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1989: US theorist Judith Butler published perhaps...

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1989

US theorist Judith Butler published perhaps her best-known work, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

14 August 1850: The Irish Franchise Act tightened voter registration,...

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14 August 1850

The Irish Franchise Act tightened voter registration, increasing the urban electorate and decreasing the rural electorate.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
271
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
(1850): 580

January 2015: The Right Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated...

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January 2015

The Right Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated as Bishop of Stockport, Britain's first woman bishop, in York Minster. The consecration was performed by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu (Britain's first African-born archbishop)...

21 September 1964: Malta became independent within the Comm...

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21 September 1964

Malta became independent within the Commonwealth.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
422

23 November 1837: A rebellion began of French patriote forces...

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23 November 1837

A rebellion began of French patriote forces in St Denis, Lower Canada. Colonial authorities initially failed to subdue it, but succeeded within days.
Burroughs, Peter. The Canadian Crisis and British Colonial Policy, 1828-1841. Macmillan of Canada, 1972.
92, 108
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 460-1
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
833
Marsh, James H., editor. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hurtig Publishers, 1985, 3 vols.
Papineau, Rebellions of 1837

1901: Landsteiner published his research on blood...

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1901

Landsteiner published his research on blood grouping.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
297-8

1-2 September 1930: The first non-stop flight from Paris to New...

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1-2 September 1930

The first non-stop flight from Paris to New York was made; it took thirty-seven hours and eighteen minutes.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
216

29 December 1860: H.M.S. Warrior, the first sea-going iron-hulled...

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29 December 1860

H.M.S. Warrior, the first sea-going iron-hulled and ironclad warship, was launched by the Royal Navy .
Parkes, Oscar. British Battleships, Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950. Seeley Service, 1966.
3-4, 16

30 December 1779: Christopher Wyvill, a conservative supporter...

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30 December 1779

Christopher Wyvill , a conservative supporter of parliamentary reform fuelled by a sense of the interests of the propertied gentry, held a meeting of about six hundred men at York assembly rooms, which resolved to...

1898: Modern anthropology (based on fieldwork,...

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1898

Modern anthropology (based on fieldwork, not speculation like that of Sir James Frazer ) is held to have begun with the Cambridge Expedition to the Torres Strait, off Queensland.
Henley, Paul. “Fly in the Soup”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 35-7.
35

1 April 1814: The Gas, Light and Coke Company began to...

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1 April 1814

The Gas, Light and Coke Company began to lay gas mains made of cast-iron pipe in Westminster.
Derry, Thomas Kingston, and Trevor I. Williams. A Short History of Technology From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Clarendon, 1960.
510
Hardyment, Christina. From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work. Polity Press, 1988.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
4: 269

1831: Henry George Bohn established his own bookshop...

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1831

Henry George Bohn established his own bookshop at 4 York Street, Covent Garden, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 59

By the 1860s: Devices designed for viewing moving pictures,...

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By the 1860s

Devices designed for viewing moving pictures, such as the magic lantern and the Zoetrope, became popular forms of home entertainment.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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16 November 1682: The recently-formed United Company gave its...

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16 November 1682

The recently-formed United Company gave its first stage performance at Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 299, 316

23 November 1911: Dora Marsden and Mary Gawthorpe edited the...

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23 November 1911

Dora Marsden and Mary Gawthorpe edited the first issue of The Freewoman: A Weekly Feminist Review, a paper about sexual reform.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
166
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
182

1 September 1939: The BBC television service was stopped for...

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1 September 1939

The BBC television service was stopped for reasons of national defence.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
238
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
374

1880: The first published report of in vitro fertilisation...

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1880

The first published report of in vitro fertilisation was made by the Viennese embryologist S. L. Schenk .
Spallone, Patricia. Beyond Conception: The New Politics of Reproduction. Bergin and Garvey, 1989.
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1875: Elizabeth Stone (the one who wrote as Sutherland...

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1875

Elizabeth Stone (the one who wrote as Sutherland Menzies) issued a History of France for Junior Classes.
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.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

Frances Ridley Havergal

FRH was a late Victorian religious poet, children's author, and hymn-writer. Her publications during her lifetime were sporadic, but a flood of her works reached print after her death. She composed more than seventy hymns...
Frances Ridley Havergal Low resolution black and white three-quarter-length photo of Frances Ridley Havergal sitting on a chair, Her hair is braided in a crown on top of her head. She is wearing a dark, long-skirted dress and jacket with white at the throat and wrists. She sits at a table with two drawers, with a basket like a jewel box on the table and a fat book in her lap. Underneath the image her signature is reproduced: "Frances R. Havergal".

1904: Four years after the death of Alicia Scott...

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1904

Four years after the death of Alicia Scott (Lady John Scott, known as author in its current form of the song Annie Laurie), a volume of her work was posthumously published as Songs and Verses.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

8 January 1561: John Bodley (father of the library founder...

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8 January 1561

John Bodley (father of the library founder Sir Thomas ) was granted a licence under the Privy Seal to sole rights for seven years to print the English Bible in a revised text which had...

28 November 1734: The Daily Courant launched the first attack...

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28 November 1734

The Daily Courant launched the first attack on Joshua Ward for his dubious patent medicine, Ward's drop.
Wilson, Philip K. “Exposing the Secret Disease: Recognizing and Treating Syphilis in Daniel Turner’s London”. The Secret Malady, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 68-84.
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By about 1450: As a long-term result of the plague (which...

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By about 1450

As a long-term result of the plague (which first hit Britain about a century before this), approximately 1,300 settlements (lost villages) in the Midlands and eastern England had been abandoned.
Griffiths, Ralph Alan. “The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 166-22.
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8 May 1878: In a leading article, The Times stated its...

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8 May 1878

In a leading article, The Times stated its support for female medical education.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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