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1879: Rebecca Strong was appointed Matron of the...

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1879

Rebecca Strong was appointed Matron of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary , the largest hospital in Scotland with 570 beds.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1927: Mollie Stanley Wrench, as Mrs Stanley Wrench,...

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1927

Mollie Stanley Wrench , as Mrs Stanley Wrench, published a mystery novel entitled Divorced Love.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

21 November 1840: Prince Albert's attendance at Queen Victoria's...

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21 November 1840

Prince Albert 's attendance at Queen Victoria 's labour, in London, increased the popularity of fathers attending births.
Weintraub, Stanley. Victoria: An Intimate Biography. Dutton, 1987.
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Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
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28 March 1762: Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the...

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28 March 1762

Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the LondonLock Hospital (for sexually transmitted disease) the Rev. Martin Madan pointed the finger at men who knowingly infect children.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
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6 November 1947: Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first...

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6 November 1947

Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first aired on BBC television.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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9 October 1962: Uganda became independent within the Com...

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9 October 1962

Uganda became independent within the Commonwealth.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1 August 1771: Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined...

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1 August 1771

Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined forces with Jedediah Strutt and Samuel Need to rent land on which to set up a factory by the River Derwent at Cromford in Derbyshire, so that Arkwright's...

18 December 1640: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...

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18 December 1640

William Laud , Charles I 's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, was arrested and charged with high treason. He was sent to the Tower of London in spring 1641.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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January 1790: The Ladies Magazine printed a frontispiece...

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January 1790

The Ladies Magazine printed a frontispiece with verbal explanation, about the female reader's access to learning and public life.
Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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During the 1750s: A Mrs Dennis ran a school at 31 Queen's Square,...

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During the 1750s

A Mrs Dennis ran a school at 31 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, which was called the Ladys' Eton.
Feminist Companion Archive.

1954: The Fortnightly Review ceased publication...

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1954

The Fortnightly Review ceased publication after eighty-nine years.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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1888: James Viscount Bryce (who later, in 1907,...

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1888

James Viscount Bryce (who later, in 1907, became British Ambassador to the United States) published The American Commonwealth.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

9 August 1842: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty defined the...

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9 August 1842

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty defined the border between Canada and the US state of Maine.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Betty Miller

During the earlier half of the twentieth century, BM published seven novels (with a hiatus after her fourth and most controversial was initially rejected), essays, short stories, and book reviews, and wrote plays for both...

9 September 1739: A Black rebellion began in Stono, South ...

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9 September 1739

A Black rebellion began in Stono, South Carolina.
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
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By 10 January 1885: Publication of the Dictionary of National...

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By 10 January 1885

Publication of the Dictionary of National Biography began, under the editorship of Sir Leslie Stephen .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Catherine Gore

CG wrote during the earlier nineteenth century, for needed cash to help support her family.
Baird, Rebecca Lynne Russell. Catherine Frances Gore, the Silver-Fork School, and "Mothers and Daughters": True Views of Society in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain. Dissertation Thesis, University of Arkansas, May 1992.
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Her publications over more than three decades totalled above 70 titles running to 200 volumes:
Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34.
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poetry, plays (though...
Catherine Gore Black and white reproduction of an unknown artist's portrait of Catherine Gore, 1848. Her hair is in short curls with a middle parting, and she is wearing a dress with a large floral-patterned collar, that leaves her shoulders bare.

Late May 1844: Because railway investment was lagging, Parliament...

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Late May 1844

Because railway investment was lagging, Parliament reduced the deposit for new railway applications to five percent (from ten percent) of the railway's proposed capital investment.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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21 January 1930: King George V's speech from the House of...

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21 January 1930

King George V 's speech from the House of Lords opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast by the BBC to several countries around the world.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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7 April 1709: On a benefit night for the septagenarian...

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7 April 1709

On a benefit night for the septagenarian actor Thomas Betterton , he acted a role he had created, the young hero of Congreve 's Love for Love; Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle emerged from...

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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1534: Henry VIII granted a charter to Cambridge...

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1534

Henry VIII granted a charter to Cambridge University giving the right to set up a printing press: Cambridge University Press , the world's earliest surviving publishing house, printed its first book exactly fifty years later.
Bourne, Stephen. “Introduction to Cambridge University Press”. Cambridge University Press: About the Press.

13 April 1899: The New Zealand Divorce bill received royal...

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13 April 1899

The New Zealand Divorce bill received royal assent.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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20 February 1896: The first films in Britain to charge admission...

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20 February 1896

The first films in Britain to charge admission were shown at Regent Street Polytechnic, London, for three weeks from this day.
Betts, Ernest. The Film Business: A History of British Cinema 1896-1972. Allen and Unwin, 1973.
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Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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