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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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Catharine Macaulay: By 18 February 1774

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By 18 February 1774

CM moved, for the sake of her health, from the elegant house she had latterly occupied in Berners Street, Oxford Road, London, to a rented house in St James's Parade, Bath.
Donnelly, Lucy Martin. “The Celebrated Mrs Macaulay”. William and Mary Quarterly, Vol.
3rd series: vi
, 1949, pp. 173-07.
184
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
19, 78

Catharine Macaulay: Probably before 21 February 1774

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Probably before 21 February 1774

CM published a pamphlet entitled A Modest Plea for the Property of Copy Right, which appears to predate the decision in Donaldson vs. Becket.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
37 (1774): 214

21 February 1774: The House of Lords decision Donaldson vs....

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21 February 1774

The House of Lords decision Donaldson vs. Becket put an end to the legality (based in common law) of perpetual copyright. The case was provoked by the pirating activities of Alexander Donaldson .
Nichol, Donald W. “Warburton (Not!) on copyright: Clearing up the Misattribution of An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
19
, No. 2, 1996, pp. 171-82.
171-82
Abbott, John L. “Review of William Zachs, The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, 1998”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
12
, 2001, pp. 495-03.
499

Mary Latter: 26 March 1774

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26 March 1774

ML wrote to David Garrick , just before Easter, in a renewed attempt to get her tragedy, The Siege of Jerusalem, produced in London.
Garrick, David. Letters. Editors Little, David M. and George M. Kahrl, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963, 3 vols.
3: 927n2

Ann Jebb: 29 March 1774

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29 March 1774

AJ (as Priscilla) urged Thomas Randolph in a London Chronicle letter: Unfetter the mind, and let it enquire freely . . . and as scripture knowledge increaseth, truth will appear more plain, and must...

By March 1774: Warren Hastings became the first English...

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By March 1774

Warren Hastings became the first English Governor-General of India.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
318
Johnson, Samuel. The Letters of Samuel Johnson. Editor Redford, Bruce, The Hyde Edition, Princeton University Press, 1992–1994, 5 vols.
2:136

31 March 1774: The Boston Port Bill (first of five acts...

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31 March 1774

The Boston Port Bill (first of five acts which the Americans called the Intolerable Acts) received the royal assent.
Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Oxford University Press, 1982.
229-30

By April 1774: A Father's Legacy to His Daughters, by Dr...

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By April 1774

A Father's Legacy to His Daughters, by Dr John Gregory , was posthumously published.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
75
Burney, Frances. The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D’Arblay). Editors Hemlow, Joyce and Althea Douglas, Clarendon Press, 1972–1984, 12 vols.
1: 36n92
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
101

By April 1774: Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son Philip...

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By April 1774

Lord Chesterfield 's Letters to his Son Philip Stanhope were posthumously published by his daughter-in-law Eugenia ; her omission of all material relating to herself gave rise to the story that he had not known...

April 1774: The Monthly Review, in a notice on Hannah...

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April 1774

The Monthly Review, in a notice on Hannah More 's The Inflexible Captive, quoted some lines which transform the Muses from ancient Greece into the living female poets of Britain.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
50 (April 1774): 243-51

Oliver Goldsmith: 4 April 1774

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4 April 1774

OG , poet, novelist, historian, biographer, and playwright, died at the age of forty-three, at 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple, London, of a kidney infection. His condition may have been exacerbated through the use...

17 April 1774: The inaugural service was held at the first...

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17 April 1774

The inaugural service was held at the first Unitarian chapel, in Essex Street, London.
Jebb, John. “Memoirs”. The Works, Theological, Medical, Political, and Miscellaneous, of John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S., edited by John Disney, T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and J. Stockdale; J. and J. Merrill, 1787, pp. 1: 1 - 227.
83
Webb, Robert Kiefer. “Miracles in English Unitarian Thought”. Enlightenment, Passion, Modernity: Historical Essays in European Thought and Culture, edited by Mark S. Micale and Robert L. Dietle, Stanford University Press, 2000, pp. 113-30.
113

