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: When parliament (which Charles I had prorogued...

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Autumn 1629

When parliament (which Charles I had prorogued on 26 June) re-assembled, he dissolved it for what he intended to be the last time, having decided to rule without it.
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
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From September 1939: Four out of every six schools in London,...

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From September 1939

Four out of every six schools in London, and six out of every ten schools in Manchester, were requisitioned for official uses anticipated during the coming war.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.

1764: There was published An Authentic Narrative...

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1764

There was published An Authentic Narrative of some . . . Particulars in the Life of [John Newton], an autobiography in which the ex-slave-trader Newton expressed penitence for his pre-conversion, sinful life.
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10 May 1774: Louis XV of France, great-grandson and immediate...

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10 May 1774

Louis XV of France, great-grandson and immediate successor of the Sun King , died of smallpox, and was succeeded by his grandson Louis XVI .
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1774)
“Sunday, May 10, 1998: On This Day: Louis XV of France”. CNN International.com: Almanac.

11 November 1985: The Data Protection Act (1984) came into...

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11 November 1985

The Data Protection Act (1984) came into effect in Britain, requiring 400,000 computer users to register . . . to protect individuals from the misuse of personal data stored on computer.
McKenzie, Donald Francis. Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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June 1815: Scottish artisans and textile workers demonstrating...

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June 1815

Scottish artisans and textile workers demonstrating against exploitation rallied at the site of the battle of Drumclog (near Kilmarnock in Western Scotland), a Covenanter victory of 1679.
Chandler, James. England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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19 February 1963: US feminist Betty Friedan caused a furore...

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19 February 1963

US feminist Betty Friedan caused a furore by publishing The Feminine Mystique, an examination of the way that women's lives are cramped by socially accepted ideals of femininity.
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1841: Elizabeth Adams patented a corset for pregnant...

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1841

Elizabeth Adams patented a corset for pregnant women.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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August 1936: In one of the most notorious of the show...

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August 1936

In one of the most notorious of the show trials that marked Stalin 's purging of ex-colleagues, Zinoviev and Kamenev were executed after reciting fabricated confessions.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

4 June 1944: US troops liberated Rome from the Nazi o...

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4 June 1944

US troops liberated Rome from the Nazi occupation.
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.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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24 June 1859: The battle of Solferino was fought: journalist...

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24 June 1859

The battle of Solferino was fought: journalist Jean Henri Dunant documented the agonies of wounded soldiers left to die on the battlefield, and set out to prevent such suffering for the future.
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
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1895: Advertisements appeared in Crompton's catalogues...

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1895

Advertisements appeared in Crompton 's catalogues for an electrically-heated iron that weighed 14 lbs. Electric irons took about five years more to achieve widespread use.
Hardyment, Christina. From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work. Polity Press, 1988.
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Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg, 1984.
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20 January 1843: Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded...

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20 January 1843

Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded the private secretary of Sir Robert Peel , the Prime Minister: his trial for murder changed British legislation on pleas of insanity.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
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1720: England is said to have been threatened with...

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1720

England is said to have been threatened with an epidemic of cholera—which, however, did not take hold anywhere in Europe for more than a century after this.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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1972: Activist women's groups continued to spring...

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1972

Activist women's groups continued to spring up in Britain this year; London acquired the Radical Feminists and the Women's Film Group .
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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Judith Man

JM became a translator at eighteen, and published her work soon afterwards, in 1640.

Louisa Stuart Costello

LSC wrote during the first half of the nineteenth century, producing five travel narratives, several volumes of poetry (both original and translated), numerous historical biographies, and more than twenty-five articles for a variety of noted...
Louisa Stuart Costello Sepia-toned albumen print of Louisa Stuart Costello by Herbert Watkins, 1857. She sits on a carved chair, gazing thoughtfully to her left, with her right hand up to her neckline. Her hair is in ringlets in front and decorated with bows. She wears a dark dress with ruffles descending the sleeves, and a white lace collar. National Portrait Gallery.

By 16 June 1877: Irish novelist Margaret Hungerford published...

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By 16 June 1877

Irish novelist Margaret Hungerford published Phyllis, her first novel, which she had written several years earlier at the age of eighteen.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2590 (1877): 765
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

18-22 March 1848: A revolution occurred in Milan, where Italian...

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18-22 March 1848

A revolution occurred in Milan, where Italian civilians clashed with the (Austrian) military of the ruling Hapsburgs before driving the soldiers out.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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February 1986: Slobodan Milosevic became leader of the Communist...

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February 1986

Slobodan Milosevic became leader of the Communist Party in Yugoslavia.
Murphy, Dervla. Through the Embers of Chaos. J. Murray, 2002.
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January 1816: William Cobbett in the Political Register...

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January 1816

William Cobbett in the Political Register made an offer to help Gentlemen in England and America, respectively, acquire the publications of the other country.
Chandler, James. England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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7 March 1785: Novelist Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan,...

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7 March 1785

Novelist Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan, Italy.
Wall, Bernard. Alessandro Manzoni. Yale University Press, 1954.
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“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

September 1770: It was rumoured that the Duke and Duchess...

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September 1770

It was rumoured that the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland planned to hold not one but two Public Days a week.
The duchess was a letter-writer of note; her mother, as Lady Hertford , had...

14 May 1925: The National Book Council was formed by members...

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14 May 1925

The National Book Council was formed by members of the Publishers' Circle and the Society of Bookmen to promote reading and book-distribution.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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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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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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16 September 1882: Edward Bouverie Pusey, academic and theologian,...

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16 September 1882

Edward Bouverie Pusey , academic and theologian, died at Ascot Priory, Ascot, Berkshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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