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The American Revolution
1776-1783. 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. -
The French Revolution
1789-1815. French Revolution, also called Revolution of 1789, the revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789. Hence the conventional term “Revolution of 1789,” denoting the end of the ancien régime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848. -
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Mary Wollstonecraft critiques female educational restrictions in the piece of work. -
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. -
Tales from Shakespeare
Mary and Charles 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. -
Luddite Riot
English artisans called Luddites riot and destroy textile machines, fearing that industrialism threatens their livlihoods. -
Grimm's Fairytales
Brother's Grimm begin to publish Grimm's Fairytales.Once they saw how the tales bewitched young readers, the Grimms, and editors aplenty after them, started "fixing" things. Tales gradually got softer, sweeter, and primly moral. Yet all the polishing never rubbed away the solid heart of the stories, now read and loved in more than 160 languages. -
War
On June 12, 1812, the United States declared war on Great as a result of numerous disputes between the two countries. The British continuously engaged in impressment and forced US citizens to serve in the Royal Navy. The British also attacked the USS Chesapeake and this nearly caused a war two year earlier. Additionally, disputes continued with Great Britain over the Northwest Territories and the border with Canada. Finally, Great Britain’s blockade nited States declares war on Great Britian. -
Pride and Prejudice
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, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennet (whose liveliness and quick wit have often attracted readers) and the haughty Darcy -
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, publishes Frankenstein. This is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was nineteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. -
Factory Acts
One of a series of ineffective Factor Acts prohibitted employment of children under nine. -
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Noah Webster publishes An American Dictionary of the English Language. Noah Webster, the Father of American Christian education, wrote the first American dictionary and established a system of rules to govern spelling, grammar, and reading. This master linguist understood the power of words, their definitions, and the need for precise word usage in communication to maintain independence. -
HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin serves as naturalist on HMS Beagle during expedition along the coast of South America. -
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo publishes The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The French title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on which the story is centered, and is a metaphor for Esmeralda, the main character of the story. -
Slavery Abolished in British Empire
This was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire (with the exceptions "of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company," the "Island of Ceylon," and "the Island of Saint Helena", which exceptions were eliminated in 1843).[1] The Act was repealed in 1998 as part of a wider rationalisation of English statute law, but later anti-slavery legislation remains in force.
