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1902: A Conference of Jewish Women was held to...

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1902

A Conference of Jewish Women was held to discuss the philanthropic work that Jewish women were doing in their communities.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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First week in March 1946: Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain...

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First week in March 1946

Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain (representing 98% of families canvassed) were tracked by James Douglas in a statistical cohort study for sociological information.
Francis, Gavin. “Get the placentas”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 21-2.

September 1854: The British landed in Crimea, unopposed by...

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September 1854

The British landed in Crimea, unopposed by the Russians they had come to make war with. They went on to lay siege to Sebastopol that October and to win important victories at Balaklava (25...

1976: The Guardian (formerly the Manchester Guardian)...

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1976

The Guardian (formerly the Manchester Guardian) moved its head office from Manchester to Clerkenwell in London.
The Manchester Guardian.
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The Manchester Guardian.
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February 1890: Queen Victoria appointed twenty-two members,...

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February 1890

Queen Victoria appointed twenty-two members, including royalty and commoners with experience in district nursing associations, to the Council of the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses ; this group later became known as the Queen's...

30 June 1940: Germany invaded the Channel Islands....

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30 June 1940

Germany invaded the Channel Islands.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1681: Joseph Glanvill's Sadducismus Triumphatus:...

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1681

Joseph Glanvill 's Sadducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions was posthumously published: it contains many stories of women and men persecuted as witches, many sentenced to death.
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.

March 1921: The War Resisters' International was founded...

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March 1921

The War Resisters' International was founded at an anti-militarism conference in The Hague.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
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25 September 1968: The prospective new town of Milton Keynes...

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25 September 1968

The prospective new town of Milton Keynes in North Buckinghamshire was advertised in the Times with a view to attracting interest, residents, and particularly industry and businesses.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(25 September 1968): iii

25 April 1659: John Evelyn reported a wonderfull and suddaine...

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25 April 1659

John Evelyn reported a wonderfull and suddaine change in the face of the publique: discontent with Cromwell 's son Richard , and canvassing of other candidates for power.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1851: German scientist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand...

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1851

German scientist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz invented the ophthalmoscope, an instrument that magnified the eye so that even the end of the optic nerve was visible.
Duin, Nancy, and Jenny Sutcliffe. A History of Medicine: From Prehistory to the Year 2020. Simon and Schuster, 1992.
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18 November 2017: A group of poets and academics calling itself...

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18 November 2017

A group of poets and academics calling itself FIRED! , formed to protest the absence of women from the new Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets, held its first event, at an arts centre in Belfast.
Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon. Jan. 2018, http://awomanpoetspledge.com/about-us/.

: In the aftermath of the Chartist Petition's...

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Summer 1842

In the aftermath of the Chartist Petition's defeat in the House of Commons, a general strike occurred.
Jones, Gareth Stedman. Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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By 15 July 1632: The painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck had spent...

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By 15 July 1632

The painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck had spent long enough during his second visit to England to be requesting payment for a completed portrait of Charles I and Henrietta Maria (known to her husband and...

1949: The system established by the second teachers'...

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1949

The system established by the second teachers' registration in 1912 in Britain was abolished.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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About 1818: Sir William Congreve (namesake of the dramatist)...

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About 1818

Sir William Congreve (namesake of the dramatist) invented a machine to produce coloured watermarking of paper.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
Some sources give a date of 1819.

10 December 1936: The Abdication Crisis ended when King Edward...

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10 December 1936

The Abdication Crisis ended when King Edward VIII finally relinquished the throne; his brother David succeeded him as George VI .
Beloff, Max. Wars and Welfare: Britain 1914-1945. Edward Arnold, 1984.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1939: Peig Sayers published in Ireland her Machtnamh...

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1939

Peig Sayers published in Ireland her Machtnamh seana-mhná (whose title is here transliterated from Irish script, as it is in the British Library catalogue).
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.

1992: Salisbury cathedral brought in an all-girl...

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1992

Salisbury cathedral brought in an all-girl choir. It was the first cathedral to do so.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1570: The engraver Abraham Ortelius published the...

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1570

The engraver Abraham Ortelius published the first world atlas based on scientific measurements, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; Gerhard Mercator followed with his Atlas, 1585-1595, which gave the genre its current name.
Monmonier, Mark. “Measurements that made the world”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
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, No. 13, 20–26 Mar. 2003, p. 30.
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27 November 1735: The recently-founded official government...

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27 November 1735

The recently-founded official government paper The Daily Gazetteer vigorously defended the current rate of twenty or thirty hangings a year in London.
Dussinger, John A. “Ciceronian Eloquence: The Politics of Virtue in Richardsons PamelaEighteenth Century Fiction, Vol.
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, No. 1, Oct. 1999, pp. 39-60.
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2 January 1711: Richard Steele ceased publishing his ground-breaking...

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2 January 1711

Richard Steele ceased publishing his ground-breaking periodical, The Tatler.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Elizabeth Sewell

ES was well-known during the mid nineteenth century as a novelist, travel writer, historian, author of devotional and educational works, and children's writer. Her novels challenged the idea that romance leading to marriage was the...
Elizabeth Sewell Black and white oval photograph of Elizabeth Sewell, seated at a desk, wearing a dark high-necked dress with a white collar, and a white cap. Her signature is reproduced below.

12 May 1784: James Sheridan Knowles, playwright, was born...

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12 May 1784

James Sheridan Knowles , playwright, was born at Cork, Ireland.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1893: Clara Collet was appointed to the Board of...

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1893

Clara Collet was appointed to the Board of Trade .
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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