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1701: The year after Dryden's death, his Comedies,...

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The year after Dryden 's death, his Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas were first collected and published, both in two independent volumes and as part of a four-volume Works.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

3 June 1769: Captain James Cook, engaged in circumnavigating...

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3 June 1769

Captain James Cook , engaged in circumnavigating the world, was in Tahiti with his scientist companions to observe the transit of Venus: the passage of the planet across the disc of the sun. In...

4 December 2009: The search engine Google initiated the use...

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4 December 2009

The search engine Google initiated the use of 57 signals to create profiles of all its users from the searches they carry out.
Pariser, Eli. “In our own little internet bubbles”. Guardian Weekly, 24 June 2011, pp. 32-3.
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26 January 1790: Mozart's opera Così Fan Tutte had its premiere...

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26 January 1790

Mozart 's opera Così Fan Tutte had its premiere in Vienna.
Solman, Joseph. Mozartiana. Walker, 1990.
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1 January 1856: The first issue of the Oxford and Cambridge...

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1 January 1856

The first issue of the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine was published; it sold for a shilling.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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6 November 1896: The British South Africa Company met in ...

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6 November 1896

The British South Africa Company met in London.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Margaret Harkness

MH wrote late Victorian novels, mostly set in the East End slums of London, that express her political ideas. She was an ardent socialist in the 1880s and 1890s and was also a journalist...
Margaret Harkness Black and white, head-and-shoulders print of Margaret Harkness full face, wearing a high-necked blouse or dress, hair back behind her ears.

1659: T. Chamberlayne, in The Complete Midwifes...

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1659

T. Chamberlayne , in The Complete Midwifes Practice Enlarg'd, provided careful instruction to couples as how to conceive male children only.
Mendelson, Sara Heller, and Patricia Crawford. Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Clarendon Press, 1998.
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September 1980: The Washington Post carried a report by Janet...

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September 1980

The Washington Post carried a report by Janet Cooke about an eight-year-old heroin addict in a poor part of Washington, DC; the story (for which Cooke won a Pulitzer Prize) turned out to be fabricated.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “Who’s sorry now?”. London Review of Books, 2 June 2005, pp. 10-12.
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1691: Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle...

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1691

Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem, call'd Silvia's Revenge, an antifeminist contribution to the Sylvia debate.
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.

Mary Barber

MB is a domestic, small-scale, early eighteenth-century poet of charm and intelligence (remembered particularly for her writing about her children), but also an incisive, often satirical commentator on social and gender issues. Her single collection...
Mary Barber Conclusion of dedication to Lord Orrery of Mary Barber's "Poems on Several Occasions", 1735, written for her by Jonathan Swift.

Spring 1881: Nurse Ethel Manson became Matron of St Bartholomew's...

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Spring 1881

Nurse Ethel Manson became Matron of St Bartholomew's Hospital and soon took over the training of nurses.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1638: The principal public Ridotto opened in Venice...

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1638

The principal public Ridotto opened in Venice at the Palazzo Dandolo. The word, which originally meant a public space attached to a theatre, came to mean also the gambling system licensed by the Venetian Republic.
“Francesco Guardi: The Ridotto”. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Venice and Northern Italy, 1600-1800 A.D.

5 September 1935: Michael Joseph Limited was registered under...

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5 September 1935

Michael Joseph Limited was registered under the directorship of Joseph , Norman Collins , and Victor Gollancz , who also provided space at his publishing house at 14 Henrietta Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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April 1980: Race riots occurred at St Paul's, an area...

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April 1980

Race riots occurred at St Paul's, an area of Bristol, after police raided an Afro-Caribbean cafe.
“Race riots”. The Independent on Sunday, 1 July 2001, p. 9.
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1917: The Iconoclast, a feminist novel by Helen...

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1917

The Iconoclast, a feminist novel by Helen Hamilton , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

2 September 1914: The British War Propaganda Bureau (newly...

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2 September 1914

The British War Propaganda Bureau (newly formed along the lines of a similar body in Germany) summoned twenty-five writers to discuss the production of texts that would boost national feeling and the war effort.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.

December 1981-May 1986: During and after the period of martial law...

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December 1981-May 1986

During and after the period of martial law which greeted the Polish Solidarity movement, the activities of the Warsaw underground were co-ordinated by a woman living in hiding, Ewa Kulik .
Robinson, Jean C. “Solidarity’s Disappearing Women”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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28 September 1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, poet, critic, and...

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28 September 1824

Francis Turner Palgrave , poet, critic, and anthologist, was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

September 1890: Rukhmabai, famous for her court case resulting...

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September 1890

Rukhmabai , famous for her court case resulting from her marriage as a child and now in London studying to become a medical doctor, weighed in on the subject of Indian Child Marriages: An Appeal...

13 January 1976: Argentina suspended diplomatic ties with...

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13 January 1976

Argentina suspended diplomatic ties with Britain over the possession of the Falkland Islands.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1699: Golden Square in London was built as an exclusive...

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1699

Golden Square in London was built as an exclusive upper-class development; by the 1770s it had lost its cachet.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1847: The Fast Man's Phrase Book was published,...

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1847

The Fast Man's Phrase Book was published, offering a translation of the fop lexicon.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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December 1463: In a letter to Sir William Plumpton, Bryan...

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December 1463

In a letter to Sir William Plumpton, Bryan Roucliffe praised Margaret Plumpton , aged four, for having nearly learned her psalter: that is, to say the psalms by heart.
Orme, Nicholas. From Childhood to Chivalry: The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy, 1066-1530. Methuen, 1984.
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Stapleton, Thomas. The Plumpton Correspondence. Printed for the Camden Society by J. B. Nichols and Son, 1839.
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