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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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Barbara Hofland: 1835

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Author event in Barbara Hofland

1835

BH published Fortitude, A Tale, set in 1742; the title-page quotes George Crabbe (rather than the Bible, which she frequently uses to give weight to title-pages of this kind).
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press, 1992.
88-9

Ellen Johnston: About 1835

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Author event in Ellen Johnston

About 1835

EJ was born at Muir Wynd, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Johnston, Ellen. Autobiography, Poems, and Songs. William Love, 1867.
4
Klaus, H. Gustav. Factory Girl: Ellen Johnston and Working-Class Poetry in Victorian Scotland. Peter Lang, 1998.
25

Anna Leonowens: 1835-1846

Women writers item
Author event in Anna Leonowens

1835-1846

Despite her later claims that she went to school in Wales, Anna Harriett Emma Edwards (later AL ) probably attended garrison school in India.
Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield, 1991.
3-4

Louisa Anne Meredith : 1835

Women writers item
Author event in Louisa Anne Meredith

1835

At the age of twenty-two, Louisa Anne Twamley, later LAM , published with her name a book of Poems which she illustrated with her own etchings.
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.

1835: Doctor Peter Parker embarked on long-term...

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1835

Doctor Peter Parker embarked on long-term volunteer medical work in China.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
217

1835: For the first time in two hundred years the...

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1835

For the first time in two hundred years the Papal Index or Index Librorum Prohibitorum did not list Galileo 's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican.
Sobel, Dava. Galileo’s Daughter. Viking, 1999.
280-1

1835: Parliament appointed a national prison inspectorate,...

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1835

Parliament appointed a national prison inspectorate, consisting of 5 inspectors, thus beginning national standardization of the prison system.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
169

1835: Following a genocidal campaign, most of what...

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1835

Following a genocidal campaign, most of what remained of the Native Tasmanian (or Pallawah) population, numbering around two or three hundred individuals, was transferred from Van Diemen's Land to the small neighbouring islands.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
III: 459

1835: Father Luigi Gentili arrived in England to...

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1835

Father Luigi Gentili arrived in England to join the Roman Catholic mission at Prior Park; he was to become one of the most famous Catholics of the century, converting hundreds of people and bringing...

Early 1835: James Burns began operating in London as...

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Early 1835

James Burns began operating in London as a bookseller and stationer at 1 Duke Street, Manchester Square.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 68

January 1835: A prospectus announced the imminent merging...

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January 1835

A prospectus announced the imminent merging of the Westminster Review with the newly created London Review.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 535-6

1835: The Strand was widened in order to facilitate...

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1835

The Strand was widened in order to facilitate the flow of carriage traffic.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
101

1835-1840: Rowland Hill proposed and campaigned for...

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1835-1840

Rowland Hill proposed and campaigned for the use of postage stamps.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
407

1835: Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville were...

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1835

Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville were awarded honorary memberships by the Royal Astronomical Society .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
112
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
132
Phillips, Patricia. The Scientific Lady. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990.
114-16, 137-9, 159-162
Phillips, Patricia. The Scientific Lady. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990.
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Phillips, Patricia. The Scientific Lady. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990.
115

1835: Tait's lowered its price in the wake of the...

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1835

Tait's lowered its price in the wake of the easing of the advertisement tax in 1834, maintaining that an increasingly literate public was not necessarily wealthy.
Onslow, Barbara. Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Macmillan, 2000.
10

1835: Helen Faucit made her first important acting...

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1835

Helen Faucit made her first important acting appearance at the Covent Garden Theatre, aged eighteen.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
331-4

1835: Andrew Ure published The Philosophy of Manufactures:...

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1835

Andrew Ure published The Philosophy of Manufactures: or, An Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and Commercial Economy of the Factory System of Great Britain.
Ure, Andrew. The Philosophy of Manufactures. Charles Knight, 1835.
475

1835: The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar,...

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1835

The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar, Queen Ranavalona , brought a violent campaign against the missionaries of the Methodist London Missionary Society , which had been active there since 1820.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
269

1835: The Society for the Promotion of the Repeal...

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1835

The Society for the Promotion of the Repeal of the Stamp Duties was founded.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
17-8

1835: The idea of moral insanity was first developed...

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1835

The idea of moral insanity was first developed by James Cowles Prichard ; this ambiguous category could stretch to define almost any behaviour as abnormal.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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1835: Harriot Hunt, the first known Western woman...

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1835

Harriot Hunt , the first known Western woman doctor, started practising in Boston after training with her sister through an apprenticeship.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
28-9, 207

1835: The Independent Order of the Rechabites,...

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1835

The Independent Order of the Rechabites , a teetotal friendly society, was founded; the order was named for abstainers in the Bible.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
175

1835-1838: The Dutch Boers north and east of the Orange...

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1835-1838

The Dutch Boers north and east of the Orange River went on their Great Trek to escape from British restrictions on slavery and from policies perceived as sympathetic to natives.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 745

January 1835: John Macrone established his own publishing...

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January 1835

John Macrone established his own publishing business at 3 St James Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 196

1835: Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin...

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1835

Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College) opened in the newly-founded Oberlin, Ohio. It was the first post-secondary institution in the USA to admit women as well as men, and non-white students as well as...