Gale's biography of John Henry Newman includes this timeline of his life:
- 1801 Born in London
- 1816-20 Attended Oxford
- 1820 Took his degree at Oxford
- 1822 Elected fellow of Oriel College
- 1827 Appointed vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford
- 1841 Wrote famous Tract XC
- 1845 Converted to Roman Catholicism
- 1847 Ordained as a priest
- 1854 Tried, unsuccessfully, to establish a Catholic university in Dublin
- 1864 Wrote Apologia
- 1870 Wrote Grammar of Assent
- 1878 Elected honorary fellow of Oxford
- 1879 Made a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII
- 1890 Died at age 89
"John Henry Newman." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1616000033/WHIC?u=msmu_gvrl&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=c9241328. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.