Portal:Early modern speeches
The early modern era is the period 1631-1899, predated by the Renaissance and followed by the modern era.
17th centuryEdit
- Dissolution of the Long Parliament, by Oliver Cromwell, (20 April 1653)
- Sanquhar Declaration, by Richard Cameron, 1680
Early 18th centuryEdit
- 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)
1770sEdit
- 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)
1780sEdit
- 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)
1790sEdit
- Farewell Address, by George Washington, (17 September 1796)
- XYZ Address, by John Adams, (16 May 1797)
1800sEdit
- 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)
1810sEdit
- War Message to Congress, by James Madison, (1 June 1812)
1820sEdit
- 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)
1830sEdit
- 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)
1840sEdit
- 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)
1850sEdit
- 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)
1860sEdit
- 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)
1870sEdit
- 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)
1880sEdit
- 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)
1890sEdit
- 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)