Virginia Woolf Timeline1882 Adelaide Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf) born

The Married Women’s Property Act 1895 Armenian Massacres in Turkey

William Röntgen discovers X-RaysGuglielmo Marconi invents the radio

1897 Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (Virginia Woolf watches the procession.)

1899 Second Boer War1900 Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams1901 Queen Victoria dies; Edward VII ascends to the throne1903 Emeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union (suffragettes)

The Wright brothers are the first to successfully fly a plane1905 Albert Einstein publishes his Special Theory of Relativity1910 Edward VII dies; George V gains the throne1912 The Titanic sinks1914 WWI (“The Great War”) starts1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia1918 WWI ends

In the UK, everyone over age 30 (regardless of gender) gains right to vote1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act passes in the UK

(This allows women to pursue more professions than ever before.)1920 Ghandi begins leading resistance against British rule in India

In the US, the 18th amendment begins the ProhibitionIn the US, the 19th amendment allows women to vote

1922 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is founded1923 Mrs. Dalloway setting

Publication of Mina Loy’s Lunar Baedeker 1925 Publication of Mrs. Dalloway

1928 The Equal Franchise Act extends voting rights to all women over twenty-one1929 Wall Street Crashes (Beginning of Great Depression)1936 George V dies; Edward VIII abdicates; George VI becomes king1939 WWI officially begins 1941 Pearl Harbor

Virginia Woolf commits suicide

1945 WWII ends