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1701: The year after Dryden's death, his Comedies,...

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1701

The year after Dryden 's death, his Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas were first collected and published, both in two independent volumes and as part of a four-volume Works.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

December 1968-December 1972: During these years of NASA's Apollo space...

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December 1968-December 1972

During these years of NASA 's Apollo space program twenty-seven people, all male Americans, visited what is called Deep Space, beyond the earth's orbit.
McKie, Robin. “Dark side of the Moon”. Guardian Weekly, 10–16 June 2005, p. 26.
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1633: John Donne's Poems were posthumously published...

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1633

John Donne 's Poems were posthumously published with his initials.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Françoise de Graffigny

FG , novelist, dramatist, and writer of stories, fables, and especially letters,
DeJean, Joan E. et al. “Introduction and Note on Text”. Lettres d’une Péruvienne, Modern Language Assocation of America, 1993, p. ix - xxvi.
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is chiefly remembered, especially in relation to English literature, for her single novel, Lettres d'une Péruvienne, 1747.
Françoise de Graffigny Oval head-and-shoulders engraving of Françoise de Graffigny by C. E. Gaucher, from a portrait. Her hair is covered by a large cap; she has a lace collar and embroidery. The engraving (in which a chequered pattern surrounds the oval and her name stands below in capitals: "Françoise d'Happoncourt de Graffigny") was used in an 1802 edition of de Graffigny's most famous novel in English translation: "Letters of a Peruvian Princess".

By mid-1933: Walter Greenwood published Love on the Dole,...

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By mid-1933

Walter Greenwood published Love on the Dole, a novel about life in depression Britain which sold 46,290 copies by 1940.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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27 October-2 November 1918: The worldwide Spanish flu or influenza pandemic...

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27 October-2 November 1918

The worldwide Spanish flu or influenza pandemic reached its peak in Britain.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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1878: The first telephone company in the UK began...

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1878

The first telephone company in the UK began operations, at Chislehurst, Kent; it enabled private communication by phone between two points only.
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
5: 226
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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Trotter, David. “The Person in the Phone Booth”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 2, 28 Jan. 2010, pp. 20-2.
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1853: The name of Van Diemen's Land, Australia,...

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1853

The name of Van Diemen's Land, Australia, was changed to Tasmania and the transportation of convicts to the region discontinued.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 957
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1869: The British Museum opened its mineral collection...

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1869

The British Museum opened its mineral collection to the public.
Dean, Dennis R. “Through Science to Despair: Geology and the Victorians”. Victorian Science and Victorian Values: Literary Perspectives, edited by James Paradis and Thomas Postlewait, New York Academy of Sciences, 1981, pp. 111-36.
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14 February 1613: Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I, married...

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14 February 1613

Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I , married Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine: known as Elizabeth of Bohemia or the Winter Queen, she was a great patron of women writers in English.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
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29 September 1634: Milton's masque later known as Comus was...

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29 September 1634

Milton 's masque later known as Comus was performed at Ludlow Castle with music by Henry Lawes , to mark the installation of Lord Bridgewater as Lord President of Wales.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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7 May 1947: The National Service Act continued the implementation...

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7 May 1947

The National Service Act continued the implementation of compulsory military service for young British men, but reduced its period from eighteen to twelve months.
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 1714-2001. Fourth, Longman, 2001.
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30 April 1829: John Lindley gave his inaugural lecture as...

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30 April 1829

John Lindley gave his inaugural lecture as the first professor of botany at the newly established London University .
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
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Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
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January 1732: A Treatise of Feme Coverts, or, The Lady's...

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January 1732

A Treatise of Feme Coverts, or, The Lady's Law was published by Bernard Lintot : a book of advice to women on keeping property in their own hands.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
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Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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1891: The White Cross League, a chastity society...

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1891

The White Cross League , a chastity society founded in 1883, merged with the Anglican ChurchChurch of England Purity Society and was henceforth know as the White Cross Society.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1836: The Association of Master Printers was founded...

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1836

The Association of Master Printers was founded to negotiate rates of pay for journeymen and to protect the general interests of the trade.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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15 March 1932: Henry Hall conducted his BBC Dance Orchestra...

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15 March 1932

Henry Hall conducted his BBC Dance Orchestra in the first transmission from Broadcasting House.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1911: The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was...

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1911

The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was founded.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
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Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
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5 August 1962: Hindsight later suggested that the Hollywood...

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5 August 1962

Hindsight later suggested that the Hollywood star system of the forties and fifties took a step closer to its end with the death of Marilyn Monroe .
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

19 March 1891: The Factory Bill, for the protection of women...

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19 March 1891

The Factory Bill, for the protection of women and children in India, was passed.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 827

1677: At a boarding school in Oxford, a John Waver,...

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1677

At a boarding school in Oxford, a John Waver , Master in the art of dancing, offered instruction in dancing, singing, music, writing, and all manner of works.
Reynolds, Myra. The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760. Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
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Dora Greenwell

A mid-Victorian writer of great versatility, DG published four books of religious discourse, nine collections of poetry, two volumes of essays, and two biographies. She occasionally contributed to periodicals, both her own prose as well...

6 November 1910: Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists...

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6 November 1910

Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists exhibition at the Grafton Galleries , which presented the art of Cézanne , Gauguin , Matisse , and Picasso to London for the first time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
8: 160
Woolf, Virginia. Roger Fry. Hogarth Press, 1940.
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Anscombe, Isabelle. Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts. Thames and Hudson, 1981.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1514: The presence of people who claimed to be,...

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1514

The presence of people who claimed to be, and/or were called by authorities Egyptians (later known as Gypsies or Gipsies, now as Roma) was first recorded in England.
Mayall, David. “Egyptians and Vagabonds: Representations of the Gypsy in Early Modern Official and Rogue Literature”. Immigrants and Minorities, Vol.
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, No. 3, Frank Cass, Nov. 1997, pp. 55-82.
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Netzloff, Mark. “’Counterfeit Egyptians’ and Imagined Borders: Jonson’s the Gypsies Metamorphosed”. English Literary History, Vol.
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, No. 4, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1 Dec. 2001–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 763-93.
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1887: The newly-built Theatre Royal, Exeter burnt...

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1887

The newly-built Theatre Royal, Exeter burnt to the ground, killing more than a hundred people.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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