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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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1788-1867: During this period, more than 150,000 convicts...

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1788-1867

During this period, more than 150,000 convicts were transported from Britain, mostly destined for Australia; at the practice's peak in the early 1830s, 5,000 convicts were transported every year.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
162, 166
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
271

Between 1788 and 1792: The historian Edward Gibbon composed no less...

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Between 1788 and 1792

The historian Edward Gibbon composed no less than six drafts of his autobiography, which remained unpublished during his lifetime.
Pocock, John Greville Agard. “The Ironist”. London Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2002, pp. 13-17.
15

1788: The Philanthropic Society was founded (to...

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1788

The Philanthropic Society was founded (to reform criminal children).
Porter, Roy. English Society in the Eighteenth Century. Penguin, 1982.
297

1788: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre published his popular...

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1788

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre published his popular sentimental novel Paul et Virginie, a two-generation story involving friendship between two single mothers living in a kind of exile in the idyllic, colonial, tropical Ile de France...

1788: Women hand-spinners of Leicester formed a...

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1788

Women hand-spinners of Leicester formed a sisterhood of 18,500, in a movement foreshadowing that of the Luddites.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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1788: The Quaker Thomas Clarkson travelled round...

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1788

The QuakerThomas Clarkson travelled round British ports collecting evidence (in the face of obstacles and opposition) about the operations of the slave trade.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
91
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.

1788: Cotton consumption in Britain and its overseas...

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1788

Cotton consumption in Britain and its overseas dominions reached 32.5 million pounds in weight (up from 5.3 million in 1781).
Mackay, David. In the Wake of Cook: Exploration, Science and Empire, 1780-1801. Croom Helm, 1985.
144

Radagunda Roberts: 14 January 1788

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14 January 1788

RR died in Southwark, South London, where she was buried a week later with her parents (her second choice of resting place).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
DiPlacidi, Jenny. “Searching for ’R’: A Collaborative Identification”. The Lady’s Magazine (1770-1818): Understanding the Emergence of a Genre, 19 Feb. 2016.

18 January 1788: After sailing for eight months from England,...

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18 January 1788

After sailing for eight months from England, the first convicts landed at Botany Bay in Australia. A European settlement was founded at nearby Sydney Cove on 26 January, which was later commemorated in Australia...

George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron: 22 January 1788

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22 January 1788

George Gordon (later the poet Lord Byron) was born in rented rooms in Holles Street, London.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Hannah Cowley: 31 January 1788

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31 January 1788

HC 's tragedy The Fate of Sparta; or, The Rival Kings opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1038

Elizabeth Bonhote: By February 1788

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By February 1788

EB published by subscription a work in a genre new to her, The Parental Monitor, a conduct book which was highly successful in its day.
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta, 1997.
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Anna Maria Mackenzie: By February 1788

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By February 1788

The future AMM , now Mrs Johnson, published her third novel, Retribution, as by the Author of The Gamesters, through another publisher new for her, G. G. J. and J. Robinson .
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
1: 444

Jean Marishall: After February 1788

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After February 1788

JM published at Edinburgh her last known work, A Series of Letters, with the titles of her three previous publications on the title-page.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Hannah More: By February 1788

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By February 1788

HM published anonymously with Cadell a work of social criticism, Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great to general Society.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
65 (1788): 154

13 February 1788-April 1795: Warren Hastings was impeached for corruption...

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13 February 1788-April 1795

Warren Hastings was impeached for corruption and profiteering in India. His trial continued intermittently in London, occupying 145 days. It was keenly attended by a fashionable audiences and garnered much media attention.
Hemlow, Joyce. The History of Fanny Burney. Clarendon, 1958.
204
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
Young, Brian. “A Cheat, a Sharper and a Swindler”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 34-5.
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Eliza Haywood: 19 February 1788

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19 February 1788

Noble published a novel entitled The History of Miss Leonora Meadowson, ascribed posthumously to the Author of Betsy Thoughtless, and actually the revised version of Cleomelia.
Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto, 2003.
271-7
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
65 (1788): 236
Whicher, George Frisbie. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Columbia University Press, 1915.
26, 169-70, 186

19 February 1788: The Société des amis des noirs (Society of...

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19 February 1788

The Société des amis des noirs (Society of Friends to Blacks) was founded in Paris: it was the first revolutionary club, but a less solid opponent of slavery than it might sound.
Benoit, Bruno. “Review: Bernard Gainot and Marcel Dorigny, La Société des amis des noirs, 1788-1799Cahiers dhistoire, 1999.

22 February 1788: Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher, was born...

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22 February 1788

Arthur Schopenhauer , philosopher, was born in Danzig (then held by Prussia, now Gdansk in Poland).
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
90

Maria De Fleury: Probably spring or later 1788

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Probably spring or later 1788

MDF attacked Elizabeth Morton , defender of William Huntington , in a pamphlet entitled An Answer to the Daughter's Defence of Her Father, Addressed to Her Father Himself.
Morton, Elizabeth. The Daughter’s Defence of Her Father. 1788.
title-page
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Mary Savage: March 1788

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March 1788

At the time of her death MS was listed as executrix of her husband 's will, but she died this year whereas he survived until 1789. His will was proved in August that year.
Ashfield, Andrew. Emails to Isobel Grundy about Mary Savage. 31 Mar. 2016.
Life of William Savage. 1829.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Willliam Savage

Hester Lynch Piozzi: March 1788

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March 1788

The Regent, by Bertie Greatheed (one of the Della Cruscans ) appeared at Drury Lane with an epilogue by HLP .
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
331

Hester Lynch Piozzi: 8 March 1788

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8 March 1788

Back in England, HLP published her edition of Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
314

Maria Riddell : 17 March 1788

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17 March 1788

Fifteen-year-old Maria Woodley (later Riddell) was a confident enough occasional poet to engage in jousting in verse in reply to a compliment from the thirtyish Joseph Jekyll ,
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
flirtatiously declining his proffer of love.
MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press, 1975.
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Olaudah Equiano: 21 March 1788

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21 March 1788

OE delivered a petition to Queen Charlotte , on behalf of my African brethren, for ending the slave trade.
qtd. in
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
He argued that trading in manufactured goods would be more profitable as well as more...