Thomas Woolner's statue of Macaulay
| 1800 | Born, October 25 at Rothley Temple Leicestershire. |
| 1812-18 | Prepared for college in private schools. |
| 1818 | Entered Trinity College, Cambridge. |
| 1824 | Essays in Knight's Quarterly Review. |
| 1825 | Essay on Milton in Edinburgh Review. |
| 1826 | Called to the bar. |
| 1846 | Redeems himself in eyes of his friends by election to a one-year fellowship at Oriel College, Oxford. |
| 1830 | Elected to Parliament. |
| 18?? | Made first great speech in Parliament. |
| 1834-38 | Member of Supreme Council in India |
| 1839 | Elected to Parliament as member for Edinburgh. |
| 1842 | Publishes Lays of Ancient Rome. |
| 1843 | Publishes Collected Essays, 3 volumes. |
| 1847 | Loses seat in Parliament. |
| 1848 | Publishes first two volumes of History of England. |
| 1849 | Lord Rector of University of Glasgow. |
| 1852 | Reelected to Parliament for Edinburgh. |
| 1855 | Publishes History of England, Vols. III-IV. |
| 1856 | Resigns from Parliament. |
| 1857 | Made Baron Macaulay of Rothley. |
| 1859 | Dies, December 28; buried in Westminster Abbey. |
| 1861 | History of England, Vol. V, edited by Lady Trevelyan, appears. |
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