Timeline July 1817

Events in July 1817 3

• 1766 – 1817 Madame de Staël (1766-1817) Died 14 July 1817, aged 51 French-Swiss writer and intellectual whose salons and essays, including De l'Allemagne, shaped European Romanticism and introduced German thought to French readers. An outspoken critic of Napoleon, she spent years in exile before returning to Paris, where she died.
• 1775 – 1817 Jane Austen (1775-1817) Died 18 July 1817, aged 41 English novelist whose works, including Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility, became cornerstones of English literature. She died in Winchester, likely of Addison's disease or a related illness, and several of her novels were published posthumously.
• 1817 Construction begins on the Erie Canal Groundbreaking at Rome, New York Workers broke ground on the Erie Canal, a waterway intended to link the Hudson River to Lake Erie. The project, completed in 1825, dramatically cut shipping costs and spurred the growth of New York City as a commercial hub.