Timeline

The article will have information taken from the Poldark novels by Winston Graham. You will find spoilers in the article.

The following is a **timeline** of the events in the novels and BBC production of Poldark.

## Timeline

### 16th century

 1509

* Trenwith House was built.

### 17th century

 1667

* Charles Vivian Raffe Poldarque was born.

 1680

* Anna Maria Trenwith was born.

 1690

* Jonathan Chynoweth was born.

 1693

* Anne Tregear was born.

 1696

* Charles Vivian Raffe and Anna Maria marry.

 1697

* Agatha Poldark was born.

 1698

* Claude Henry Poldark was born.

 1699

* Matilda Ellen Peter was born.

### 18th century

 1708

* Charles Vivian Raffe died.

 1710

* Jonathan Chynoweth II was born.

 1712

* Robert Chynoweth was born.

 1715

* Luke Warleggan was born.

 1716

* Bethia Kemp was born.
* Elizabeth Lanyon was born.

 1717

* Maria Poldark was born.

 1719

* Charles William Poldark was born.
* Alfred Rupert Johns was born.

 1720

* Ursula Venning was born.

 1724

* Joshua Poldark was born.

 1730

* Joan Le Grice was born.

 1732

* Mary Lashbrook was born.

 1735

* Nicholas Warleggan was born.

 1736

* Ray Penvenen was born.

 1737

* Jonathan Chynoweth III was born.

 1740

* Cary Warleggan was born.
* Verity Michell was born.
* Grace Vennor was born.
* Tom Carne was born.

 1744

* William Alfred Johns was born.
* Bethia Kemp died.

 1748

* Andrew Blamey was born.

 1750

* Hubert Chynoweth was born.
* Jonathan Chynoweth I died.
* Elizabeth Lanyon died.
* Robert Chynoweth died.

 1751

* Amelia Tregellas was born.

 1752

* Demelza Lyon was born.

 1758

* Verity Poldark was born.
* Anna Maria Trenwith died.

 1759

* George Warleggan was born.

 1760

* Ross Poldark was born.
* Francis Poldark was born.
* Anne Tregear died.

 1764

* Jim Carter was born.
* Dwight Enys was born.
* Elizabeth Chynoweth was born.
* Claude Anthony Poldark was born.
* Joan Pascoe was born.
* Ossie Whitworth was born.

 1767

* Jinny Martin was born.
* John Peter was born.
* Keren Smith was born.

 1770

* Grace Vennor Poldark died.
* Demelza Carne was born.

 1771

* Claude Anthony Poldark died.
* Luke Carne was born.
* Caroline Penvenen was born.

 1772

* Samuel Carne was born.

 1773

* William Carne was born.
* Verity Michell died.
* Rosina Hoblyn was born.
* Esther Blamey was born.

 1774

* John Carne was born.
* James Blamey was born.
* Emma Tregirls was born.

 1775

* Robert Carne was born.

 1776

* Morwenna Chynoweth was born.
* Drake Carne was born.

 1777

* Jonathan Chynoweth II died.
* Demelza Lyon died.

 1778

* Garlanda Chynoweth was born.

 1780

* Carenza Chynoweth was born.

 1781

* Ross Poldark was wounded in the American War of Independence. He was saved by Dwight Enys and Edward Despard and made a Captain in the British Army.
* Rowella Chynoweth was born.
* Harriet Carter was born.

 1783

* March: Joshua Poldark died.
* September: The American War of Independence ended.
* October: Ross Poldark returned home to Cornwall to find his estate in ruins and his fiancé engaged to his cousin, having presumed he was long dead.
* November: Elizabeth Chynoweth marries Francis Poldark.
* Lottie Kempthorne was born.

 1784

* April: Demelza Carne goes to work at Nampara.
* October: Geoffrey Charles was born and baptised at Sawle Church.
* Jinny Martin and Jim Carter were married.

 1785

* Benjamin Ross Carter was born.

 1787

* Mary Carter was born.
* Kate Carter was born.
* April: Wheal Leisure was reopened and copper was later found.
* May: Jim Carter was sentenced to two years in prison for poaching.
* June: Ross and Demelza were married.
* July: Copper was found at Wheal Leisure.
* September: Charles Poldark died of a heart attack.

 1788

* c. 1788: George Warleggan purchased Cardew.
* Julia Grace Poldark was born.
* Mark Daniel and Keren Smith were married.
* Jim Carter died.
* Ursula Venning died.
* There was a miner's riot in Truro.
* Grambler Mine closed.

 1789

* Keren Daniel died.
* Flotina Carne was born.

 1790

* Julia Poldark died.
* Two ships were wrecked at Hendrawna Beach.
* Matthew Sanson died.
* Ross Poldark was arrested and tried for smuggling and plunder.
* Demelza tried unsuccessfully to convince the Judge of Justice to release Ross.
* Ross was put on trial and freed of the charges put against him by George Warleggan.

 1791

* Agneta Treneglos was born.
* Jeremy Poldark was born.
* George purchased shares in Wheal Leisure.
* Wheal Grace was opened.

