The Neoclassical Period (1660-1785) By gingerrjay 1660 Monarchy is restored in England. 1665 Great Plague of London 1666 The great fire of london 1667 John Milton, Paradise Lost 1672 John Dryden, Marriage à-la-Mode 1677 Aphra Behn, The Rover 1678 John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress 1679 Denis Papin invented the pressure cooker. 1685 Reign of James II 1698 Thomas Savery invented the Odometer 1698 Thomas Savery invented the steam engine. 1700 Congreve, The Way of the World 1701 Jethro Tull invents the seed drill. 1702 Anne is crowned Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1704 Jonathan Swift, The Battle of the Books 1709 Richard Steele founds the periodical The Tatler 1709 Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano. 1711 Richard Steele and Joseph Addison found The Spectator 1711 John Shore invented the tuning fork 1714 George I becomes King of England after Queen Anne dies 1714 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first reliable thermometer 1727 George II becomes King of Britain 1733 William Hogarth, The Harlot's Progress 1733 John Kay invents the flying shuttle. 1740 Samuel Richardson, Pamela 1742 Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin Stove 1744 Alexander Pope dies 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract 1773 Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer 1784 Bifocals were invented by Benjamin Franklin
