Phileas Fogg Timeline and Summary

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• On October 2, 1872, Phileas Fogg accepts a wager proposed by the men at his club to go around the world in eighty days or forfeit 20,000 pounds.
• Phileas leaves that evening with Passepartout on a train bound for Paris.
• Many men in London begin placing bets that Phileas Fogg will not be able to make it back to London in eighty days.
• Phileas catches a steamer named the Mongolia in Brindisi and takes it via the Suez Canal to Bombay.
• When the steamer stops at Suez on October 9, Fogg disembarks to get his passport stamped, but does not care to view the scenery.
• To pass the time, Fogg plays whist with a bunch of other folks on the Mongolia.
• Upon reaching Bombay, Fogg and Passepartout share a train compartment with Sir Francis Cromarty, who is also taking the train to Calcutta.
• The train stops outside of Rothal, and the passengers are forced to disembark because the railway isn't finished.
• Fogg offers to pay a thousand pounds for an elephant to transport them through the jungle.
• Sir Francis begs Fogg not to make the deal, but Fogg eventually offers 2,000 and is accepted.
• Fogg pays a Parsee guide to take them and the elephant through the jungle.
• In the middle of the jungle, Fogg decides to stop and rescue a woman who is being forced to commit suttee.
• Fogg reaches Allahabad and intends to take the train from there to Benares and then on to Calcutta.
• Fogg reaches Calcutta on October the 25th, just as he had intended.
• When the rescued woman awakens, he offers to take her to her relatives in Hong Kong.
• At Calcutta, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout are escorted to an English court and brought up on charges for entering a sacred Hindu temple. Fogg pays a substantial fine and is allowed to depart.
• Fogg's company boards a steamer, the Rangoon, bound for Hong Kong.
• On the steamer, Fogg either confines himself to his cabin or can be found playing whist.
• The Rangoon docks at Singapore and Fogg and Aouda go for a carriage ride in the country before getting back on board.
• The Rangoon encounters stormy seas between Singapore and Hong Kong, but Fogg isn't worried.
• The Rangoon finally docks at Hong Kong on November 4th, and Fogg goes to find Aouda's cousin.
• Fogg escorts Aouda around Hong Kong. They try to board the steamer to Yokohama but the boat has already left.
• Fogg, Aouda, and Fix board a different boat, the Tankadere, to try to catch the steamer at Shanghai even though Passepartout is lost.
• Fogg reaches the steamship, the Carnatic, in Shanghai and is able to take the vessel to Yokohama.
• In Yokohama Fogg finds Passepartout and rescues him from the Japanese circus.
• Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix board the General Grant to San Francisco.
• On the 23rd of November, Fogg has completed exactly half of his journey.
• On December 3rd, Fogg reaches San Francisco exactly on time, as he had expected.
• While out with Aouda and Fix, Fogg gets entangled in a political rally that turns into a rumble.
• He fights off several attackers, ripping his clothes.
• Fogg trades insults with an American, Colonel Stamp Proctor, and agrees to have a duel with him at a later date.
• Fogg and company board a train, bound for New York.
• Colonel Proctor is on the train and recognizes Fogg; he agrees to duel with Fogg on the train.
• Before the duel gets started, the train is attacked by Sioux Indians outside Fort Kearney.
• After soldiers from the fort come to their rescue and the train pulls to a stop, Fogg goes to rescue Passepartout, who has been taken captive.
• After finding Passepartout, Fogg agrees to take a wind-sledge to the next stop, Omaha, where he can catch the next train.
• Fogg can't find a ship to take him to Liverpool but pays the captain of the Henrietta a bunch of money to take him as far as Bordeaux.
• On the way to Bordeaux, Fogg creates a mutiny and traps the captain in his cabin. He captains the boat himself to Liverpool.
• Upon reaching Liverpool, Fogg is arrested by Detective Fix.
• After being released, Fogg thinks he is too late to make good on his original bet; he has lost.
• Phileas Fogg returns home and shuts himself in his room.
• Aouda proposes marriage to Fogg, and he admits he loves her in return.
• Fogg sends Passepartout for the preacher so he and Aouda can get married tomorrow.
• Passepartout tells Fogg they miscalculated the day and they still have time to get to the club and collect the winnings.
• Fogg shows up exactly on time, eighty days after he left. He wins the bet, gets married, and is seriously happy.
• Fogg shares some of the money with Passepartout and Detective Fix.