Miller, Anna, Lady. “General Introduction”. [Lady Anna Riggs Miller], Letters from Italy (1777), Volume I, edited by Annie Richardson and Catherine Dille, Pickering and Chatto, 2009, pp. ix - xxix, 1.
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Anna, Lady Miller : By April 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Anna, Lady Miller
By April 1776
Under the pen-name of an English Woman, ALM published at Dublin her Letters from Italy, Describing the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Paintings, etc. . . , in three volumes, with an index.
Hannah More: April 1776
Women writers item
30 April 1776: John Wilkes, in a plan for parliamentary...
Writing climate item
30 April 1776
, in a plan for parliamentary reform, put forward a proposal for universal male suffrage;
had recently, in Observations on Civil Liberty, also proposed abolishing the
.
April 1776: Elizabeth Chudleigh was tried for bigamy...
April 1776
was tried for bigamy in her second marriage, to the late
: she was found guilty but, her first husband being now a peer, she escaped the punishment of branding...
Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson: 2 April 1776
Writing climate item
Author event in Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson
2 April 1776
According to scholar
,
's first poem to reach print was Ode to Spring, in the short-lived Pennsylvania Magazine.
6 April 1776: Defying British legislation, the American...
National or international item
6 April 1776
Defying British legislation, the American Continental Congress opened United Colonies ports to trade with all nations, except for British dominions or British goods.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire: Shortly before 12 April 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Shortly before 12 April 1776
The childless
, suffered the first of her many miscarriages.
1 May 1776: The secret society of the Illuminati was...
1 May 1776
The secret society of the
was founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
David Garrick: June 1776
Author event in David Garrick
June 1776
was left in parlous condition at the retirement of
; the next manager to make his mark on it was
, who now became joint-manager with three others.
Phebe Gibbes: Later 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Phebe Gibbes
Later 1776
A musical drama by
was accepted for production, but then lost, by
, new manager of
.
By June 1776: The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously)...
National or international item
By June 1776
The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously) now laid a tax on periodicals at a penny halfpenny a sheet.
From : Arthur Young spent the time in Ireland (as...
From Summer 1776
spent the time in Ireland (as agent to
) on which he based his Tour in Ireland, published in 1780.
Mary Deverell: By June 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Deverell
By June 1776
moved from Gloucestershire (apparently from Nailsworth) to publish the second edition of her first book; she settled at 115 Jermyn Street in London.
Elizabeth Montagu: 21 June-15 October 1776
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Author event in Elizabeth Montagu
21 June-15 October 1776
travelled to Paris with a group which included her nephew
,
, and
's nephew
.
Elizabeth Griffith: 22 June 1776
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Author event in Elizabeth Griffith
22 June 1776
published The Story of Lady Juliana Harley, A Novel.
Elizabeth Gilding: July 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Gilding
July 1776
Again as E. G. of Woolwich,
, published in the Universal Magazine a poem entitled Invocation to Sleep.
4 July 1776: The third US Congress (Second Continental...
National or international item
4 July 1776
The third US Congress (Second Continental Congress), meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adopted the Declaration of Independence.
6 July 1776: Captain James Cook began his third and last...
National or international item
6 July 1776
Captain
began his third and last circumnavigation.
Elizabeth Inchbald: 7 July 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Inchbald
7 July 1776
and
sailed from Shields in Scotland for France, in order for Elizabeth to study French and her husband to improve his painting.
By 10 July 1776: The London papers had a new line about the...
By 10 July 1776
The London papers had a new line about the chevalier d'Éon 's doubtful gender: that he represented an admirable blend of the best qualities of both sexes.
Mercy Otis Warren: Later 1776
Writing climate item
Author event in Mercy Otis Warren
Later 1776
published anonymously at Boston another political play, The Blockheads; or, The Affrighted Officers.
Anne Damer: 15 August 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Anne Damer
15 August 1776
committed suicide by shooting himself; he had run up huge gambling debts, but his estranged wife,
, was blamed in some quarters for his death.
Elizabeth Montagu: 25 August 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Montagu
25 August 1776
attended the public session of the
on the feast of St Louis.
Mary Bosanquet Fletcher: September 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Bosanquet Fletcher
September 1776
preached to a rabble of about 2,000—outdoors, standing on a large rock. Though Methodist woman were supposed merely to speak rather than preach, she did so on a biblical text.
Hester Lynch Piozzi: September 1776
Women writers item
Author event in Hester Lynch Piozzi
September 1776
's
confided in her that he had an Ailment, a swollen testicle; she, Poor Fool, was horrified, having no Notion but a Cancer. It was not that, but sexually transmitted disease.