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27 July 1911: The Women's Franchise, which featured contributions...

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27 July 1911

The Women's Franchise, which featured contributions from major societies within the suffrage movement and from individuals, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Spring 1917: The Ministry of Munitions sponsored an exhibition...

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Spring 1917

The Ministry of Munitions sponsored an exhibition of women's work shown in different industrial centres thoughout England.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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Fraser, Helen. Women and War Work. G. A. Shaw, 1918.
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After February 1869: Two years after its launch, the American...

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After February 1869

Two years after its launch, the American Equal Rights Association voted to support the US Congress 's proposed fifteenth amendment (which enabled male suffrage for Black people without waiting for white women to attain the vote).
Dow, Bonnie J. “How the Battle of Memory Was Won”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 5, Sept.–Oct. 2014, pp. 3-4.
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August 1756: Frederick II of Prussia invaded neutral Saxony,...

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August 1756

Frederick II of Prussia invaded neutral Saxony, finally precipitating the Seven Years' War.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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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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12 March to 25 May 1644: In her husband's absence the royalist Countess...

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12 March to 25 May 1644

In her husband 's absence the royalist Countess of Derby , born a Huguenot Frenchwoman, successfully stood a siege at Lathom House in Lancashire (a towered and moated building).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

29 November 2010: An organization called WikiLeaks (which at...

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29 November 2010

An organization called WikiLeaks (which at this date few people had heard of) embarked on gradual public release of more than 250,000 secret (but not top secret) cables sent by US and other embassies around...

November 1857: Scottish missionary David Livingstone published...

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November 1857

Scottish missionary David Livingstone published Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Jeal, Tim. Livingstone. Heinemann, 1973.
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August 1861: Captain Robert Fitzroy, head of the United...

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August 1861

Captain Robert Fitzroy , head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Department , began issuing the first routine weather forecasts in Britain.
Burton, Jim. “Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office”. British Journal for the History of Science, Vol.
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, 1986, pp. 147-76.
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Fishman, Jack, and Robert Kalish. The Weather Revolution: Innovations and Imminent Breakthroughs in Accurate Forecasting. Plenum Press, 1994.
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Shaw, Sir Napier. Forcasting Weather. Constable, 1911.
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1487: As the European witch craze gathered strength,...

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1487

As the European witch craze gathered strength, the Malleus Maleficarum (meaning the hammer of the witches) 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.

By November 2017: Classical scholar Emily Wilson (daughter...

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By November 2017

Classical scholar Emily Wilson (daughter and grand-daughter of English-literature scholars Katherine Duncan-Jones and Elsie Duncan-Jones ) became the first woman ever to translate the whole of Homer 's Odyssey into English.
Mason, Wyatt. “The First Woman to Translate the ’Odyssey’ Into English”. The New York Times Magazine, 2 Nov. 2017.

About 10 April 1700: Legislation passed Parliament disqualifying...

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About 10 April 1700

Legislation passed Parliament disqualifying Catholics as heirs to property: if the owner remained Catholic after the age of eighteen, the estate would pass to the nearest Protestant heir.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1680: Mrs Frankland founded a school in Manchester...

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1680

Mrs Frankland founded a school in Manchester for the daughters of Dissenters.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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By : The British Communist Party had been severely...

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By summer 1957

The British Communist Party had been severely reduced in numbers in face of anxieties about the political behaviour of the Soviet Union following the Hungarian Revolution of the previous October-November.
Anderson, Perry. “The Age of EJH”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 3-7.
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Laqueur, Thomas. “Lectures about Heaven”. London Review of Books, 7 June 2007, pp. 3-8.
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1707: Edward Lhuyd of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford...

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1707

Edward Lhuyd of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford first demonstrated in print that the ancient British language was related to the Gaelic of Ireland and Scotland.
Sims-Williams, Patrick. “How are you finding it here?”. London Review of Books, 21 Oct. 1999, pp. 30-31.
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13 October 1940: Princess Elizabeth made her first BBC radio...

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13 October 1940

Princess Elizabeth made her first BBC radio broadcast, directed to children of the Empire.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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12 February 1631: Six weeks before his own death, John Donne...

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12 February 1631

Six weeks before his own death, John Donne preached his sermon later printed as Death's Duell.
Donne, John. “Chronological Table”. Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, edited by John Davy Hayward, Nonesuch Library, 1955, p. xi - xii.
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Isabella Ormston Ford

Isabella Ormston Ford was a dedicated labour activist, suffragette, and anti-war advocate at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advocates her socialist-feminist ideals. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels, all...
Isabella Ormston Ford Black and white photo of Isabella Ford in 1924, sitting reading a book with a telephone beside her. Her body is in profile but she turns her head to face the camera. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and pulled back.

1460: Those London barbers who also practised as...

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1460

Those London barbers who also practised as surgeons incorporated a company to protect their interests.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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1753: The History of the Female Shipwright purported...

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1753

The History of the Female Shipwright purported to be the autobiography of Mary Lacy , the facts of whose life are borne out by Admiralty records.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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1896: Thomas Fisher Unwin began issuing Cosmopolis,...

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1896

Thomas Fisher Unwin began issuing Cosmopolis, an International Monthly Review; published also in New York, it contained fiction as well as literary criticism, and ran until 1898.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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Grisell Murray

GM wrote memoirs in the mid eighteenth century about each of her remarkable parents. Parts of her writing first appeared in print after her death, in the appendix to a work of history by George Rose

23 April 1979: Blair Peach, a London teacher, suffered a...

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23 April 1979

Blair Peach , a London teacher, suffered a fractured skull when he was hit on the head by a police officer as he was leaving an anti-National Front demonstration at Southall. He died...

Early 1872: The Obstetrical Society began registering...

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Early 1872

The Obstetrical Society began registering midwives through an examination and annual licensing system.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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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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10 May 1993: The first female condom was approved in the...

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10 May 1993

The first female condom was approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration .
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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