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6 April 1830: The religious society of the Mormons, or...

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6 April 1830

The religious society of the Mormons , or Latter-Day Saints, was officially organized by Joseph Smith, Jr , in Fayette, New York.
Hansen, Klaus J. Mormonism and the American Experience. University of Chicago Press, 1981.
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Brooke, John L. The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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19 May 1941: The Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo Road, London,...

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19 May 1941

The Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo Road, London, was bombed.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1838: The London Female Mission introduced two...

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1838

The London Female Mission introduced two new periodicals: the monthly Female's Advocate and the penny monthly Servants' Magazine.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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February 1912: Helen Houston produced the first issue of...

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February 1912

Helen Houston produced the first issue of Business Girl, a monthly publication from the Institution of Women Shorthand Typists 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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1928: Carl Jung published Contributions to Analytical...

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1928

Carl Jung published Contributions to Analytical Psychology.
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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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.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Summer 1964: Anti-Greek riots broke out in Istanbul in...

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Summer 1964

Anti-Greek riots broke out in Istanbul in response to the inter-ethnic crisis in Cyprus. These resulted in the expulsion of Greek nationals from the city on two days' notice.
The World Factbook. http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060716100200/http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.
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“The Acts of the Democracies: Search Results: 1960 to 1964”. The KryssTal Website.

1808: The Royal Lancastrian Society, later the...

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1808

The Royal Lancastrian Society , later the British and Foreign School Society , was founded in London by friends of the educator Joseph Lancaster .
Curtis, Stanley James. History of Education in Great Britain. Seventh, University Tutorial Press, 1967.
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Martin, Christopher. A Short History of English Schools, 1750-1965. Wayland, 1979.
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1853: In Scotland, the Forbes MacKenzie Act enforced...

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1853

In Scotland, the Forbes MacKenzie Act enforced almost uniform Sunday closing on licensed establishments.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1838: John Claudius Loudon's The Suburban Gardener...

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1838

John Claudius Loudon 's The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion appeared in volume form (after being serialised over two years).
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

21 March 1853: The thirty-year-old Matthew Arnold addressed...

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21 March 1853

The thirty-year-old Matthew Arnold addressed to Arthur Hugh Clough a classically misogynist letter about women writers, their works and their looks.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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January 1848: The Plymouth Times reported, in connection...

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January 1848

The Plymouth Times reported, in connection with the publicly perceived perception of surplus women in the population, that the recently developed resort of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset had forty single ladies for every single man.
Trollope, Joanna. Britannia’s Daughters: Women of the British Empire. Hutchinson, 1983.
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December 1894: The monthly Sylvia's Journal (launched on...

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December 1894

The monthly Sylvia's Journal (launched on 31 December 1864 as The Young Englishwoman) ceased publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

By June 1776: The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously)...

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By June 1776

The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously) now laid a tax on periodicals at a penny halfpenny a sheet.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1101: Maud, first wife of Henry I of England, founded...

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1101

Maud , first wife of Henry I of England, founded St Giles' Hospital at St-Giles-in-the-Fields, near London, to care for forty lepers.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1761: The Countess of Huntingdon established her...

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1761

The Countess of Huntingdon established her first registered chapel, at Brighton.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Staves, Susan. “Church of England Clergy and Women Writers”. Reconsidering the Bluestockings, edited by Nicole Pohl and Betty Schellenberg, Huntington Library, 2003, pp. 81-103.
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Agnes Strickland

AS , writing in the middle nineteenth century, won renown as a historian and biographer, particularly of the British royal family and particularly of its female members. In fact all of these books were co-authored...
Agnes Strickland Photograph of a painting of Agnes Strickland by John Hayes, 1846. She is seated with her elbow resting on a wooden table. She is wearing a black velvet dress that laces at the front, over a cream coloured shirt that is trimmed with ruffles. Her sleeves are trimmed with cream coloured lace and pearls, and she is wearing a matching pearl bracelet. Her dark hair is curly, and partly pulled back. She holds a small paper scroll with early-period writing on it, and perhaps a seal. National Portrait Gallery.

Anne Ridler

AR was a twentieth-century poet and verse playwright whose work has been called metaphysical. She also edited and wrote introductions and commentary for literary works by others, produced translations of opera libretti, and left...

13 April 1945: The Russians took Vienna from the Nazis....

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13 April 1945

The Russians took Vienna from the Nazis.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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March l973: A strike by gas workers caused power shortages...

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March l973

A strike by gas workers caused power shortages in Britain, closing factories, schools, and hospitals.
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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Christian Gray

CG , a labouring-class Scottish poet of the early nineteenth century, wrote in a wide range of genres, from political to religious and autobiographical. Many of her poems are written in Scots, and some are...

1975-7: Dame Rosemary Murray, first president of...

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1975-7

Dame Rosemary Murray , first president of the women's college New Hall, Cambridge , served as university Vice-Chancellor. She was the first woman to hold this post at either Cambridge or Oxford.
“History of New Hall”. New Hall, University of Cambridge.

25 May 1720: The printer Catherine Clifton, questioned...

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25 May 1720

The printer Catherine Clifton , questioned by government authorities about printing a Jacobite ballad, said she had it by barter with one Ann a Ballad Singer, whose last name she did not know.
McDowell, Paula. “Women and the business of print”. Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800, edited by Vivien Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 135-54.
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End of 1859: Elliot Stock established himself as a publisher...

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End of 1859

Elliot Stock established himself as a publisher at 53 Paternoster Row, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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7 February 1974: Grenada became independent within the Co...

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7 February 1974

Grenada became independent within the Commonwealth.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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