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The early modern era is the period 1631-1899, predated by the Renaissance and followed by the modern era.

17th century

• Dissolution of the Long Parliament, by Oliver Cromwell, (20 April 1653)
• Sanquhar Declaration, by Richard Cameron, 1680

Early 18th century

• Speech against the Union, by John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, (November 1706)
• Against Repealling the Triennial Act, by Archibald Hutcheson, (April 1716)
• Speech against the bill for laying a tax on Papists, by Thomas Lutwyche, (6 May 1723)
• The marriage of the Prince of Wales, by Pitt the Elder, (29 April 1736)
• The Standing Army, by William Pitt the Elder, (4 February 1738)
• Speech Against his Removal from Office, by Sir Robert Walpole, (February 1741)
• Battle of Prestonpans Speech, by John Cope, (21 September 1745)
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham Speech, by James Wolfe, (13 September 1759)
• Speech against the Stamp Act, by William Pitt the Elder, (14 January 1766)

1770s

• The case of John Wilkes, by William Pitt the Elder, (9 January 1770)
• The State of the Nation, by William Pitt the Elder, (22 January 1770)
• The Defence of Weaker States, by William Pitt the Elder, (22 January 1770)
• He is a Member of Parliament – Edmund Burke, (3 November 1774)
• The Wounds given to the Constitution – John Wilkes, (22 February 1775)
• Speech on Conciliation with America, by Edmund Burke, (22 March 1775)
• Give me liberty or give me death, by Patrick Henry, (23 March 1775)
• Speech on the Rebellion in the American Colonies, by George III, (27 October 1775)
• On Coercive Measures in America, by John Wilkes, (1775)
• The Conquest of the Americans, by John Wilkes, (1777)

1780s

• A Free People, by Henry Grattan, (16 April 1782)
• Newburg address, by George Washington, (15 March 1783)
• Resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, by George Washington, (23 December 1783)
• On State Representation, by Benjamin Franklin, (28 June 1787)
• Disapproving and accepting the Constitution, by Benjamin Franklin, (17 September 1787)
• Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought?, by Patrick Henry, (5 June 1788)
• On the Horrors of the Slave Trade, by William Wilberforce, (12 May 1789)

1790s

• Farewell Address, by George Washington, (17 September 1796)
• XYZ Address, by John Adams, (16 May 1797)

1800s

• Overtures of Peace with France, by William Pitt the Younger, (3 February 1800)
• On refusal to negotiate with France, by Charles James Fox, (3 February 1800)
• Grant to the Emperor of Germany, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, (17 February 1800)
• Speech from the Dock, by Robert Emmet, (20 September 1803)
• Napoleon's Speech at Austerlitz, by Napoleon Bonaparte, (2 December 1805)
• The Burr Conspiracy, by Thomas Jefferson, (22 January 1807)

1810s

• War Message to Congress, by James Madison, (1 June 1812)

1820s

• Plymouth Oration, by Daniel Webster, (22 December 1820)
• The Bunker Hill Monument, by Daniel Webster, (17 June 1825)
• Adams and Jefferson, by Daniel Webster, (2 August 1826)
• Address on the King's Message Respecting Portugal, by George Canning, (12 December 1826)
• Catholic Emancipation, by Duke of Wellington, (2 April 1829)

1830s

• Second Reply to Hayne, by Daniel Webster, (27 January 1830)
• The Dangers which Menace States, by Robert Peel, (3 March 1831)
• Belgium and payments to Russia, by Robert Peel, (16 July 1832)
• The Russian loan and Holland, by Robert Peel, (20 July 1832)
• Government of India, by Thomas Babington Macaulay, (10 July 1833)
• Inaugural Address, by Joseph Ritner, (1835)
• Dissolution of Parliament, by Robert Peel, (24 February 1835)
• Finality Speech, by Lord John Russell, (20 November 1837)

