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1912: Sydney C. Grier's novel One Crowded Hour...

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1912

Sydney C. Grier 's novel One Crowded Hour was published the year before her mother died.
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.

4-22 May 1914: Militant suffragettes slashed several paintings...

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4-22 May 1914

Militant suffragettes slashed several paintings at the Royal Academy and the National Gallery , including Sargent 's portrait of Henry James .
Wees, William C. Vorticism and the English Avant-Garde. University of Toronto Press, 1972.
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7 March 1912: The first non-stop flight from Paris to London...

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7 March 1912

The first non-stop flight from Paris to London was made.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

27 July 1901: Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first...

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27 July 1901

Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first set of test glides near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Elizabeth Avery

Elizabeth Avery (born Elizabeth Parker , daughter of a heterodox clergyman, was a religious polemicist and autobiographer of the mid seventeenth century. She is remarkable for the violently sexist reaction against her first publication, a...
Elizabeth Avery Title-page of "Ohel or Beth-Shemesh", edited by John Rogers, 1653, where "A Fuller Testimony as it was taken from Elizabeth Avery, out of her own mouth" was published.

Charlotte Mew

Charlotte Mew is best known and regarded as an early twentieth century poet, though she also published a few short stories and essays. Her poems, often dramatic monologues, are haunted by unrequited love, the renunciation...

December 1837-April 1839: George Grey made two journeys to explore...

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December 1837-April 1839

George Grey made two journeys to explore the coastal areas north of Perth, Western Australia.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
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13 February 1974: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1970 Nobel Prize-winner...

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13 February 1974

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1970 Nobel Prize-winner in Literature, who had more than once refused to surrender himself to state investigators)
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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was expelled from the Soviet Union; treason charges followed.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
13 February 2008
Francis, Damien. “Dissident writer Solzhenitsyn dies at 89”. Guardian Weekly, 8 Aug. 2008, p. 11.
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1860: After this date, stirrups became widely used...

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1860

After this date, stirrups became widely used by gynaecologists for physical examinations.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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1768: The second of the two leading subscribers'...

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1768

The second of the two leading subscribers' or metropolitan libraries opened in Leeds.
Raven, James. Judging New Wealth: Popular Publishing and Responses to Commerce in England, 1750-1800. Clarendon, 1992.
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Poulson, Christine. “Hidden treasures”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2006–28 Feb. 2007, pp. 145-6.
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1290: King Edward I expelled all remaining Jews...

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1290

King Edward I expelled all remaining Jews from England. According to Michelene Wandor 's The Music of the Prophets, they were to be gone by All Saints' Day, November the first.
Collins Dictionary of British History. Collins, 2002.
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Wandor, Michelene. The Music of the Prophets. Arc Publications, 2006.
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Susanna Haswell Rowson

SHR , who was active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, has some claim to be regarded as both an English and an American writer, though her American allegiance came to predominate with...
Susanna Haswell Rowson Title-page of New York edition, 1814, of "Charlotte Temple, A Tale of Truth" by Susanna Haswell Rowson, first published in 1791. An oval portrait represents Charlotte, not Rowson. Up the left side runs a signature: "Mary L. Hyde.".

F. Mabel Robinson

FMR published six novels during the 1880s and 1890s that are daring both in subject-matter and handling, broaching such topics as women's status, seduction, and illegitimacy. She also produced a political history of Ireland and...

20 August 1912: Despite public opposition, English suffragettes...

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20 August 1912

Despite public opposition, English suffragettes Gladys Evans and Mary Leigh were force-fed in Ireland; this was the first example of force-feeding women prisoners there.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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March 1979: Dr Robert Irwin was interviewed by Independent...

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March 1979

Dr Robert Irwin was interviewed by Independent Television about his treatment of police prisoners who showed signs of torture; a week later a government report appeared.
Kelley, Kevin. The Longest War: Northern Ireland and the IRA. Brandon; Lawrence Hill, 1982.
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Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1861: Francis Turner Palgrave edited and published...

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1861

Francis Turner Palgrave edited and published The Golden Treasury of Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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11-23 October 1937: Embarrassingly for the British government...

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11-23 October 1937

Embarrassingly for the British government and royal family, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor visited Nazi Germany, where they had a cordial meeting with Hitler .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1882: By this date, the Salvation Army was comprised...

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1882

By this date, the Salvation Army was comprised of 15,000 volunteers, organized by nearly 750 paid officers at 521 stations.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Hallelujah Lasses”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 38-9.
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3 December 1949: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner...

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3 December 1949

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was set up with two aims: securing humanitarian treatment for refugees and finding permanent solutions to refugee problems.
International Organizations and Groups. http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/org-fact.html#ec.

Anna Brassey

Anna Brassey 's writing arose out of her husband's professional travels, and began as private letters to her father covering intimate details of her family life at sea. On publication it made her a celebrated...
Anna Brassey Black and white photograph of Anna Brassey, shown from the side. She is wearing a dress with a large bustle and ruffles at the edge of the sleeves, and she has a ruffled scarf around her neck. Her hair is pinned at the back of her head.

4 April 1931: Anne Hepple, the new editor of the Religious...

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4 April 1931

Anne Hepple , the new editor of the Religious Tract Society 's Woman's Magazine, wrote that the Society's aim was to divert attention from some of the cheap literature of to-day, which, along with...

Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton

RBLBL wrote prolifically after her separation from her husband in 1836, penning sixteen novels, as well as a collection of essays and an autobiography. A vein of polemic runs through her work regarding the treatment...
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton Stipple engraving of the head of Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton, by John Jewell Penstone after Alfred Edward Chalon, 1852. Her face is framed by dark hair and a light gauzy scarf wrapped around her head. Her signature, "Rosina Lytton", appears below. National Portrait Gallery.

1593: Dona Reyna Nasi, widow of Don Joseph Nasi,...

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1593

Dona Reyna Nasi , widow of Don Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos , opened a Hebrew printing office at Belvedere, her home near Constantinople.
“Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: Women of Italy”. Jewish Virtual Library.
“Jewish Encyclopedia”. JewishEncyclopedia.com, 2002.

24 May 1689: The Toleration Act (or Act of Toleration)...

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24 May 1689

The Toleration Act (or Act of Toleration) declared that statutes against Protestant Dissenters would no longer be enforced; it did not, however, take them off the books.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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October 1955: The Guildhouse Fellowship ended publication...

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October 1955

The Guildhouse Fellowship ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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