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April 1918: The Women's Royal Air Force was established,...

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April 1918

The Women's Royal Air Force was established, with Violet Douglas-Pennant serving as its First Commandant, taking over from Gertrude Crawford 's tenure of less than a year.
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
under Violet Douglas-Pennant

: Female Contagious Diseases Acts repealers...

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Autumn 1872

Female Contagious Diseases Acts repealers were attacked in Pontefract, as they held a meeting to organize electoral lobbying.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. Hyperion Press, 1989.
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5 August 1772: Polish territory was carved up between Austria,...

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5 August 1772

Polish territory was carved up between Austria, Russia, and Prussia in an event known as the Partition of Poland (or later, after Polish territory was further reduced in January 1793 and October 1795, as the...

February 1768: James Boswell published his composite work...

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February 1768

James Boswell published his composite work on the Corsican liberation struggle: An Account of Corsica; the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
25 (1768): 172-81
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.
Ruxin, Paul. “Review of James T. Boulton and T. O. McLoughlin, eds., Boswell, An Account of CorsicaJohnsonian New Letter, Vol.
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, No. 1, Mar. 2007, pp. 52-6.
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January 2015: The Right Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated...

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January 2015

The Right Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated as Bishop of Stockport, Britain's first woman bishop, in York Minster. The consecration was performed by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu (Britain's first African-born archbishop)...

1904-1912: Romain Rolland published Jean-Christophe...

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1904-1912

Romain Rolland published Jean-Christophe in fifteen parts in Cahiers de la quinzaine.
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.

19 June 1829: Sir Robert Peel's Metropolis Police Improvement...

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19 June 1829

Sir Robert Peel 's Metropolis Police Improvement Bill received royal assent: it gave the new police force, under government control, jurisdiction for thirty miles around London (except in the financial centre of the City).
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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31 May 1792: William Carey preached to fellow Baptist...

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31 May 1792

William Carey preached to fellow Baptist ministers from his first treatise on missionary work, entitled An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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1716: There were estimated to be 60,000 debtors...

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1716

There were estimated to be 60,000 debtors imprisoned in England and Wales.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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10 April 1998: The Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement...

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10 April 1998

The Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that of Northern Ireland itself, was signed, following complex and lengthy multiparty negotiations.
Good Friday Agreement, 10 April 1998. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/agreement.htm.
Langdon, Julia. “Obituary: Mo Mowlam”. Guardian Weekly, 26 Aug. 2005, p. 28.
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657: Saint Hilda became the first abbess of the...

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657

Saint Hilda became the first abbess of the double monastery of Whitby in Yorkshire.
Leibell, Sister Helen Dominica. Anglo-Saxon Education of Women: From Hilda to Hildegarde. B. Franklin, 1971.
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Lerner, Gerda. The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy. Oxford University Press, 1993.
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By November 1862: After The Bible in Spain (detailing his work...

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By November 1862

After The Bible in Spain (detailing his work there for the British and Foreign Bible Society ), Lavengro, 1851, and The Romany Rye, 1857, the remarkable, self-taught George Borrow published Wild Wales...

1917: The Iconoclast, a feminist novel by Helen...

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1917

The Iconoclast, a feminist novel by Helen Hamilton , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

12 August 1678: Titus Oates laid his allegations of a Popish...

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12 August 1678

Titus Oates laid his allegations of a Popish plot against the crown and government of England: this triggered immediate panic and the prolonged Exclusion Crisis, an attempt to bar the Catholic Duke of York

9-10 March 1945: During the night American B-29s dropped incendiary...

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9-10 March 1945

During the night American B-29s dropped incendiary bombs on Tokyo, destroying more than sixteen square miles of the city and killing more people than the Hiroshima bomb five months later.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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1869: The National Education League was founded;...

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1869

The National Education League was founded; it sought a national compulsory education system, supported and regulated by the state.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
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1879: The London Committee for Suppressing the...

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1879

The London Committee for Suppressing the Traffic in British Girls was founded.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1784: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller's...

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1784

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 's tragedy Kabale und Liebe (later known in England as Intrigue and Love) was produced and published.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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3-30 April 1735: Sir John Barnard's bill for regulating the...

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3-30 April 1735

Sir John Barnard 's bill for regulating the theatres and limiting the number of companies failed to pass the House of Commons , but generated much heated debate over theatre reform.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: xlix-l, 411-12

By 8 February 1890: A Sydney Sovereign, a collection of stories...

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By 8 February 1890

A Sydney Sovereign, a collection of stories by Tasma , was published.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3250 (1890): 176

16 September 1885: Karen Danielsen Horney was born at Blankenese,...

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16 September 1885

Karen Danielsen Horney was born at Blankenese, a village near Hamburg, Germany.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
I: 145
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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By 22 December 1855: Thomas Babington Macaulay published volumes...

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By 22 December 1855

Thomas Babington Macaulay published volumes III and IV of The History of England from the Accession of James the Second.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
(22 Dec. 1855): 1489-94

1989: Jan Shinebourne's short story This is Modern...

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1989

Jan Shinebourne 's short story This is Modern Times was included in a collection of Caribbean stories, Her True-True Name, edited by Pamela Mordecai and Betty Wilson .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1881: Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky published The...

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1881

Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky published The Brothers Karamazov.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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12 October 1597: Michael Drayton's England's Heroicall Epistles...

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12 October 1597

Michael Drayton 's England's Heroicall Epistles was entered in the Stationers' Register ; it appeared the same year.
Drayton, Michael. Minor Poems of Michael Drayton. Editor Brett, Cyril, Clarendon Press, 1907.
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Arber, Edward, editor. A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660, A. D. Privately Printed, 1875–1894, 5 vols.