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1823: A dayschool admitting poor Catholic children...

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1823

A dayschool admitting poor Catholic children was opened at Rathfarnham Abbey in Dublin (a novelty in Ireland).
Atkinson, Norman. Irish Education: A History of Educational Institutions. Allen Figgis, 1969.
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5 December 1941: Britain declared war against Finland, Hungary,...

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5 December 1941

Britain declared war against Finland, Hungary, and Romania.
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.
290

1816: After the uncovering of abuses through the...

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1816

After the uncovering of abuses through the Parliamentary Select Committee's inquiry into madhouses, separate areas began to be built for lunatics who were also criminals.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
115ff
Russell, David. Scenes from Bedlam: A History of Caring for the Mentally Disordered at Bethlehem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley. Ballière Tindall, 1997.
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December 1854: William Henry Fox Talbot lost the case by...

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December 1854

William Henry Fox Talbot lost the case by which he tried to retain control over all photographic innovations stemming from his early discoveries: freed from licensing, photography now proliferated rapidly.
Davis, Phil. Photography. 3rd ed., W. C. Brown, 1979.
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February 1780: Pennsylvania became, in the words of historian...

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February 1780

Pennsylvania became, in the words of historian Margaret Jacob , the first place in the Western world to abolish slavery.
Jullian, Philippe. “Spinoza got it”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 21, 8 Nov. 2012, pp. 26-7.
26-7
“Slavery in Pennsylvania”. Slavery in the North, 2003.

27 March 1802: The Peace of Amiens ended the war which had...

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27 March 1802

The Peace of Amiens ended the war which had raged between England and France for nine years.
Hemlow, Joyce. The History of Fanny Burney. Clarendon, 1958.
295-6, 312-13
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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10 December 1941: Two British ships, the Prince of Wales and...

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10 December 1941

Two British ships, the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, were sunk by the Japanese off the coast of Malaya.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.

Stevie Smith

SS , publishing in the mid twentieth century, was a poet who is hard to categorise. All of her works—poetry, novels, stories, essays, reviews, a radio play, and her inimitable drawings— have a quirkiness, a...
Stevie Smith Photograph of a circular blue English Heritage plaque in the brick wall of Smith's "house of female habitation" in Palmers Green. It reads: "Stevie Smith, 1902-1971, Poet lived here 1906-1971."

27 July 1901: Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first...

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27 July 1901

Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first set of test glides near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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February 1859: Richard Bentley began publishing the short-lived...

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February 1859

Richard Bentley began publishing the short-lived Bentley's Quarterly Review.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 6
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 5-7, 9

June 1520: Henry VIII met François I in an international...

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June 1520

Henry VIII met François I in an international peace summit at Guines in France, later known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Rehder, Robert. “Realism Again: Flauberts Barometer and The Unfortunate TravellerNarrative Strategies in Early English Fiction, edited by Wolfgang Görtschacher and Holger Klein, Edwin Mellen Press, 1995, pp. 241-58.
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Cameron, Jennifer. A Dangerous Innovator: Mary Ward (1585-1645). St Pauls Publications, 2000.
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March 1963: The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at...

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March 1963

The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at Joan Littlewood 's Theatre Royal, Stratford East . It transferred to Wyndham's in the West End on 29 June, and went on to become a landmark hit.
“Oh! What a Lovely War”. The Guide to Musical Theatre.

August 1861: Captain Robert Fitzroy, head of the United...

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August 1861

Captain Robert Fitzroy , head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Department , began issuing the first routine weather forecasts in Britain.
Burton, Jim. “Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office”. British Journal for the History of Science, Vol.
19
, 1986, pp. 147-76.
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Fishman, Jack, and Robert Kalish. The Weather Revolution: Innovations and Imminent Breakthroughs in Accurate Forecasting. Plenum Press, 1994.
3, 4
Shaw, Sir Napier. Forcasting Weather. Constable, 1911.
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By October 1801: Henry Addington, the new Prime Minister,...

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By October 1801

Henry Addington , the new Prime Minister, worked out a proposal for peace with France; but it came to nothing for another five months.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

31 July 1831: The first issue of the Poor Man's Guardian...

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31 July 1831

The first issue of the Poor Man's Guardian was published by Henry Hetherington .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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April 1915: Two women from the clerical department of...

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April 1915

Two women from the clerical department of the Glasgow Tramways Department became the first women tram conductors in Great Britain.
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Anna Sewell

AS 's only published work was the novel Black Beauty, 1877, which received immediate acclaim and has been celebrated both as a key text advocating animal welfare and other social and political causes and...
Anna Sewell Black and white photograph of a painting of Anna Sewell. The photograph is oval-shaped and she is shown from the waist up. She is wearing a dark dress that is tied with a ribbon at the waist, and has a straight neckline with lace trim. Her hair is short, dark, and curly.

1880: Mercy Grogan published a short guide to How...

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1880

Mercy Grogan published a short guide to How Women May Earn a Living.
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.

February 1970-April 1971: Black power marches in Trinidad drew thousands...

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February 1970-April 1971

Black power marches in Trinidad drew thousands of demonstrators.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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1795: Dr John Anderson, Director of the General...

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1795

Dr John Anderson , Director of the General Sea-Bathing Infirmary at Margate, published two pamphlets designed to boost the practice, which the Critical Review said had much increased during recent years.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 18 (1796): 74-8, 353-5
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.

1856: Owen Jones published his Grammar of Ornament,...

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1856

Owen Jones published his Grammar of Ornament, a book containing a hundred folio colour plates, which greatly influenced public taste and the field of design.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1536: 441-42
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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29 March 1867: The British North America Act united Upper...

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29 March 1867

The British North America Act united Upper Canada (as Ontario), Lower Canada (as Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into the Dominion of Canada.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 473
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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21 April 1907: The Cumann na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs...

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21 April 1907

The Cumann na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs merged to form the Sinn Féin League in Ireland.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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7 December 1666: More than a hundred Covenanters were found...

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7 December 1666

More than a hundred Covenanters were found guilty of rebellion and sentenced to be hanged with particular brutality from the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh.
The Covenanters: The Fifty Years Struggle 1638-1688. http://www.sorbie.net/covenanters.htm.

1950: Olive Hirst became the first woman on an...

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1950

Olive Hirst became the first woman on an advertising board, with her appointment in Sells Ltd . She became managing director before the end of this same year.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.