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1908: Alice Diehl published two books this year:...

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1908

Alice Diehl published two books this year: her biography The Life of Beethoven, and The True Story of My Life, the second volume of her autobiography.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

By about 1825: The number of commercially-produced Valentine...

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By about 1825

The number of commercially-produced Valentine cards or messages sent in mid-decade in London alone had reached about 200,000.
Flynn, Amanda. “Sweet and Sour Commodities: Nineteenth-Century Valentines in the John Johnson Collection of Ephemera”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
23
, No. 1, Apr. 2010, pp. 64-9.
65

10 September 1996: The United Nations adopted the Comprehensive...

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10 September 1996

The United Nations adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which bans the detonation of all nuclear explosives and makes provision for nuclear monitoring and testing. More than a decade after its adoption it had...

1862: London Society, a cheap imitation of Cornhill...

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1862

London Society, a cheap imitation of Cornhill Magazine, began publication, with lavish illustrations and low-grade fiction.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
381

1739: Joe Miller's Jests, probably the best-loved...

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1739

Joe Miller's Jests, probably the best-loved eighteenth-century jestbook
Dickie, Simon. “Hilarity and Pitilessness in the Mid-Eighteenth Century: English Jestbook Humor”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
37
, No. 1, 2003, pp. 1-22.
6
(an incongruous mix of jokes with fables, maxims, proverbs, and Moral Sentences), first appeared for sale.
Dickie, Simon. “Hilarity and Pitilessness in the Mid-Eighteenth Century: English Jestbook Humor”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
37
, No. 1, 2003, pp. 1-22.
6-7

14 October 1947: Captain Charles E. Yeager, flying a Bell...

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14 October 1947

Captain Charles E. Yeager , flying a Bell X-1, became the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
250

February 1846-February 1847: William Makepeace Thackeray's The Snobs of...

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February 1846-February 1847

William Makepeace Thackeray 's The Snobs of England was serialised in Punch.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.

April 1916: As a result of the loss of merchant ships...

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April 1916

As a result of the loss of merchant ships carrying paper making materials, the British Government appointed a Royal Commission on Paper whose purpose was to reduce paper imports and to control distribution.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
52-3
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
52

16 August 1979: BBC Radio 4 broadcast Shirley Gee's Bedr...

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16 August 1979

BBC Radio 4 broadcast Shirley Gee 's Bedrock.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
245

21 March 1930: The Popular and Nationalist parties of Iraq...

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21 March 1930

The Popular and Nationalist parties of Iraq demonstrated against the British (whose mandate to govern the country had been supported by the League of Nations in April 1920).
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 852

17 November 1838-February 1840: Hostile Boer engagements in Natal ended in...

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17 November 1838-February 1840

Hostile Boer engagements in Natal ended in the defeat of the Zulus under their leader Dingaan ; he was then replaced by a rival who accepted Boer rule.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 681
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
885

10 December 1884: The Representation of the People Act, sometimes...

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10 December 1884

The Representation of the People Act, sometimes called the Third Reform Act, extended the male-only franchise.
Craig, Fred W. S. British Electoral Facts 1832-1987. 5th ed., Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
179
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
61
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
309

30 August 1841: The Whig government under Melbourne fell...

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30 August 1841

The Whig government under Melbourne fell on the issue of Corn Laws (which they failed to get through parliament) and, following an election next month, the Tory Sir Robert Peel became Prime Minister.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
199
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

30 June 1857: The Indian city of Lucknow was besieged by...

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30 June 1857

The Indian city of Lucknow was besieged by rebel forces; order was not fully restored until the following March.
Hilton, Richard. The Indian Mutiny: A Centenary History. Hollis and Carter, 1957.
129-39

1899: The Society of Lady Artists changed its name...

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1899

The Society of Lady Artists changed its name to Society of Women Artists. The group, whose aim was to encourage women painters and sculptors, provided an annual opportunity to exhibit in London galleries.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
254-5

1857: Gregor Johann Mendel, an Augustinian monk...

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1857

Gregor Johann Mendel , an Augustinian monk in Poland, began the experiments with garden peas that led to his discovery (circa 1860) of the laws of heredity.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
332
Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
73, 481-3

17 February 1904: The opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini...

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17 February 1904

The opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini had its opening at the Scala , Milan; the Japanese heroine is ruined and betrayed by her love for the American Lieutenant Pinkerton.
Weinstock, Herbert, and Wallace Brockway. The World of Opera: The Story of its Origins and the Lore of its Performance. Pantheon Books, 1962.
328

10 October 1934: The proceedings began against Fortune Press...

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10 October 1934

The proceedings began against Fortune Press for translations of works of an erotic nature.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
92-3

July 1861: Painter Joanna Mary Boyce died of puerperal...

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July 1861

Painter Joanna Mary Boyce died of puerperal fever shortly after the birth of her third child; the painting world lamented her loss.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
51

1936: George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control...

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1936

George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control of the Vienna-based Phaidon Press , founded in 1923, and transferred the firm's operations to London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
262-3

1882: The Municipal Workwomen's Society was fo...

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1882

The Municipal Workwomen's Society was founded.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
127

1949: Dilys Laing's Walk Through Two Landscapes...

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1949

Dilys Laing 's Walk Through Two Landscapes was the third volume to appear in The Twayne Library of Modern Poetry.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

After 14 May 1948: South Africa's newly elected Nationalist...

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After 14 May 1948

South Africa's newly elected Nationalist Party under Dr Malan formed the government and officially established the policy of apartheid.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
253
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 267
South African History online. 30 Mar. 2005, http://www.sahistory.org.za/.

1912: The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was...

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1912

The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was created.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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Sophia Hume

SH was a leading Quaker pamphleteer of the mid eighteenth century. She published religious and moral exhortations, an anthology, and a diatribe against smallpox inoculation, in England and America.