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start of the romanticism period
With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution -
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems- Wordsworth and Coleridge
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads in 1798. This landmark book was considered to the beginning of the English Literature Romantic Movement. In contrast to the rigid English language, Wordsworth and Coleridge experimented with everyday language that could be understood by even the common people. One of the famous poems was "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". -
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Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist, founder of modern Russian literature. His work is part of the romantic movement.Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist, founder of modern Russian literature. His work is part of the romantic movement. -
steam boat
In 1802, William Symington built a practical steamboat -
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napoleonic wars
The Napoleonic Wars, also called the Coalition Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place between the First French Empire, under the command of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte, and a fluctuating series of European coalitions. -
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France
In order to fulfil his dreams of conquest in Europe, Napoleon crowned himself emperor. -
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Edgar allen poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American romantic writer, poet, critic and journalist, generally recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story, of which he was one of the first practitioners in his country. He was a renovator of the Gothic novel, especially remembered for his horror stories. -
Ørsted's discovery of electromagnetism
Ørsted's discovery of electromagnetism in 1820 was directed against the mathematically based Newtonian physics of the Enlightenment; -
the Great Reform Act of 1832
The Reform Act of 1832 was an Act of Parliament which introduced a wide range of changes to the electoral system in England and Wales for example The Reform Act abolished the 40 shilling franchise which had its origins in a statute of 1429 limiting who could vote for the knights of the shire -
end of the romanticism
However, in most fields the Romantic period is said to be over by about 1850, or earlier. The early period of the Romantic era was a time of war, with the French Revolution (1789–1799) followed by the Napoleonic Wars until 1815.