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Orlando includes short event entries, freestanding and embedded in author profiles, about moments and processes relevant to literary history and organized into four categories: Women writers, Writing Climate, Political Climate, and Social Climate. Explore the timelines by searching for date(s) and/or words or phrases associated with them.

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2 January 1711: Richard Steele ceased publishing his ground-breaking...

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2 January 1711

Richard Steele ceased publishing his ground-breaking periodical, The Tatler.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Delarivier Manley: Probably early January 1711

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Probably early January 1711

DM first met Jonathan Swift .
Swift, Jonathan. Journal to Stella. Editor Williams, Sir Harold Herbert, Clarendon Press, 1948, 2 vols.
1: 154 and n1

18 January 1711: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, brought her...

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18 January 1711

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough , brought her trial of wills with Queen Anne to an end by indignantly returning her key of office.
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon, 1991.
177-8, 186-7

Jane Brereton: 29 January 1711

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29 January 1711

Jane Hughes married a wild young man, Thomas Brereton , whose father had money, and who was still enrolled as a university student.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Lonsdale, Roger, editor. Eighteenth-Century Women Poets. Oxford University Press, 1990.
78

1 March 1711: Joseph Addison began to publish the Spec...

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1 March 1711

Joseph Addison began to publish the Spectator.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

Anne Finch: 7 March 1711

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7 March 1711

Free-Thinkers. A Poem in Dialogue was published anonymously, but was believed to be AF 's.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.
F247

Delarivier Manley: Just after 8 March 1711

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Just after 8 March 1711

DM produced her anonymous pamphlet A True Narrative of What Pass'd at the Examination of the Marquis De Guiscard , at the Cock-pit, the 8th of March, 1710/11.
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
xvii

8 March 1711: Jonathan Swift's periodical The Examiner...

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8 March 1711

Jonathan Swift 's periodical The Examiner commented on the female habit of signalling party political allegiance by different styles of muffs or fans or beauty patches.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison. Selections from the Tatler and Spectator. Editor Ross, Angus, Penguin, 1982.
559n

8 March 1711: The marquis de Guiscard stabbed Robert Harley,...

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8 March 1711

The marquis de Guiscard stabbed Robert Harley , leader of the government, in an attempt to kill him.
Downie, James Alan. Robert Harley and the Press: Propaganda and Public Opinion in the Age of Swift and Defoe. Cambridge University Press, 1979.
136

Martha Fowke: April 1711

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April 1711

Delights for the Ingenious; or, A Monthly Entertainment for the Curious of Both Sexes, a periodical collected in a volume by John Tipper , published two poems ascribed to MF by name.
Tipper, John, editor. Delights for the Ingenious. Printed by J. Roberts.
(April): 129-30

Elizabeth Thomas: April 1711

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April 1711

ET fell dangerously ill after swallowing a chicken bone which perforated her intestines.
Thomas, Elizabeth, 1675 - 1731, and Richard Gwinnett. Pylades and Corinna. 1731.
2: appendix

Mary Pix: 28 April 1711

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28 April 1711

Richard Steele in The Spectator lumped MP with Behn and other writing women as unlearned, skilled only in the luscious Way.
Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago, 1988.
414

Delarivier Manley: Just before 3 May 1711

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Just before 3 May 1711

The secret history Queen Zarah, possibly by DM , was reprinted to cash in on the notoriety both of the New Atalantis and of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough . It was advertised in the...

Alexander Pope: 15 May 1711

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15 May 1711

AP (whose Pastorals, titled from the four seasons, had already appeared in a miscellany in 1709) anonymously issued An Essay on Criticism.
Pope, Alexander. The Poems of Alexander Pope. Editor Butt, John, Twickenham Edition, Methuen; Yale University Press, 1951–1969, 11 vols.
1: 234

19 May 1711: Joseph Addison, in a famous Spectator essay...

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19 May 1711

Joseph Addison , in a famous Spectator essay in praise of trade and the Royal Exchange , described Englishwomen as clad in exotic clothes, like spoils or tribute from all over the world.
Addison, Joseph et al., editors. The Spectator (1711-1714). Clarendon Press, 1965, 5 vols.
69 (1711): 295

1 June 1711: From this day, by Act of Parliament, postal...

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1 June 1711

From this day, by Act of Parliament , postal services were established and regulated between London, Edinburgh, Dublin, New York, and the West Indies.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
22: 178

Delarivier Manley: By June 1711

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By June 1711

DM 's success with the New Atalantis led to the revamping of her Lady's Pacquet as Court Intrigues from the New Atalantis.
Ballaster, Ros. “Early Women Writers: Lives and Times. Delarivier Manley (c. 1663-1724)”. The Female Spectator (1995-), Vol.
5
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2001, pp. 2-5.
2

Delarivier Manley: 14 June 1711

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14 June 1711

DM took over from Swift as editor (that is in practice as writer) of The Examiner (first series) with number 46.
Swift, Jonathan, and Arthur Mainwaring. Swift vs. Mainwaring: The Examiner and The Medley. Editor Ellis, Frank H., Clarendon, 1985.
477n2

1 August 1711: The South Sea Company, formed on 2 May, officially...

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1 August 1711

The South Sea Company , formed on 2 May, officially began trading.
Carswell, John. The South Sea Bubble. Cresset Press, 1960.
53-4

28 September 1711: A Post Office Act empowered the Royal Mail...

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28 September 1711

A Post Office Act empowered the Royal Mail to carry letters other than on the main post roads to and from London: the bye or by and cross-post routes.
Whyman, Susan E. The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800. Oxford University Press, 2009.
53 and n70, 55

Elizabeth Bury: 6 October 1711

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6 October 1711

EB found herself much reviv'd in spirit when she attended a Meeting of good Women for Prayer and Repetition.
Bury, Elizabeth. An Account of the Life and Death of Mrs Elizabeth Bury. Editor Bury, Samuel, Printed by and for J. Penn and sold by J. Sprint, 1720.
165

Delarivier Manley: Shortly before 22 October 1711

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Shortly before 22 October 1711

DM attacked the Whigs again in the ironical The Duke of M——h 's Vindication . . . and A Learned Comment on Dr. Hare 's Excellent Sermon Preach'd before the Duke of Marlborough.
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
xvii
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
279 and n112

17 November 1711: The Duke of Marlborough landed in England...

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17 November 1711

The Duke of Marlborough landed in England after what proved to be his last military campaign.
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon, 1991.
186-7

Delarivier Manley: 20 November 1711

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20 November 1711

DM dated her anonymous 16-page pamphlet A True Relation of the Several Facts and Circumstances of the Intended Riot and Tumult on Queen Elizabeth's Birth-day.
She was probably referring not to Elizabeth's actual birthday...

Elizabeth Freke: By December 1711

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By December 1711

EF was much weakened by asthma and bronchitis.
Anselment, Raymond A. “Elizabeth Freke’s Remembrances: Reconstructing a Self”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
16
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 1997, pp. 57-75.
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