aug 24, 1770 - Thomas Chatterton's suicide
Description:
Thomas Chatterton was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Although fatherless and raised in poverty, he was an exceptionally studious child, publishing mature work by the age of 11.Added to timeline:
Date:
aug 24, 1770
Now
~ 255 years ago