	EVT-042	Mrs Gardiner's letter reveals Darcy's entire secret intervention	Heading: “Gracechurch Street, Sept. 6”
Mid-September–early October	[Range]	EVT-042-001	Darcy admits to Bingley that he separated the couple and concealed Jane's presence in London (unseen)	Recalled in Chapter 58
Around September–October	[Range]	EVT-043	Bingley returns to Netherfield	Considerable time after “Bingley had now been gone a week”
Early–mid October	[Range]	—	Bingley repeatedly visits Longbourn	“called again, and alone... sat with them above an hour”
Mid-October	[Range]	EVT-044	Bingley and Jane become engaged	Several days to a week after Bingley's return
Late October (about one week after engagement)	[Range]	EVT-045	Lady Catherine visits Longbourn and demands that Elizabeth renounce Darcy	“about a week after Bingley's engagement”
Late October–early November	[Relative]	EVT-045-001	Lady Catherine reports to Darcy while passing through London (unseen)	Chapter 58: “in her return through London”

November 1812: Second Proposal—Marriage

Estimated date	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Early November	[Range]	EVT-046	Darcy's second proposal—Elizabeth accepts	“before many days had passed after Lady Catherine's visit”
Early November (same evening)	[Relative]	EVT-046-001	They revisit the past and confirm their mutual changes	Same walk
Early November (same night)	[Relative]	EVT-046-002	Elizabeth tells Jane of the engagement	Presumably “that night”
Early November (next day)	[Relative]	EVT-047	Mr Bennet gives consent to the marriage	“the next morning”
Early November (same day)	[Relative]	EVT-047-001	Mrs Bennet reverses herself completely—“dear Darcy!”	Same day
Early November	[Relative]	EVT-047-002	Darcy formally explains to Bingley how he separated the couple	Several days after the engagement
Early November	[Relative]	EVT-047-003	Collins's warning letter + Charlotte's pregnancy, the “olive-branch”	After news of the engagement spreads
November–December	[Range]	EVT-048	Double wedding—Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley	Exact date unknown; weeks to months after the engagements

1812–1813: Ending (Epilogue)

Estimated period	Type	Event ID	Event	Basis
Immediately after marriage	[Relative]	EVT-049	Final resolution; all relationships settled	Chapter 61
About one year after marriage	[Relative]	EVT-049-001	Bingley and Jane move to Derbyshire, near Darcy	“within thirty miles” of Pemberley
Unknown (months to years)	[Range]	EVT-049-002	Lady Catherine reconciles and resumes visits to Pemberley	“Her resentment... at length... gave way”
Unknown	[Relative]	EVT-049-003	Miss Bingley's “arrear of civility”	After the marriages

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Part 3: Character Age Cross-Reference (Story Opening: Autumn 1811)

Character	Evidence in the novel	Estimated age	Estimated birth year	Confidence
Elizabeth	“not one-and-twenty” (Chapter 29)	20	1791	High
Darcy	Mrs Reynolds: “since he was four years old” (Chapter 43) + same age as Wickham	c. 28	c. 1783	Medium
Jane	Eldest daughter, one or two years older than Elizabeth	c. 22	c. 1789	Medium
Bingley	“not been of age two years” (Chapter 4)	c. 23	c. 1788–89	Medium
Wickham	“nearly the same age” as Darcy (Chapter 16)	c. 28	c. 1783	Medium
Charlotte	“about twenty-seven” (Chapter 5)	27	c. 1784	High
Collins	“five-and-twenty” (Chapter 15)	25	c. 1786	High
Lydia	“not sixteen” (Chapter 29) → “sixteen last June” (Chapter 51)	15→16	June 1795	High
Kitty	“two years older” than Lydia (Chapter 41)	c. 17	c. 1793–94	Medium
Mary	Third daughter, between eldest and youngest	c. 18–19	c. 1792	Low
Georgiana	“more than ten years my junior” (Chapter 35) + “little more than sixteen” (Chapter 44)	15→16	c. 1795–96	Medium
Col. Fitzwilliam	“about thirty” (Chapter 30)	c. 30	c. 1781	Medium
Mr Bennet	Married 23 years + about 22–25 at marriage	c. 45–48	c. 1763–66	Low
Mrs Bennet	Married 23 years + about 17–20 at marriage	c. 40–43	c. 1768–71	Low
Lady Catherine	Adult daughter + sister of Darcy's mother	c. 50–55	c. 1756–61	Low
Mrs Forster	“a very young woman” (Chapter 41)	c. 17–20	c. 1791–94	Low
Mrs Gardiner	“several years younger than Mrs. Bennet” (Chapter 25)	c. 35–38	c. 1773–76	Low

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Part 4: Time Checklist for Translation and Adaptation

Season–Clothing–Weather Correspondence

Period	Season	Weather/environment clues	Clothing/activity implications
September–October	Early autumn	Around Michaelmas	Outdoor activity possible; ball season begins
November	Late autumn	Rain during Jane's illness; frost on the Hunsford walk, “remains of a white frost”	Coats required; travel on foot difficult
December–February	Winter	“succession of rain” (Chapter 17); difficult to walk to Meryton	Indoor activities predominate; Christmas
March–April	Spring	“weather was so fine for the time of year” (Chapter 30)	Walks at Hunsford; flowers
May–June	Late spring–early summer	“health, good-humour, and cheerfulness began to reappear” (Chapter 42)	Outdoor activity resumes
July	Summer	Derbyshire tour; abundant landscape description	Optimal time for travel
August–September	Late summer–early autumn	Bingley's shooting season	Shooting and outdoor activity
October–November	Autumn	Lady Catherine visits “with all the speed of a post-chaise”	Wedding season

Time-of-Day and Activity Patterns (Regency Daily Routine)

Time	Activity	Translation note
8–9 a.m.	Breakfast	Collins proposes “after breakfast”
10 a.m.–noon	Walking, visiting, reading	Period of Darcy's repeated visits to the parsonage
1 p.m.	No luncheon under contemporary custom	Two meals: breakfast + dinner
3–4 p.m.	Dressing for dinner	Collins urges them on, “being quick”
4–5 p.m.	Dinner	Very early by modern standards
6–8 p.m.	Tea + cards/music	Evening routine at Rosings
9–10 p.m.	Return home by carriage	Lady Catherine supplies the carriage
Midnight	Ball ends	“the ball closed so early,” Bingley's complaint