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American Revolution
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William Blake Publishes songs of innocence
William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake. Two of his six siblings died in infancy. From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the window"; around age nine, while walking dathrough the countryside, he saw a tree filled with angels. Although his parents tried to discourage him from "lying," they did observe that he was different from his peers and did not force him to attend conventional school -
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The French Revolution
French citizens riot against the control of the French goverment and regain there freedoms. Les Misrables is based on this event. -
Mary Wollstonecraft
“A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraft, published in 1792, was a reaction to the French Revolutionary Assembly’s Declaration of the Rights of Man which granted participatory citizenship only to men. The “Rights of Man” meant a fraternity of “liberty, fraternity, equality” only for men, comparing marriage to slavery and tyrannical oppression. Wollstonecraft challenges the thinking that sustains and idealizes this subjection: it questions the view of woman’s subordination as -
Charles and Mary Lamb Publsih Tales From Shakespeare
The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. However, as noted in the Author's Preface, "his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into o -
Brothers Grimm begin to publish Grimm's Fairytales
The first volume of the first edition was published, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1814. For the second edition, two volumes were issued in 1819 and a third in 1822, totalling 170 tales. The third edition appeared in 1837; fourth edition, 1840; fifth edition, 1843; sixth edition, 1850; seventh edition, 1857. Stories were added, and also subtracted, from one edition to the next, until the seventh held 211 tales. All editions were extensively illustrated, first -
US declares war on Great Britian
US declares war on Great Britian and wins. known as war of 1812 -
US declares war on Great Britian
Also known as war of 1812, US won the war against Great Britian -
US declares war on Great Britian
US declares war on Great Britian and wins. known as war of 1812 -
Jane Austen Publishes Pride and Predjudice
Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books" such as The Big Read.[1] It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has so -
Mary Shelley Publishes Frankestein
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One of a series of ineffective Factory Acts prohibts emploment of children under 9
help to do away with sweatshops and little kids being used for cheap labor. -
Noah Webster Publishes an american of the englsih dictonary
The first american dictionary helps educate the uneducated, and now there are other dicitonaries around -
Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Orginally written as a tribute to the Notre Dame catherdrale which had people wanting to tear it down. -
Charles Darwin serves as naturalists on HMS Beagle during expedition along the coast of South America
Charles Darwins big trip that led to his theory of evolution and is a large part of history. -
Slavery is abolished in British Empire
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire and slaves are freed like what happened in the U.S.
