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Spenser obtains official lease of the dissolved House of Friars minors, known as New Abbey, Co. Kildare, twenty-five miles from Dublin, one of the forfeited estates of Viscount Baltinglas, who had fled to Spain in 1581. The lease came “with an…

Spenser and Lodowick Bryskett with Grey during negotiations with lord Turlogh Lynagh O’Neill at the Blackwater in Ulster. (Maley, 23)

Spenser leases New Abbey, County Kildare.

Grey and his entourage arrive in Dublin, "Spenser most likely accompanies him"; at Dublin Castle, Spenser probably “started his new life taking rooms in the castle.” (Hadfield, 156; Burlinson and Zurcher, 224)

Onegin and Lensky mended their opposing personalities to form a blossoming friendship, through afternoons spent on horseback.

Onegin's attention to the finer details of appearance, including nails and hands, characterized a dandy.

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Arc de Triomf in Barcelona was built in 1888 for the first World Exposition the city hosted.