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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
William Blake publishes Songs of Innocence
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. -
Mary Wollsonecraft critiques female educational restrictions in A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Wollstonecraft argues that true freedom necessitates equality of the sexes; claims that intellect, or reason, is superior to emotion, or passion; seeks to persuade women to acquire strength of mind and body -
Charles and Mary Lamb publish Tales from Shakespeare
The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. -
English artisans called Luddites riot and destroy textile machines
Luddites were 19th-century English textile artisans who violently protested against the machinery introduced during the Industrial Revolution that made it possible to replace them with less skilled, low wage labourers, leaving them without work. -
Brother's Grimm begin to publish Grimm's Fairytales
The first volume had 86 stories and the second had 70 -
Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice has consistently been Jane Austen's most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day. -
Mary Shelley, published Frankenstein
Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. -
Noah webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language
the Father of American Christian education, wrote the first American dictionary and established a system of rules to govern spelling, grammar, and reading. -
Victor Hugo publishes The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo began writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1829.
