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1822: Victor Hugo published Odes, his first collection...

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1822

Victor Hugo published Odes, his first collection of poetry.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
481

1870: The Royal Hants Infirmary in Southampton...

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1870

The Royal Hants Infirmary in Southampton refused to construct a lock ward for the compulsory treatment of prostitutes, in defiance of the wishes of the Admiralty .
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.
116

29 July 1971: The British Black Arrow rocket-launching...

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29 July 1971

The British Black Arrow rocket-launching programme (based at Woomera in Australia, low-budget, and largely unsuccessful) was cancelled.
Spufford, Francis. “Operation Backfire”. London Review of Books, 28 Oct. 1999, pp. 21-7.
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23 June 1838: A twopenny weekly for women entitled the...

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23 June 1838

A twopenny weekly for women entitled the Gem and Ladies' Album began publication in London; it lasted for only three issues.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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December 1964: The Greater London Council began to offer...

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December 1964

The Greater London Council began to offer family planning advice to unmarried people.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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: John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen...

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Autumn 1706

John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen Swiny , appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 129

25 September 1915: A British offensive began at Loos, only to...

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25 September 1915

A British offensive began at Loos, only to end some days later after heavy losses.
“Battles: The Battle of Loos, 1915”. First World War.com: The War to End All Wars.

23 September 1766: The Gentleman's Magazine reported on the...

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23 September 1766

The Gentleman's Magazine reported on the serious food riots that were following a bad harvest, high bread prices, an increase in enclosure, and the perception of profiteering by landlords.
Neeson, J. M. Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
20 and n15
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
36 (1766): 436

1904-1905: The Women's Co-operative Guild 's (WCG) Health...

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1904-1905

The Women's Co-operative Guild 's (WCG) Health for School Children campaign resulted in the establishment of school clinics.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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1632: The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was...

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1632

The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was published at London by John Grove .
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 7

27 October 1946: A new constitution came into force in France...

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27 October 1946

A new constitution came into force in France and its colonies: this was the birth of the Fourth Republic.
British Book News. British Council.
(1951): 762-3

4 May 1813: Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury,...

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4 May 1813

Ann Moore , the fasting woman of Tutbury, signed her mark to a confession that she had not, as claimed, lived for long periods entirely without nourishment.
A Full Exposure of Ann Moore: The Pretended Fasting Woman of Tutbury. 3rd, with additions, Printed for the author and sold by R. Baldwin and T. Wayte, 1813.
22, 3-4, 19-20
Hollis, Karen. “Fasting Women: Bodily Claims and Narrative Crises in Eighteenth-Century Science”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
34
, No. 4, 1 June 2001–2026, pp. 523-38.
531-4

1 August 1944: The battered Polish resistance movement mobilised...

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1 August 1944

The battered Polish resistance movement mobilised 40,000 armed insurgents against the Nazi occupiers of Warsaw (which was the final obstacle between the advancing Red Army and Berlin).
MacQueen, Angus. “Stuck in the middle of great-power games”. Guardian Weekly, 27 Nov. 2003, p. 16.
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13 February 1689: James II having fled the kingdom the previous...

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13 February 1689

James II having fled the kingdom the previous December, and his place been taken by his elder daughter and her husband, they assumed the throne jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II ...

23 February 1820: In the Cato Street Conspiracy, a group of...

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23 February 1820

In the Cato Street Conspiracy, a group of revolutionaries picked this day to assassinate members of the Cabinet at a private dinner; the plot failed.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
105

1960: Englishwoman Jane Goodall travelled to Lake...

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1960

Englishwoman Jane Goodall travelled to Lake Tanganyika to begin her study of primates there.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

4 July 1821: The second Haymarket Theatre (that is not...

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4 July 1821

The second Haymarket Theatre (that is not the New Theatre, Haymarket, or the King's Theatre, now Her Majesty's, but the present Theatre Royal) was opened, somewhat to the south of the former New Theatre.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
95, 283

11 October 1948: The first outside BBC television broadcast...

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11 October 1948

The first outside BBC television broadcast was made: from Number 10 Downing Street for the Commonwealth Conference .
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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7 December 1789: Hester Lynch Piozzi heard the African John...

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7 December 1789

Hester Lynch Piozzi heard the African John Frederick Bridgetower speaking in public at Bath, to great applause, and wrote how Dr. Johnson would have adored that Man!
Piozzi, Hester Lynch. The Piozzi Letters. Editors Bloom, Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, 1989–2002, 6 vols.
1: 330-1 and nn2-4

June 1957: India's Women ceased publication from Lo...

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June 1957

India's Women ceased publication from London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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5 May 1739: Henry Brooke published his tragedy Gustavus...

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5 May 1739

Henry Brooke published his tragedy Gustavus Vasa, which had been banned from production for its oppositional political views.
Johnson, Samuel. Political Writings. Editor Greene, Donald, Yale University Press, 1977.
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1847: The Lancashire Public School Association...

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1847

The Lancashire Public School Association was founded.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
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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.
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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.
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1892: Lady Lindsay(Caroline), issued A Tangled...

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1892

Lady Lindsay(Caroline) , issued A Tangled Web, a novel of an heiress who sets out to see the world but falls in love with her cousin.
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.