 1792

* Francis Poldark died via drowning at Wheal Leisure.

 1793

* Elizabeth married George Warleggan.
* Wheal Grace was closed again and on the 4th of June reopened.
* Clowance Poldark was born.
* Andrew Blamey II was born.
* Hubert Chynoweth died.

 1794

* Valentine Warleggan was born.
* Tom Carne died.

 1795

* Agatha Mary Poldark died at 97.
* Dwight Enys and Hugh Armitage were saved from a French prison.
* Dwight Enys and Caroline Penvenen were married.
* Captain Henshawe died rescuing Dwight and Hugh.
* Hugh Armitage falls for Demelza.
* Demelza Poldark was captivated by Hugh's attention.

 1796

* John Conan Whitworth was born.
* George Warleggan was elected to Parliment.

 1797

* Ross Poldark was elected to Parliment.

 1798

* Hugh Armitage died.

 1799

* Sarah Caroline Enys was born and died at a few months old.
* Ossie Whitworth died.
* December: Elizabeth Warleggen died giving birth to Ursula Warleggan.
* Drake and Morwenna were married.

### 19th century

 1800

* Nicholas Warleggan died.
* Geoffrey Charles Poldark leaves Harrow and held a dinner in remembrance of his late mother Elizabeth.
* Ned Despard was accused of being an enemy to the Crown by Ralph Hanson and locked up.
* Catherine Despard asked Ross to help Ned and he secured Ned's release by saving the life of King George III.
* Ross and Ned searched for James Bannantine for help in restoring Ned to back into society's favour. He wrote a letter for a booklet, but Ralph Hanson had Bannantine killed for speaking out.
* There was a mining disaster at Wheal Plenty.

 1801

* Ned Despard was imprisoned again and put on trial for crimes of treason against the Crown. He was found guilty and executed.
* Samuel Carne and Rosina Hoblyn were married.
* Loveday Carne was born.

 1802

* Isabella-Rose "Bella" Poldark was born.

 1804

* Joan Le Grice died.

 1806

* Jonathan Chynoweth III died.

 1809

* George Warleggan married Harriet Carter.

 1812

* The War of 1812 began.
* Mary Lashbrook died.

 1814

* Joanna Poldark was born.

 1815

* Clowance Poldark married Stephen Carrington.
* Stephen Carrington died.
* Jeremy Poldark died.
* The War of 1812 finally ended.
* Noelle Poldark was born.
* Valentine Warleggan married Selina Pope.

 1816

* George Warleggan and Harriet Carter's twin daughters, Rachel and Anne Warleggan were born.

 1818

* Georgie Warleggan was born.

 1819

* Agneta Treneglos was killed.

 1820

* Ben Carter and Esther Carne get married.
* Cary Warleggan died.
* Clowance Poldark and Edward Fitzmaurice get married.
* Valentine Warleggan died.

## Behind the scenes

* The BBC production was known for keeping their timeline and events identical to Winston Graham's novels. But there were a few exceptions, including:
	+ Many events that happen in 1800 to 1801 were invented for the TV show. If not, very few of those events have a precise known date, including Sam and Rosina Carne's marriage. The events in that time that do happen in the novels are:
		- Sam and Rosina's marriage.
		- Loveday Carne was born.
	+ Edward and Catherine Despard's were real-life historical figures, but their lives weren't portrayed in a chronological way.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *"The house was in good repair for its age, having been built by Jeffrey Trenwith in 1509."* -
Ross Poldark, Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 See this image by Winston Graham of the Poldark family tree
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 See this image by Winston Graham of the Chynoweth, Carne and Warleggan family tree
4. ↑ *"There was then discreet silence for three generations until one came to an attractive painting by Kneller of Anna-Maria Trenwith and another by the same artist of Charles Vivian Raffe Poldarque, whom she had married in 1696."* - Ross Poldark, Chapter 2
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 See this image by Winston Graham of the Warleggan family tree
6. ↑ Poldark, Series 5, Episode 1
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Poldark, Series 1, Episode 1
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
9. ↑ In Ross Poldark, Book 3, Charles died in September 1787. Winston Graham mistakenly put a death date of 1786 in the Poldark family tree.
10. ↑ Bella Poldark, Notes from the Author by Winston Graham
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Warleggan by Winston Graham
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 The Four Swans by Winston Graham
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Angry Tide by Winston Graham
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Poldark, Season 5, Episode 1
16. ↑ Poldark, Season 5, Episode 2
17. ↑ Poldark, Season 5, Episode 3
18. ↑ Poldark, Season 5, Episode 6
19. ↑ Bella Poldark, Notes from the Author by Winston Graham stated George married for a second time ten years after Elizabeth Warleggan's death.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Bella Poldark, Book 1: Valentine by Winston Graham
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 The Twisted Sword by Winston Graham
22. ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 2: Agneta by Winston Graham
23. ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 3: Maurice by Winston Graham
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Bella Poldark, Book 3: Maurice by Winston Graham
25. ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 5: Bella by Winston Graham