1840s

• Copyright Law, by Thomas Babington Macaulay, (5 February, 1841)
• The working classes and the corn laws, by Richard Cobden, (24 February 1842)
• Second Speech on Copyright Law, by Thomas Babington Macaulay, (6 April 1842)
• The Gates of Somnauth, by Thomas Babington Macaulay, (9 March 1843)
• The Great Nation of Futurity, by John L. O'Sullivan, (1845)
• Repeal of the Corn Laws, by Duke of Wellington, (28 May 1846)
• The Sword Speech, by Thomas Francis Meagher, (20 July 1846)
• The Annexation of Cracow, by Lord John Russell, (4 March 1847)
• Speech from the Dock, by Thomas Francis Meagher, (1848)
• The Polish Question, by Viscount Palmerston, (1 March 1848)
• On extending the franchise, by Richard Cobden, (6 July 1848)

1850s

• Seventh of March Speech, by Daniel Webster, (7 March 1850)
• Don Pacifico Speech, by Viscount Palmerston, (25 June 1850)
• Ain't I a Woman?, by Sojourner Truth, (1851)
• The Dignity and Importance of History, by Daniel Webster, (23 February 1852)
• What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, by Frederick Douglass, (5 July 1852)
• The Crime against Kansas, by Charles Sumner, (19-20 May, 1856)
• On his assault on Charles Sumner, by Preston Brooks, (14 July 1856)
• China and the Attack on Canton, by Richard Cobden, (26 February 1857)
• A House Divided, by Abraham Lincoln, (16 June 1858)
• On the Irrepressible Conflict, by William H. Seward, (25 October 1858)
• On the English Foreign Policy, by John Bright, (29 October 1858)
• John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial, by John Brown, (2 November 1859)

1860s

• Cooper Union Speech, by Abraham Lincoln, (1860)
• To Arms, by Giuseppe Garibaldi, (1860)
• Secession is the Height of Madness, Folly, and Wickedness, by Alexander Stephens (1861)
• E.S. Dargan on Secession, by E. S. Dargan, (11 January 1861)
• Inaugural Address, by Jefferson Davis, (18 February 1861)
• Cornerstone Speech, by Alexander Stephens, (1861)
• Seizure of the Alexandra, by Richard Cobden, (24 April 1863)
• Gettysburg Oration, by Edward Everett, (19 November 1863)
• Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln, (19 November 1863)
• Foreign Affairs, by Richard Cobden, (24 November 1863)
• Denmark and Germany, by Benjamin Disraeli, (4 July 1864)
• Final Public Address, by Abraham Lincoln, (1865)
• Austria and Prussia, by Lord Edward Stanley, (20 July 1866)
• Prohibition, by Alexander Tilloch Galt, (1867)
• Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment, by John Stuart Mill, (21 April 1868)
• Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities, by William Rathbone (22 June 1869)

1870s

• La Liberté speech, by Karl Marx, (1872)
• Suez Canal Speech, by Benjamin Disraeli, (21 February 1872)
• The Maintenance of Empire, by Benjamin Disraeli, (1872)
• Conservative Principles, by Benjamin Disraeli, (3 April 1873)
• On Women's Rights to Vote, by Susan B Anthony, (1873)
• Universal Religion, by Keshub Chandra Sen, (1870)

1880s

• The Duties of American Citizenship, by Theodore Roosevelt, (1883)
• Trust the People, by Lord Randolph Churchill, (16 April 1884)
• On the Death of General Gordon, by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (20 July 1885)
• The address of the president of the American Bar Association at their eighth annual meeting, by John W. Stevenson, (19 August 1885)
• Irish Home Rule Speech, by William Ewart Gladstone, (7 June 1886)
• The Benefits of Reading, by Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (December 1887)
• The Channel Tunnel, by William Ewart Gladstone, (27 June 1888)

1890s

• The Future Policy of the Liberal Party, by William Ewart Gladstone, (2 October 1891)
• Principal Speech Against Unconditional Repeal, by William Jennings Bryan (16 August 1893)
• Welcome Address, The World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, by Swami Vivekananda, (11 September 1893)
• Memorial Day Address, by William Jennings Bryan, (30 May, 1894)
• Atlanta Compromise, by Booker T. Washington, (18 September 1895)
• The Case Against Vaccination, by Walter Hadwen, (25 January 1896)
• Cross of Gold Speech, by William Jennings Bryan, (9 July 1896)
• A Tribute to Robert Burns, by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, (21 July 1896)
• The True Conception of Empire, by Joseph Chamberlain, (31 March 1897)
• The Strenuous Life, by Theodore Roosevelt, (10 April 1899)

See also

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