Short answers, pulled from the story.
Jonathan Swift entered the world on the 30th of November 1667 in Dublin. His father was a native of Goodrich, Herefordshire who had fled to Ireland after his family estate was ruined during the English Civil War.
Jonathan Swift changed sides to support the Tory government when they took power in 1710. He became editor of The Examiner to support their cause against the Whig administration and acted as a mediator between Henry St John and Robert Harley within that government.
Three printings of Gulliver's Travels appeared in 1726 with another edition appearing in early 1727. French, German, and Dutch translations followed quickly in 1727 while pirated copies were printed in Ireland itself.
Esther Johnson died on the 28th of January 1728 after Swift rushed back home to be with her. A lock of hair assumed to be hers was found in his desk wrapped in paper bearing the words Only a woman's hair.
Jonathan Swift died on the 19th of October 1745 at nearly seventy-eight years old. He was buried in St Patrick's Cathedral by Esther Johnson's side according to his wishes.