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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 Freke: About September 1675

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About September 1675

EF first went with her husband to his estate at Rathbarry near Clonakilty in County Cork, Ireland, leaving her infant son with her father.
Anselment, Raymond A. “Elizabeth Freke’s Remembrances: Reconstructing a Self”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
16
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 1997, pp. 57-75.
64-5

Bathsua Makin: After late November 1675

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After late November 1675

BM died: the date is not known.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Teague, Frances. Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning. Bucknell University Press, 1998.
103

By 17 November 1675: John Dryden's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe...

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By 17 November 1675

John Dryden 's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe had its first performance.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
2: 321n75

Margaret Cavendish: 1676

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1676

Favourable views of Margaret Cavendish 's works were posthumously collected in Letters and Poems in Honour of the Incomparable Princess, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle.
Cavendish, Margaret. “Editor’s Preface”. The Life of William Cavendish, edited by Charles Harding Firth, Second Edition, Revised, George Routledge and Sons, 1906.
vii

Lady Anne Clifford: January-March 1676

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January-March 1676

For the last three months of her life, LAC wrote a daily diary entry without fail.
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
14-15
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
176

1676: A boarding-school at Gorges House, Chelsea,...

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1676

A boarding-school at Gorges House, Chelsea, near London, put on a production of Beauties Triumph, a masque by Thomas Duffett with music by John Banister .
Campbell, Margaret. Henry Purcell, Glory of His Age. Oxford University Press, 1995.
137
Reynolds, Myra. The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760. Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
258-9

1676: Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale handed...

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1676

Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale handed down a judgement which made Christianity part of the law itself,
Kermode, Frank. “Zounds”. London Review of Books, 24 Jan. 2002, pp. 19-20.
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and blasphemy an offence in common law.
Kermode, Frank. “Zounds”. London Review of Books, 24 Jan. 2002, pp. 19-20.
19

1676: A tally taken by Church of England clergymen...

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1676

A tally taken by Church of England clergymen and known as the Compton Census set out to number adult Catholics and Dissenters in England and Wales.
Rowlands, Marie B. English Catholics of Parish and Town, 1558-1778. Catholic Record Society, 1999.
78-9, 81, 84, 87

1676: Thomas D'Urfey's comedy Madam Fickle presented...

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1676

Thomas D'Urfey 's comedy Madam Fickle presented as heroine a linguistic virtuoso, tricking and triumphing over an assortment of foolish and misogynist suitors.
Hughes, Derek. “The Masked Woman Revealed; or, the prostitute and the playwright in Aphra Behn criticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 2, 2000, pp. 149-64.
159

1676: Tachmas, Prince of Persia: An Historical...

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1676

Tachmas, Prince of Persia: An Historical Novel (a translation by P. Porter from the French of Jean Renaud de Segrais ) marks an early use of this genre term.
Downie, James Alan. “Mary Davys’s ’Probable Feign’d Stories’ and Critical Shibboleths about ’The Rise of the Novel’”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
12
, No. 2-3, Jan.–Apr. 2000, pp. 309-26.
311
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1676: Following the Great Fire of London, Robert...

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1676

Following the Great Fire of London, Robert Hooke designed the new Bedlam Hospital in Moorfields, London.
Roberts, Andrew. “Mental Health History Timeline”. Middlesex University: Andrew Roberts Homepage: Mental Health and Learning Disability.
Pope, Alexander. The Poems of Alexander Pope. Editor Butt, John, Twickenham Edition, Methuen; Yale University Press, 1951–1969, 11 vols.
5: 271n31

Probably 11 March 1676: George Etherege's final comedy, The Man of...

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Probably 11 March 1676

George Etherege 's final comedy, The Man of Mode, was first performed.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

Lady Anne Clifford: 22 March 1676

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22 March 1676

LAC died at Brougham Castle in Westmorland.
This castle gave its name to a novel by Jane Harvey published in 1816.
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
242

23 March 1676-20 November 1677: Poor Robin's Intelligence, publishing over...

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23 March 1676-20 November 1677

Poor Robin's Intelligence, publishing over this period, is said to include the first example of fiction appearing serially.
Wiles, Roy McKeen. Serial Publication in England Before 1750. Cambridge University Press, 1957.
76n1

Ann, Lady Fanshawe: May 1676

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May 1676

The extant manuscript of Ann Fanshawe 's Memoirs of her late husband was transcribed this month. This copy is now British Library Additional MS 41161.
Halkett, Anne, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. “Note on the Text; A Chronology of Sir Richard Fanshawe and Ann, Lady Fanshawe”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis, Clarendon Press, 1979, pp. 91-9.
91

Anne Wentworth: 26 June 1676

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26 June 1676

AW wrote and printed her first polemical sectarian pamphlet, A True Account of Anne Wentworth.
Wentworth, Anne. A True Account of Anne Wentworth. 1676.
22

Aphra Behn: 3 July 1676

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3 July 1676

The earliest recorded performance of AB 's only tragedy, Abdelazer; or, The Moor's Revenge, at Dorset Garden , starred the new sensation, Elizabeth Barry .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

Mary Penington: 30 July 1676

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30 July 1676

At Worminghurst in Sussex (a house belonging to her son-in-law William Penn which was probably a gift from herself), MP had a delightful dream of glorious heavenly forms.
Penington, Mary. Experiences in the Life of Mary Penington. Editor Penney, Norman, Friends Historical Society, 1992.
51
Penington, Mary. Experiences in the Life of Mary Penington. Editor Penney, Norman, Friends Historical Society, 1992.
48-52
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Mary, Lady Chudleigh: Between September 1676 and September 1693

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Between September 1676 and September 1693

Mary, Lady Chudleigh , bore at least six children; all of them except two sons died young.
Chudleigh, Mary, Lady. “Introduction”. The Poems and Prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh, edited by Margaret J. M. Ezell, Oxford University Press, 1993, p. xvii - xxxvi.
xx-xxi

Lucy Hutchinson: 2 September 1676

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2 September 1676

LH , with the poet Lord Rochester and his mother Anne, Countess of Rochester (her cousin), visited her patron Lord Anglesey .
Greer, Germaine. “Horror like Thunder”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 22-4.
23
Hutchinson, Lucy. “Introduction, Chronology”. Order and Disorder, edited by David Norbrook, Blackwell, 2001, p. i - lviii.
xviii

9 September 1676: Charles Hart, Michael Mohun, Edward Kynaston,...

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9 September 1676

Charles Hart , Michael Mohun , Edward Kynaston , and William Cartwright were appointed by the Lord Chamberlain to manage Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 247

Aphra Behn: 20 September 1676

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20 September 1676

AB 's adapted comedy The Town-Fopp; or, Sir Timothy Tawdry was licensed.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

November 1676: A book-auction was held in London which is...

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November 1676

A book-auction was held in London which is reckoned to have been the first modern-method auction in England.
Wall, Cynthia. “The English Auction: Narratives of Dismantlings”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
31
, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-25.
3-4

11 December 1676: William Wycherley's last play, The Plain...

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11 December 1676

William Wycherley 's last play, The Plain Dealer (a somewhat dark comedy), adapted from Molière 's Le Misanthrope, had its first appearance.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

Margaret Fell: 1677

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1677

MF published The Daughter of Sion Awakened, in nineteen pages, signing it M. F.
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.