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23 June 1849: Louisa Nottidge's relatives were were put...

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23 June 1849

Louisa Nottidge 's relatives were were put on trial for confining her against her will in a lunatic asylum; she was awarded £50 damages.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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By April 1940: Clothing prices in Britain had risen by about...

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By April 1940

Clothing prices in Britain had risen by about twenty-five percent since the war began.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Vernon Lee

VL 's writing career spanned more than five decades during the later the nineteenth century and the earlier twentieth. She wrote critical monographs, essays, and reviews (on aesthetics, politics, and history), as well as short...
Vernon Lee Head-and-shoulders portrait sketch of Vernon Lee by John Singer Sargent, done in a single three-hour sitting, 1881. Her hair is short and dark; she wears a black sweater over a white shirt, and wire-rimmed spectacles. Tate Gallery.

Late 1842-1860: In the first eighteen years after the Treaty...

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Late 1842-1860

In the first eighteen years after the Treaty of Nanking, 214 male Protestant missionaries journeyed to China.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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Agnes Wenman

Agnes, Lady Wenman , a Catholic gentlewoman who married an Anglican in the later years of Queen Elizabeth , left one identified text: a translation from French of a work of ancient history, written originally...

1972: The English football team, captained by Rachel...

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1972

The English football team, captained by Rachel Heyhoe Flint , won the first Women's World Cup.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

27 July 1919: Race riots took place in Chicago, sparked...

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27 July 1919

Race riots took place in Chicago, sparked by the return of both black and white servicemen from the First World War seeking to reclaim their former jobs.
Newman, Scott A. “The Chicago Race Riot of 1919”. Jazz-Age Chicago, 3 Nov. 2001.

1938: Soviet pilot Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova...

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1938

Soviet pilot Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova and two women companions made international fame when they broke the women's long-distance world flying record in their aeroplane, the Motherland.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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1 January 1901: The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution...

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1 January 1901

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act uniting the six Australian colonies (not New Zealand) came into effect: Australia thus achieved Dominion status.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1770: A parliamentary Select Committee on burglaries...

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1770

A parliamentary Select Committee on burglaries made its report.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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May 1915: Irish art collector Hugh Lane, nephew of...

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May 1915

Irish art collector Hugh Lane , nephew of Augusta Gregory , died suddenly by drowning, leaving his international art collection to the National Gallery of England, the Dublin National Gallery having earlier refused to...

10 December 1904: Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes:...

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10 December 1904

Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes: Sir William Ramsay in Chemistry for his discovery of inert gaseous elements in air, and John William Strutt in Physics for investigating the densities of argon and other gases.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

Agnes Beaumont

AB left a single text, an autobiographical account of her struggles with her father over her right to choose her own religious sect and of the accusations levelled against her after his sudden death, because...
Agnes Beaumont Illustration to "True Stories of Girl Heroines" by Evelyn Everett-Green, 1901, which includes Agnes Beaumont among its role-model heroines. The picture shows John Bunyan on his horse (which figures largely in Beaumont's "Narrative of the Persecutions"), talking to her and her sister (or sister-in-law), who are on foot.

May 1839: Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed...

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May 1839

Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed coup in Paris; Blanqui was jailed for eight years.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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Catherine Byron

A poet whose career began in the later twentieth century, CB has published six volumes of poetry, one semi-autobiograpical prose narrative, two autobiographical essays, poetry reviews, and a series of online collaborations combining poetry and...

1919: Alice Clark published her ground-breaking...

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1919

Alice Clark published her ground-breaking The Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century. She opened a new topic in history: women's work was as yet unexamined in other periods besides this one.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Clark and Pinchbeck

By June 1727: John Gay published his first series of F...

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By June 1727

John Gay published his first series of Fables.
Monthly Catalogue, 1723-1730. Gregg Press.

17 May 1939: The UK's plans for Palestine (more or less...

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17 May 1939

The UK's plans for Palestine (more or less the present state of Israel) were published in the Palestine White Paper.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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4 July 1836: W. L. Mackenzie began publishing Constitution,...

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4 July 1836

W. L. Mackenzie began publishing Constitution, which advocated a republican form of government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 459

3 April 1973: Martin Cooper, Motorola chief executive,...

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3 April 1973

Martin Cooper , Motorola chief executive, made the first phone call on a cellular phone called the DynaTAC. It weighed over a kilogram and was nicknamed The Brick.
Cell Phone Culture: Mobile technology in everyday life. Routledge, 2006.
Alfred, Randy. “April 3, 1973: Motorola Calls AT&T . By Cell”. Wired, 3 Apr. 2008.

Christopher St John

Writing from the beginning of the twentieth century, CSJ produced novels, biography, and love-journals, as well as her work for the stage, for which she wrote translations, adaptations, and original plays. She is best...

14 October 1799: Napoleon reached Paris, where he intended...

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14 October 1799

Napoleon reached Paris, where he intended to seize power.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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March 1918: The second exhibition of C. R. W. Nevinson,...

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March 1918

The second exhibition of C. R. W. Nevinson , now an Official War Artist, included a painting of dead British soldiers lying amid mud and barbed wire, entitled Paths of Glory, which the censor banned.
Laity, Paul. “Diary”. London Review of Books, 3 Feb. 2000, pp. 40-1.
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1951: Theatre historian Allardyce Nicoll established...

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1951

Theatre historian Allardyce Nicoll established the Shakespeare Institute ; it is part of Birmingham University and is housed in Mason Croft at Stratford, formerly the home of novelist Marie Corelli .
“The Shakespeare Institute”. The University of Birmingham.

1939: The Housewife, a glossy pocket magazine aimed...

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1939

The Housewife, a glossy pocket magazine aimed at a market of middle-class women, began monthly publication in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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