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29 December 1895-2 January 1896: The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander...

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29 December 1895-2 January 1896

The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander Starr Jameson and financed by Cecil Rhodes , tried to annex the Transvaal for British South Africa.
Strachey, Lytton. Queen Victoria. Harcourt Brace, 1921.
198, 203, 216n11

25 August 1883: A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which...

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25 August 1883

A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which regulated working conditions in white lead factories.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

By November 1700: The recently founded SPCK opened a charity...

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By November 1700

The recently founded SPCK opened a charity school for forty girls at St Andrew's in Holborn, where a boys' school had opened early in the year. Subscribers included Sarah, Lady Cowper for three pounds...

1906: William and Gilbert Foyle (already active...

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1906

William and Gilbert Foyle (already active as booksellers) opened their shop at 119-125 Charing Cross Road, which became the biggest bookshop in London.
Samuel, Bill. “Proper Bookselling”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 3, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2002, pp. 123-4.
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“Foyles and Book-Buying”. infed: the encyclopedia of informal information.

July 1913: Lily Boulanger, a French composer, made headline...

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July 1913

Lily Boulanger , a French composer, made headline news when she became the first woman awarded the Prix de Rome, for her cantata Faust et Hélène.
Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan, 1994.
xxvii, 77

26 March 1674: The King's Company opened at its new Drury...

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26 March 1674

The King's Company opened at its new Drury Lane Theatre , in Drury Lane, still under the management of Thomas Killigrew .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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May 1906: The Daily News held a London Sweated Industries...

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May 1906

The Daily News held a London Sweated Industries Exhibition: since women made up a disproportionate segment of this workforce, the exhibition and its catalogue were important to suffrage as well as labour activists.
Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962.
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Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.

23 June 1931: Lili de Alvarez became the first woman to...

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23 June 1931

Lili de Alvarez became the first woman to wear shorts while playing in the tennis championships at Wimbledon.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
364

November 1968: At a Thanksgiving meeting of the Women's...

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November 1968

At a Thanksgiving meeting of the Women's Liberation Conference in Chicago, USA, Anne Koedt read a paper entitled The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm.
Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books, 1999.
156n6

6 January 1561: The early tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and...

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6 January 1561

The early tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex, by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville (later first Earl of Dorset) , was first performed, in the hall of the Inner Temple.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

16 July 1941: Stalin signed one of his earliest decrees,...

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16 July 1941

Stalin signed one of his earliest decrees, taking military decisions out of the hands the Red Army command and subjecting them to political control.
Waal, Thomas de. “Dun-Coloured Dust”. London Review of Books, 15 July 1999, pp. 18-19.
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March 1885: The first issue of the first British anarchist...

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March 1885

The first issue of the first British anarchist journal was edited by Henry Seymour and published by The International Publishing Company in London under the title Anarchist: A Revolutionary Review.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900. http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/defaultLoggedIn.asp.

1 November 1894: Tsar Alexander III died in the Crimea....

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1 November 1894

Tsar Alexander III died in the Crimea.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
335

November 1917: The Women's Social and Political Union became...

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November 1917

The Women's Social and Political Union became the Women's Party .
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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Elizabeth Taylor

ET published, during the mid to late twentieth century, twelve novels, four collections of short stories, and a handful of essays. As a writer of high calibre whose favourite effects are built on understatement and...

13 July 1891: The International Congregational Council...

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13 July 1891

The International Congregational Council held their first meeting, in Memorial Hall, London.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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Jones, R. Tudur. Congregationalism in England, 1662-1962. Independent Press, 1962.
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1981: The Women's Monitoring Network of London...

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1981

The Women's Monitoring Network of London began publishing its reports as Sexism in the Media.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
204-5

3 September 1981: The Convention on the Elimination of All...

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3 September 1981

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1979, came into force.
“Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women”. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1927: The University College of Hull was founded;...

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1927

The University College of Hull was founded; it became the University of Hull in 1954.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Curtis, Stanley James. Education in Britain since 1900. Greenwood Press, 1970.
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January 1872: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his...

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January 1872

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his first major work, Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy).
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Holligdale, Reginald John. Nietzsche: The Man and His Philosophy. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.
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1812-1816: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel published ...

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1812-1816

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel published Logik.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
448

1894: The Vagabonds by Margaret Louisa Woods, published...

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1894

The Vagabonds by Margaret Louisa Woods , published this year, is a novel that explores male perceptions of women.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

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

Jane Sharp

JS , who published in 1671, stands in a line of militant midwife-writers, close to Elizabeth Cellier before her and followed after a longer lapse of time by Elizabeth Nihell . Like theirs, her text is proto-feminist.
Jane Sharp Photograph of the title-page of "The Midwives Book, or the Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered", 1671, by Jane Sharp (in its slightly differently titled third edition, 1674).

1 January 1916: The British edition of Vogue (an American...

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1 January 1916

The British edition of Vogue (an American fashion magazine) began publishing from Condé Nast in Hanover Square, London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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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.
Spawls, Alice. “Does one flare or cling?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 9, 5 May 2016, pp. 40-2.