Charles Dickens
1812–1870
writer (Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol)
Facts
- Born:
- 7 February 1812
- Died:
- 9 June 1870 (aged 58)
- At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 7
- At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 25
- At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 28
- At Albert's death (1861): aged 49
Life in the Almanack
- 7 February 1812 Birth of Charles Dickens, writer (Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol)
- 6 January 1843 Charles Dickens performs as a conjuror at his son Charley's sixth birthday party aged 30
- 19 December 1843 Dickens's A Christmas Carol is published aged 31
- 9 June 1870 Death of Charles Dickens aged 58
