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1911: The Women's Industrial Council opened a nursery...

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1911

The Women's Industrial Council opened a nursery training school at Hackney.
Mappen, Ellen. Helping Women at Work: The Women’s Industrial Council, 1889-1914. Hutchinson in association with the Explorations in Feminism Collective, 1985.
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1835: Andrew Ure published The Philosophy of Manufactures:...

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1835

Andrew Ure published The Philosophy of Manufactures: or, An Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and Commercial Economy of the Factory System of Great Britain.
Ure, Andrew. The Philosophy of Manufactures. Charles Knight, 1835.
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Mary Caesar

Despite shaky spelling and punctuation, MC wrote during the early eighteenth century a unique, highly partisan, Jacobite diary or journal, which partakes also of the nature of a memoir, elegy, family history, or commonplace-book. In...

January 1792: A number of black people embarked at Halifax,...

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January 1792

A number of black people embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, heading for Sierra Leone, where they arrived (on a ship captained by John Clarkson , brother of the abolitionist) two months later.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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13 April 1790: The French National Assembly, in Paris, rejected...

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13 April 1790

The French National Assembly , in Paris, rejected Catholicism as the national religion.
Waldron, Mary. Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806. University of Georgia Press, 1996.
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1758: Carl Linnaeus' tenth edition of his Systema...

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1758

Carl Linnaeus ' tenth edition of his Systema Naturae catalogued all known fauna and flora.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
passim

November 1382: The House of Commons requested Richard II...

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November 1382

The House of Commons requested Richard II to make use of wise officers and honest and discreet councillors.
Saul, Nigel. Richard II. Yale University Press, 1997.
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Saul, Nigel. Richard II. Yale University Press, 1997.
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11 June 1790: Parliament was dissolved, and election campaigning...

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11 June 1790

Parliament was dissolved, and election campaigning for a new parliament began.
Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
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23 July 1920: British East Africa, renamed Kenya, became...

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23 July 1920

British East Africa, renamed Kenya, became a Crown Colony.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1836: A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset,...

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1836

A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset, witnessed the outbreak of a riot, as moderationists violently disrupted a speech by teetotaller James Tearle .
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1820s: Bazaars (specially arranged sales, largely...

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1820s

Bazaars (specially arranged sales, largely of fancy goods) were beginning to become a popular way to raise funds for charity.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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Susanna Wright

SW , early American poet and woman of letters, was writing throughout the middle years of the eighteenth century. She did not preserve her letters or poems, and comparatively few have survived, though the known...
Susanna Wright First page of Susanna Wright's "Directions for the management of Silk-Worms", posthumously printed in the "Philadelphia Physical and Medical Journal", 1 (1804): 103, with editorial praise of Wright's life and work.

14 May 1787: The first settlers (perhaps sixty people...

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14 May 1787

The first settlers (perhaps sixty people of European descent and between three and four hundred blacks) arrived from England in Sierra Leone in West Africa.
Crooks, John Joseph. A History of the Colony of Sierra Leone, Western Africa. Metro Books, 1972.
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Walvin, James et al. “Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times”. Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters, National Portrait Gallery, 1997, pp. 93-113.
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Sarah Pearson

SP began placing poetry in magazines in the late 1780s, and went on to publish two collections, the first political-reformist and sentimental, and the second lighter in tone. She was also the author of a...

March 1872: The Dundee and District Domestic Servants...

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March 1872

The Dundee and District Domestic Servants Association was formed in Dundee, Scotland.
Gordon, Eleanor. Women and the Labour Movement in Scotland 1850-1914. Clarendon, 1991, http://University of Toronto (Robarts).
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October 1896: The Dawn, a quarterly edited by Josephine...

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October 1896

The Dawn, a quarterly edited by Josephine Butler , ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
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Storm Jameson

SJ was a prolific novelist with an intense commitment to political causes, especially pacifism, anti-fascism, artistic freedom, and various women's issues. Her fiction is generally thought of as realist or materialist in its techniques, and...
Storm Jameson Colour illustration of Storm Jameson. She wears a yellow top and has light blue eyes. Her hair is auburn and wavy. The image was created as part of a Famous British Authors card series, published in London.

1872: T. H. Huxley and other members of the Physics,...

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1872

T. H. Huxley and other members of the Physics, Chemistry, and Natural History departments of the School of Mines split from the School and relocated in new buildings in South Kensington.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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About 1800: Ladies' apparel of this time was in the style...

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About 1800

Ladies' apparel of this time was in the style of naked fashions, mimicking the drapery of classical Greek statues.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
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June 1757: Robert Clive's forces defeated the Nawab...

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June 1757

Robert Clive 's forces defeated the Nawab of Bengal at the battle of Plassey, consolidating UK power on the subcontinent.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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Bayly, Christopher Alan. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
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Pagden, Anthony. “C is for Colonies”. London Review of Books, 11 May 2006, pp. 30-1.
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Dalrymple, William. “The original corporate raiders”. Guardian Weekly, 20 Mar. 2015, pp. 26-9.
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1668: Martha Taylor attracted attention for fasting:...

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1668

Martha Taylor attracted attention for fasting: the first published account, largely in her own words, presented her abstinence as holy; an account for the Royal Society attacked both this text and Taylor herself.
Hollis, Karen. “Fasting Women: Bodily Claims and Narrative Crises in Eighteenth-Century Science”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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1868: The Anglican Sisters of Charity was founded...

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1868

The Anglican Sisters of Charity was founded in Knowle, Somerset.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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7 July 1937: Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China:...

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7 July 1937

Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China: by the end of the month the Japanese had taken Peking.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Francken, James. “Something fishy”. London Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2000, p. 37.
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6 February 1840: The Treaty of Waitangi, signed by 512 Maori...

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6 February 1840

The Treaty of Waitangi, signed by 512 Maori chiefs over the next six months, was interpreted by the British to cede sovereignty of New Zealand to the UK, although the Maori and recent historians...

26 July 1858: Lord John Russell proposed a modified oath...

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26 July 1858

Lord John Russell proposed a modified oath for members of parliament, which would allow Lionel de Rothschild to take his seat as the first Jewish MP; Rothschild had been elected by the City of London...