Macquarie time line

The page numbers in the righthand column of this time line refer to John Ritchie's 'Lachlan Macquarie: A Biography', Mebourne University Press, 1986. All dates and events have been taken from that source.

31 Jan 1761	Lachlan Macquarie born on the Hebridean islet of Ulva	(p12)
about 1775	moved to the Isle of Mull with his family	(p12)
	educated in Edinburgh	(p18)
9 Aug 1776	sailed to America with his uncle	(p19)
29 Apr 1777	commissioned an ensign in British army in America	(p19)
18 Jan 1781	promoted to lieutenant, 71st Highland Regiment	(p19)
Feb 1784	returned home at end of war & retired on half pay	(p19)
7 Nov 1787	lieutenant on full pay in the 77th	(p22)
4 Apr 1788	set sail for India with his troops	(p24)
21 Feb 1789	promoted to captain	(p29)
2 Aug 1793	promoted to major	(p33)
8 Sep 1793	married Jane Jarvis in Bombay	(p33)
15 Jul 1796	his wife Jane died, aged 23	(p36)
18 Apr 1800	apointed military secretary to the governor of Bombay	(p47)
March 1801	appointed deputy adjutant-general & sailed for Egypt	(p48)
2 Jul 1802	returned to India with the rank of Major	(p55)
6 Jan 1803	sailed for England after 15 years absence	(p62)
1803	appointed assistant adjutant-general, London district	(p65)
25 Apr 1805	sailed again for India	(p73)
30 May 1805	promoted to lieutenant-colonel	(p75)
19 May 1807	departed Bombay for England	(p83)
3 Nov 1807	married Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell	(p87)
15 Sep 1808	their daughter born, & died 5 Dec 1808	(p91)
1 May 1809	his appointment as governor of NSW gazetted	(p95)
30 Dec 1809	stepped ashore in Sydney NSW	(p118)
1 Jan 1810	sworn-in as governor of New South Wales	(p120)
1 Jan 1810	declared illegal all acts of Bligh's rebels	(p121)
30 Apr 1810	spelt out his emancipist policy to London	(p132)
25 Jul 1810	promoted to full colonel	(p138)
25 Nov 1811	promoted to brigadier-general	(p138)
4 Jun 1813	promoted to major-general	(p138)
28 Mar 1814	his son Lachlan was born	(p140)
14 May 1815	named the town of Bathurst	(p143)
25 Apr 1817	Home Office approved Inquiry into NSW	(p155)
4 Jun 1819	Gov Macquarie opened Hyde Park Barracks	(p159)
25 Sep 1819	Commissioner Bigge arrived in NSW	(p166)
21 Mar 1821	Macquarie sent Capt. Allman to found Port Macquarie	(p179)
30 Nov 1821	Gov Macquarie's last day in office.	(p185)
12 Feb 1822	Macquarie embarked for England.	(p187)
5 Jul 1822	Macquarie disembarked in England.	(p190)
1 Jul 1824	Macquarie died in London.	(p211)
11 Mar 1835	Elizabeth died aged 56.	(p219)
7 May 1845	Son Lachlan died childless aged 31.	(p221)