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April 1644: The British Parliament passed an act against...

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April 1644

The British Parliament passed an act against a heathenish vanity, generally abused to superstition and wickedness—the erections of maypoles for spring dancing and revelry.
Rogers, Pat. “The Maypole in the Strand”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
28
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2005, pp. 83-95.
84-5

1887: The magazine Mother's Friend ceased publ...

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1887

The magazine Mother's Friend ceased publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
217
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
14

1950: Women gained the vote in India, three years...

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1950

Women gained the vote in India, three years after independence from Britain.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

8 February 1872: The Viceroy of India (Lord Mayo) was murdered...

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8 February 1872

The Viceroy of India (Lord Mayo ) was murdered by convict Shere Ali while visiting Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 824
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
210

Mrs E. M. Foster:

Nothing is known about the life of Foster (MEMF ), whose works were published with very limited information about the author. Authorship was indicated sometimes by initials (E.M.F) but mainly via chains...

Lady Caroline Lamb

LCL was the author of three early-nineteenth-century novels and of an unpublished diary and occasional poetry. Some of her satirical poems were published. She wrote her first novel as a personal testament and retaliation after...
Lady Caroline Lamb Photograph of a portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Her head is tilted, and her curly brown hair is presented as natural and unstyled. Her head and neck emerge from a background impressionistically rendered without concrete detail.

1976: Helen Foley published her final novel, Come...

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1976

Helen Foley published her final novel, Come to Grief.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1624: An Act covering England and Wales was passed...

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1624

An Act covering England and Wales was passed to prevent the destroying and murdering of bastard children.
May, Allyson N. “’She at first denied it’: Infanticide Trials at the Old Bailey”. Women and History: Voices of Early Modern England, edited by Valerie Frith, Coach House Press, 1995, pp. 19-49.
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July 1921: The Communist Party of China was formed at...

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July 1921

The Communist Party of China was formed at Peking.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
361

7 October 1854: The Patriotic Fund was set up by the Crown...

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7 October 1854

The Patriotic Fund was set up by the Crown to provide relief to the wives or widows and children of British soldiers who fought for their country during the Crimean War.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
21872 (14 October 1854): 5

1882: Victorien Sardou's French play Fedora popularized...

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1882

Victorien Sardou 's French play Fedora popularized the felt fedora.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
321

10 December 1972: British scientists were awarded two Nobel...

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10 December 1972

British scientists were awarded two Nobel Prizes: in Physiology or Medicine, and in Economic Sciences.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

1891: Margaret Louisa Woods published Esther Vanhomrigh,...

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1891

Margaret Louisa Woods published Esther Vanhomrigh, a historical romance centred on one of the women Swift loved. She was an interesting subject: a poet and letter-writer herself, who pursued Swift to Ireland when he...

1839: The Casket of Fate, a small collection of...

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1839

The Casket of Fate, a small collection of verse by Frances Osgood , appeared in London.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
250

1852: The House of Correction at Brixton was purchased,...

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1852

The House of Correction at Brixton was purchased, and converted to provide 700-800 places for women sentenced to penal servitude.
Zedner, Lucia. Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England. Clarendon, 1991, http://U of A HSS.
178-9

1918: Two years after her best-known portrait of...

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1918

Two years after her best-known portrait of Lytton Strachey , Carrington (Dora Carrington) painted another portrait of him, sitting in a deck-chair in the garden at Tidmarsh Mill, where they lived.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
54
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.
181
Strachey, Lytton. The Shorter Strachey. Editors Holroyd, Michael and Paul Levy, Oxford University Press, 1980.
jacket

1806: Henry Colburn set up a publishing house in...

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1806

Henry Colburn set up a publishing house in London; his authors included many best-sellers.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 39, 42, 44, 47

1906: The Church Socialist League was created in...

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1906

The Church Socialist League was created in Morecambe.
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
246, 248, 287

November 1905: The first exhibition of the Friday Club was...

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November 1905

The first exhibition of the Friday Club was held at the Alpine Club Gallery , London.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
26, 106

8 September 1893: A motion for women's suffrage was passed...

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8 September 1893

A motion for women's suffrage was passed by the New Zealand legislature, giving the vote to all, including Maori, women. Though New Zealand was still part of the British Empire, it ranks as the first...

14 January 1933: The Lancet published An Investigation of...

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14 January 1933

The Lancet published An Investigation of Menopause in One Thousand Women, produced by the Medical Women's Federation (for which Christine Murrell and Letitia Fairfield had already researched the experience of menstruation).
Balaam, Marie-Clare, and Barbara Crowther. “Menopause Exposed: Women Surveying Women”. Women’s History Magazine, Vol.
62
, 1 Mar.–31 May 2010, pp. 19-25.
19-25 and n1

1759: Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem...

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1759

Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem in Staffordshire (where he had begun as a worker twenty years before), and began production.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
623
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

20 August 1853: The Vaccination Act made vaccination against...

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20 August 1853

The Vaccination Act made vaccination against smallpox compulsory for everyone in the United Kingdom, and provided for administering it gratis under the Poor Law.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
822
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
832
Williams, Gareth. Angel of Death. The Story of Smallpox. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
237

30 April 1615: John Donne preached To the Queen at Greenwich,...

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30 April 1615

John Donne preached To the Queen at Greenwich, his earliest surviving sermon.
Donne, John. “Chronological Table”. Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, edited by John Davy Hayward, Nonesuch Library, 1955, p. xi - xii.
xi

11 July 1789: Louis XVI dismissed Necker from the post...

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11 July 1789

Louis XVI dismissed Necker from the post of Director of Finances and Minister of State.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
137-41
Lefebvre, Georges. “A Series of Class Revolts”. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations, edited by Frank A. Kafker et al., 4th Edition, R. E. Krieger, 1989, pp. 3-33.
20, 26-7