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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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Elizabeth Stirredge: 1654

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1654

ES says the Lord began to work in her heart, preparing a conversion experience, when the QuakersJohn Audland and John Camm shamed her about her fine clothes.
Stirredge, Elizabeth. Strength in Weakness Manifest. J. Sowle, 1711.
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Elizabeth Hooton: 1654

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1654

EH was imprisoned in Lincoln for behaving as a Quaker minister.
Mack, Phyllis. Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England. University of California Press, 1992.
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January 1654: The radical Baptist/Fifth Monarchist Vavasor...

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January 1654

The radical Baptist /Fifth MonarchistVavasor Powell was tried by the Council of State at Whitehall, London.
Graham, Elspeth et al., editors. Her Own Life. Routledge, 1989.
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1654: A young French priest, Father Antoine Biet,...

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1654

A young French priest, Father Antoine Biet , visited British-held Barbados and Surinam in the Caribbean; his account of his journey, published in 1664, mentions the low cost of the slaves and the huge...

1654: According to historian Patricia Crawford,...

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1654

According to historian Patricia Crawford , this year saw the last known instance of a woman voting (at Bristol) in a parliamentary election before the twentieth century.
Crawford, Patricia. “Public Duty, Conscience, and Women in Early Modern England”. Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth-Century England, edited by John Morrill et al., Clarendon Press, 1993, pp. 57-76.
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Anna Trapnel: 7 January 1654

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7 January 1654

AT , staying at an ordinary or tavern in Whitehall, London, for the trial of Vavasor Powell , fell into an eleven-day, twelve-night trance in which she prophesied against Cromwell .
Powell, a Welshman...

Susanna Hopton : 14 February 1654

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14 February 1654

Richard Hopton signed a deed allotting £60 a year for life to Susanna Harvey , only if she did not Question molest or troble him about an Engagement promise or Contract of Marriage.
qtd. in
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Smith, Julia J. “Susanna Hopton: A Biographical Account”. Notes and Queries, Vol.
38
, June 1991, pp. 165-72.
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Hester Shaw: 23 February 1654

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23 February 1654

HS issued a second pamphlet, Mrs. Shaws Innocency Restored, according to collector George Thomason .
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Anna Trapnel: March 1654

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March 1654

AT 's pamphlet Strange and Wonderful Newes from White-Hall was assigned to this date by the collector of ephemeral writing George Thomason .
Trapnel, Anna. “Introduction”. The Cry of a Stone, edited by Hilary Hinds, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000, p. xiii - xlvii.
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Susanna Parr: 24 March 1653 or 1654

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24 March 1653 or 1654

SP went to Mr Eveleigh, an elder of her Independent church (of which the minister was Lewis Stucley ) to tell him she was leaving them.
Parr, Susanna. Susanna’s Apologie against the Elders. 1659.
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Katherine Philips: After March 1654

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After March 1654

Francis Finch (Palæmon in KP 's Society of Friendship ) dedicated a work entitled Friendship jointly to Anne Owen and to Philips as leaders of the circle.
EEBO ascribes this work to George Wither.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

5 April 1654: The Treaty of Westminster ended the war with...

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5 April 1654

The Treaty of Westminster ended the war with Holland (known as the United Provinces or the States).
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Cromwell

Elizabeth Isham: 24 April 1654

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24 April 1654

EI , still in her forties, died at her birthplace, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.
Clarke, Elizabeth, and Erica Longfellow. “Elizabeth Isham’s Autobiographical Writings”. Constructing Elizabeth Isham.

11 May 1654: John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable...

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11 May 1654

John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable women were beginning to paint themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing and us'd only by prostitutes.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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Mary Penington: 13 May 1654

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13 May 1654

Mary Springett , as a young widow, married Isaac Penington (who was already a writer on politics and religion) at St Margaret's, Westminster.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

6 June 1654: Queen Christina abdicated from the throne...

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6 June 1654

Queen Christina abdicated from the throne of Sweden; crowned queen at the age of five in 1632, she was crowned again in December 1644 on reaching eighteen.
Marks, Tracy. Queen Christina of Sweden. 13 Feb. 2003, http://www.windweaver.com/christina/christina.htm.

Anna Trapnel: July 1654

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July 1654

AT was released from prison in Plymouth, but only to be sent back to London by sea, and committed to Bridewell Prison there.
Trapnel, Anna. “Introduction”. The Cry of a Stone, edited by Hilary Hinds, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000, p. xiii - xlvii.
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Sauer, Elizabeth. “Anna Trapnel and Trials of Authorship”. Early Modern Lives: Biography and Autobiography, Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Conference, London, 28 June 2002.
Graham, Elspeth et al., editors. Her Own Life. Routledge, 1989.
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Anna Trapnel: 24 July 1654

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24 July 1654

Thomason assigned to this date AT 's A Legacy for Saints, another look at the stirring events of this year.
Trapnel, Anna. “Introduction”. The Cry of a Stone, edited by Hilary Hinds, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000, p. xiii - xlvii.
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Madeleine de Scudéry: August 1654-61

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August 1654-61

MS 's romance Clélie, histoire romaine appeared at Paris, printed in instalments under her brother 's name.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
McDougall, Dorothy. Madeleine de Scudéry. Benjamin Blom, 1972.
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Scudéry, Madeleine de. Mademoiselle de Scudéry. Editors Rathery et Boutron, Edme Jacques Benoît and Boutron, L. Techener, 1873.
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19 August 1654: John and Mary Evelyn met an alehouse-keeper...

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19 August 1654

John and Mary Evelyn met an alehouse-keeper in Lincoln: a woman six feet two inches tall; the inn's custom relied chiefly on peoples coming to see her on account of her height.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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Barbara Blaugdone: Before late 1654

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Before late 1654

BB was converted to Quakerism by two of the early adherents of the sect, John Audland and John Camm .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Lady Rachel Russell: October 1654

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October 1654

Lady Rachel Wriothesley (the future LRR ) married her first husband, Lord Vaughan , at the age of just seventeen.
Schwoerer, Lois. Lady Rachel Russell: "One of the Best of Women". Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
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Dorothy Osborne: By 9 November 1654

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By 9 November 1654

DO , now in London to prepare for her wedding to Sir William Temple , was ill with smallpox.
Osborne, Dorothy. The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to William Temple. Editor Smith, G. C. Moore, Clarendon Press, 1928.
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Anne Halkett: 10 December 1654

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10 December 1654

Anne Murray (later AH ) had her last meeting with Joseph Bampfield ; she was at first too much upset to be able to speak to him.
Halkett, Anne et al. “The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis and John Loftis, Clarendon Press, 1979, pp. 9-87.
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Hannah Allen: 23 December 1654

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23 December 1654

Hannah Archer married Hannibal Allen or Allyn , a merchant, at St Mary Aldermanbury, London; the marriage was arranged for her by her aunt and uncle.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.