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July 1889: The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious...

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July 1889

The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious Diseases Acts and emphasized social purity, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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4 October 1966: Basutoland became independent as Lesotho...

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4 October 1966

Basutoland became independent as Lesotho.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
261

6 June 1778: The Carlisle Peace Commission, bearing Lord...

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6 June 1778

The Carlisle Peace Commission , bearing Lord North 's proposals for conciliation with America, arrived in Philadelphia.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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31 August 1827: Frederick Robinson, a Tory, formed a coalition...

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31 August 1827

Frederick Robinson , a Tory, formed a coalition government after the death of George Canning .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
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1840: The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, composed of...

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1840

The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, composed of fiction, fashion, and light reading, ended publication in London.
Bogenschneider, Duane R., editor. The Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983, 3 vols.
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April 1911: The Lord Mayor of Dublin petitioned the Bar...

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April 1911

The Lord Mayor of Dublin petitioned the Bar of the House in Westminster to enfranchise women in Ireland for offices of county and borough councillors.
MacCurtain, Margaret. “Women, the Vote and Revolution”. Women in Irish Society: The Historical Dimension, edited by Margaret MacCurtain and Donncha Ó Corráin, Greenwood, 1979, pp. 46-57.
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Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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1913: Edwin Landseer Lutyens was appointed to join...

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1913

Edwin Landseer Lutyens was appointed to join Herbert Baker as architects to design from scratch the city of New Delhi as capital of colonial India.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

By 12 September 1885: As the author of My Heart and I, Elinor Huddart...

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By 12 September 1885

As the author of My Heart and I, Elinor Huddart published through Remington and Company her novel Commonplace Sinners, which another publisher, Bentley , had rejected as immoral.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3020 (1885): 333
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.
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.

1787: John Wesley, debating how far to take the...

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1787

John Wesley , debating how far to take the Methodists in the direction of Evangelicism , talked over the issue by letter with John Newton , ex-slave-captain and leading Evangelical.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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Alethea Lewis

At first anonymously and then as Eugenia de Acton, AL published six books (five novels and one book of essays), which are linked by their title-pages regardless of the nom de plume. A separate...

7 July 1892: In the British general election of this month,...

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7 July 1892

In the British general election of this month, James Keir Hardie and two other candidates became the first independent Labour Members of Parliament.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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July 1935: Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were painting...

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July 1935

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were painting wall-panels for a new Cunard transatlantic liner, the Queen Mary.
Woolf, Virginia. The Letters of Virginia Woolf. Editors Nicolson, Nigel and Joanne Trautmann, Hogarth Press, 1975–1980, 6 vols.
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16 March 1904: Sir Charles McLaren introduced a motion in...

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16 March 1904

Sir Charles McLaren introduced a motion in the House of Commons That the disabilities of women in respect to the Parliamentary Franchise ought to be removed by legislation,
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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which passed by a majority of...

2 January 1847: The weekly Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial...

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2 January 1847

The weekly Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Palmegiano states that this newspaper became the Lady's Newspaper, The Queen and the Court Chronicle in 1863, and continued to publish...

20 November 1737: Caroline of Anspach, Queen of England, died...

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20 November 1737

Caroline of Anspach , Queen of England, died of a rupture after eleven days of excruciating illness.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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1684: John Banks's tragedy The Island Queens (which...

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1684

John Banks 's tragedy The Island Queens (which featured Mary Queen of Scots as heroine and Elizabeth I as villain) was defiantly published after having been banned from the stage.
Dobson, Michael. “Lost Mother”. London Review of Books, 17 Feb. 2000, pp. 10-13.
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The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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9 August 1971: Internment without trial began in Northern...

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9 August 1971

Internment without trial began in Northern Ireland after police authorized 450 arrests.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1901: Sigmund Freud, in Fragment of an Analysis...

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1901

Sigmund Freud , in Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, studied and wrote about the case of a hysterical woman named Dora; he believed that hysteria was caused by the...

30 August 1889: The British Railways Act went into effec...

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30 August 1889

The British Railways Act went into effect.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1843: The English Chartist Circular avowed that...

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1843

The English Chartist Circular avowed that hundreds of women had enrolled in the NCA or National Charter Association .
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution. Pantheon, 1984.
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Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution. Pantheon, 1984.
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1855: Emperor Francis Joseph made a Concordat with...

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1855

Emperor Francis Joseph made a Concordat with the Papacy, thus gaining control of education and marriage regulation, and restoring ecclesiastical courts throughout the Austrian Empire.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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5 December 1942: The word Holocaust (which originally meant...

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5 December 1942

The word Holocaust (which originally meant an animal sacrifice entirely consumed by fire) was used as a headline in the News Chronicle for a newsitem about the Nazi mass murder of Jews.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

1936: The UK firm Morphy Richards began to produce...

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1936

The UK firm Morphy Richards began to produce radiant electric fires and irons.
Hardyment, Christina. From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work. Polity Press, 1988.
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13 July 1951: Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone...

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13 July 1951

Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone of the National Theatre , on the South Bank, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1911: The satirist Saki (whose real name was Hector...

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1911

The satirist Saki (whose real name was Hector Hugh Munro ) published in New York his short-story collection The Chronicles of Clovis.
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.