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Percy Bysshe Shelley ( August 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822) was an English Romantic poet. He is now most famous for poems such as " Ozymandias", " Ode to the West Wind", "To a Skylark", and "The Masque of Anarchy"; for his association with contemporaries John Keats and Lord Byron; and, like them, for his untimely death at a young age.1 Ancestry
Percy was a seventeenth generation descendant of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster through their son John Fitzalan. He was the son of Sir Timothy Shelley ( September 7, 1753 - April 24, 1844Events January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United) and his wife Elizabeth Pilfold following their marriage in OctoberOctober is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin octo for " eight" (it was originally the eighth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). Holidays Halloween Thanksgiving Day in Canada on, 1791Events January 25 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada March 3 The United States Congress passes a resolution calling for the establishment of the United States Mint. His father was son and heir to Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st BaronetA baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart modern abbreviation Bt is the holder of a species of knighthood known as a baronetcy''. The title was introduced by James I of England in 1611 to raise funds. It is an hereditary honour, but it does not amount to a of CastleThis article describes the fortified buildings. Castle" is also an alternative name for the Rook and the move of castling in chess. The Castle (from the Latin castellum diminutive of castra a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is Goring ( June 21June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. June 21 is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, so is the day of the year with the longest hours of daylight in the northern hemisphe, 1731Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. Births May 8 Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, abolitionist (died 1809) June 21 Martha Washington October 10 Henry Cavendish, Engl - January 6, 1815) by his wife Mary Catherine Michell (d. November 7, 1760). His mother was daughter of Charles Pilfold of Effingham. Through his paternal grandmother Percy was great-grandson to Reverend Theobald Michell of Horsham.
He was the eldest of six children. His younger siblings included:
