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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: 2 April 1777

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2 April 1777

The Rev. Thomas Wilson 's Six Odes for CM 's birthday were read aloud (a fact recorded on their title-page).
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
95-6

Sarah Gardner: 27 April 1777

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27 April 1777

SG submitted to George Colman , new manager of the Haymarket Theatre , her three-act comedy The Matrimonial Advertisement, or A Bold Stroke for a Husband.
In her manuscript, SG uses The Matrimonial Advertisement...

Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore: 1 May 1777

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1 May 1777

Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore , signed a document nullifying the deed she had made to keep her property out of the hands of her second husband, Andrew Robinson Stoney (now known as Mr Bowes).
Parker, Derek. The Trampled Wife. Sutton, 2006.
61

Sarah, Lady Pennington: By May 1777

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By May 1777

SLP published a tiny little book entitled The Child's Conductor: designed to impart to Children, in a plain and simple Manner, a full Knowledge of those important Truths, which ought to take the Lead of...

May 1777 to April 1778: The Magazin à La Mode, a French-language...

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May 1777 to April 1778

The Magazin à La Mode, a French-language magazine especially designed for young women, was published in Dublin and distributed throughout Ireland.
Kennedy, Máire. “The Distribution of a Locally-Produced French Periodical in Provincial Ireland: The ’Magazin à La Mode’, 1777-1778”. Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Vol.
9
, 1994, pp. 83-98.
83-98

8 May 1777: The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley...

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8 May 1777

The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened at Drury Lane Theatre to unprecedented success. The following season it enjoyed 45 performances.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 81, 103

28 May 1777: William Robertson published at London and...

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28 May 1777

William Robertson published at London and Edinburgh his History of America, which is in effect a history of European colonization.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Anna Letitia Barbauld: June 1777

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June 1777

Since she and her husband were so far childless (as they remained), ALB adopted her brother 's third son, Charles Rochemont Aikin , to bring up as her own.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
188
McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi.
xliv

Jemima Kindersley: By June 1777

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By June 1777

JK published a travel book, Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, The Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
43 (1777): 439

14 June 1777: The American Congress resolved that the new...

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14 June 1777

The American Congress resolved that the new flag of the United States should have thirteen stars and stripes.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
105-6

Margaret Holford, the elder: 22 June 1777

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22 June 1777

Margaret Wrench married Allen Holford at St Michael's Church in Chester.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

27 June 1777: The clergyman William Dodd was executed for...

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27 June 1777

The clergyman William Dodd was executed for forgery despite the efforts of many distinguished people to win him a pardon.
Villette, John. A Genuine Account of the Behaviour and Dying Words of William Dodd, L.L.D. Printed for the author, 1777, http://BLC.
title-page
Johnson, Samuel. Sermons. Editors Hagstrum, Jean and James Gray, The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Yale University Press, 1978.
300, 301n1

Frances Brooke: Early summer 1777

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Early summer 1777

FB published through Thomas Cadell her last certainly-attributed novel, The Excursion.
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix

Elizabeth Griffith: From 1 July 1777

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From 1 July 1777

EG edited A Collection of Novels, Selected and Revised by Mrs. Griffith, and published by subscription through Kearsley .
Shevlin, Elinor. “’It is the intention of the Editor’: Griffith’s, Harrison’s, and Cooke’s collections and the making of the English novel”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, New Orleans, LA, 21 Apr. 2001.

Elizabeth Inchbald: July 1777

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July 1777

EI met Thomas Holcroft , the dramatist and radical social reformer, who was associated with what was later termed the Jacobin movement.
Inchbald, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. A Simple Story, edited by Jane Spencer and Joyce Marjorie Sanxter Tompkins, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. vii - xxxiii.
xxxi
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
41-2

Hannah More: July 1777-June 1778

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July 1777-June 1778

Writing as H.M., HM published six essays in the Universal Magazine's series of Occasional Letters.
Pitcher, Edward W., and Isobel Grundy. Letter about Hannah More to Isobel Grundy. 8 Dec. 1998.

By July 1777: William Russell published his History of...

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By July 1777

William Russell published his History of America in two volumes at London. The date on the title page reads 1778.
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.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
44 (1777): 49-61

9 July 1777: Henry Hallam, historian, was born at Windsor...

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9 July 1777

Henry Hallam , historian, was born at Windsor in Berkshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

27 July 1777: Indians with General Burgoyne's forces seized...

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27 July 1777

Indians with General Burgoyne 's forces seized two loyalist women at Fort Edward, New York, and murdered and scalped one of them.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
106-7

Mary Savage: By August 1777

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By August 1777

MS 's Poems on Various Subjects and Occasions was published with her name (Mrs. Savage) in two small volumes, From the Author's Manuscript, in the Hands of the Editor.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
44 (1777): 151
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Savage, Mary. Poems on Various Subjects and Occasions. C. Parker, 1777, 2 vols.
1: title-page

By August 1777: The Rev. Thomas Gibbons published Memoirs...

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By August 1777

The Rev. Thomas Gibbons published Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women, addressed to parents of present-day women or girls, and dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon .
Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
164-5
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
47 (1777): 497
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
44 (1777): 140

Sarah Gardner: 9 August 1777

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9 August 1777

SG 's comedy The Advertisement, or A Bold Stroke for a Husband had its single, disastrous performance at the Haymarket Theatre (the word Matrimonial was absent from the title on this occasion).
The manuscript for...

Mary Robinson: September 1777

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September 1777

MR published Captivity. A Poem; and, Celadon and Julia. A Tale.
Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen, 1994.
xi

Hannah More: By September 1777

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By September 1777

HM published Essays on Various Subjects, principally designed for young ladies, dedicated to Elizabeth Montagu .
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
30 and n22
Feminist Companion Archive.

21 September 1777: Five British regiments launched a surprise...

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21 September 1777

Five British regiments launched a surprise attack near the Paoli Tavern, Pennsylvania, which became known as the Paoli Massacre.
The tavern was apparently named for the leader of another independence struggle: Pasquale Paoli of Corsica.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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