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| 1763 | Michael Hogan born, Dublin |
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| 1769 | Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) born, Dublin |
| Napoleon Bonaparte born, Ajaccio, Corsica |
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| 1775 | |
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| 1777 | William Lawford born, Exeter |
| Richard Sharpe born, Howick, son of an alcoholic prostitute |
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| 1778 | |
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| 1779 | Lucille Lasalle born, Normandy |
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| 1780 | Lizzie Sharpe dies in the Gordon riots, Sharpe placed in a workhouse |
| Patrick Harper born, Donnegal |
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| 1783 | |
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| Teresa Moreno born, Valencia |
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| 1787 | Wellesley gazetted ensign in the 73rd (Highland) regiment |
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| 1789 | Sharpe sold to a sweep, runs away, takes up theft |
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| 1791 | |
| Jane Gibbons born, Basildon |
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| 1793 | Sharpe kills a man, enlists to escape. |
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| 1794 | Sharpe joins the 33rd Foot, regiment goes first to Ireland the Belgium |
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| 1796 | 33rd to India. |
| Lawford gazetted ensign in the 33rd |
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| 1797 | |
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| 1798 | Lawford makes lieutenant |
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| 1799 | Sharpe sentenced to 1000 lashes after false accusation by Hakeswill. Sentence commuted to 202 so that Sharpe can join Lawford's secret mission. |
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| Sharpe & Lawford imprisoned after being betrayed by Hakeswill |
| Sharpe kills Tippoo Sultan |
| Sharpe makes sergeant. |
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| 1803 | 95th formed |
| Sharpe saves Wellesley's life at Assaye, promoted ensign |
| Sharpe pursues a renegade Englishman to Arguam and avoids Hakeswills plots to kill him |
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| 1805 | 33rd returns to England |
| Sharpe, waiting transport from Bombay, gets caught up in the Battle of Trafalgar |
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| 1806 | Sharpe, now a lieutenant joins 95th as Quartermaster |
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| 1807 | Sharpe, disposable and unwanted, is despatched to Copenhagen |
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| 1808 | |
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| 1809 | Retreat to Corunna. Sharpe and a group of riflemen cut off. |
| Harper made prisoner for mutiny |
| Harper saves the chest containing the gonflon of Santiago |
| Harper freed and made sergeant |
| Sharpe & his rifles take Torrecastro with Blas Vivar. |
| Sharpe holds out against the French and treacherous Colonel Christopher in Portugal |
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| Sharpe & Harper take an Eagle at Talavera. Sharpe makes Captain |
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| 1810 | Sharpe meets Teresa Moreno |
| Alameida destroyed when powder magazine explodes |
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| Tongue killed |
| Sharpe fights at Torres Vedras |
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| 1811 | |
| Battle of Fuentes de Onoro (Sharpe's Battle)** |
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| 1812 | Sharpe's captaincy is rescinded, and he has to fight to get it back |
| Harry Price joins the South Essex |
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| Sharpe & Teresa's daughter, Antonia is born. |
| Hakeswill joins the South Essex |
| Harper flogged and broken, briefly, back to private |
| Sharpe saves Teresa and Antonia at the seige of Badajoz and marries Teresa. |
| Sharpe remakes Captain. |
| Harper saves Sharpe's life and makes him a sword, during the Salamanca campaign |
| Sharpe uncovers a spy on the enemy side and saves one on his own. |
| Harper marries Ramona/Isabella |
| Hakeswill deserts |
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| "Sweet William" Fredrickson meets Sharpe |
| Hakeswill kills Theresa |
| Hakeswill executed |
| Sharpe makes Major |
| Sharpe mourns Teresa |
| Sharpe defends Tormes |
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| 1813 | Vitoria Campaign: Sharpe hunts down the Marquesa, and is imprisoned by the French. |
| Harper and Ramona's first son born. |
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| Perkins killed (Sharpe's Battle - TV on |
| Harper loots sufficient French treasure to make fortunes for himself and Sharpe |
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| Sharpe & Harper to England to raise South Essex 2nd Regiment |
| Sharpe marries Jane Gibbons |
| Cooper killed |
| Sharpe lets French Colonel Gudin win |
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| 1814 | Sharpe & Harper take Teste de Buch fort |
| Hogan dies of fever, Jane doesn't. |
| Sharpe & Harper blow up a French ammo dump |
| Sharpe promises Jane that Tolouse will be his last battle. When he fighs a duel after this, Jane decides he has broken his promise and returns to London, with a power of attorney on his treasure. |
| Sharpe set up to take the fall for Ducos theft of treasure, sentenced to death, but escapes. |
| Harper and d'Alemborde travel to London to hunt Jane down, discover her affair with Rossendale |
| Sharpe holes up with Lucille in Normandy, they become lovers, and Sharpe loses Fredrickson's friendship as a result, since he'd hoped to marry Lucille |
| Sharpe foils a Luddite Plot, finds and loses a brother |
| Sharpe deals with French bandits |
| Sharpe's son, Henri Patrick born |
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| 1815 | Sharpe joins the Prince of Orange's staff as Lt-Colonel, and fights at Waterloo. Harper comes along for the ride. |
| Rossendale, Harris & Hagman killed at Waterloo |
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| 1820 | Sharpe & Harper travel to Chile. Sharpe has tea with Napoloeon |
