Justice, Elizabeth. Amelia; or, The Distress’d Wife. 1751.
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Events Timeline
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Elizabeth Justice : 4 August 1737
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Author event in Elizabeth Justice
4 August 1737
set out from St Petersburg, compelled to return to England from her governess job because of developments in her estranged
's legal punishment for stealing books.
14 August 1737: George II signed the Charter for the proposed...
14 August 1737
signed the Charter for the proposed
in London.
Maria Susanna Cooper: 20 August 1737
Women writers item
Author event in Maria Susanna Cooper
20 August 1737
(later Cooper) was born at Shotesham in Norfolk (close to Norwich), the eldest daughter in her family.
Elizabeth Boyd: About 26 August 1737
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Author event in Elizabeth Boyd
About 26 August 1737
published, anonymous and printed for the author, The Happy North-Briton, A poem, On the Marriage of his Grace the
, with .
September 1737: George II, in a repeat of his father's actions,...
National or international item
September 1737
, in a repeat of his father's actions, publicly broke with his heir, the
, who thereafter formed a focus for political Opposition.
Elizabeth Elstob: October 1737
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Author event in Elizabeth Elstob
October 1737
moved from Evesham to Bath, intending to run a girls' boarding school.
Laetitia Pilkington: October 1737
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Author event in Laetitia Pilkington
October 1737
's
disowned her after catching her with
(a young surgeon who later achieved immortality as the hero of a popular ballad) in her bedroom late at night.
Elizabeth Justice : About mid-October 1737
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Author event in Elizabeth Justice
About mid-October 1737
was back in London after her years in Russia. She says that the journey took seven weeks and three days after she embarked at Kronstadt (the port of St Petersburg).
Mary Masters: November 1737
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Masters
November 1737
published her first known Gentleman's Magazine poem: Unexpected Deliverance, signed Maria.
Late 1737 to spring 1738: A group of women calling themselves Shakespeare's...
Late 1737 to spring 1738
A group of women calling themselves
's Ladies persuaded the two licensed playhouses in London to stage many of
's long-neglected plays.
Elizabeth Boyd: After 20 November 1737
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Author event in Elizabeth Boyd
After 20 November 1737
After the death of
,
addressed a poem on this event to the Prime Minister,
: The Vision; or, The Royal Mourners, A Poem.
20 November 1737: Caroline of Anspach, Queen of England, died...
National or international item
20 November 1737
, Queen of England, died of a rupture after eleven days of excruciating illness.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: 16 December 1737-14 March 1738
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Author event in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
16 December 1737-14 March 1738
published her periodical The Nonsense of Common-Sense, a riposte to the anti-government Common Sense.
Sarah Stone: Christmas Eve 1737
Women writers item
Author event in Sarah Stone
Christmas Eve 1737
was buried. She must have died just a few days before this.
Elizabeth Elstob: About 1738
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Elstob
About 1738
wrote a short biography of her
, which remained unpublished until a generation after her death.
Elizabeth Singer Rowe: 1738
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Singer Rowe
1738
, still cashing in, published Select Translations from
's Jerusalem, by the late
.
Françoise de Graffigny: 1738
Writing climate item
Author event in Françoise de Graffigny
1738
Most of
's surviving letters are from this year; the majority of her letters during this time were written to
.
1738: The eminent Dissenter Philip Doddridge issued...
Writing climate item
1738
The eminent Dissenter
issued the first two parts of his monumental scholarly paraphrase of and commentary on the King James Bible.
1738: The popular pleasure-grounds of Marylebone...
1738
The popular pleasure-grounds of Marylebone Gardens opened in London.
1738: Having failed to overcome the Jamaican Maroons...
National or international item
1738
Having failed to overcome the Jamaican Maroons or communities of escaped slaves, Britain recognised their political existence in a treaty.
Mary Whateley Darwall: Early 1738
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Author event in Mary Whateley Darwall
Early 1738
Mary Whateley (later
) was born at Beoley in Worcestershire, the ninth and youngest child of her parents; seven children survived.
Mary Barber: 28 February 1738
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Barber
28 February 1738
finally gained a secure income by a subscription edition of
's Polite Conversation, whose manuscript he had given her for this end.
25 March 1738: The Irish harper, composer, and song-writer...
Writing climate item
25 March 1738
The Irish harper, composer, and song-writer
, died.
Elizabeth Carter: 27 March 1738-June 1739
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Carter
27 March 1738-June 1739
was in London: to improve herself, her father said. She stayed at a London uncle's house, and later sometimes at the homes of patrons.
Anne Francis: Before 7 April 1738
Women writers item
Author event in Anne Francis
Before 7 April 1738
Anne Gittins (later
), one of two daughters, was born. This was the date of her baptism in the Saxon church at South Stoke in West Sussex, a little village near Arundel.