1672. Birth of Addison and Steele.
1697. Addison elected Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
1701, 3, 5, 22. Steele's Plays.
1702. Accession of Queen Anne.
1704. Addison's _Campaign_ (poem celebrating Blenheim).
1706. Addison's _Rosamond_ (opera).
1709-11. Steele's _Tatler_.
1711-12-14. The _Spectator_.
1713. Addison's _Cato_ (play).
1714. Accession of George I.
1717. Addison appointed Secretary of State.
1719. Death of Addison.
1729. Death of Steele.