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March 1979: The Communist government of Afghanistan launched...

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March 1979

The Communist government of Afghanistan launched a campaign to increase female literacy. Fundamentalists rebelling against this were, because they were anti-Communist, backed by the USA, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
Johnson, Chalmers. “Abolish the CIA!”. London Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2004, pp. 25-8.
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26 March 1674: The King's Company opened at its new Drury...

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26 March 1674

The King's Company opened at its new Drury Lane Theatre , in Drury Lane, still under the management of Thomas Killigrew .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 209; 5: 1361

18 January 1609: John Healey's English version of the Latin...

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18 January 1609

John Healey 's English version of the Latin Mundus alter et idem, 1605, by satirist Joseph Hall was licensed by the Stationers' Company as A Discovery of a New World.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
8 September 2008

1912: A religious novel by Mary Dickens, The Debtor,...

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1912

A religious novel by Mary Dickens , The Debtor, was published.
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.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1848: Chiswick Press printed, for the first time,...

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1848

Chiswick Press printed, for the first time, John Wycliffe 's earlier version of his English New Testament, completed in 1384.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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1808: A law was passed to compel clergymen to reside...

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1808

A law was passed to compel clergymen to reside in their parishes; it was hard to enforce, however, and absenteeism did not disappear.
Collins, Irene. “The Rev. Henry Tilney, Rector of Woodston”. Persuasions: Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Vol.
20
, 1998, pp. 154-64.
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November 1820: George IV's bill for divorcing Queen Caroline...

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November 1820

George IV 's bill for divorcing Queen Caroline was abandoned.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
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Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
358

By September 1779: John Birch published Considerations on the...

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By September 1779

John Birch published Considerations on the Efficacy of Electricity, in removing Female Obstructions. To which are annexed, Cases with Remarks.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
48 (1779): 237

1871: Manchester's public library began to employ...

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1871

Manchester's public library began to employ the first female library assistants.
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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1897: Mary Billington moved from the Daily Graphic...

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1897

Mary Billington moved from the Daily Graphic to begin work at the Daily Telegraph as the head of the women's department.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Onslow, Barbara. Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Macmillan, 2000.
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1873: Arthur Russell Mowbray entered the publishing...

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1873

Arthur Russell Mowbray entered the publishing market with the appearance of The Deformation and The Reformation.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 209

1957: Dulcie Gray launched her publishing career:...

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1957

Dulcie Gray launched her publishing career: Samuel French issued her play Love Affair (which had been staged the previous year) and the first of her murder mysteries, Murder on the Stairs, also appeared.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

22 July 1946: Members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi (Military-National...

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22 July 1946

Members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi (Military-National Organization in Hebrew) blew up British General Headquarters in the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, killing ninety-one people.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
396
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
under Irgun Zvai Leumi

By 22 July 1882: Algernon Charles Swinburne published Tristram...

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By 22 July 1882

Algernon Charles Swinburne published Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2856 (1882): 103

Maria Theresa Longworth

Novelist and travel writer MTL began her writing career following the findings of the infamous Yelverton Marriage Case, which left her without fortune because of legal expenses, and without a husband because of the...
Maria Theresa Longworth Black and white photograph of Maria Theresa Longworth, seated in a high-backed upholstered chair. She is wearing a simple, long, dark dress with a white lace collar, and her dark hair is pulled into a neat bun.

1 October 1957: Great Britain ended the Anglo-American postal...

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1 October 1957

Great Britain ended the Anglo-American postal agreement of 1908, by charging the same price for letters to the United States as for letters destined for other foreign countries.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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1943: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers admitted...

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1943

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers admitted its first women member, Verena Holmes —who had already put in twenty years as an Associate of the institution because of her gender.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1971: The Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Service was...

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1971

The Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Service was started in Northern Ireland by an Englishwoman.
Francome, Colin. “United Kingdom”. International Handbook on Abortion, edited by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood, 1988, pp. 458-61.
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ProChoice Forum. http://www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/comm18.asp.

1861: Queen's Institute, Dublin, was founded, mainly...

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1861

Queen's Institute, Dublin, was founded, mainly through the efforts of Anne Jellicoe , for the technical instruction of women.
O’Connor, Anne V. “The Revolution in Girls’ Secondary Education in Ireland, 1860-1910”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 31-54.
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1892: Sixty-seven year-old phrenologist Henry Loader...

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1892

Sixty-seven year-old phrenologist Henry Loader was prosecuted for selling two birth control manuals, The Wife's Handbook and Fruits of Philosophy.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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McLaren, Angus. Birth Control in Nineteenth Century England. Croom Helm, 1978.
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1926: Fanfrolico Press, founded in Australia in...

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1926

Fanfrolico Press , founded in Australia in 1923 by Jack Lindsay and John T. Kirtley , established a London branch at 5 Bloomsbury Square.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
119
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
320
Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
204-5

1634: Charles I granted a warrant to Sir Saunders...

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1634

Charles I granted a warrant to Sir Saunders Duncombe to construct and hire out sedan chairs in London and Westminster.
Jones, Thomas, editor. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, 8 Aug. 2002, p. 20.
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May 1969: The Open University based at the barely-begun...

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May 1969

The Open University based at the barely-begun new town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire (fruit of Jennie Lee 's University of the Air Advisory Committee) received its royal charter.
Bell, Robert, b. 1930, and Malcolm Tight. Open Universities: A British Tradition? Open University Press, 1993.
134
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Whitaker’s Almanack. 119th ed., J. Whitaker, 1987.
508

Early October 2012: The prize for women's fiction hitherto known...

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Early October 2012

The prize for women's fiction hitherto known as the Orange Prize was saved by a group of private supporters after the mobile-phone company Orange withdrew its support.
Armitstead, Claire. “Orange prize saved by private donors after organisers fail to find sponsor”. The Guardian, 8 Oct. 2012.