Radagunda Roberts: By mid April 1774

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By mid April 1774

RR 's translation from Françoise de Graffigny 's novel The Peruvian Letters . . . With An Additional Original Volume altered its non-conventional non-marriage ending.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Kaplan, Marijn S. et al. “Introduction”. Translations and Continuations: Riccoboni and Brooke, Graffigny and Roberts, translated by. Frances Brooke and Radagunda Roberts, Pickering and Chatto, 2015, p. i - xxix.
xxiv

Elizabeth Hervey, 1748 - 1820: : 5 May 1774

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5 May 1774

Elizabeth Harvie , née Marsh, confusingly married as her second husband Captain William Thomas Hervey , a man who was born illegitimate and died in debt.
Hervey, Elizabeth, 1748 - 1820. “Introduction”. The History of Ned Evans (1796), edited by Helena Kelly, Pickering and Chatto, 2010, p. vii - xxii.
viii
Chapman, Guy Patterson. Beckford. Jonathan Cape, 1937.
35n2

10 May 1774: Louis XV of France, great-grandson and immediate...

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10 May 1774

Louis XV of France, great-grandson and immediate successor of the Sun King , died of smallpox, and was succeeded by his grandson Louis XVI .
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1774)
“Sunday, May 10, 1998: On This Day: Louis XV of France”. CNN International.com: Almanac.

13 May 1774: George Bogle was chosen as envoy to Tibet...

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13 May 1774

George Bogle was chosen as envoy to Tibet (sent by Warren Hastings ); he established diplomatic relations with the Teshu Lama.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
128
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Sarah Gardner: Summer 1774

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Summer 1774

SG acted at the Haymarket Theatre while her husband did not; this was probably when the marriage broke down.
Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
7
, 1988, pp. 7-25.
8

Mary Stockdale: 18 May 1774

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18 May 1774

MS was born in London, probably in Westminster, where she was baptised a month later
Her father's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography must be mistaken in saying it was about 1780...

19 May 1774: Thomas Gage, now governor of Massachusetts,...

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19 May 1774

Thomas Gage , now governor of Massachusetts, reported that a town meeting at Boston had called for a boycott of trade with Britain and the West Indies.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
69

20 May 1774: The Massachusetts Justice Act or Impartial...

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20 May 1774

The Massachusetts Justice Act or Impartial Administration of Justice Act provided that any royal official accused of a capital crime in the colony should be sent elsewhere for trial.
Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Oxford University Press, 1982.
230-1
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
85

20 May 1774: The Massachusetts Regulatory Act or Massachusetts...

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20 May 1774

The Massachusetts Regulatory Act or Massachusetts Government Act received royal assent.
Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Oxford University Press, 1982.
230
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
85

Anna Letitia Barbauld: 26 May 1774

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26 May 1774

Anna Aikin and Rochemont Barbauld were married in the parish church (the Anglican church) of Warrington by Rochemont's father.
Rodgers, Betsy. Georgian Chronicle: Mrs Barbauld and her Family. Methuen, 1958.
64
McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi.
xliv
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
124

Anne Grant: June 1774

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June 1774

With a friend, Anne MacVicar (later AG ) travelled to Inverness-shire for a three-week stay, passing through Fort Augustus.
Paston, George, and George Paston. “Mrs. Grant of Laggan”. Little Memoirs of the Eighteenth Century, E. P. Dutton, 1901, pp. 237-96.
252-3
Grant, Anne. Letters from the Mountains. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, 3 vols.
1: 143

By June 1774: Lord Kames published with Cadell his Sketches...

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By June 1774

Lord Kames published with Cadell his Sketches in the History of Man.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
74
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
37 (1774): 454-9

2 June 1774: The Quartering Act (revising a predecessor...

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2 June 1774

The Quartering Act (revising a predecessor of 1765) received royal assent; it permitted colonial governors to requisition inns, taverns, or vacant buildings as billets for troops.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
80
Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Oxford University Press, 1982.
231