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1913: A Belfast branch of the Women's Social and...

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1913

A Belfast branch of the Women's Social and Political Union was formed, with Dorothy Evans as Ulster Organizer.

December 1860: Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of...

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December 1860

Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of the Fashionable World ceased publication.

Jackie Kay

JK 's poetry, plays, and fiction explore issues of divided, displaced, or mixed identity. Her writings probe and challenge assumptions about race, gender, and sexuality with a mixture of pain and humour. She often draws...
Jackie Kay Photo of Jackie Kay taken during the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival. She is wearing brown tinted glasses and a dress with small polka-squares that matches her earrings. she has short black hair.

1912: Memories of Victorian London was published....

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1912

Memories of Victorian London was published. It contains a variety of gossip alongside Lucy Walford 's writing of her later life.

1880: The Obstetrical Society established examination...

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1880

The Obstetrical Society established examination centres throughout England.

21 April 1749: Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks was...

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21 April 1749

Handel 's Music for the Royal Fireworks was first heard; its audience was one of all classes at Vauxhall Gardens, London.

By December 2008: The city of Paris offered a rent-free artist's...

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By December 2008

The city of Paris offered a rent-free artist's studio to Taslima Nasrin or Nasreen , a Pakistani/Bangladeshi author exiled by the denunciation and threats that greeted her novel Lajja (Shame) in 1993.

1887: The weekly magazine Family Friend ceased...

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1887

The weekly magazineFamily Friend ceased publication.

By 2 September 1837: W. A. F. Browne published What Asylums Were,...

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By 2 September 1837

W. A. F. Browne published What Asylums Were, Are, and Ought to Be, extolling the virtues of the self-employed lunatic and a hierarchy of industry within the asylum.

September 1860: Emily Faithfull and Bessie Rayner Parkes...

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September 1860

Emily Faithfull and Bessie Rayner Parkes spoke on the employment of women in printing trades at the fourth annual conference of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science held in Glasgow.

1843: London and Dover were connected by rail....

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1843

London and Dover were connected by rail.

Probably by May 1754: A 57-page, satirical, duodecimo pamphlet...

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Probably by May 1754

A 57-page, satirical, duodecimo pamphlet was published in London, entitled The Female Parliament; it was probably suggested by the new parliament called for the end of this month.

18 September 1997: The United Nations adopted the Land Mines...

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18 September 1997

The United Nations adopted the Land Mines Convention, officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

1390: Dorotea Bocchi was appointed to the chair...

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1390

Dorotea Bocchi was appointed to the chair of medicine and moral philosophy at the University of Bologna, which she held for forty years.

After 4 August 1914: The Women's Freedom League formed the Women's...

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After 4 August 1914

The Women's Freedom League formed the Women's Suffrage National Aid Corps to assist women and children during wartime.

17 May 1880: Charles Stewart Parnell was elected Chairman...

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17 May 1880

Charles Stewart Parnell was elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party .

10 August 1846: The £100,000 bequest of English chemist and...

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10 August 1846

The £100,000 bequest of English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (announced on 17 December 1835) established the Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC.

1870: J. J. Garth Wilkinson published Forcible...

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1870

J. J. Garth Wilkinson published Forcible Introspection of the Women for the Army and Navy by the Oligarchy Considered Physically.

1858: The Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, began the...

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1858

The Adelaide Hospital , Dublin, began the first secular training programme for nurses in Ireland.

1754: The architect John Wood the elder began work...

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1754

The architect John Wood the elder began work on The Circus in Bath; he died only three months later, and it was completed by his son, John Wood the younger .

3 July 1673: Elkanah Settle's verse tragedy The Empress...

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3 July 1673

Elkanah Settle 's verse tragedyThe Empress of Morocco, written in rhyming couplets and spectacularly staged, had its first public performance, following several at court with high-profile amateur actors.

1870s: Henry Maudsley was principal editor of the...

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1870s

Henry Maudsley was principal editor of the Journal of Mental Science, the journal of the Medico-Psychological Association .

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli

18 May 1661: The group which later became the Royal Society...

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18 May 1661

The group which later became the Royal Society received its first gift of a rarity for its Repository.

December 1952: The last full-scale smog (fog loaded with...

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December 1952

The last full-scale smog (fog loaded with smoke) descended on London; in three days there were 4,000 deaths in excess of normal figures. This was a major contributing factor in the Clean Air Act...