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8 July 1761: The engagement of George III and Princess...

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8 July 1761

The engagement of George III and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was announced at a Privy Council meeting.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
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February 1862: The launch of London Society, an illustrated...

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February 1862

The launch of London Society, an illustrated monthly magazine, marked the inception of one of the most popular periodicals of its time.
London society : an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation. Vol. 1, William Clowes and Sons, p. title page.
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.
Cooke, Simon. “London Society”. The Victorian Web, 26 Mar. 2013.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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1833: Advertising Duty was reduced to one shilling...

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1833

Advertising Duty was reduced to one shilling and sixpence (less than half the previous rate).
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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Mariana Starke

MS had several distinct authorial careers. She is best known as a late eighteenth-century dramatist writing about colonial India, and as an early nineteenth-century travel-writer producing practical guides to Europe. Her career as...

December 1709-February 1710: During a great frost of three months, fairs...

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December 1709-February 1710

During a great frost of three months, fairs were held on the frozen Thames at London.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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8 April 1838: The Great Western, the first steamship built...

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8 April 1838

The Great Western, the first steamship built especially for transatlantic crossings, left Bristol for New York.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
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1887: The Dermathistic corset with leather facing...

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1887

The Dermathistic corset with leather facing became available in the UK for women who exercised.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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8 March 1710: A character in The Female Tatler, Emilia,...

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8 March 1710

A character in The Female Tatler, Emilia, remarked that if it had not been for male tyranny we [i.e. women] had sat in Parliament long before this time.
Italia, Iona. The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century. Anxious employment. Routledge, 2005.
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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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1873: The Lunacy Law Reform Association was fo...

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1873

The Lunacy Law Reform Association was founded.
McCandless, Peter. “Liberty and Lunacy: The Victorians and Wrongful Confinement”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 339-62.
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19 January 1693: Ann Merryweather was condemned to be burned...

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19 January 1693

Ann Merryweather was condemned to be burned for printing treasonable pamphlets.
Winn, James Anderson. John Dryden and His World. Yale University Press, 1987.
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27 September 1939: Warsaw fell to Hitler's invading army after...

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27 September 1939

Warsaw fell to Hitler 's invading army after twenty days' siege and bombardment.
“Poland 1939”. University of San Diego: World War II Timeline: 1939.
Brittain, Vera. Testament of a Peace-Lover: Letters from Vera Brittain. Editors Eden-Green, Winifred and Alan Eden-Green, Virago, 1988.
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6 December 1921: The Irish delegation to negotiations at Westminster...

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6 December 1921

The Irish delegation to negotiations at Westminster over the status of Ireland (Arthur Griffith , Michael Collins , and Robert Barton ) accepted the offer of Dominion Status, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
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Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
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By July 1788: The publication of a Beauties of Rousseau...

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By July 1788

The publication of a Beauties of Rousseau marked his popularity in England.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1835: The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar,...

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1835

The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar, Queen Ranavalona , brought a violent campaign against the missionaries of the Methodist London Missionary Society , which had been active there since 1820.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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April 1848: In France, universal manhood suffrage enabled...

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April 1848

In France, universal manhood suffrage enabled a politically inexperienced peasantry to elect a minority of monarchists, but sent a large majority of conservatives to Paris.
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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1693: John Dryden published his edition of Juvenal's...

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1693

John Dryden published his edition of Juvenal 's Satires, translated into English poetry by various hands, including that of Aphra Behn .
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

Late 1860s: The Hospital for Women in Soho Square admitted...

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Late 1860s

The Hospital for Women in Soho Square admitted patients for an average of ninety-two days.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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23 January 1929: The first local branch of the National Union...

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23 January 1929

The first local branch of the National Union of Guilds for Citizenship (later the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds) opened at Haywards Heath.
“Records of the Townswomen’s Guilds: Harrow on the Hill Branch”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.

Anne Audland

AA is a minor but early Quaker writer (active from the mid seventeenth century) , whose chief genres are letters and the religious testimony.

1803: Britain annexed Orissa on the east coast...

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1803

Britain annexed Orissa on the east coast of India for the sake of its salt flats, seeking to eliminate competition to more expensive salt from Cheshire.
Meek, James. “If they’re ill, charge them extra”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, pp. 3-5.
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October 1972: A gala performance was held at the Haymarket...

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October 1972

A gala performance was held at the Haymarket Theatre , featuring all the leading lights of the British stage, to celebrate Dame Sybil Thorndike 's ninetieth birthday.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
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1942: The British Council of Churches was created,...

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1942

The British Council of Churches was created, uniting many of the British Christian religions in their aims for missionary work and social reform.
Suggate, Alan M. “The Christian Churches in England since 1945: Ecumenism and Social Concern”. A History of Religion in Britain: Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, edited by Sheridan Gilley and William J. Sheils, Blackwell, 1994, pp. 467-8.
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31 December 1869: The Daily News published the Ladies' Protest,...

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31 December 1869

The Daily News published the Ladies' Protest, a document signed by 124 women which outlined their arguments for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Martineau, Harriet. Harriet Martineau on Women. Editor Yates, Gayle Graham, Rutgers University Press, 1985.
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7 November 1752-9 March 1754: The self-educated John Hawkesworth edited...

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7 November 1752-9 March 1754

The self-educated John Hawkesworth edited and published an essay-periodical called the Adventurer, on the model of Johnson 's Rambler.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.