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December 1897: The New Review issued its last number; it...

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December 1897

The New Review issued its last number; it was then folded into the Outlook and New Review.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Anna Maria Hall

AMH was an extremely prolific writer whose literary career spanned the pre- and later Victorian periods. She wrote many stories, nine novels, some children's literature, three plays, a pamphlet, and a travel book. She also...
Anna Maria Hall Black and white print of a portrait of Anna Maria Hall painted by Henry Thomas Ryall in the 1830s. She sits in a chair looking down and to the left, wearing a dark dress with a V neck, with flowers at her bosom and a crucifix hanging below. Her dark hair, parted in the middle, falls in short ringlets adorned with a large rose. She has a watch on her right wrist and holds a book in both hands. National Gallery of Wales.

Geraldine Jewsbury

During her life, Geraldine Jewsbury wrote six novels and two books for children. Widely published in Victorian periodicals, she was a respected reviewer, editor, and translator. Her periodical publications ranged from theatre reviews, short fiction...
Geraldine Jewsbury Head-and-shoulders photograph of Geraldine Jewsbury. She is wearing a dark, hooded cloak, with a light lace collar and a rose-shaped fastener. Her dark wavy hair is pulled back. Her full signature is reproduced underneath: "Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury".

1884: The Ladies Lavatory Company was founded this...

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1884

The Ladies Lavatory Company was founded this year and opened its first toilet establishment at Oxford Circus, London.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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September 1930: Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy...

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September 1930

Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy Theatre starring Paul Robeson and Peggy Ashcroft : it shocked some in the audience on racist grounds.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
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Probably October 1858: The Ladies' National Association for the...

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Probably October 1858

The Ladies' National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge was founded through the work of Isa Craig , Elizabeth Garrett , and Lady Stanley of Alderley , and others.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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Wohl, Anthony S. Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Harvard University Press, 1983.
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McCrone, Kathleen E. “The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science and the Advancement of Victorian Women”. Atlantis, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1982, pp. 44-66.
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Goldman, Lawrence. Science, Reform, and Politics in Victorian Britain: The Social Science Association 1857-1886. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Williams, Perry. “The Laws of Health: Women, Medicine and Sanitary Reform, 1850-1890”. Science and Sensibility: Gender and Scientific Enquiry, 1780-1945, edited by Marina Benjamin, Basil Blackwell, 1991, pp. 60-88.
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“Second Annual Report of the Ladies’ National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge”. English Woman’s Journal, Vol.
3
, No. 18, 1859, pp. 380-87.
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1946: Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum was taken...

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1946

Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum was taken into special relation with the University of London .
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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October 1981: Anwar Sadat, Prime Minister of Egypt, was...

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October 1981

Anwar Sadat , Prime Minister of Egypt, was assassinated by an Islamic-supremacist army officer, who said of his act, I shot the Pharaoh.
Shlaim, Avi. “A History of Disappointment”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2000, pp. 18-19.
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23 June 1925: British troops fired into striking crowds...

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23 June 1925

British troops fired into striking crowds in Canton, killing fifty-two people and wounding a hundred and seventeen; this followed an incident in Shanghai on 30 May 1925, which left nine people dead and twenty...

May 1969: Following the Ford strike at Dagenham the...

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May 1969

Following the Ford strike at Dagenham the previous year, the National Joint Action Committee on Women's Equal Rights held a demonstration.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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January 1849-March 1850: Frank Smedley's Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes...

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January 1849-March 1850

Frank Smedley 's Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil was serialised, in monthly parts, in Sharpe's London Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Smedley, Frank. Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil. A. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1850.
prelims

8 November 1927: The British Statutory Commission on Indian...

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8 November 1927

The British Statutory Commission on Indian Reforms (the Simon Commission ) was appointed to study the situation in India and the workings of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 22 April 1918. No Indian members were appointed...

June 1957: Parliament passed a new Rent Act that deregulated...

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June 1957

Parliament passed a new Rent Act that deregulated the amount a landlord could charge for rent; this had serious consequences for people living in cheap rented housing.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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December 1812: The first volume appeared in German of the...

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December 1812

The first volume appeared in German of the folk tales collected by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ; volume two followed in 1816.
Flood, Alison. “Gruesome originals of Grimms’ tales”. Guardian Weekly, 12 Dec. 2014, p. 39.
(12 December 2014): 39

3 October 1906: Britain's new battleship, the Dreadnought,...

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3 October 1906

Britain's new battleship, the Dreadnought, began sea trials.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
165

29 September 1939: The British Government began implementing...

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29 September 1939

The British Government began implementing its wartime National Registration programme, and identity cards were issued as proof of citizenship.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
chronology, 4-5
Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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2 May 1594: The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare,...

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2 May 1594

The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare , was entered in the Stationers' Register.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
2 May 2008
McMullan, Gordon, and John, 1579 - 1625 Fletcher. “Introduction”. The Tamer Tamed, Nick Hern Books, 2003, p. xiii - xvii.
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Probably 1659: Margaret Abbott, a convert from the Church...

Women writers item

Probably 1659

Margaret Abbott , a convert from the Church of England to the Baptists , published with her name her only text, A Testimony against the False Teachers of this Generation.
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.

: Oneword Radio, with offices in London, was...

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By Summer 2000

Oneword Radio , with offices in London, was set up to broadcast to readers: the bulk of its programming came from audiobooks read serially, sometimes though not always abridged.
Kent, Paul. “Oneword”. The Author, Vol.
cxii
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2001, pp. 30-1.
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Oneword Radio. http://www.oneword.co.uk/.
Mslexia. Mslexia Publications.
14 (2002): 6
Teller, Neville. “To the Editor”. The Author, Vol.
121
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2010, p. 36.
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1858: The Foreland lighthouse in Kent was the first...

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1858

The Foreland lighthouse in Kent was the first to be equipped with electrically powered arc lights.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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1 June 1658: Lord Mordaunt, whose wife was a diarist,...

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1 June 1658

Lord Mordaunt , whose wife was a diarist, was tried for his life by the High Court of Justice in London.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1878: Phillipa Flowerday was appointed as nurse...

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1878

Phillipa Flowerday was appointed as nurse for factory employees of J. and J. Colman of Norwich: apparently the first trained nurse to work as such for an industrial company.
“Key dates in Working Conditions, Factory Acts, Great Britain, 1300 - 1899”. Education Resources.

1830-49: Douglas Jerrold consolidated his career as...

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1830-49

Douglas Jerrold consolidated his career as a journalist and short-story writer while continuing to write for the theatre.
Emeljanow, Victor. Victorian Popular Dramatists. Twayne, 1987.
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1848: The electric carbon-arc light was used for...

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1848

The electric carbon-arc light was used for the first time in theatre.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Shortly before 21 October 1751: Parish officers of Bishopsgate in London...

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Shortly before 21 October 1751

Parish officers of Bishopsgate in London refused a pauper woman relief, and instead suggested she steal or whore. (Clearly, they presumed these were her trades.)
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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