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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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Sir Walter Scot : 1826

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Author event in Sir Walter Scot

1826

SWS was bankrupted when the collapse of the publishing house Hurst, Robinson, and Co. in turn brought down Constable and Ballantyne , in which he was a partner.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Elizabeth Grant: 1826-1827

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Author event in Elizabeth Grant

1826-1827

Stories (not traced) which EG and her sister Mary wrote for the The Inspector, which she later described as a bundle of rubbish but which earned them £40, saved their family from financial ruin.
Grant, Elizabeth. Memoirs of a Highland Lady. Editor Tod, Andrew, Canongate, 1988, 2 vols.
2: 196

Felicia Hemans: 1826

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Author event in Felicia Hemans

1826

Andrews Norton marked FH 's growing US popularity with his two-volume collected poetry edition at Boston; in 1828 he oversaw production of her Hymns on the Works of Nature, for the Use of Children...

Catherine Hutton: About 1826

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Author event in Catherine Hutton

About 1826

CH wrote a History of the Queens of England, Consort and Regnant, from the Norman Conquest, which was never published.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
1 (1846): 436

Christian Isobel Johnstone: 1826

Women writers item

1826

CIJ published The Cook and Housewife's Manual under the pseudonym Margaret Dods, in honour of Walter Scott 's character from the Cleikum Inn in St. Ronan's Well.
Meg Dods from St. Ronan's Well...

Anne Manning: 1826

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Author event in Anne Manning

1826

AM was still in her teens when her first book appeared (anonymous like almost all her work): A Sister's Gift, Conversations on Sacred Subjects, intended for the amusement of the younger branches of her family...

Harriet Martineau: 1826

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Author event in Harriet Martineau

1826

HM published Addresses, With Prayers and Original Hymns, for the Use of Families and Schools as a Lady and with title-page mention of Devotional Exercises.
Sanders, Valerie. Reason over Passion: Harriet Martineau and the Victorian Novel. Harvester Press, 1986.
214
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.

Louisa Anne Meredith : Late 1820s

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Author event in Louisa Anne Meredith

Late 1820s

Sir Thomas Lawrence , President of the Royal Academy , tutored Louisa Anne Twamley (later LAM ) privately in art.
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.
33

Charlotte Nooth: 1826

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Author event in Charlotte Nooth

1826

CNfreely translated from the French of Henri Gregoire his Essay on the Nobility of the Skin; or, The Prejudice of White Persons against the Colour of Africans and their progeny, black and of mixed-blood...

1826: William Saunders and Edward John Otley established...

Writing climate item

1826

William Saunders and Edward John Otley established themselves as the lending-library and bookselling firm of Saunders and Otley at 50 Conduit Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 271

1826: Everywoman's Book or What is Love?, by Richard...

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1826

Everywoman's Book or What is Love?, by Richard Carlile , was first published as an 18-penny pamphlet.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
76-7
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
32

1826: American-born black actor Ira Aldridge debuted...

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1826

American-born black actor Ira Aldridge debuted in London as Othello at the Royalty Theatre .
Law, Jonathan et al., editors. The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre. Market House Books, 2001.
24
Carnell, Jennifer. The Literary Lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A Study of Her Life and Work. Sensation Press, 2000.
40-1

1826: Charles Tilt established himself as a publisher...

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1826

Charles Tilt established himself as a publisher and bookseller at 86 Fleet Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 296

1826-7: William Blake published his last work as...

Writing climate item

1826-7

William Blake published his last work as an engraver: illustrations to Dante 's Divine Comedy.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1826: John Burke first compiled and published Burke's...

Writing climate item

1826

John Burke first compiled and published Burke's Peerage, which was then issued annually from 1847.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
147

1826: In this year's elections, no votes were cast...

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1826

In this year's elections, no votes were cast in Scotland and only 546 were cast in Wales; most constituencies had a single candidate, so there was no contest.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
347

1826: The Royal Society of Literature received...

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1826

The Royal Society of Literature received its charter; it had been founded several years previously.
“Companions of Literature”. Royal Society of Literature.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1826: Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate...

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1826

Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate of nine shillings per pound; this rate decreased over the next decades.
Parssinen, Terry M. Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs in British Society 1820-1930. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
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1826: The Zoological Society of London was founded...

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1826

The Zoological Society of London was founded as a scientific body; it admitted women on the same terms as men.
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
181
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
under Zoology

1826: The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge...

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1826

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded by Lord Brougham .
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
56
Bennett, Scott. “Revolutions in Thought: Serial Publication and the Mass Market for Reading”. The Victorian Periodical Press: Soundings and Samplings, edited by Joanne Shattock and Michael Wolff, University of Leicester Press; University of Toronto Press, 1982, pp. 225-57.
226-9
Jay, Mike. “Like Cooking a Dumpling”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 22, 20 Nov. 2014, pp. 25-6.
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1826: Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum...

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1826

Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum in the USA at Millbury, Massachusetts. This was a volunteer centre for adult education, which ran meetings, discussion groups, and lectures. Other such institutions quickly sprang up, and...

1826: The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was...

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1826

The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was grouped by authorities with all nomadic or vagrant peoples, who were estimated by William Cobbett to number around 30,000.
Behlmer, George K. “The Gypsy Problem in Victorian England”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Dec. 1985–28 Feb. 1986, pp. 231-53.
232-3, 240, 243

1826: The Obstetrical Society was founded....

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1826

The Obstetrical Society was founded.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
46
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
151
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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The sources used show some discrepancy over the date of this founding, as Towler cites 1825 (145). Both Moscucci (62) and Donnison (46) cite 1826 as the founding year.

1826: Twenty years after the Fourdrinier brothers...

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1826

Twenty years after the Fourdrinier brothers took a patent for their papermaking machine, John Marshall invented the dandy-roll: a device used in papermaking machines whose machine-made paper would appear handmade.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
106
Hunter, Dard. Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft. Dover Publications, 1978.
400-1, 541

1826: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced a permanent...

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1826

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced a permanent positive image on pewter coated with bitumen of Judea; he called the process heliography.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
9-11, 26
Davis, Phil. Photography. 3rd ed., W. C. Brown, 1979.
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