| Tory Party in majority. 1704. Swift's _Battle of the Books_ |1703. Victory of Blenheim. and _Tale of a Tub_. | Harley and St. John called to Defoe's _Review_ begun. | the ministry. |1705. Increasing power of the Whigs; | union of Whigs and moderate | Tories. |1706. Marlborough defeats French at | Ramillies. |1707. Union with Scotland. | | | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ ====================================+==================================== | STEELE | ADDISON | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ |1708. Chief Secretary to Earl of | Wharton, Lord Lieutenant | of Ireland. | | 1709. April 12. First number of _The|1709. Joins Steele in the conduct Tatler_. | of _The Tatler_. 1710. January. Appointed |1710. September, October. Conducts Commissioner of Stamps. | _The Whig Examiner_. Loses October. Loses his place as | his Secretaryship. Gazetteer. | | | | | 1711. January 2. Last number of _The|1711-14. With Steele conducts _The Tatler_. | Spectator_. March 1. First number of _The | Spectator_. | 1712. December 6. Last number of |1712. _Poems_. _The Spectator_ under the | joint editorship of Steele | and Addison. | 1713. March 12. _The Guardian_ |1713. April 14. _Cato_ first acted; begun. | published in the same month. August. Elected to Parliament | Contributes to _The Guardian_. from Stockbridge. | October 1. _The Guardian_ | discontinued. | October 6. _The Englishman_ | begun. | 1714. January. Publishes _The |1714. Eighth volume of _The Crisis_. | Spectator_. Chief Secretary to February 15.