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Rosamund Marriott Watson

RMW published under several names during the later nineteenth and early twentieth century seven volumes of poetry, one novel, some articles, and many literary reviews. She edited Sylvia's Journal, as well as several other...

27 October 1931: In the general election, the National Coalition...

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27 October 1931

In the general election, the National Coalition Government won a landslide victory (a majority of nearly five hundred seats over the combined opposition) but became much more Conservative in tone than it had been. Most...

13 July 2006: A rare book sale at Sotheby's brought under...

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13 July 2006

A rare book sale at Sotheby's brought under the hammer both a First Folio of the works of Shakespeare and a copy of the first edition of Woolf 's Orlando inscribed to Vita Sackville-West .
Mullan, John. “The Book’s the Thing”. Guardian Unlimited, 13 July 2006.

18 March 1967: A Liberian-registered oil supertanker, the...

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18 March 1967

A Liberian-registered oil supertanker, the Torrey Canyon, with a cargo of 100,000 tons of crude oil, ran aground on rocks off Land's End and began releasing what was at this date the biggest oil spill...

6 July 1827: England, France, and Russia signed the Treaty...

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6 July 1827

England, France, and Russia signed the Treaty of London, which supported Greek independence under Turkish overlordship.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
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, Anchor, 1978.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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1790: The Royal Literary Fund was established in...

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1790

The Royal Literary Fund was established in London by David Williamsto relieve literary men of all nations; it made many small grants to women writers.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Batchelor, Jennie. “The Man of Genius and the Female Drudge: Labour, Gender, Authorship and the Royal Literary Fund”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 31 Mar. 2005.

December 1831: Thomas Carlyle's Characteristics was published...

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December 1831

Thomas Carlyle 's Characteristics was published in the Edinburgh Review.
Hardman, Malcolm. Six Victorian Thinkers. Manchester University Press, 1990.
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Tillotson, Geoffrey. A View of Victorian Literature. Clarendon, 1978.
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1808: The Royal Lancastrian Society, later the...

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1808

The Royal Lancastrian Society , later the British and Foreign School Society , was founded in London by friends of the educator Joseph Lancaster .
Curtis, Stanley James. History of Education in Great Britain. Seventh, University Tutorial Press, 1967.
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Martin, Christopher. A Short History of English Schools, 1750-1965. Wayland, 1979.
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Emmeline Pankhurst

EP 's writings, produced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, range from published political speeches to autobiography. All concern her lifelong struggle for women's emancipation.
Emmeline Pankhurst Sepia photograph of Emmeline Pankhurst, seated in a carved high-backed chair. She is wearing a white lacy button-up shirt with a high neck and bow at the collar, tucked into a black skirt with a high waist. She is wearing a long necklace, has short curly hair, and holds a pen in the hand which rests on her lap. Her expression is challenging.

November 1534: The Act of Supremacy declared the monarch,...

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November 1534

The Act of Supremacy declared the monarch, not the Pope , head of the Church of England.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1625: Hackney coaches (those not privately owned...

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1625

Hackney coaches (those not privately owned but available for anybody to hire) went into service in London.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
280

1958: The Ford Motor Company introduced the Ed...

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1958

The Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1850-1874: Roman Catholic schools in England increased...

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1850-1874

Roman Catholic schools in England increased fifteen-fold over this period, from 99 to 1,484.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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12 November 1900: The Marquess of Salisbury was re-appointed...

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12 November 1900

The Marquess of Salisbury was re-appointed Prime Minister (Conservative/Unionist) after the Khaki general election of the previous month, so called because of the dominance of the Boer War issue.
Smith, Paul. “Refuge for the Aristocracy”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 30-1.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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1823: The new Spanish liberal regime was overthrown...

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1823

The new Spanish liberal regime was overthrown by a French invasion supported by reactionary European forces; this restored Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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17 October 2000: A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire...

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17 October 2000

A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire killed a number of people, and revealed that Railtrack , the private company entrusted with upkeep of the railways, had been grossly neglectful.
Prescott, John. “On Track or Off the Rails?”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, 2001–2002, pp. 41-2.
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28 October 1914: Eastman Kodak introduced colour photogra...

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28 October 1914

Eastman Kodak introduced colour photography.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

4 June 1798: Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United...

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4 June 1798

Lord Edward Fitzgerald , a leader of the United Irishmen and implicated in the ongoing Irish Rebellion, died in Newgate Prison, Dublin, of the effects of a wound sustained while resisting arrest.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

31 July 2007: The British Army's role in Northern Ireland,...

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31 July 2007

The British Army 's role in Northern Ireland, which had become known as Operation Banner, came to an end thirty-eight years after it began.
“Army ending its operation in N[orthern] I[reland]”. BBC News, 31 July 2007.

18 July 1848: The Sisters of St John's House was established...

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18 July 1848

The Sisters of St John's House was established at King's College Hospital for the newly founded Anglican nursing order, the Community of Nursing Sisters of St John the Divine .
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Poovey, Mary, and Florence Nightingale. “Introduction”. Cassandra and Other Selections from Suggestions for Thought, edited by Mary Poovey and Mary Poovey, New York University Press, 1993.
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Cartwright, Frederick F. et al. The Story of King’s College Hospital and its Medical School. Editor Britten, D. J., Farrand Press, 1991.
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Abel-Smith, Brian. A History of the Nursing Profession. Heinemann, 1960.
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Williams, Katherine. “From Sarah Gamp to Florence Nightingale: A Critical Study of Hospital Nursing Systems from 1840 to 1897”. Rewriting Nursing History, edited by Celia Davies, Barnes and Noble, 1980, pp. 41-75.
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18 April 1949: Éire became the Republic of Ireland and left...

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18 April 1949

Éire became the Republic of Ireland and left the Commonwealth after the Republic of Ireland Act went into effect.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
616

1769: Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the...

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1769

Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the first documented co-operative society, foreshadowing a significant movement, celebrated by the UN by designating 2012 the International Year of Co-operatives.
Ellwood, Wayne. “Co-ops offer a far better way to organize economic activity”. CCPA Monitor, Vol.
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, No. 4, Sept. 2012, pp. 8-10.
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1854: A Select Committee was assembled to investigate...

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1854

A Select Committee was assembled to investigate medical relief after the annual national expenditure reached £4,000,000.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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December 1975: Dulcie Gray published a suspense novel under...

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December 1975

Dulcie Gray published a suspense novel under the title Ride on a Tiger, in which political involvement brings death to an actress.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1976

1670: Members of a London jury headed by Edward...

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1670

Members of a London jury headed by Edward Bushel (called by a recent commentator disinterested . . . property-owners) professed themselves willing to go to jail rather than to convict against their consciences.
Sedley, Stephen. “From Victim to Suspect”. London Review of Books, 21 July 2005, pp. 15-17.
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