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1857: Ellen Ranyard's employment of Bible-Women...

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1857

Ellen Ranyard 's employment of Bible-Women in charitable work was the first instance of paid social work.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
126

From about 1817: The Australian Aborigines were subjected...

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From about 1817

The Australian Aborigines were subjected to brutal and rapid near-extermination.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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27 October 1941: US President Roosevelt made a strongly pro-war...

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27 October 1941

US President Roosevelt made a strongly pro-war speech drawing attention to Nazi designs against South America (and therefore the USA), based partly on intelligence from BSC or British Security Coordination .
Boyd, William. “The Secret Persuaders”. The Guardian, 19 Aug. 2006, pp. Weekend 26 - 31.
Weekend 26, 29

1964: The Department of Education and Science was...

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1964

The Department of Education and Science was established in Britain as the ministry responsible for universities. It operated under this name until 1995.
Collini, Stefan. “From Robbins to McKinsey”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 16, 25 Aug. 2011, pp. 9-14.
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6 December 1712: Joseph Addison and his associates ceased...

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6 December 1712

Joseph Addison and his associates ceased publishing The Spectator.
Addison, Joseph et al., editors. The Spectator (1711-1714). Clarendon Press, 1965, 5 vols.
554 (1712): 491

20 May 1707: Jacob Tonson the elder signed the first of...

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20 May 1707

Jacob Tonson the elder signed the first of two copyright agreements giving him sole right in Shakespeare 's plays.
Nichol, Donald W. “Warburton (Not!) on copyright: Clearing up the Misattribution of An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1996, pp. 171-82.
172
Bernard, Stephen. Whig Literary Culture and the Canon: the Legacy of the Tonsons. Oxford University Press, 2015.

1855: Charles Frederick Worth's little bonnet replaced...

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1855

Charles Frederick Worth 's little bonnet replaced the demure poke-bonnet and exposed the wearer's face.
Carter, Ernestine. Magic Names of Fashion. Prentice-Hall, 1980.
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Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
93-5

28 June 1820: Parliament granted leave to Henry Brougham...

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28 June 1820

Parliament granted leave to Henry Brougham to present a Parish Schools Bill to provide for schools established and maintained by the Anglican clergy.
Hyndman, Michael. Schools and Schooling in England and Wales: A Documentary History. Harper and Rowe, 1978.
234
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
90 (1820)

17 September 1945: The trial began at the Old Bailey in London...

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17 September 1945

The trial began at the Old Bailey in London of Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce), famous as a wartime anti-British, pro-Hitler broadcaster, who before the war had regularly posed as of British nationality.
Laity, Paul. “Uneasy Listening”. London Review of Books, 8 July 2004, pp. 22-4.
22-4

1517: A printing press was set up at Oxford; Cambridge...

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1517

A printing press was set up at Oxford; Cambridge followed within three years.
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
146

Janet Schaw

JS , whose fluent and polished style suggests that she was well accustomed to writing, was a late-eighteenth-century Scotswoman who left a single text: a letter-form journal of travels. With some relations she sailed from...

30 January 1661: On the anniversary of Charles I's execution,...

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30 January 1661

On the anniversary of Charles I 's execution, the bodies of Cromwell and some close associates were draged out of their superbe tombs in Westminster Abbey.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
416

1860: Gore House, Kensington, was demolished to...

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1860

Gore House, Kensington, was demolished to allow the construction of the Royal Albert Hall .
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
162

21 March 1960: Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed...

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21 March 1960

Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed when South African police fired into an unarmed Pan-African demonstration against pass laws in the Transvaal; this event became known as the Sharpeville Massacre.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
259
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
672
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
416
Slovo, Gillian. Ties of Blood. Michael Joseph, 1989.
275, 278-82

19 April 1916: The province of Alberta in Canada granted...

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19 April 1916

The province of Alberta in Canada granted women the vote with the passing of the Equal Suffrage Bill, two years before all Canadian women gained the right to vote in federal elections (24 May 1918).

1926: Beatrice Kean Seymour published her novel,...

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1926

Beatrice Kean Seymour published her novel, The Last Day, which would be reissued in the Modern Library series ten years hence.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

January 1886: The British Women's Temperance Journal, Britain's...

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January 1886

The British Women's Temperance Journal, Britain's first feminist temperance paper, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1882: By this date, the Salvation Army was comprised...

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1882

By this date, the Salvation Army was comprised of 15,000 volunteers, organized by nearly 750 paid officers at 521 stations.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
132
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Hallelujah Lasses”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 38-9.
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29 June 1868: A bill introduced in the House of Lords proposed...

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29 June 1868

A bill introduced in the House of Lords proposed extending the Contagious Diseases Acts to London, and any other borough that chose to follow.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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1 November 1899: The General Post Office removed its restrictions...

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1 November 1899

The General Post Office removed its restrictions on the size of picture postcards.
Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard and Its Origins. F. A. Praeger, 1966.
59

14 November 1950: The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London,...

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14 November 1950

The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, re-opened after wartime bombing with a production of Twelfth Night.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
402
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
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By 20 June 2000: Jane Nissen, a former editor at Penguin,...

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By 20 June 2000

Jane Nissen , a former editor at Penguin , published the first four titles by Jane Nissen Books , reprints of much-loved children's books of the twentieth century.
Carey, Joanna. “Classic Revival”. Guardian Unlimited Books, 20 June 2000.

November 1887: The Law and Liberty League was founded by...

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November 1887

The Law and Liberty League was founded by newspaper publisher W.T. Stead and socialist/secularist Annie Besant .
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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7 June 1692: An earthquake destroyed two-thirds of the...

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7 June 1692

An earthquake destroyed two-thirds of the thriving settler town and hub of Port Royal in Jamaica, killing 5,000 of the probably more than 7,000 inhabitants, slave and free.
Mantel, Hilary. “The Real Price of Everything”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2007, pp. 3-6.
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1541: An attack on women appeared, entitled The...

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1541

An attack on women appeared, entitled The Schole House of Women and probably written by Edward Gosynhyll .
Buchanan, Dave. Augustan Women’s Verse Satire. University of Alberta, 1998.
60n4
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.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.