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1876: John Maxwell sold Belgravia to Chatto and...

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1876

John Maxwell sold Belgravia to Chatto and Windus , ending Mary Elizabeth Braddon 's association with the monthly.
Edwards, Peter David et al. Indexes to Fiction in Belgravia 1867-1899. Victorian Fiction Research Unit, Department of English, University of Queensland, 1989.
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4 February 1839: The Chartist National Convention was held...

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4 February 1839

The Chartist National Convention was held at the British Hotel, Charing Cross.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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9 January 1972: British miners represented by the National...

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9 January 1972

British miners represented by the National Union of Mineworkers came out on strike after its negotiations with the National Coal Board ended in stalemate.
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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November 1896: The Lady's Realm began publication in London;...

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November 1896

The Lady's Realm began publication in London; while much concerned with fashion, it also published contemporary fiction.
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1840: Moy's Music-Hall opened in London....

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1840

Moy's Music-Hall opened in London.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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4 July 1940: The British government launched a project...

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4 July 1940

The British government launched a project known as Auxiliary Units , with headquarters at Coleshill House near Faringdon in Berkshire.
“Secret wartime past revealed”. National Trust: Near you, Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Hampshire / Oxfordshire / Isle of Wight / London, 2010.
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Christabel Coleridge

CC 's writing career spanned over forty years in the last three decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth. She published nearly thirty-nine novels, four collaborative fictional works, one collection...

1747: The first edition of the Biographia Britannica...

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1747

The first edition of the Biographia Britannica (a ground-breaking collection of national biography) appeared.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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1923: Ten years after the first, Mary Frances Harriet...

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1923

Ten years after the first, Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall released another book on domesticity titled The Second Book of Martha.
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August 1833: Slavery was entirely abolished throughout...

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August 1833

Slavery was entirely abolished throughout the British Empire.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson, editors. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. Third edition, Longman, 1996.
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Late November 1916: The Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform,...

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Late November 1916

The Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform , an all-party parliamentary group formed on an initiative of Millicent Garrett Fawcett , turned in a report which became the basis of the Act of 6 February 1918...

1686: John Shirley published The Illustrious History...

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1686

John Shirley published The Illustrious History of Women; Or, A Compendium of the Many Virtues that Adorn the Female Sex.
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1731: The University of Bologna (then included...

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1731

The University of Bologna (then included in The Papal States) appointed Doctress and ProfessorLaura Bassi (1711-1778), to the Chair of Anatomy; she later held a philosophy chair from which she taught Newtonian physics for...

1609: British sailors were stranded by a storm...

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1609

British sailors were stranded by a storm on Bermuda.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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November 1952: The United States exploded a prototype H-bomb...

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November 1952

The United States exploded a prototype H-bomb (about 700 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atom bomb) on the island of Elugelab in the Pacific, which it obliterated.
Broad, William J. “Who built the H-bomb?”. Edmonton Journal, 29 Apr. 2001, p. E11.
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July 1917: GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare...

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July 1917

GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare of young women, began monthly publication in London from the Girls' Friendly Society of the Church of England .
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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By 9 July 1822: The ladies of England subscribed for a gigantic...

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By 9 July 1822

The ladies of England subscribed for a gigantic statue of the Greek hero Achilles cast in metal from captured foreign guns, for Hyde Park in London, to honour the Duke of Wellington .
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...

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7 July 1859

The first meeting of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women was held in London; founding members included Anna Jameson , Emily Faithfull , Jessie Boucherett , Adelaide Procter , Bessie Rayner Parkes , Isa Craig , and Sarah Lewin .
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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August 1862: An international congress about the role...

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August 1862

An international congress about the role of vivisection at the Crystal Palace helped form Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) policy on the issue.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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Jane Robe:

JR , about whom nothing is known, was the author of a single tragedy, translated from the French, performed and published in 1723.

July 1995: Jeff Bezos launched in Seattle, Washington,...

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July 1995

Jeff Bezos launched in Seattle, Washington, an online bookselling company named Amazon . It did only moderately well in 1996, but took off the following year.
Wray, Richard. “’Our belief is that there will be lots of winners’”. Guardian Unlimited, 24 Oct. 2005.

1676: Thomas D'Urfey's comedy Madam Fickle presented...

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1676

Thomas D'Urfey 's comedy Madam Fickle presented as heroine a linguistic virtuoso, tricking and triumphing over an assortment of foolish and misogynist suitors.
Hughes, Derek. “The Masked Woman Revealed; or, the prostitute and the playwright in Aphra Behn criticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 2, 2000, pp. 149-64.
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1777: The Royal Society received another account...

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1777

The Royal Society received another account of a young woman refusing food, that of Janet Macleod of the county of Ross in Scotland, who had what was called an epileptic fit at fifteen...

1904: Madame Paul Lebaudy became the first woman...

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1904

Madame Paul Lebaudy became the first woman to fly as a passenger in a dirigible airship.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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October 1175: Under the Treaty of Windsor (some of whose...

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October 1175

Under the Treaty of Windsor (some of whose terms proved short-lived) Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (generally known as the last High King of Ireland) accepted the rule of English (or Anglo-Norman) Henry II , and...