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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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1737: A draft Booksellers Bill provided for rights...

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1737

A draft Booksellers Bill provided for rights to revert to the author after ten years, and for anonymous authors to claim copyright through someone registering on their behalf.
Stern, Simon. “Gender and Copyright in the Eighteenth Century”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 27 Mar. 1999.

Thomas Paine, 1737 - 1809: 29 January 1737

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29 January 1737

Thomas Paine , political thinker and radical, was born at Thetford in Norfolk.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
393
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Elizabeth Singer Rowe: October 1737

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October 1737

ESR 's friend Lady Hertford and her admirer Isaac Watts published, by her desire, the first of her posthumous works: Devout Exercises of the Heart.
Stecher, Henry F. Elizabeth Singer Rowe, the Poetess of Frome: A Study in Eighteenth-Century English Pietism. Herbert Lang, 1973.
93

Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson: 3 February 1737

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3 February 1737

EGF was born Elizabeth Graeme in Philadelphia, the youngest in her family.
James, Edward T. et al., editors. Notable American Women, 1607-1950. Harvard University Press, 1971, 3 vols.

5 February 1737: The Opposition journal Common Sense; or,...

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5 February 1737

The Opposition journal Common Sense; or, The Englishman's Journal published its first number.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Essays and Poems and Simplicity, A Comedy. Editors Halsband, Robert and Isobel Grundy, Oxford University Press, 1993.
105n2
Battestin, Martin C., and Ruthe Battestin. Henry Fielding: A Life. Routledge, 1989.
222

Elizabeth Singer Rowe: 20 February 1737

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20 February 1737

ESR died of a stroke at Frome in Somerset, in the act of devotion,
Barbauld, Anna Letitia. Anna Letitia Barbauld : Selected Poetry and Prose. Editors McCarthy, William and Elizabeth Kraft, Broadview, 2001.
97n3
in the small hours of the morning.
Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago, 1988.
384
Stecher, Henry F. Elizabeth Singer Rowe, the Poetess of Frome: A Study in Eighteenth-Century English Pietism. Herbert Lang, 1973.
95, 156

Ann Thicknesse: Biography: 22 February 1737

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22 February 1737

Ann Ford (later AT ) was born near the Temple in London, an only child.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

26 February 1737: The fourth number of the Opposition journal...

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26 February 1737

The fourth number of the Opposition journal Common Sense dealt humorously with the topic of female dress, with plenty of sexual innuendo.
Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
40

Mary Barber: March 1737

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March 1737

The Gentleman's Magazine printed MB 's To a Friend desiring an Account of [my] Health in Verse, which pulls no punches about her sufferings from gout.
Budd, Adam. “’Merit in Distress’: The Troubled Success of Mary Barber”. Review of English Studies, Vol.
53
, May 2002, pp. 204-27.
221

Sarah Stone: March 1737

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March 1737

SS published A Complete Practice of Midwifery, Consisting of Upwards of Forty Cases or Observations in that Valuable Art . . ..
London Magazine. C. Ackers.
(March 1737): 168

11-14 March 1737: For four days highwaymen robbed every one...

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11-14 March 1737

For four days highwaymen robbed every one of the twice-daily stage-coaches from Marlborough, Wiltshire, to London.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
95-6

Charlotte Charke: 21 March 1737

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21 March 1737

CC scored a personal success in Henry Fielding 's daring stage satire The Historical Register for the Year 1736, as the auctioneer Christopher Hen (modelled on the actual Christopher Cock ).
Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, 1998, pp. 9-62.
23-4
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 651

21 March 1737: Henry Fielding's last play, The Historical...

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21 March 1737

Henry Fielding 's last play, The Historical Register for the Year 1736, was first performed.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3.2: 651

Dorothea Du Bois: 1 April 1737

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1 April 1737

The fifth Earl of Anglesey died; his titles went to his brother, DDB 's father , on the same (highly dubious) grounds on which the new earl had ten years previously claimed the title of...

Elizabeth Singer Rowe: April 1737

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April 1737

The Gentleman's Magazine published Elizabeth Carter 's poetic tribute (both personal and literary) to the recently dead ESR .
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1737): 247

Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford: 9 April 1737

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9 April 1737

Frances, Countess of Hertford , composed an elegy on her literary mentor: Verses to the Memory of Mrs. Rowe by a Friend.
Hughes, Helen Sard. The Gentle Hertford, Her Life and Letters. Macmillan, 1940.
354 and n10

Catharine Trotter: May 1737

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May 1737

The Gentleman's Magazine published Catharine Cockburn's (the former CT )'s poem on the busts of British worthies in Queen Caroline 's hermitage.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
7 (1737): 308

Eliza Haywood: 23 May 1737

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23 May 1737

EH had a theatre benefit night performing in Fielding 's Historical Register for the Year 1736 and the afterpiece Eurydice Hiss'd.
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.

Elizabeth Elstob: June 1737

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June 1737

EE visited George Ballard at Oxford.
Feminist Companion Archive.

Anne Irwin: 11 June 1737

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11 June 1737

Against her family's wishes, AI made a second marriage: to Colonel William Douglas , a Scot, who later became a brigadier general.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

21 June 1737: The Licensing Act received royal assent:...

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21 June 1737

The Licensing Act received royal assent: the number of legitimate theatres in London was set at two, and plays were subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: l-li

Elizabeth Cooper, d. 1761: Probably by 22 June 1737

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Probably by 22 June 1737

Elizabeth Cooper published The Muses Library, a ground-breaking work: an anthology of poetry selected on historical principles.
Oldys, William. A Literary Antiquary. Editor Yeowell, James, Printed by J. Spottiswoode, 1862.
1
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

25 June 1737: Richard Savage protested against slavery...

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25 June 1737

Richard Savage protested against slavery in his poem Of Public Spirit in Regard to Public Works (an expansion of the previous year's A Poem on the Birth-Day of the Prince of Wales).
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
45
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
2: 410n207
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.

Susanna Wesley: About July 1737

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About July 1737

The widowed SW moved again, to Wootton, near Marlborough in Wiltshire.
Wesley, Susanna. “Introduction”. Susanna Wesley: The Complete Writings, edited by Charles, Jr Wallace, Oxford University Press, 1997.
xiv

2 July 1737: The Opposition paper The Craftsman published...

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2 July 1737

The Opposition paper The Craftsman published excerpts from Shakespeare 's King John which were designed to reflect obloquy on the conduct of George II .
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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