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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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1836: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin published...

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1836

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin published Contrasts, or, a parallel between the noble edifices of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and similar buildings of the present day, shewing the present decay of taste.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1836: Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (later Mount...

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1836

Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (later Mount Holyoke College) was founded at South Hadley, Maryland, by Mary Lyon : the first post-secondary educational institution for women in the USA.
“Women and the Academy”. Higher Learning in America: History Department, Barnard College, Columbia University.

By 1836: 400 miles of open railway track existed in...

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By 1836

400 miles of open railway track existed in the UK.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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1836: A giant water lily, native to the Amazon...

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1836

A giant water lily, native to the Amazon and South America, was discovered in British Guiana ; the next year it was named Victoria Regia (later Victoria Amazonica) in honour of Queen Victoria .
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Guyana’s National Flower. http://www.caribcentral.com/guyana/guybird_flower.htm.

1836: The Botanical Society of Edinburgh was f...

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1836

The Botanical Society of Edinburgh was founded.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
389
Morrell, J. B. “The Patronage of Mid-Victorian Science in the University of Edinburgh”. The Patronage of Science in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Gerard L’Estrange Turner, Noordhoff International, 1976, pp. 53-93.
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Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
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1836: William Makepeace Thackeray published his...

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1836

William Makepeace Thackeray published his first book, Flore et Zephyr, a collection of captioned ballet caricatures that he had drawn.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1836: The Association of Master Printers was founded...

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1836

The Association of Master Printers was founded to negotiate rates of pay for journeymen and to protect the general interests of the trade.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
130

1836: American T. Daddy Rice introduced the black...

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1836

American T. Daddy Rice introduced the black minstrelsy song Jim Crow to the London stage.
Bratton, Jacqueline S., editor. Music Hall: Performance and Style. Open University Press, 1986.
73-4

1836: The Female Aid Society was founded....

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1836

The Female Aid Society was founded.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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1836: A distinctive die for newspaper stamps was...

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1836

A distinctive die for newspaper stamps was introduced to prevent illegal trading of stamps.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
42-3

January 1836: Mary Anne Hehl, better known as Mrs Sterling,...

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January 1836

Mary Anne Hehl , better known as Mrs Sterling, achieved acclaim at the Adelphi Theatre .
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
336-9, 342

1836: The excise duty on paper was reduced from...

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1836

The excise duty on paper was reduced from three pence to a penny halfpenny per pound.
There is disagreement about when this tax reduction actually took place. While T.R. Nevett, in Advertising in Britain: A...

1836-1839: The Royal Commission on the Rural Constabulary...

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1836-1839

The Royal Commission on the Rural Constabulary investigated the causes of criminal activity in England.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
126-7

1836: Chromolithography was invented by Gottfried...

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1836

Chromolithography was invented by Gottfried Engelmann .
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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1836: With the opening of Charles Mitchell's advertising...

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1836

With the opening of Charles Mitchell 's advertising agency, this industry gradually became more organized and reputable.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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1836: A. J. B. Parent-Duchâtelet published his...

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1836

A. J. B. Parent-Duchâtelet published his influential statistical study De la prostitution dans la ville de Paris
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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1836-1837: Forty-four new rail companies were established...

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1836-1837

Forty-four new rail companies were established in the UK.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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1836: An act of parliament granted patents to manufacturing...

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1836

An act of parliament granted patents to manufacturing firms, in order to protect industrial designs.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
10: 205-207

1836: A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset,...

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1836

A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset, witnessed the outbreak of a riot, as moderationists violently disrupted a speech by teetotaller James Tearle .
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1836: The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned...

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1836

The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned King of Bohemia at Prague.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1836: The University of London was founded, in...

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1836

The University of London was founded, in effect extending university education substantially in the provinces and colonies.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
22-4, 61-80
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
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1836: Isambard Kingdom Brunel began work on Box...

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1836

Isambard Kingdom Brunel began work on Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
65, 76

1836: A monthly for women entitled the Court Magazine...

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1836

A monthly for women entitled the Court Magazine and Monthly Critic began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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5 January 1836: The sale of liquor to Native persons was...

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5 January 1836

The sale of liquor to Native persons was prohibited in Upper Canada.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 458

Harriet Beecher Stowe: 6 January 1836

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6 January 1836

Harriet Beecher and Calvin Stowe , a widower, were quietly married.
Hedrick, Joan. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. Oxford University Press, 1994.
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