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10 August 1840: The Irish Municipal Reform Act was passe...

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10 August 1840

The Irish Municipal Reform Act was passed.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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3 November 1703: John Tipper, a schoolmaster of Coventry,...

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3 November 1703

John Tipper , a schoolmaster of Coventry, wrote to Humfrey Wanley about his projected Ladies' Diary, or The Woman's Almanack.
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Ellis, Sir Henry, editor. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Camden Society, 1843.
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Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Brock, Claire. The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s astronomical ambition. Thriplow, 2007.
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1981: Valerie Gillies published Kim: Notes, a study...

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1981

Valerie Gillies published Kim: Notes, a study guide for Rudyard Kipling 's novel.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

November 1935: Boriswood Limited was in court again (having...

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November 1935

Boriswood Limited was in court again (having only a year earlier been fined for publication of Boy), this time for publication of a scientific and philosophical study, The Sexual Impulse by Edward Charles .
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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By 21 March 1863: William Smith in Advertise: How? When? Where?...

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By 21 March 1863

William Smith in Advertise: How? When? Where? called for the industry to make better use of technology and to glamorise the manufactured object.
Richards, Thomas. The Commodity Culture of Victorian England: Advertising and Spectacle, 1851-1914. Stanford University Press, 1990.
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Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
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1826: John Burke first compiled and published Burke's...

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1826

John Burke first compiled and published Burke's Peerage, which was then issued annually from 1847.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1929: The Graf Zeppelin dirigible airship circumnavigated...

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1929

The Graf Zeppelin dirigible airship circumnavigated the world in twenty-one days (twelve flying days); journalists aboard included one woman, Lady Grace Hay-Drummond-Hay , who later rode the Hindenburg.
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Gas-Bags”. London Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2001, pp. 34-5.
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1756: Theophilus Cibber, brother of Charlotte Charke,...

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1756

Theophilus Cibber , brother of Charlotte Charke , published Dissertations on Theatrical Subjects (also known as Two Dissertations on the Theatres), a plea against the licensed-theatre monopoly.
Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, 1998, pp. 9-62.
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Jeni Couzyn

JC , poet of the twentieth century and later, calls herself a blend of several nationalities (South African, British, and Canadian) and of many identities. She is a feminist anthologist as well as a poet...

1 April 1983: Eighty thousand people (according to figures...

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1 April 1983

Eighty thousand people (according to figures put out by CND) linked hands in a 14-mile chain joining Greenham Common air-force base to Burghfield air-force base by way of the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston.
Jones, Thomas, editor. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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1884: Tory women were admitted to the newly founded...

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1884

Tory women were admitted to the newly founded Primrose League .
Walker, Linda. “Party Political Women: A Comparative Study of Liberal Women and the Primrose League, 1890-1914”. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 165-91.
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March 1815: Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba,...

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March 1815

Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba, and marched northwards through France, gathering an army for a further military showdown with the nations of Europe.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1832: The British Medical and Surgical Association...

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1832

The British Medical and Surgical Association (later the British Medical Association ) was formed in London; the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association held its inaugural meeting at Worcester on 19 July 1832.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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November 1914: The Crayford Agreement allowed women workers...

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November 1914

The Crayford Agreement allowed women workers on repetition work only.
Braybon, Gail, and Penny Summerfield. Out of the Cage: Women’s Experiences in Two World Wars. Pandora, 1987.
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2 February 1651: The second of Izaak Walton's biographies...

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2 February 1651

The second of Izaak Walton 's biographies appeared, that of Sir Henry Wotton , as preface to a volume entitled Reliquiae Wottonianae.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

By 1842: Almost 2,000 miles of railway track spanned...

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By 1842

Almost 2,000 miles of railway track spanned Britain from Southampton in the south to Newcastle in the north.
Hoole, Ken et al. Rail 150: The Stockton and Darlington Railway and What Followed. Eyre Methuen, 1975.
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Early 1936: The Faber Book of Modern Verse, edited by...

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Early 1936

The Faber Book of Modern Verse, edited by Michael Roberts (who was put forward for this task by T. S. Eliot ), set out to define the modern movement, not just chronologically but according...

1801: The jacquard loom was invented in France,...

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1801

The jacquard loom was invented in France, but it did not become widely used in Britain until the 1830s.
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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21 August 1911: Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda...

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21 August 1911

Leonardo da Vinci 's painting La Gioconda or the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris; it was recovered two years later when the Italian thief tried to return it to the...

20 November 1839: Missionary John Williams was clubbed to death...

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20 November 1839

Missionary John Williams was clubbed to death by cannibal islanders of Erromanga in the New Hebrides; missions on many of the islands were fraught with danger.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Catherine Cuthbertson

CC is a fairly conventional novelist of the early nineteenth century. Her seven novels have historically realised settings (often in continental Europe), and happy endings for virtuous upper-class characters. The lower classes (often Irish) provide...

22 April 1969: The Booker Prize for the year's best novel...

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22 April 1969

The Booker Prize for the year's best novel was awarded for the first time. The winner was P. H. Newby with Something to Answer For; the judges were chaired by Frank Kermode , and...

1789: A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous...

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1789

A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous Swedenborgians , A Plan for a Free Community upon the Coast of Africa, was panned by the Critical Review.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

10 March 1943: The House of Commons debated whether Wrens...

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10 March 1943

The House of Commons debated whether Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service ) should continue to be restricted to jobs ashore.
Stanley, Jo. “Women’s History Month: Parliamentary debate: Should women work on warships? Army accepts women in principle, for first time”. Women’s History Network Blog, 10 Mar. 2010.

March 1648: This month saw the outbreak of the conflict...

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March 1648

This month saw the outbreak of the conflict variously known as the Second Civil War or the War Between the Three Kingdoms, which ended only with the death of the king .
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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