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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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Elizabeth Melvill: 21 June 1630

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21 June 1630

At the Presbyterian religious gathering later called the communion of [or at] Shotts,EM retired to pray privately in the bed (a curtained alcove), but then consented to pray aloud, while thousands gathered...

Mary Carey: 24 June 1630

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24 June 1630

Mary Jackson (later Carey) married Pelham Carey (son of Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon , whose mistress was Aemilia Lanyer ).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Mary Ward: 28 November 1630

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28 November 1630

MW composed a petition to Urban VIII , setting forth her record of religious vocation, her unworthiness, and her faith in his decision: implicitly appealing against the expected suppression of her Order.
Among MW 's...

Margaret Cavendish: Probably early 1630s

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Probably early 1630s

[B]efore [she] was twelve years of Age,
Cavendish, Margaret. The Life of . . . William Cavendishe, Duke . . . of Newcastle . . . A. Maxwell, 1667.
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Margaret Lucas (later Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle) wrote the sixteen books of juvenilia which she later called her baby-books.
Cavendish, Margaret. “Introduction”. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, edited by Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, 2000, pp. 9-37.
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Mary Ferrar: : 1631

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1631

The Ferrar community composed the religious dialogue On the Retirement of Charles V, which (like the undated On the Austere Life) was probably written in Nicholas Ferrar 's absence.
Feminist Companion Archive.

1631: John Taylor published The Needles Excellency:...

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1631

John Taylor published The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are divers Admirable Workes wrought with the Needle, which includes (along with hints on embroidery) praise of great ladies.
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.

Mary Ward: 13 January 1631

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13 January 1631

Several years after MW 's schools in Rome and houses elsewhere in Europe had already been closed in fact, Pope Urban VIII signed the Bull of Suppression.
Chambers, Mary Catharine Elizabeth. The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645). Editor Coleridge, Henry James, Burns and Oates, 1882, 2 vols.
2: xxv, 333

Mary Ward: 7 February 1631

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7 February 1631

A warrant from the Inquisition for MW 's arrest as a heretic, schismatic, and rebel to the Holy Church
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Chambers, Mary Catharine Elizabeth. The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645). Editor Coleridge, Henry James, Burns and Oates, 1882, 2 vols.
2: 334
caught up with her at Munich and she was imprisoned at the Anger Convent...

12 February 1631: Six weeks before his own death, John Donne...

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12 February 1631

Six weeks before his own death, John Donne preached his sermon later printed as Death's Duell.
Donne, John. “Chronological Table”. Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, edited by John Davy Hayward, Nonesuch Library, 1955, p. xi - xii.
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Mary Ward: 18 March 1631

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18 March 1631

MW fell dangerously ill after being imprisoned in the Anger Convent in Munich.
Chambers, Mary Catharine Elizabeth. The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645). Editor Coleridge, Henry James, Burns and Oates, 1882, 2 vols.
2: 365ff, 347

Mary Ward: 27 March 1631

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27 March 1631

MW , imprisoned at Munich for heresy and rebellion against the Church, issued a Declaration which is both confession and justification.
Cameron, Jennifer. A Dangerous Innovator: Mary Ward (1585-1645). St Pauls Publications, 2000.
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John Donne: 31 March 1631

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31 March 1631

JD , poet and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, died of stomach cancer in London.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Lady Eleanor Douglas: 14 May 1631

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14 May 1631

LED 's younger brother Mervin, Lord Castlehaven (tried in April), was executed for sodomy and for having a servant rape his wife.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press, 1995.
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John Dryden: 9 August 1631

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9 August 1631

JD , poet, playwright, and critic, was born at Aldwincle in Northamptonshire, the eldest child in a family which in the end amounted to fourteen.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Anne Conway: 14 December 1631

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14 December 1631

The future philosopher AC was born as Anne Finch at Kensington House in London, the youngest in her family, just a week after her father suddenly died.
Conway, Anne et al. The Conway Letters. Editor Hutton, Sarah, Revised, Clarendon Press, 1992.
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Anne Bradstreet: 1632

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1632

AB wrote her lyric Upon a Fit of Sickness, anticipating her own death.
Bradstreet, Anne, and Adrienne Rich. The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Editor Hensley, Jeannine, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967.
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Margaret Fell: 1632

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1632

Margaret Askew married her first husband: Thomas Fell , a barrister, later a Member of Parliament and a judge.
Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan, 1994.
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Katherine Philips: 1 January 1632

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1 January 1632

Katherine Fowler (later KP ) was born at Bucklersbury in the City of London, near the present Bank of England.
Philips, Katherine. “Introduction and Textual Notes”. The Collected Works of Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, Volume I: The Poems, edited by Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, 1990, pp. 1-68.
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1632: The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was...

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1632

The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was published at London by John Grove .
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 7

April 1632: The Charter for the Maryland colony was drawn...

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April 1632

The Charter for the Maryland colony was drawn up.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Anne, Lady Southwell : Between April and June 1632

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Between April and June 1632

ALS had the inventoried contents of her household and her wardrobe sent load by load from Clerkenwell to the new accommodation of herself and her husband Henry Sibthorpe , near the church in Acton (west...

Mary Ward: About May 1632

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About May 1632

The Pope granted MW several concessions: she was declared free of heresy; Winefrid Wigmore was to be released from prison, and a few English ladies permitted to live in Rome under Papal protection.
Oliver, Mary, and Maisie Ward. Mary Ward, 1585-1645. Sheed and Ward, 1960.
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By 15 July 1632: The painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck had spent...

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By 15 July 1632

The painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck had spent long enough during his second visit to England to be requesting payment for a completed portrait of Charles I and Henrietta Maria (known to her husband and...

John Locke: 29 August 1632

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29 August 1632

JL , philosopher, scientist, and political and religious thinker, was born at Wrington in Somerset, the elder of two brothers.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

October 1632: A number of nuns at Loudun in France were...

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October 1632

A number of nuns at Loudun in France were apparently possessed by demons; their public ravings became a tourist draw, and spread to the exorcists sent to end them.
Wootton, David. “Lacanian Jesuit”. London Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2001, pp. 31-2.
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