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RecID: 321 |
1753 |
Sarah Fielding, The Adventures of David Simple. Volume the Last, in which his History is Concluded. |
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RecID: 322 |
1753 |
Eliza Haywood, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy. |
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RecID: 319 |
1753 - 1754 |
Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison. |
*Sensibility |
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RecID: 323 |
1753 - 1757 |
Salons (painting exhibits) of 1753, 1755, 1757 analyzed by Michael Fried. |
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RecID: 1816 |
Apr 3, 1753 |
The Jewish Naturalization Bill, more popularly known as the "Jew Bill," is introduced in Parliament. The Bill would free foreign-born Jews living in England from commercial discrimination, as they would not have to take the sacrament as part of the naturalization process. |
*Anglo-Jewish History |
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RecID: 1817 |
May 22, 1753 |
Parliament passes the "Jew Bill," protests ensue. |
*Anglo-Jewish History |
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RecID: 1818 |
Nov 15, 1753 |
The Duke of Newcastle introduces a new Bill which would repeal the "Jew Bill" |
*Anglo-Jewish History |
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RecID: 1819 |
Dec 20, 1753 |
The Duke of Newcastle's Bill passes, repealing the earlier Jewish Naturalization Bill. |
*Anglo-Jewish History |
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RecID: 2 |
1754 |
Dupleix recalled to France in humiliation; Robert Clive returns to England in triumph. First Royal troops not belonging to the East India Company dispatched to India. |
*India
*Colonialism |
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RecID: 324 |
1754 |
Condillac, Traité des sensations. |
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RecID: 325 |
1754 |
David Hume, History of Great Britain. |
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RecID: 326 |
1754 |
Thomas Warton, Observations on the Faerie Queene. |
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RecID: 327 |
1754 |
Sarah Fielding and Jane Collier, The Cry. |
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RecID: 1842 |
1754 |
James Baillie (1723-1778), father of Joanna Baillie, takes living at Shotts Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. |
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RecID: 2364 |
1754 - 1763 |
Nine Year's War between Britain and France (called the French and Indian War in U.S., the Seven Year's War [beg. 1756] in Europe) |
*France |
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RecID: 283 |
1755 |
Samuel Johnson publishes A Dictionary of the English Language. |
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RecID: 328 |
1755 |
Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. |
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RecID: 329 |
1755 |
Eliza Haywood, The Invisible Spy (rptd. 1766, 1773, 1778). |
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RecID: 330 |
1755 |
Thomas Gainsborough, The Painter's Daughters Chasing a Butterfly (1755-56).
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RecID: 331 |
1756 |
The Seven Years War with France--Pitt's trade war--begins. |
*France
*Economics
*Colonialism |
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RecID: 332 |
1756 |
Joseph Warton, Essay on Pope. |
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RecID: 333 |
1756 |
Charlotte Lennox, Memoirs of the Duke of Sully. |
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RecID: 334 |
1756 |
Critical Review begins publication. |
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RecID: 335 |
Jan 27, 1756 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born, Salzburg, Austria. |
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RecID: 336 |
1757 |
William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham) becomes Prime Minister (his two
ministries span 1757-61, 1766-68). |
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