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24 January 1696: The Lord Chamberlain wrote an angry letter...

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24 January 1696

The Lord Chamberlain wrote an angry letter urging the Master of the Revels to crack down on comedies for disrespect to authority.
Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.

By June 1776: The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously)...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The Stamp Act (repealed a decade previously) now laid a tax on periodicals at a penny halfpenny a sheet.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.
141
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
45 (1775): 192

18 December 1914: The British protectorate over Egypt was ...

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18 December 1914

The British protectorate over Egypt was proclaimed.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 593
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
870

1 April 1945: 50,000 Americans landed on Okinawa; it was...

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1 April 1945

50,000 Americans landed on Okinawa; it was secured on 22 June 1945.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
566-7, 569, 573
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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1916: August Strindberg's play The Ghost Sonata,...

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1916

August Strindberg 's play The Ghost Sonata, written in Swedish in 1907, appeared posthumously in English.
Magill, Frank N., editor. Critical Survey of Drama: Foreign Language Series. Salem Press, 1986, 6 vols.
5: 1746

5-7 August 1939: The first British transatlantic air service...

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5-7 August 1939

The first British transatlantic air service from England to Canada was initiated by Imperial Airways .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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June 1914: The Malthusian estimated 100,000 induced...

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June 1914

The Malthusian estimated 100,000 induced miscarriages per year in Britain.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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McLaren, Angus. Birth Control in Nineteenth Century England. Croom Helm, 1978.
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This part confirmed by The Lancet (1899) and McLaren, Birth Control in 19th c England, 241*.

1986: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished...

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1986

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council or GLC (then headed by socialist maverick Ken Livingstone ), leaving London as the world's largest city with no central metropolitan authority.
White, Michael et al. “Livingstone win a humiliation for Blair”. Guardian Weekly, 11–17 May 2000, p. 7.
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Tew, Philip. Zadie Smith. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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6 February 1947: The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain,...

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6 February 1947

The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain, by which no bill coming before parliament within the next two weeks was to be discussed on the BBC .
Mount, Ferdinand. “Living with Monsters”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 8, 22 Apr. 2010, pp. 24-6.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ian Jacob
Paulu, Burton. Television and Radio in the United Kingdom. University of Minnesota Press, 1981.
208-9

26 October 1950: The BBC made its first sound and television...

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26 October 1950

The BBC made its first sound and television broadcast from the House of Commons, on the occasion of the opening of the rebuilt chamber.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381

23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...

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23 October 1906

During a demonstration at the opening of Parliament , eleven Women's Social and Political Union supporters were for the first time arrested and imprisoned: for two months in Holloway .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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October 1888: The first national exhibition of the Arts...

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October 1888

The first national exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society was held at the New Gallery in Regent Street, London.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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June 1843: Ben Webster, manager of the Haymarket, announced...

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June 1843

Ben Webster , manager of the Haymarket , announced a play-writing contest.
Donkin, Ellen. “Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 54-74.
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1873: American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell...

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1873

American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell developed a controversial treatment programme for neurasthenia.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
138-40

1805: George Nicholson compiled and published at...

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1805

George Nicholson compiled and published at Poughnill near Ludlow in ShropshireThe Advocate and Friend of Woman, an anthology of excerpts.
Women Writers of the (long) English Regency. Stuart Bennett Rare Books & Manuscripts, 2009.
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1919-39: The early twentieth-century decline in breastfeeding...

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1919-39

The early twentieth-century decline in breastfeeding is illustrated by the drop over these years in the percentage of babies being breastfed at three months old in Bristol, from 77% to 33%.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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7 February 1865: The first issue appeared of George Smith's...

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7 February 1865

The first issue appeared of George Smith 's innovative evening newspaper, The Pall Mall Gazette.
Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1968.
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Clarke, Bob. From Grub Street to Fleet Street. Ashgate, 2004.
258-9, 262
Bourne, H. R. Fox. English Newspapers. Russell and Russell, 1966, 2 vols.
2: 273, 274, 339, 341, 342
“Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century”. The British Library: The World’s Knowledge.

9 August 1721: Charles Maitland, under the patronage of...

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9 August 1721

Charles Maitland , under the patronage of Princess Caroline , experimentally inoculated six Newgate prisoners (three of each sex) against smallpox.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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1841: The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew were made...

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1841

The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew were made a public botanical garden.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
152

1843: Prince Albert assumed the presidency of the...

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1843

Prince Albert assumed the presidency of the Society of Arts.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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1847: A royal commission was appointed to inquire...

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1847

A royal commission was appointed to inquire into the issue of illegal marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister, prohibited in Lord Lyndhurst 's Act of 1835.
Chase, Karen, and Michael Levenson. The Spectacle of Intimacy: A Public Life for the Victorian Family. Princeton University Press, 2000.
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Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
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1905: Englishman Walter Haggar produced the film...

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1905

Englishman Walter Haggar produced the film The Life of Charles Peace, a horror-drama which was shown at fairground theatres.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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23 October 1677: The marriage of the future monarchs William...

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23 October 1677

The marriage of the future monarchs William and Marywas now declared.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
643

2 April 1911: A national census took place in Britain,...

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2 April 1911

A national census took place in Britain, and was widely boycotted by suffragist organizations under the slogan No Vote, No Census.
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
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McCarthy, Helen. “The Statistical Gaze”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 29 June 2017, pp. 34-5.
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May 1762: William Falconer published his poem The ...

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May 1762

William Falconer published his poem The Shipwreck.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
13 (1762): 440
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.