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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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Ann Hawkshaw: 1850

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Author event in Ann Hawkshaw

1850

AH and her family left Manchester for London. By 1881 they had settled at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, (an early purpose-built block of flats).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Allinson, Kenneth. The Architects and Architecture of London. Architectural, 2008.
133

Matilda Hays: Late 1849

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Author event in Matilda Hays

Late 1849

MH first accompanied Charlotte Cushman on her American stage tour, on which she visited Cincinnati and Boston, among other places.
Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press, 1999.
162, 166, 169

Julia Ward Howe: 1850

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Author event in Julia Ward Howe

1850

JWH 's fourth child, Laura Elizabeth (later Richards), was born this year.
Tharp, Louise Hall. Three Saints and a Sinner. Little, Brown and Co., 1956.
166

Mary Catherine Hume: 1850

Women writers item
Author event in Mary Catherine Hume

1850

MCH published her first book, anonymously, at Boston: A Brief Sketch of the Life, Character, and Religious Opinions of the Late Charles Augustus Tulk , Addressed to the Members of the New Church.
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.

Jean Ingelow: 1850

Women writers item
Author event in Jean Ingelow

1850

JI 's family moved to London, where they lived first in Streatham Park Road before settling in New Road near King's College School.
Peters, Maureen. Jean Ingelow: Victorian Poetess. Boydell, 1972.
46
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
35

Anna Brownell Jameson: 1850

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Author event in Anna Brownell Jameson

1850

ABJ published her study Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts, the second volume of her series Sacred and Legendary Art.
Johnston, Judith. Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters. Scolar Press, 1997.
238

Jane Loudon: 1850

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Author event in Jane Loudon

1850

JL overhauled and improved her husband 's An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, the work which had first established his reputation in 1822. It had already gone through many editions and enhancements to reach its present massive condition.
Elborough, Travis. “Hidden Corners: Park Life”. The London Library Magazine, No. 38, 1 Dec. 2017–28 Feb. 2018, pp. 18-21.
20
Howe, Bea. Lady with Green Fingers. Country Life, 1961.
48

Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton: 1850

Women writers item

1850

Rosina Bulwer Lytton (later Baroness Lytton) published Miriam Sedley; or, The Tares and the Wheat: A Tale of Real Life, a novel in three volumes.
Lytton, Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, 1994, p. vi - xxxvi.
xxxv

Catherine Marsh : Early 1850

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Author event in Catherine Marsh

Early 1850

CM moved in with her sister Matilda and her husband, Frederick Chalmers , at their home in Beckenham, shortly after Frederick was offered the rectory there.
O’Rorke, Lucy. The Life and Friendships of Catherine Marsh. Longmans, Green & Co., 1917.
74

Mary Martin: 1850

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Author event in Mary Martin

1850

MM and her husband set sail for New York, where they intended to settle.
Boylan, Henry, editor. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 2nd ed., St Martin’s Press, 1988.

1850-1874: Roman Catholic schools in England increased...

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1850-1874

Roman Catholic schools in England increased fifteen-fold over this period, from 99 to 1,484.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
206

January 1850: A Royal Commission was established to administer...

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January 1850

A Royal Commission was established to administer the Great Exhibition.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
255-6

By about 1850: Stethoscopes, thermometers, and pulse watches...

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By about 1850

Stethoscopes, thermometers, and pulse watches were in use in the UK.
Dingwall, Robert et al. An Introduction to the Social History of Nursing. Routledge, 1988.
22

1850: Nancy Prince published her autobiographical...

Writing climate item

1850

Nancy Prince published her autobiographical travel narrative at Boston: A Black Woman's Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica.
Prince, Nancy, and Ronald G. Walters. A Black Woman’s Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica. Markus Winer Publishing, 1990.

1850: Only 10,000 people were commuting to London...

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1850

Only 10,000 people were commuting to London by rail, while up to 244,000 people were commuting there by foot or horse-drawn omnibus.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
97

1850: The manufacture of perambulators began in...

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1850

The manufacture of perambulators began in England.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
98

1850: The Old Watercolour Society admitted its...

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1850

The Old Watercolour Society admitted its hundredth male member, and its ninth female member.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
28-9

1850: Chapters in the Life of a Dundee Factory...

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1850

Chapters in the Life of a Dundee Factory Boy; An Autobiography was published under the name Frank Forrest . It was later credited to the true author, James Myles .
Simmons, James R., editor. Factory Lives. Broadview Press, 2007.
224

1850: In this year alone, nearly 250,000 persons...

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1850

In this year alone, nearly 250,000 persons emigrated overseas from Ireland.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
3-4, 7, 8

1850: The Poor Law Board of London demanded that...

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1850

The Poor Law Board of London demanded that workhouse Guardians hire fewer nurses for the paupers.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
30, 34-5, 37

1850: Charles Kingsley anonymously published Alton...

Writing climate item

1850

Charles Kingsley anonymously published Alton Locke, A Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1 January 1850: The St Lawrence River opened to vessels of...

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1 January 1850

The St Lawrence River opened to vessels of all nations.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 466

1850: By mid-century the Anglican Evangelical Church...

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1850

By mid-century the Anglican Evangelical Church Missionary Society had approximately 300 volunteers worldwide; by the end of the century there were 3,500 missionaries stationed abroad and many more in domestic missions.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
77, 79

By 1850: England boasted approximately three million...

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By 1850

England boasted approximately three million Evangelical Christians.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
56
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
52-3, 56, 63, 183

1850: Mrs Robert Cartwright anonymously published...

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1850

Mrs Robert Cartwright anonymously published her first novel, Lamia: A Confession.
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.