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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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25 June 1731: George Lillo's bourgeois tragedy The London...

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25 June 1731

George Lillo 's bourgeois tragedy The London Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell had its debut at Drury Lane , London.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 147

Elizabeth Thomas: July 1731-February 1732

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July 1731-February 1732

Curll published in two volumes the recently-dead ET's correspondence with her late fiancé (and other works) under the intriguing title of Pylades and Corinna.
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.

Constantia Grierson: July 1731

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July 1731

CG and her husband buried the second of their children to die during Constantia's lifetime, a daughter.
Elias, A. C., Jr. “A Manuscript of Constantia Grierson’s”. Swift Studies, Vol.
2
, 1987, pp. 33-56.
46

Mary Davys: 22 July 1731

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22 July 1731

The Grub-Street Journal printed MD 's brief but spirited and dignified response to its attack on her.
In print it gave her letter the date 29 July.
Davys, Mary. The Reform’d Coquet; or, Memoirs of Amoranda; Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady; and, The Accomplish’d Rake; or, Modern Fine Gentleman. Editor Bowden, Martha F., University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
229

Jane Squire: By August 1731

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By August 1731

JS had printed a proposal for ascertaining longitude, which she circulated round the members of the Longitude Commission .
Squire, Jane. A Proposal for Discovering Our Longitude. Printed for the author, and sold by P. Vaillant and F. Needham, 1742.
16, 30

26 August 1731: The Grub-Street Journal celebrated Phillis...

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26 August 1731

The Grub-Street Journal celebrated Phillis Leveridge , a hawker who worked for Anne Dodd , for her peculiar happiness of misnaming, wresting and commenting upon almost every thing she carries.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
84-5

September 1731: A proclamation by the Lord Mayor of London...

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September 1731

A proclamation by the Lord Mayor of London forbade the employment of black youths as apprentices in the city.
Dabydeen, David. Hogarth’s Blacks: Images of Blacks in Eighteenth Century English Art. University of Georgia Press, 1987.
119

Mary Delany: 10 September 1731

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10 September 1731

Mary Pendarves (later MD ) was at Chester, on her way to an extended holiday in Ireland.
Delany, Mary, and Sybil Connolly. Letters from Georgian Ireland. Editor Day, Angélique, Friar’s Bush Press, 1991.
121

Mary Delany: October 1731

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October 1731

During her first visit to Ireland, Mary Pendarves (later MD ) wrote eagerly of having just begun an acquaintance among the wits
Delany, Mary. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Editor Llanover, Augusta Hall, Baroness, R. Bentley, 1861–1862, 6 vols.
1: 301
of that country, both male and female.
Delany, Mary. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Editor Llanover, Augusta Hall, Baroness, R. Bentley, 1861–1862, 6 vols.
1: 299-301

9 October 1731: The Barbados Gazette, edited by Samuel Keimer,...

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9 October 1731

The Barbados Gazette, edited by Samuel Keimer , published its first issue.
Overton, Bill, editor. A Letter to My Love. University of Delaware Press, 2001.
13-14, and n8

Elizabeth Boyd: About 11 October 1731

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About 11 October 1731

EB published anonymously, with Edlin , Verses Congratulatory, on the happy marriage of the right Honourable the Lady Diana Spencer with the Lord John Russell.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.
Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.

23 October 1731: A fire at Ashburnham House in London destroyed...

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23 October 1731

A fire at Ashburnham House in London destroyed the Cottonian Library: a collection of rare books and manuscripts amassed by Sir Robert Cotton , many of them in Old English.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
1 (1731): 451

William Cowper: 15 November 1731

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15 November 1731

WC , poet and letter-writer, was born at the rectory at Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the fourth in a family of which only two survived.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Alexander Pope: December 1731

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December 1731

AP published his Epistle to Burlington.
Pope, Alexander. The Poems of Alexander Pope. Editor Butt, John, Twickenham Edition, Methuen; Yale University Press, 1951–1969, 11 vols.
5: li

December 1731: Peg Woffington, then a little-known but rising...

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December 1731

Peg Woffington , then a little-known but rising Irish actress, scored a resounding stage success in Dublin in the breeches role of Sir Harry Wildair, hero of George Farquhar 's comedy The Constant Couple (first...

13 December 1731: At Hackney near London two poor woman (a...

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13 December 1731

At Hackney near London two poor woman (a widow and a wife whose husband had deserted her) were each granted small sums in poor relief by Justices of the Peace.
Connors, Richard. “Poor women, the parish and the politics of poverty”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 126-47.
138-9

Mary Caesar: January 1732

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January 1732

The property and possessions of MC 's husband were seized by his creditors to be held against his debts.
Hayton, David W. et al., editors. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1690-1715. 2002, http://www.histparl.ac.uk/about/publications/1690-1715.
Under Charles Caesar (1673-1741)

January 1732: A Treatise of Feme Coverts, or, The Lady's...

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January 1732

A Treatise of Feme Coverts, or, The Lady's Law was published by Bernard Lintot : a book of advice to women on keeping property in their own hands.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
1252
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
248n10

January 1732: The London Magazine was founded by a London...

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January 1732

The London Magazine was founded by a London group of publishers and booksellers to compete with the one-year-old Gentleman's; it was edited by Isaac Kimber .
Italia, Iona. Philosophers, Knights-Errant, Coquettes and Old Maids. Cambridge University, 1997.
62
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

1732: John Cowper argued against the practice of...

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1732

John Cowper argued against the practice of enclosure in An Essay Proving that Inclosuring of Commons . . . is Contrary to the Interest of the Nation.
Neeson, J. M. Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
20, n18

January 1732: Lord Grange abducted his wife to the remote...

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January 1732

Lord Grange abducted his wife to the remote Hebridean island of St Kilda, and gave out that she was dead.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
97, 293

1732: A printer in Smithfield, London, began issuing...

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1732

A printer in Smithfield, London, began issuing in instalments a new, revised edition of Foxe 's Book of Martyrs.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
25-8
Foxe, John. Actes and Monuments. Imprinted by Iohn Foxe, 1563.
418

Constantia Grierson: 5 January 1732

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5 January 1732

Mary Barber gave this date to CG 's congratulatory verses To Mrs. Barber, under the Name of Sapphira, when she placed them at the head of her printed volume in [1735].
Barber, Mary et al. Poems on Several Occasions. C. Rivington, 1734.
xlv-xlviii
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
5 (August 1735): 492

By 27 January 1732: The great classical scholar Richard Bentley...

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By 27 January 1732

The great classical scholar Richard Bentley published his notorious edition of Milton 's Paradise Lost.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
2 (1732): 571

Valentine's Day 1732: Henry Fielding's The Modern Husband opened;...

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Valentine's Day 1732

Henry Fielding 's The Modern Husband opened; it was published the same month.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 190
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
296-7