Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University, 2000.
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Events Timeline
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Elizabeth Thomas: By 1715
Women writers item
Elinor James: Probably 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Elinor James
Probably 1715
published Mrs. James's Advice to all Printers in General, which incorporates a kind of credo about her membership in the printing profession.
1715: The Society of Ancient Britons (that is,...
National or international item
1715
The
(that is, of people of Welsh descent) was founded among the flourishing Welsh community of London—the beginning of a movement of antiquarian nationalism.
1715: Sybilla Masters, visiting England from America,...
1715
, visiting England from America, applied for a patent for some undisclosed invention or process.
1715: The theatre censorship system which had been...
1715
The theatre censorship system which had been in place since the 1690s died out when
under
ceased sending playscripts to
.
1715-35: Alain-René Lesage published, in three instalments...
Writing climate item
1715-35
published, in three instalments of several volumes each, his immensely popular picaresque novel Gil Blas (or Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane).
1715: A music festival was held which developed...
1715
A music festival was held which developed into an annual event: first known as the triennial music festival, held in rotation in the cathedral cities of Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester, it later...
1715: A place of entertainment named Spring Gardens...
1715
A place of entertainment named Spring Gardens opened in Leeds, the earliest of many such enterprises in other towns modelled on Vauxhall Gardens in London.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: January 1715-August 1716
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
January 1715-August 1716
spent an exciting time in London as a member of the Whig elite now in power under
.
Jane Collier: Before 16 January 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Jane Collier
Before 16 January 1715
was born at Steeple Langford (sometimes called Langford Magna) near Salisbury.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: February 1715-July 1716
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
February 1715-July 1716
wrote her Eclogues or mock eclogues, a series of six poems featuring speakers from the competitive Court world in place of pastoral rustics.
February 1715: The first elections of George I's reign returned...
National or international item
February 1715
The first elections of
's reign returned a sizeable Whig majority to the parliament summoned for 17 March.
5 February 1715: The Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer,...
5 February 1715
The Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer, a government-controlled newspaper, began publication.
Elinor James: 12 February 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Elinor James
12 February 1715
published Gentlemen of the , a broadside in favour of trade with France.
The
had begun trading four years previously.
Elizabeth Elstob: March 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Elstob
March 1715
's
died: she lost her emotional, intellectual, and financial support.
Editor
gives this date as 3 March, as does the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, wheras editors
and...
31 March 1715: Daniel Defoe published The Family Instructor,...
Writing climate item
31 March 1715
published The Family Instructor, which explores in fictional dialogue form religious and educational issues arising in families.
20 April 1715: Nicholas Rowe's she-tragedy Lady Jane Gray...
Writing climate item
20 April 1715
's she-tragedy was first performed.
22 April 1715: A total eclipse of the sun was visible over...
22 April 1715
A total eclipse of the sun was visible over a swathe of southern England and Wales:
printed and distributed an explanatory handbill.
Elizabeth Singer Rowe: 13 May 1715
Women writers item
Susanna Centlivre: 18 May 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Susanna Centlivre
18 May 1715
noted receipt of twenty guineas from
for the copyright of The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret.
Susanna Centlivre: June 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Susanna Centlivre
June 1715
published Two Very Diverting Farces: The Gotham Election and A Wife Well Manag'd.
Alexander Pope: 6 June 1715
Writing climate item
Author event in Alexander Pope
6 June 1715
published the long-awaited first four books of his translation of
's Iliad.
Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford: 5 July 1715
Women writers item
Author event in Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
5 July 1715
Sixteen-year-old
(an heiress, conduit for considerable family wealth) married the thirty-year-old
, whose father, the
, had chosen her as bride for his son and heir.
Elizabeth Tollet: 16 July 1715
National or international item
Author event in Elizabeth Tollet
16 July 1715
Tory politician
was committed to the
s' house in the Tower of London, where
became well acquainted with him.
20 July 1715: The Riot Act (An Act for Preventing Tumults,...
20 July 1715
The Riot Act (An Act for Preventing Tumults, and Riotous Assemblies) received the royal assent.