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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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Selina Davenport : March 1828

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March 1828

Instead of incorporating the word novel in the title, SD called her next publication, a gothic, by the name of another genre: Italian Vengeance and English Forbearance. A Romance.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 663

Anna Maria Porter: By March 1828

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By March 1828

AMP and her sister published two novels together in three volumes: Coming Out; and, The Field of the Forty Footsteps; the first novel (two volumes) was by Anna Maria, and the other (volume three)...

Henrik Ibsen: 20 March 1828

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20 March 1828

Playwright HI was born at Skien in southern Norway, a town that dates back to Viking times.
Bullock, Alan et al., editors. Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought. Collins, 1983.
352
McFarlane, James, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
xix

Eliza Fenwick: 26 March 1828

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26 March 1828

EF 's daughter, Eliza Anne Rutherford , died in New York after a long period of delining health, leaving four young children.
Paul, Lissa. Eliza Fenwick, Early Modern Feminist. University of Delaware Press, 2019.
192
Jaco, Nicholas T., and Isobel Grundy. Email about Eliza Fenwick to Isobel Grundy. 5 May 2002.

Mary Berry: By April 1828

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By April 1828

MB published the first of her mainstream, comparative cultural histories: A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles the Second, to the French Revolution.
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 Shelley: April 1828

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April 1828

MS contracted smallpox while visiting Paris; but she survived.
Mellor, Anne K. Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters. Routledge, 1988.
xviii

Maria Jane Jewsbury: April 1830

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April 1830

MJJ published a volume of novellas entitled The Three Histories; many reflect the conflict between her role as writer and that prescribed for women.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1984, pp. 450-73.
450

Elizabeth Fenton: 3 April 1828

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3 April 1828

Elizabeth Campbell , as a widow, married the Irish Captain Michael Fenton .
Fenton, Elizabeth. The Journal of Mrs. Fenton. Editor Lawrence, Sir Henry, Edward Arnold, 1901.
191, 312
Dyson, Ketaki Kushari. A Various Universe. Oxford University Press, 2002, p. xxi; 406 pp.
233

Margaret Oliphant: 4 April 1828

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4 April 1828

Margaret Wilson (later MO ) was born in Wallyford, Midlothian.
Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press, 1995.
11

Harriet Jacobs: 10 April 1828

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10 April 1828

HJ 's maternal grandmother, Molly Horniblow , was emancipated after several changes of owner. She quickly bought the freedom of one of her sons, Mark Ramsey.
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Editor Yellin, Jean Fagan, Harvard University Press, 1987.
223

Josephine Butler: 13 April 1828

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13 April 1828

Josephine Elizabeth Grey (later JB ) was born, the seventh of nine surviving children in her family, at Milfield Hill, Glendale, Northumberland.
Butler, Josephine. “Times: Obituary Notice of Mrs. Butler”. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade, Hyperion Press, 1989, p. vii - x.
vii
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Caine, Barbara. Victorian Feminists. Oxford University Press, 1992.
156

14 April 1828: Noah Webster published An American Dictionary...

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14 April 1828

Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language, designed among other things to validate and make permanent the differences between American and British spelling.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
140
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
14 April 2010

Hannah More: 18 April 1828

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18 April 1828

HM , now in her eighties, sold her house at Barley Wood, and moved to Windsor Terrace, Clifton, near Bristol, at the persistent urging of friends.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
227
Herron, Bonnie. "An Old Ballad Monger": Hannah More’s Unpublished Letters 1798-1827. University of Alberta, 1999.
296n524

26 April 1828-September 1829: The Russo-Turkish War (first of several conflicts...

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26 April 1828-September 1829

The Russo-Turkish War (first of several conflicts to bear this name) took place, following on the Greek War of Independence.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
45
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
68

Jane Harvey: May 1828

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May 1828

JH published, with A. K. Newman (formerly of the Minerva Press ), her final novel. The Ambassador's Secretary, A Tale.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 665

Ann Hatton: By May 1828

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By May 1828

AH , again as Ann of Swansea, published another five-volume novel with A. K. Newman : Uncle Peregrine's Heiress. A Novel.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 665

Felicia Hemans: May 1828

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May 1828

FH 's poetic collection Records of Woman was published by Blackwood with a dedication to Joanna Baillie .
Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1-315.
136
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.

May 1828: French chemist Richard Chenevix experimented...

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May 1828

French chemist Richard Chenevix experimented with animal magnetism on peasants during a visit to Ireland.
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
198-9

May 1828: The Test and Corporations Act was repealed;...

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May 1828

The Test and Corporations Act was repealed; the act had stipulated that holders of public office be members of the Church of England, excluding dissenters, Catholics, and Jews from these positions.
Machin, George Ian Thom. Politics and the Churches in Great Britain 1832-1868. Clarendon, 1977.
21
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
608

Anne Katharine Elwood : 4 May 1828

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4 May 1828

AKE and Colonel Elwood sailed from Bombay to return to England, which they had left two and a half years before.
Elwood, Anne Katharine. Narrative of a Journey Overland from England. Colburn and Bentley, 1830.
2: 309
Dyson, Ketaki Kushari. A Various Universe. Oxford University Press, 1978.
245
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: 12 May 1828

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12 May 1828

Poet and artist DGR was born at 38 Charlotte Street, Portland Place, London.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Henrietta Rouviere Mosse: Shortly before 21 May 1828

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Shortly before 21 May 1828

HRM 's husband , having been for some time, she wrote, dying by inches, finally expired when she had scarcely a shilling in my possession. This was the day of his burial.
Ashfield, Andrew. Email to Isobel Grundy about Henrietta Rouviere Mosse. 14 Oct. 2016.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.

Hannah Kilham: 26 May 1828

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26 May 1828

HK issued, with her name, Report on a Recent Visit to the Colony of Sierra Leone; the same year she published, anonymously, Specimens of African Languages, Spoken in the Colony of Sierra Leone.
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.

Anne Damer: 28 May 1828

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28 May 1828

AD died; she was buried with her sculptor's tools and apron, and the ashes of her dog Fidèle.
Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.
Elfenbein, Andrew. Romantic Genius: The Prehistory of a Homosexual Role. Columbia University Press, 1999.
97

Amelia Bristow: June 1828

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June 1828

AB , as author of Sophia de Lissau and Elizabeth Allen, published by subscription Emma de Lissau.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 659-60