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Date
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Event
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Topics
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1726 |
Eliza Haywood, The Distressed Orphan, or Love in a Madhouse and The Merchant Lover. |
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1727 |
James Thomson, Summer of The Seasons. |
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1727 |
Eliza Haywood, Caramania. |
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June 11, 1727 |
George I dies; George II Hanover becomes king. |
*House of Hanover |
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1728 |
John Gay, The Beggar's Opera. |
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1728 |
Alexander Pope, The Dunciad (3-book version). |
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1728 |
James Thomson, Spring of The Seasons. |
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1728 |
Frances Hutcheson, Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. |
*Sensibility |
| Details |
1728 |
Penelope Aubin, The Life and Adventures of the Young Count Albertus. |
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1728 |
Elizabeth Thomas, Codrus. |
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| Details |
1729 |
Treaty of Seville with Spain. |
*Spain |
| Details |
1729 |
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal."
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*Ireland |
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1729 |
James Thomson, "Rule Britannia." |
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| Details |
1729 |
Eliza Haywood, Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Dunenburgh. |
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1729 |
William Hogarth, A Scene from the Beggar's Opera. |
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| Details |
1730 |
Harrington replaces Townsend as Secretary of State. |
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| Details |
1730 |
Famine in Ireland. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1730 |
Stephen Duck, Poems. |
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| Details |
1730 |
Henry Fielding, Tom Thumb. |
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| Details |
1730 |
James Thomson, The Seasons.
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| Details |
1730 |
Elizabeth Thomas, The Metamorphoses of the Town. |
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1730 |
Mary Astell, another edition of Some Reflections on Marriage, Letters Concerned with the Love of God. |
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May 15, 1730 |
Sir Robert Walpole becomes Prime Minister (note that the title was applied to him satirically, as a term of reproach; "Prime Minister" became an official title in 1905). |
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1731 |
Second Treaty of Vienna with Austria. |
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1731 |
Alexander Pope, "Epistle to Burlington."
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