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24 March 1882: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet, died....

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24 March 1882

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , poet, died.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1 February 1914: The railway from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Tanganyika...

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1 February 1914

The railway from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Tanganyika at Kigoma was completed.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 593
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
884, 1075

4 July 1828: The House of Lords affirmed Lord Eldon's...

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4 July 1828

The House of Lords affirmed Lord Eldon 's epoch-making decision which awarded custody of three children whose mother was dead to the mother's sisters instead of to the father.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
39 (1829): 183-209

25 April 1870: Dante Gabriel Rossetti published a collection...

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25 April 1870

Dante Gabriel Rossetti published a collection of Poems, which included Sister Helen, Jenny, and the first part of his sonnet sequence The House of Life.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1857: The ecumenical Association for the Promotion...

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1857

The ecumenical Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom was founded by two English Roman Catholics, a Scottish Episcopal, and an Anglican.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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1450-1750: During these three centuries, around 100,000...

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1450-1750

During these three centuries, around 100,000 trials for witchcraft were held throughout Europe; eighty per cent of those accused were women, and half of them were condemned to death.
Wootton, David. “Brutish Babies”. London Review of Books, 11 Nov. 1999, pp. 34-35.
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1899: A lawsuit was brought against Martha Sprague,...

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1899

A lawsuit was brought against Martha Sprague , landlady of the Hautboy Inn at Ockham in Surrey, after she refused to serve Viscountess Harberton , founder of the Rational Dress Society , with lunch...

1862: Jean Henri Dunant published and distributed...

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1862

Jean Henri Dunant published and distributed A Memory of Solferino, which led to the birth of the Red Cross .
Hutchinson, John F. Champions of Charity: War and the Rise of the Red Cross. Westview Press, 1996.
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Rothkopf, Carol Zeman. Jean Henri Dunant, Father of the Red Cross. Watts, 1969.
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1822: Charles Babbage developed his Difference...

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1822

Charles Babbage developed his Difference Engine, a machine for calculating values of logarithms and trigonometric functions.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Stein, Dorothy. Ada: A Life and a Legacy. MIT Press, 1985.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
London Science Museum. Babbage’s Calculating Engines 1832-71. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/collections/treasures/babb2.asp.

February 1786: The New Lady's Magazine: or polite and entertaining...

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February 1786

The New Lady's Magazine: or polite and entertaining companion for the fair sex, edited by the Rev. Charles Stanhope, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Batchelor, Jennie. “Connections, which are of service . . . in a more advanced age: The Ladys Magazine, Community, and Womens Literary Histories”. Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2011, pp. 245-67.
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July-October 1850: A shilling quarterly for women entitled The...

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July-October 1850

A shilling quarterly for women entitled The Christian Lady's Library: A Quarterly Journal of Religious and Moral Instruction began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1596: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, was founded...

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1596

Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge, was founded under the terms of the will of Lady Frances Sidney, Dowager Countess of Sussex .
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
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13-18 December 1688: James II twice left London as if to flee...

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13-18 December 1688

James II twice left London as if to flee abroad, but then returned, before leaving finally on 18 December.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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January 1916: The Coming Day, a suffragette periodical...

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January 1916

The Coming Day, a suffragette periodical from the Free Church League for Women's Suffrage, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1909: The Church League for Women's Suffrage, later...

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1909

The Church League for Women's Suffrage , later the League of the Church Militant , was formed by the Rev. Claude Hinscliff and his wife to lobby for suffrage and promote the deep religious significance...

18 September 1869: Elizabeth Garrett published a letter in The...

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18 September 1869

Elizabeth Garrett published a letter in The Lancet informing readers that two scholarships were available for women's medical study, each worth £50 for three years.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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1899: Free milk for poor mothers was funded and...

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1899

Free milk for poor mothers was funded and organised for the first time in Britain.
Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg, 1984.
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5 December 1905: Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,...

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5 December 1905

Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a known supporter of women's suffrage, formed the government of the UK, following the surprise resignation of Conservative Arthur James Balfour .
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Edith J. Simcox

A writer of remarkable versatility, EJS was a prolific contributor to several major periodicals. She also published three monographic works (a series of thinly-disguised fictional vignettes, a lengthy essay on ethics, and a historical text)...

1870: The General Theatrical Operatives' Sick and...

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1870

The General Theatrical Operatives' Sick and Benevolent Society was established.
Davis, Tracy C. Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture. Routledge, 1991.
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1904: British troops under Sir Francis Younghusband...

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1904

British troops under Sir Francis Younghusband invaded Tibet (nominally under Chinese rule but feared to be leaning towards Russia); 2,000 Tibetans died in the invasion, as against forty British soldiers.
Macfarlane, Robert. “The Nominated Boy”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2001, pp. 30-2.
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10 September 1763: Henry Brooke and others launched a new journal...

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10 September 1763

Henry Brooke and others launched a new journal in Dublin called the Public Register: and, The Freeman's Journal. In 1806 it changed its title to Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1856: In Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical...

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1856

In Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints, physician John Conolly dramatically portrayed the advantages of state incarceration for mentally unstable women.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Elaine Showalter draws the connection between lunacy debates...

1931: The Obelisk Press in Paris was established...

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1931

The Obelisk Press in Paris was established by Jack Kahane , in part to combat prudery in British publishing.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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January 1833: The first issues appeared of two Irish monthly...

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January 1833

The first issues appeared of two Irish monthly periodicals: the successful Dublin University Magazine and the short-lived Dublin University Review, and Quarterly Magazine.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
4: 193-195, 196-7, 199, 206-7, 214
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Sadleir, Michael. “Dublin University Magazine: Its History, Contents and Bibliography”. The Bibliographical Society of Ireland, 1938, pp. 59-81.