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29 January 1856: Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross...

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29 January 1856

Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross for acts of conspicuous valour.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
276

August 1854: Austrian troops replaced Russian ones in...

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August 1854

Austrian troops replaced Russian ones in the Danubian Principalities, and Austria recommended Four Points to be accepted as terms for peace (in the Crimean War).
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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28 November 1776: The otherwise unidentified Mrs H. Cartwright...

Women writers item

28 November 1776

The otherwise unidentified Mrs H. Cartwright wrote the dedication to Elizabeth Montagu of her first work, Letters on Female Education Addressed to a Married Lady, which appeared early the next year.
Cartwright, Mrs H. Letters on Female Education Addressed to a Married Lady. E. and C. Dilly, 1777.
prelims

28 July 1995: The official name of Bombay in India changed...

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28 July 1995

The official name of Bombay in India changed to Mumbai (of which the Hindi form is Bambai).
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
534

June 1853: The Act for the Better Prevention of Aggravated...

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June 1853

The Act for the Better Prevention of Aggravated Assault Upon Women and Children made wife assault punishable by up to six months imprisonment or a £20 fine.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
159
Cobbe, Frances Power. “Wife-Torture in England”. Contemporary Review, Vol.
32
, 1878, pp. 55-87.
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1801: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller's...

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1801

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 's tragedy Maria Stuart, first produced the previous year, was printed in J. C. Mellish 's English translation as Mary Stuart.
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.

Hannah Griffitts

HG was a remarkably forceful and plangent Philadelphia lyric poet. Her life spans the time of the American war of independence. More than two hundred of her surviving poems and a large body of letters...

1838: The Camden Society was founded; it was concerned...

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1838

The Camden Society was founded; it was concerned with the printing of unpublished material and reprinting rare works.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
144

1925: Architect Edwin Lutyens, famous for his architectural...

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1925

Architect Edwin Lutyens , famous for his architectural work in New Delhi, completed construction of the British Medical Association building at Tavistock Square, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
366

20 April 1792: Revolutionary France declared war against...

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20 April 1792

Revolutionary France declared war against imperial Austria (later joined by Prussia) in the War of the First Coalition.
Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
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Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Barrell, John. “To Stir up the People”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 2, 23 Jan. 2014, pp. 17-19.
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1 September 1943: Richard Titmuss published Birth, Poverty...

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1 September 1943

Richard Titmuss published Birth, Poverty and Wealth (which his wife Kathleen had favoured calling Poor Children Die), with infant mortality statistics for different classes in Britain.
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
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Richard Titmuss was father of Ann Oakley .

June 1787: A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers...

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June 1787

A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers in this and the previous month noted a growing attention in many not of our religious society to the subject of Negro slavery.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
57 (1787): 721-2

10 October 1874: The British government annexed Fiji....

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10 October 1874

The British government annexed Fiji.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
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Anna Wickham

Anna Wickham was a prolific poet of the earlier twentieth century: in addition to several hundred published poems, more than a thousand remain unpublished.
Hepburn, James et al. “Editor’s Note and Acknowledgements”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, p. xxv - xxvi.
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Her poems, with their unique blend of acerbity and lyricism...
Anna Wickham Black-and-white photo of Anna Wickham in her cluttered kitchen, originally published to accompany "Anna Wickham: A Poetess Landlady" in Picture Post, 1946. Looking off-camera, she is seated on a chair and smoking a cigarette.

28 October 2008: Nina Sankovitch, an American woman with a...

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28 October 2008

Nina Sankovitch , an American woman with a law degree, a job, and a family, embarked on her forty-sixth birthday on a year of reading a book a day and posting an online review of...

1 May 1851: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry...

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1 May 1851

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, the first world's fair, was opened by Queen Victoria in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.
Beaver, Patrick. The Crystal Palace 1851-1936: A Portrait of Victorian Enterprise. Hugh Evelyn, 1970.
5, 11, 13
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.

1 January 1886: The first recorded death from chloroform...

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1 January 1886

The first recorded death from chloroform poisoning, that of Edwin Bartlett , led to his wife Adelaide Bartlett 's sensational trial for murder.
Hartman, Mary S. Victorian Murderesses. Schocken Books, 1977.
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1926: With the establishment of the World Union...

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1926

With the establishment of the World Union for Progressive Judaism , hosted in London, liberal Judaism achieved international organizational unity.
Eliade, Mircea, and Charles J. Adams, editors. The Encyclopedia of Religion. Macmillan, 1987, 16 vols.
259

29 July 1864: The Contagious Diseases Act (first in a series...

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29 July 1864

The Contagious Diseases Act (first in a series of such Acts) inaugurated the state regulation of prostitution. Named by analogy with earlier legislation regarding cattle disease, it initially attracted little notice.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
366
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
60

1863: Ernest Renan published La Vie de Jésus, an...

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1863

Ernest Renan published La Vie de Jésus, an influential Life of Jesus written from a demythologizing, historical perspective.
Lagassé, Paul, editor. The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed., Columbia University Press, 2000.

1912: The Illustrated London News installed the...

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1912

The Illustrated London News installed the first intaglio rotary press (German built) in Britain.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
172

1635: The first national postal service was established,...

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1635

The first national postal service was established, running between London and Edinburgh.
Warren, Michael. “A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain: 1066 - 1999”. Michael Warren’s Chronology, 6 Jan. 2003.

23 September 1775: Drury Lane Theatre re-opened after being...

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23 September 1775

Drury Lane Theatre re-opened after being totally re-designed as a far larger auditorium by Robert and James Adam .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1907, 1912-13

2 March 1848: A revolution began in south-west Germany,...

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2 March 1848

A revolution began in south-west Germany, where the Grand Duchy of Baden's population demonstrated against the Metternich System and the Carlsbad Decrees.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1971: Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren opened...

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1971

Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren opened the shop Let It Rock in the King's Road, London; they sold fetishistic and sadomaochistic clothing.
Evans, Caroline, and Minna Thornton. Women & Fashion: A New Look. Quartet Books, 1989.
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