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“He that cuts off 20 years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.”
“The past is beyond our control. The present is often out of control, but the future is completely under the dominion of our fancy and he is a fool who does not fashion it into a perfect Eldorado.”
| Year | W.I's Age | Important Events | Writings | Pseudonyms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1763 | Family arrives in NYC | |||
| 1772 | Rip's sleep begins (?) | |||
| Born NYC |
| Peace Treaty signed |
| 1792 | Rip's sleep ends (?) |
| 1802 | 19 | Meets Hoffmans, Mathilda, age 10 | Letters | Jonathan Oldstyle |
| 1804 | 21 | First trip to Europe |
| 1806 | 23 | Interest in Mathilda | Stories | Simeon Senex |
| 1807 | 24 | Father's death | Salmagundi | Evergreen |
| 1809 | 26 | Mathilda's death at age 171½ Depression | History of New York | Diedrich Knickerbocker |
| 1815 | 32 | Second trip to Europe |
| 1817 | 34 | Mother's death. Bankruptcy. Depression |
| 1819 | 36 | Sketchbook Rip Van Winkle | Geoffrey Crayon Diedrich Knickerbocker |
| 1821 | 38 | Brother William's death. W.I. falls ill |
| 1823 | 40 | Meets Fosters, Emily, age 18 rejects marriage proposal. Depression | Abu Hassan | Anonymous |
| 1859 | 76(dies) |