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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 Ham: May 1824

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May 1824

EH , at Clifton near Bristol, wrote the preface to her anonymous collection Elgiva; or, The Monks. An Historical Poem. With some Minor Pieces.
Ham, Elizabeth. Elgiva. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1824.
preface, title-page

7 May 1824: Beethoven, despite his complete deafness,...

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7 May 1824

Beethoven , despite his complete deafness, conducted the first performance of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna; it was his final grand-scale work.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan: 9 May 1824

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9 May 1824

SOLM noted in her account book that the bank balance she shared with her husband had almost doubled during the past two years to £5,109.7s., entirely from her literary earnings.
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
190

Ellen Weeton: Biography: 13 May-30 July 1824

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Author event in Ellen Weeton: Biography

13 May-30 July 1824

EW , who had been living in Wigan, travelled to London.
Weeton, Ellen, and John Joseph Bagley. Miss Weeton’s Journal of a Governess. Editor Hall, Edward, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969, 2 vols.
2: 265

Caroline Bowles: June 1824

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June 1824

CB 's To the Author of 'The Shepherd's Calendar' (that is to James Hogg ) was published in Blackwood's under the initial E.
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992.
116: 332
Blain, Virginia. Caroline Bowles Southey, 1786-1854. Ashgate, 1998.
75

Frances Trollope: Summer 1824

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Author event in Frances Trollope

Summer 1824

FT 's father, William Milton , died just weeks after she had lost her son.
Johnston, Johanna. The Life, Manners, and Travels of Fanny Trollope: A Biography. Hawthorn Books, 1978.
40

Catharine Maria Sedgwick: After June 1824

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Author event in Catharine Maria Sedgwick

After June 1824

Redwood: A Tale, CMS 's second novel, but first work of significant literary weight, was published anonymously.
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, 2003, p. various pages.
xxxv
Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne, 1974.
56

Lady Caroline Lamb: June 1824

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Author event in Lady Caroline Lamb

June 1824

Just after Byron 's death, LCL confirmed Isaac Nathan 's exclusive right to set her songs to music.
Douglass, Paul. “Playing Byron: Lady Caroline Lambs Glenarvon and the Music of Isaac Nathan”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
8
, 1997, pp. 1-24.
8

Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan: June 1824

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June 1824

Sydney Morgan 's long essay Absenteeism first appeared in Colburn 's New Monthly Magazine; it was issued in book form the following year.
Morgan, Sydney Owenson, Lady. Lady Morgan’s Memoirs. Editors Dixon, William Hepworth and Geraldine Jewsbury, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols.
2: 190
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
191
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.

June 1824: Bricklayer Joseph Aspdin, of Briggate near...

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June 1824

Bricklayer Joseph Aspdin , of Briggate near Leeds, patented cement which he called Portland cement or artificial stone.
The name came from the well-known stone quarries on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
79-80
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
285

Eleanor Anne Porden: 3 June 1824

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3 June 1824

EAP bore a baby girl whom she called fat, fair and funny
Porden, Eleanor Anne, and Edith M. Gell. “Letters: 1821-1824”. John Franklin’s Bride, John Murray, 1930, p. various pages.
270
at a few months old.
Porden, Eleanor Anne. John Franklin’s Bride. Editor Gell, Edith M., First, John Murray, 1930.
236

Mary Shelley: Second week of June 1824

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Second week of June 1824

MS published a short-lived edition of her husband 's Posthumous Poems, in 500 copies.
Shelley, Mary. The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844. Editors Feldman, Paula R. and Diana Scott-Kilvert, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
434n1

16 June 1824: The first meeting of the Society for the...

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16 June 1824

The first meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or RSPCA) took place in London.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Mary Shelley: 21 June 1824

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21 June 1824

MS moved across London, from Brunswick Square to Kentish Town.
Mellor, Anne K. Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters. Routledge, 1988.
xviii

21 June 1824: A new Vagrancy Act tinkered further with...

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21 June 1824

A new Vagrancy Act tinkered further with regulating the public-nuisance aspects of prostitution in England.
Steedman, Carolyn. Policing the Victorian Community: The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984.
56
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
130
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
126
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
85
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
(1824): 381
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
618

Anne Bannerman: By summer 1824

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By summer 1824

AB was living at Portobello near Edinburgh.
Grant, Anne. Memoir and Correspondence of Mrs. Grant of Laggan. Editor Grant, John Peter, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844, 3 vols.
3: 67-8

Hannah Kilham: 24 June 1824

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24 June 1824

HK set sail from Bathurst in Gambia back to England.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
185

Selina Davenport : July 1824

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July 1824

SD published through the Minerva PressPreference. A Novel, in the short format (for her) of only two volumes.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 574

Catherine Gore : July 1824

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Author event in Catherine Gore

July 1824

The year following her marriage, CG published (as well as a dramatic poem) her first, anonymous novel, Theresa Marchmont; or, The Maid of Honour, a Tale.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 578
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.
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992.
122

Mary Ann Kelty: July 1824

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July 1824

As the author of The Favourite of Nature, MAK published her third novel, Trials: A Tale: without dedication this time, but with a quotation on the title-page from Isaac Watts .
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 582
Kelty, Mary Ann. Trials: A Tale. Whittaker, 1824, 3 vols.
prelims

Lady Caroline Lamb: July 1824

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July 1824

LCL met with Byron 's funeral cortege (by accident, she said) on its way from London to Newstead; she never really recovered from the breakdown brought on by this encounter.
Douglass, Paul. “Playing Byron: Lady Caroline Lambs Glenarvon and the Music of Isaac Nathan”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
8
, 1997, pp. 1-24.
18
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
192

L. E. L.: July 1824

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July 1824

LEL 's fame was established upon the publication of her second volume, The Improvisatrice, and Other Poems.
L. E. L. “Introduction”. The Fate of Adelaide, edited by Francis Jacques Sypher, Scholars’ Facsimiles and Reprints, 1990.
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Helena Wells: 6 July 1824

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Author event in Helena Wells

6 July 1824

HW (now Whitford) died at Mapledon Place, Burton Crescent, London.
This address no longer exists.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
94.2 (1824): 569

Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan: By July 1824

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By July 1824

Sydney Morgan again visited England, where London held many of her English and also her exiled Italian friends.
Morgan, Sydney Owenson, Lady. Lady Morgan’s Memoirs. Editors Dixon, William Hepworth and Geraldine Jewsbury, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols.
2: 191
Newcomer, James. Lady Morgan the Novelist. Bucknell University Press and Associated University Presses, 1990.
10
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
191-2

Frances Wright: August 1824

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Author event in Frances Wright

August 1824

FW travelled to America for the second time, in the company of her sister and following the marquis de Lafayette .
Lane, Margaret. Frances Wright and the "Great Experiment". Manchester University Press, 1972.
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