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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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1770: The Lichfield Circle began to develop at...

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1770

The Lichfield Circle began to develop at Lichfield in Staffordshire; the group advocated reform of women's education away from time-filling accomplishments such as japanning and toward intellectual learning.
Rourke, Sherri. The Lichfield Circle and Female Education. University of Alberta, 1985.
7-33

From about 1770: The woollen industry of Yorkshire, centred...

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From about 1770

The woollen industry of Yorkshire, centred in Halifax, Wakefield, and Leeds, was increasingly dominated by the use of machinery.
Raven, James. Judging New Wealth: Popular Publishing and Responses to Commerce in England, 1750-1800. Clarendon, 1992.
119

1770: Visits to Bedlam or Bethlehem Hospital were...

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1770

Visits to Bedlam or Bethlehem Hospital were judged to disturb the inmates: tickets replaced free access on payment at the door. Conditions, however, declined after this.
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, 1983.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
51
Russell, David. Scenes from Bedlam: A History of Caring for the Mentally Disordered at Bethlehem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley. Ballière Tindall, 1997.
91

1770: Edward Bancroft followed up his Essay on...

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1770

Edward Bancroft followed up his Essay on the Natural History of Guiana a novel on the same subject-matter, The History of Charles Wentworth.
London, April. Women and Property in the Eighteenth-Century Novel. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
87, 92-4

1770: Rétif de la Bretonne published at Amsterdam...

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1770

Rétif de la Bretonne published at AmsterdamLa Mimographe, second of his two works examining women's role in the theatre and in prostitution (following La Pornographe, 1767).
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1770: Thomas Whately in Observations on Modern...

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1770

Thomas Whately in Observations on Modern Gardening charted the passing of the emblematic in favour of the expressive style.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1770: Ann Lee, a member of a religious group which...

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1770

Ann Lee , a member of a religious group which had split from the Quakers, had a vision telling her to spread the word of Christ's second coming.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
81
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1770: A doctor named John Ball published The Female...

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1770

A doctor named John Ball published The Female Physician; or, Every Woman her own Doctress, which treated women's diseases only.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
31 (1771): 161
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.

1770s: Mrs Latuffiere ran a school for girls in...

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1770s

Mrs Latuffiere ran a school for girls in Derby.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
251

Catherine Talbot: 9 January 1770

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9 January 1770

CT died of cancer in London, at ten p.m., having been out of bed until shortly beforehand and after the struggle of scarcely a minute.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990.
222
Easton, Celia A. “Were the Bluestockings Queer? Elizabeth Carter’s Uranian Friendships”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
9
, AMS, 1998, pp. 257-94.
288

Eliza Fletcher: 15 January 1770

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15 January 1770

Eliza Dawson (later EF ) was born at Oxton, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, an only child.
Fletcher, Eliza. Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher, of Edinburgh. Editor Richardson, Mary, Lady, Printed at the offices of C. Thurman for private circulation, 1874.
1
Waldron, Mary. “A Different Kind of Patronage: Ann Yearsley’s Later Friends”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, AMS Press, 2002, pp. 283-35.
289

28 January 1770: Lord North, First Lord of the Treasury, became...

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28 January 1770

Lord North , First Lord of the Treasury, became Prime Minister, forming a government after many others had failed.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
10, 72
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Johnson, Samuel. Political Writings. Editor Greene, Donald, Yale University Press, 1977.
346

Barbara Hofland: Shortly before 16 February 1770

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Shortly before 16 February 1770

Barbara Wreaks (later BH ) was born in Sheffield, the elder of at least two surviving children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Catharine Macaulay: March 1770

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March 1770

The Political Register printed a satire, The Marriage of Junius to Miss Laetitia Liberty: CM (in the Character of Freedom) and Wilkes both figure in the wedding procession.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
33

After March 1770: Following representations by merchants to...

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After March 1770

Following representations by merchants to the House of Commons , the duties on colonial trade with America imposed in 1767 were repealed—all except that of threepence a pound on tea.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
10
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
40 (1770): 139

3 March 1770: Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented...

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3 March 1770

Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented the opening performance of a pro-government play, Word to the Wise by Hugh Kelly at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1420, 1458

Maria Barrell: After April 1770

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After April 1770

Maria Weylar (later MB ) published with her name Reveries du Coeur; or, Feelings of the Heart, Attempted in Verse: she dated her dedication in this month.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

After April 1770: Two reforms were passed by parliament: MPs'...

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After April 1770

Two reforms were passed by parliament: MPs' immunity from civil prosecution was ended, and the Elections Act provided committees to investigate contested elections.
Johnson, Samuel. Samuel Johnson: A Critical Edition of the Major Works. Editor Greene, Donald, Oxford University Press, 1984.
822n586

William Wordsworth: 7 April 1770

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7 April 1770

WW , Romantic poet and eventually Poet Laureate, was born at Cockermouth in Cumberland, into a family that totalled four brothers and a sister.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.

Charlotte Forman: 9 April 1770

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9 April 1770

CF again painted a vivid picture of her poverty and ill health in her last surviving letter to John Wilkes .
Gold, Joel J. “’Buried Alive’: Charlotte Forman in Grub Street”. Eighteenth-Century Life, Vol.
8
, No. 1, Oct. 1982, pp. 28-45.
31, 42-3

Catharine Macaulay: By May 1770

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By May 1770

CM published the first of her two pamphlets in answer to Edmund Burke : Observations on a Pamphlet, entitled, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
29 (1770): 386

Hester Lynch Piozzi: 23 May 1770

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23 May 1770

Hester Thrale (later HLP ) gave birth quickly and easily, two months early, to another girl, christened Susanna Arabella—who surprised everyone by surviving.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
83

26 May 1770: Oliver Goldsmith published his best-known...

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26 May 1770

Oliver Goldsmith published his best-known poem, The Deserted Village.
Goldsmith, Oliver. Collected Works. Editor Friedman, Arthur, Clarendon, 1966, 5 vols.
4: 278

Dorothea Du Bois: By June 1770

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By June 1770

DDB published, with her full name, Theodora, a transparently autobiographical novel.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
29 (1770): 474

Catherine Talbot: By June 1770

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By June 1770

Elizabeth Carter posthumously and anonymously published the first volume by CT to see the light: Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
29 (1770): 478