1763 _March 31._ Agrees with James Dodsley to write a _ Chronological History of the Lives of Eminent Persons of Great Britain and Ireland_. (Never done.) 1764 ‘The Club,’ afterwards the Literary Club, founded. Moves into lodgings on the library staircase of the Temple. _June 26._ _History of England, in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son_ published. _October 31._ Oratorio of _The Captivity_ sold to James Dodsley. _December 19._ _The Traveller_ published. 1765 _June 4._ _Essays by Mr. Goldsmith_ published. ‘The Double Transformation,’ ‘A New Simile’ (_Essays_). _Edwin and Angelina_ (_The Hermit_) printed privately for the amusement of the Countess of Northumberland. Resumes practice as a physician. 1766 _March 27._ _Vicar of Wakefield_ published. ‘Elegy on a Mad Dog’; ‘Olivia’s Song’ (_Vicar of Wakefield_). _May 31._ _Vicar of Wakefield_, 2nd edition. _June._ Translation of Formey’s _Concise History of Philosophy and Philosophers_ published. _August 29._ _Vicar of Wakefield_, 3rd edition. _December 15._ _Poems for Young Ladies_ published. 1766 _December 28._ _English Grammar_ written. 1767 _April._ _Beauties of English Poesy_ published. _July 19._ Living in Garden Court, Temple. _July 25._ Letter to the _St. James’s Chronicle_. _December 22._ Death of John Newbery. 1768 _February 5._ Publishes _The Good Natur’d Man_, a Comedy, produced at Covent Garden, January 29. ‘Epilogue to _The Good Natur’d Man_.’ Moves to 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple. _May._ Death of Henry Goldsmith. Living at Edgware. 1769 _February 18._ ‘Epilogue to Mrs. Lenox’s _ Sister_.’ _February 29._ Agreement for ‘a new Natural History of Animals’ (_Animated Nature_). _May 18._ _Roman History_ published. _June 13._ Agreement for _History of England_. _December._ Appointed Professor of History to the Royal Academy.