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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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Jane Austen: 21 January 1805

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Author event in Jane Austen

21 January 1805

JA 's father, the Rev. George Austen , died in Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-11.
7
Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
212

Catherine Hutton: 26 January 1805

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Author event in Catherine Hutton

26 January 1805

CH wrote, with excitement and mockery of her supposed self-importance, that she was buying land.
Beale, Catherine Hutton, editor. Catherine Hutton and Her Friends. Cornish Brothers, 1895.
133

Catherine Hutton: By early 1805

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By early 1805

CH was well advanced in her project for the world's first illustrated history of costume.
Beale, Catherine Hutton, editor. Catherine Hutton and Her Friends. Cornish Brothers, 1895.
133

Anne Plumptre: 31 January 1805

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31 January 1805

AP arrived back at London after several years in France, and apparently settled in Hampstead.
Plumptre, Anne. “Introduction”. Something New, edited by Deborah McLeod, Broadview, 1996, p. vii - xxix.
xi, xxvii

William Harrison Ainsworth: 4 February 1805

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4 February 1805

Prolific novelist, poet, and magazine editor WHA was born in Manchester.
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Anna Letitia Barbauld: 7 February 1805

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Author event in Anna Letitia Barbauld

7 February 1805

ALB edited and published Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian and Freeholder, by Addison and Steele and others (with 1804 on the title-page).
McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi.
xlv
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
421

Sarah Flower Adams: 22 February 1805

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22 February 1805

Sarah Fuller Flower (later SFA ) was born at Great Harlow, in Essex.
Stephenson, Harold William. The Author of Nearer, My God, to Thee (Sarah Flower Adams). Lindsey Press, 1922.
16
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Mercy Otis Warren: 1805

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1805

MOW published at Boston, by subscription and in instalments, her three-volume History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution.
Anthony, Katharine Susan. First Lady of the Revolution: The Life of Mercy Otis Warren. Kennikat Press, 1972.
202-3, 254

Ellis Cornelia Knight : March 1805

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March 1805

Lady Aylesbury or Ailesbury , a senior lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte , informed ECK of the queen's desire for her too to be employed at court, without specific duties other than that...

Jane Austen: 25 March 1805

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25 March 1805

JA , Cassandra , and their mother moved to furnished lodgings at 25 Gay Street, Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-11.
7
Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
214

Charlotte Dacre: April 1805

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Author event in Charlotte Dacre

April 1805

CD , publishing as Rosa Matilda, dedicated her first novel, Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer, to Monk Lewis .
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 210
Dacre, Charlotte. “Introduction”. Zofloya; or, The Moor, edited by Adriana Craciun, Broadview, 1997, pp. 11-36.
35

Sarah Trimmer: By April 1805

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By April 1805

ST published, with her name, A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of the Holy Scriptures, being an Attempt to explain the Bible in a Familiar Way.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3d ser. 4 (1805): 372

Anne Lister: April 1805-1806

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April 1805-1806

AL attended the Manor House School, York, as a parlour-boarder.
Lister, Anne. No Priest But Love. Editor Whitbread, Helena, New York University Press, 1992.
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Lister, Anne. Miss Lister of Shibden Hall. Editor Green, Muriel, Book Guild, 1992.
7-8

Hans Christian Andersen: 2 April 1805

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Author event in Hans Christian Andersen

2 April 1805

HCA , novelist and fairy tale writer, was born in Odense, Denmark.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

Maria Theresa Kemble: 29 April 1805

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29 April 1805

MTK performed the role of Lady Julia at Drury Lane in her second play, Personation; or, Fairly Taken In, a farce or comic interlude.
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
326
Feminist Companion Archive.

Emily Frederick Clark : By May 1805

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By May 1805

EFC published her third novel, The Banks of the Douro; or, The Maid of Portugal, through the Minerva Press , which had also brought out a new edition of her previous work.
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta, 1997.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 209

Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan: By mid-May 1805

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By mid-May 1805

Sydney Owenson was in London for the first time, having travelled there to meet her first English publisher, Richard Phillips ; the sea crossing was horribly rough.
Morgan, Sydney Owenson, Lady. Lady Morgan’s Memoirs. Editors Dixon, William Hepworth and Geraldine Jewsbury, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols.
1: 253
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
58, 83

Christian Milne: After May 1805

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Author event in Christian Milne

After May 1805

CM 's Simple Poems, on Simple Subjects was published under her (married) name at Aberdeen, by subscription (she celebrated her subscribers in a poem on 20 May) and dedicated to the Duchess of Gordon

Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford: By June 1805

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By June 1805

The publisher Richard Phillips printed three small volumes of Correspondence between Frances, Countess of Hartford and Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret , between the Years 1738 and 1741.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 6 (1805): 168
Hertford, Frances Seymour, Countess of, and Henrietta Louisa Fermor, Countess of Pomfret. Correspondence between Frances, Countess of Hartford and Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret. Richard Phillips, 1805, 3 vols.
title-page
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.

Mary Lamb, 1764 - 1847: June 1805

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Author event in Mary Lamb, 1764 - 1847

June 1805

Mary Lamb underwent another sojourn in the lunatic asylum: her brother Charles wrote in mid-June about her being from home.
Wordsworth, Jonathan. The Bright Work Grows: Women Writers of the Romantic Age. Woodstock Books, 1997.
160

Hannah More: Early 1805

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Author event in Hannah More

Early 1805

HM published anonymously with Cadell and Davies her Hints Towards Forming the Character of a Young Princess.
Feminist Companion Archive.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
186 and n9

Lady Caroline Lamb: 3 June 1805

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3 June 1805

Lady Caroline Ponsonby married William Lamb (who some months after her death was to become Lord Melbourne and later again Prime Minister).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under William Lamb

11 June 1805: The British Institution was founded, with...

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11 June 1805

The British Institution was founded, with a meeting of subscribers to appoint a select committee to serve until directors could be chosen.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
93-5
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
75 (1805): 747
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
93

22 June 1805: Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot, was born...

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22 June 1805

Giuseppe Mazzini , Italian patriot, was born at Genoa.
Daniels, Elizabeth Adams. Jessie White Mario: Risorgimento Revolutionary. Ohio University Press, 1972.
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Anne Burke: By July 1805

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By July 1805

AB used her name (Mrs. Burke) on the title-page of her last known work, The Secret of the Cavern, A Novel, published at the Minerva Press .
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