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10 August 1846: The £100,000 bequest of English chemist and...

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10 August 1846

The £100,000 bequest of English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (announced on 17 December 1835) established the Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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April 1905: The British-Ottoman Conventions demarcated...

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April 1905

The British-Ottoman Conventions demarcated Aden's frontiers; British rule in the East Aden Protectorates (of which Yemen is now part) continued until 1967.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 765

23 April 1826: In the ongoing Greek War of Liberation, Missolonghi...

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23 April 1826

In the ongoing Greek War of Liberation, Missolonghi in Greece fell to the Ottomans after a year of siege.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1896: Sarah Reddish's paper Right of Women to Membership...

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1896

Sarah Reddish 's paper Right of Women to Membership was read at the Women's Co-operative Guild Annual Meeting at Burnley, as part of WCG campaign to allow women to hold personal memberships in the Co-operative Union .
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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1796-1815: Throughout these war years the Bibliothèque...

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1796-1815

Throughout these war years the Bibliothèque britannique, published in Geneva, kept open cultural relations between France and England.
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.

January 1852: Publisher John Chapman purchased the Westminster...

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January 1852

Publisher John Chapman purchased the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly and began issuing it as the Westminster Review (which, twenty-eight years and several mergers back, had been its original name).
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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1836: George Routledge established a bookshop and...

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1836

George Routledge established a bookshop and publishing firm under his own name at 11 Ryder's Court, London, with the help of fifteen-year-old William Henry Warne .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 261
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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10 May 1892: Frederic Eugene Ives first exhibited his...

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10 May 1892

Frederic Eugene Ives first exhibited his patented method for producing colour prints (three-colour printing with half-tone cuts) at the Royal Institution, London.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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30 December 1878: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their...

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30 December 1878

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their successful stage partnership at the Lyceum Theatre in London by starring opposite one another in Hamlet.
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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Manvell, Roger. Ellen Terry. Heinemann, 1968.
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9 February 1911: A revised version of the Conciliation Bill...

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9 February 1911

A revised version of the Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) passed its first reading in the House of Commons .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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By 1880: Almost 100,000 miles of submarine telegraph...

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By 1880

Almost 100,000 miles of submarine telegraph cable was run directly from Britain to her outlying colonies.
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
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2 July 1927: Crosby Hall in Chelsea (a building originally...

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2 July 1927

Crosby Hall in Chelsea (a building originally located in Bishopsgate in the City of London, once owned by Sir Thomas More , probably later rented by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke , moved stone...

Jemima Tautphoeus

JT , an Irish-born, mid-Victorian writer who lived most of her life in Bavaria, wrote four novels. Her work was often praised for its descriptions of the Bavarian landscape and people—both upper-class and peasant—who inhabited it.
Jemima Tautphoeus Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Jemima Tautphoeus, wearing a dark dress buttonrf in front and a light lace collar. She has dark, chin-length, wavy hair, and a shawl over her head and shoulders.

1672: Puritan Nonconformist James Janeway published,...

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1672

Puritan Nonconformist James Janeway published, for children, A Token for Children: Being an Exact Account of the Conversion, Holy and Exemplary Lives, and Joyful Deaths of Several Young Children (of both sexes).
Janeway, James. A Token for Children. Dorman Newman, 1676.
Demers, Patricia, and Robert Gordon Moyles, editors. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children’s Literature to 1850. Oxford University Press, 1982.
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1045: Saint Margaret, who became the wife of King...

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1045

Saint Margaret , who became the wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland, was born.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
83-4
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
53, 56

1897: Mary Billington moved from the Daily Graphic...

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1897

Mary Billington moved from the Daily Graphic to begin work at the Daily Telegraph as the head of the women's department.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Onslow, Barbara. Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Macmillan, 2000.
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1853: The first International Congress of Statistics...

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1853

The first International Congress of Statistics in Brussels tried to define markers in use in compiling statistics.
Daston, Lorraine. “Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it”. London Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2000, pp. 35-6.
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1975: Jacqueline Tabbick became the first woman...

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1975

Jacqueline Tabbick became the first woman rabbi in Britain.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

ABB is remembered as the first woman to be ordained in the United States. Though she published only ten works, she wrote extensively throughout her life and produced numerous speeches and essays. She took...
Antoinette Brown Blackwell Black and white photograph of Antoinette Brown Blackwell shown from the shoulders up, at a three-quarter turn. Her hair is pulled back and pinned at the back of her head, and she is wearing a jacket with a high collar, that is buttoned to the top. The top button of her jacket is much larger than the others and there is a loop of thin rope hanging from it.

10 May 1933: Following a speech from Joseph Goebbels,...

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10 May 1933

Following a speech from Joseph Goebbels , over 40,000 people participated in burning books to cleanse German literature and root out Jewish intellectualism.
Bernard, Bruce, editor. Century. Phaidon, 2002.
313, 347
“Book Burning”. Holocaust Encyclopedia.
“Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings”. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

September 1929: The Open Door, campaigning for the economic...

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September 1929

The Open Door, campaigning for the economic emancipation of the woman worker, began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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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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1847: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers was...

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1847

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers was founded.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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6 March 1912: The Women's Freedom League denounced Women's...

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6 March 1912

The Women's Freedom League denounced Women's Social and Political Union militancy in a letter to the Manchester Guardian.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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17 July 1959: Blues singer Billie Holiday died in New ...

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17 July 1959

Blues singer Billie Holiday died in New York.
“Anniversaries”. Times, 17 July 2000, p. 20.
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