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Satire, pamphleteering and political caricature in the Enlightenment (1700–1789)

Satire, pamphleteering and political caricature in the Enlightenment (1700–1789)

  1. Addison and Steele launch The Spectator

    Labels: Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Spectator

  2. Mandeville publishes The Fable of the Bees

    Labels: Bernard Mandeville, The Fable

  3. Cato’s Letters begin in the London Journal

    Labels: John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon, Cato s

  4. Swift’s Drapier campaign opposes Wood’s coinage

    Labels: Jonathan Swift, Drapier s

  5. Hogarth issues A Harlot’s Progress engravings

    Labels: William Hogarth, A Harlot

  6. Voltaire’s Lettres philosophiques appears in French

    Labels: Voltaire, Lettres philosophiques

  7. Zenger trial ends with a notable acquittal

    Labels: John Peter, Zenger trial

  8. Fielding stages satire that helps trigger censorship

    Labels: Henry Fielding, The Historical

  9. Licensing Act tightens control of British theatre

    Labels: Licensing Act, Lord Chamberlain

  11. Diderot and d’Alembert begin publishing Encyclopédie

    Labels: Denis Diderot, Encyclop die

  12. Wilkes publishes North Briton No. 45

    Labels: John Wilkes, North Briton

  13. Stamp Act Congress coordinates colonial protest print

    Labels: Stamp Act, American colonies

  14. Beaumarchais’s Figaro premieres after censorship battles

    Labels: Beaumarchais, The Marriage

  15. Sieyès publishes What Is the Third Estate?

    Labels: Abb Siey, What Is

  16. Early revolutionary clubs take shape in Paris

    Labels: Jacobin Club, Paris clubs