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Feb 7, 1812

Charles Dickens Born

Charles John Huffam Dickens is born in Portsmouth, England, the second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens.

Sep 1814

Loses Brother; Moves to London

The Dickens family's youngest child, a six-month-old boy named Alfred, dies of a brain inflammation.

John Dickens is transferred to London, and the family moves there.

1821

Starts School

Dickens enrolls in classes at a school next door to his family's home.

1823

Hard Times

Owing to John Dickens's numerous debts, he is unable to afford to send his son Charles back to school.

His mother opens her own girls' school in an effort to earn more money for the family, but is unable to attract even a single student.

Feb 9, 1824

Starts Work

Two days after his twelfth birthday, Charles Dickens starts a job labeling jars of shoe polish in a factory.

Feb 23, 1824

Father Imprisoned

Despite a desperate attempt on behalf of his family to raise the money to keep him out of