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1820: John Philip travelled to South Africa to...

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1820

John Philip travelled to South Africa to oversee the activities of the London Missionary Society .
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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11 May 1963: The Committee of 100 (a disarmament group...

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11 May 1963

The Committee of 100 (a disarmament group with which Pat Arrowsmith was associated, offshoot of CND ) held a demonstration at the RAF base at Marham in Norfolk.
Committee of 100. Mail Interception and Telephone Tapping in Britain. Hampstead Group, Committee of 100 and Housmans Bookshop, 1965.
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: The Statute of Labourers ordered both men...

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Spring 1351

The Statute of Labourers ordered both men and women to work at the same rates which had been current before the plague; it also limited the mobility of labourers.
Honeyball, Simon. Sex, Employment and the Law. Blackwell Law, 1991.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1735: The architect John Wood the elder completed...

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1735

The architect John Wood the elder completed Queen Square in Bath, one of the earliest of the city's urban Palladian landmarks.
Parker, Keiko. “What Part of Bath Do You Think They Will Settle In?: Jane Austens Use of Bath in PersuasionPersuasions, Vol.
23
, 2001, pp. 166-76.
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By 25 July 1835: John Clare, labourer-poet, published his...

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By 25 July 1835

John Clare , labourer-poet, published his last volume, The Rural Muse.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
404 (1835): 566
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

16 December 1926: An agreement was announced between New Zealand...

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16 December 1926

An agreement was announced between New Zealand and the UK giving settlers large reductions in the cost of passage.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 947

July-December 1848: Charles Kingsley's first novel, Yeast, A...

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July-December 1848

Charles Kingsley 's first novel, Yeast, A Problem, appeared serially in Fraser's Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
684

6 November 1910: Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists...

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6 November 1910

Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists exhibition at the Grafton Galleries , which presented the art of Cézanne , Gauguin , Matisse , and Picasso to London for the first time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
8: 160
Woolf, Virginia. Roger Fry. Hogarth Press, 1940.
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Anscombe, Isabelle. Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts. Thames and Hudson, 1981.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1291: Christian-held Acre was besieged and recaptured...

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1291

Christian-held Acre was besieged and recaptured by Islamic forces, ending the last of the crusades.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
7: 545

Ann Oakley

Ann Oakley is one of the most influential feminist voices of twentieth-century English sociology. She has worked primarily on the life-experiences which differentiate women from men, like housework, child-bearing, and the operation of gender in...
Ann Oakley Black-and-white photo of Anne Oakley, 17 November 1992. She is seated with her left hand rested on her books, including The Secret Lives of Eleanor Jenkinson.

29 June 1767: The Revenue Act imposed new and severe duties...

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29 June 1767

The Revenue Act imposed new and severe duties on the British trade with America.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
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Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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26 June 1846: The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert...

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26 June 1846

The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert Peel 's Conservative government, after much agitation by groups such as the Anti-Corn Law League and in face of the growing urgency of the Great Famine in...

1944: Hodder and Stoughton, along with Alan Bott...

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1944

Hodder and Stoughton , along with Alan Bott of the Book Society , founded Pan Books Limited , with Aubrey Forshaw as the managing director.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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1697: John Evelyn included in his Numismata. A...

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1697

John Evelyn included in his Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Ancient and Modern a list of women famed for writing: Margaret Cavendish , Katherine Philips , Aphra Behn , Bathsua Makin , and Mary Astell .
Evelyn, John. Numismata. Benjamin Tooke, 1697.
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1881: Sins of the Cities of the Plains, a pornographic...

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1881

Sins of the Cities of the Plains, a pornographic novel, was privately published by William Lazenby ; it may have been the collaborative effort of James Campbell Reddie and Simeon Solomon .
Cook, Matt. London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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April 1880: The last issue of the New Quarterly Magazine...

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April 1880

The last issue of the New Quarterly Magazine was published.
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: 611

1768: The second of the two leading subscribers'...

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1768

The second of the two leading subscribers' or metropolitan libraries opened in Leeds.
Raven, James. Judging New Wealth: Popular Publishing and Responses to Commerce in England, 1750-1800. Clarendon, 1992.
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Poulson, Christine. “Hidden treasures”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2006–28 Feb. 2007, pp. 145-6.
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1937: The two-year-old Penguin Books launched its...

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1937

The two-year-old Penguin Books launched its Pelican imprint: a non-fiction series (mostly history, sociology, economics, or politics) which, unlike Penguin fiction, were new works not reprints.
Penguin UK: About Us: Company History. http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/aboutus/history.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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1936: Max Factor of Hollywood opened a salon in...

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1936

Max Factor of Hollywood opened a salon in London to satisfy European demand for greater range of colour in cosmetics as worn by US film stars.
Angeloglou, Maggie. A History of Make-up. Studio Vista, 1970.
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31 July 1902: The Midwives Act instigated the creation...

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31 July 1902

The Midwives Act instigated the creation of a Central Midwives' Board to formulate practice requirements and gave midwives a separate and limited sphere of influence (though not quite the professional standing that Elizabeth Cellier had...

20 December 1848: The New Zealand legislature was opened by...

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20 December 1848

The New Zealand legislature was opened by the Governor.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 939-40
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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April 1781: Giuseppi Baretti sought to make the Royal...

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April 1781

Giuseppi Baretti sought to make the Royal Academy exhibitions more accessible by publishing A Guide through the Academy.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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1970: The Boston Women's Health Book Collective...

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1970

The Boston Women's Health Book Collective published Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Gamble, Vanessa Northington. “Taking back our bodies”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, p. 8.
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Tuana, Nancy. “Coming to Understand: Orgasm and the Epistemology of Ignorance”. Sex and Gender: Rethinking Feminist Philosophy Conference, Edmonton, AB, 18 Oct. 2002.

27 March 1960: The first transmission of colour television...

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27 March 1960

The first transmission of colour television between Paris and London was demonstrated at the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Augusta Webster

AW wrote poetry, two novels (one for children), drama, and journalism, including book reviews and criticism, in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Despite her translations from and imaginative interpretations of classical literature, her...
Augusta Webster This image of Augusta Webster is captioned "photographed by Ferrando, Roma". Turned three quarters to our right, she is wearing a black dress with a white frill collar, with her hair pulled back in a bun. Under the image her signature is reproduced.