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1807: The British parliament debated but rejected...

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1807

The British parliament debated but rejected a Parochial Schools Bill which would have provided the children of the poor with two years of free, compulsory education.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
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1984: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act spelled...

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1984

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act spelled out rules for the conduct of interviews with suspects in police stations: confessions, for instance, could be allowed in evidence only if demonstrably made without duress and if...

1758-63: Christopher Smart worked on his unfinished,...

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1758-63

Christopher Smart worked on his unfinished, unpublished prose-poem or liturgy poem Jubilate Agno.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Sixth edition, Oxford University Press, 2000.

27 September 1968: The tribal love-rock musical Hair, a few...

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27 September 1968

The tribal love-rock musicalHair, a few months into its four-year run on Broadway, opened in London the day after censorship was ended by the Theatres Act.
“1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw”. BBC. On this Day, 27 Sept. 1968.

1790: The explorer James Bruce published his five-volume...

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1790

The explorer James Bruce published his five-volume classic, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, which in fact was written from hazy, unsupported memory twenty years after his travels in Ethiopia.
Pankhurst, Richard Keir Pethick. “Raider of the Lost Ark”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 36-7.
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1824: Two daughters of American novelist Hannah...

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1824

Two daughters of American novelist Hannah Webster Foster published historical novels: Eliza Lanesford Cushing issued Saratoga; A Tale of the Revolution and Harriet Vaughan Cheney issued A Peep at the Pilgrims.
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.

1868: The Globe Theatre or Royal Globe Theatre,...

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1868

The Globe Theatre or Royal Globe Theatre, with a narrow frontage on Newcastle Street, London, opened its doors.
“The Royal Globe Theatre, Newcastle Street, London”. arthurlloyd.co.uk.

1879: Emily Francis Pattison (later Emilia Dilke)...

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1879

Emily Francis Pattison (later Emilia Dilke) published (as E. F. S. Pattison) The Renaissance of Art in France.
Israel, Kali. Names and Stories: Emilia Dilke and Victorian Culture. Oxford University Press, 1999.

23 June 1981: The Family Law (Protection of Spouses and...

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23 June 1981

The Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act of Ireland was passed. This Act gave increased protections to abused or threatened spouses and children.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2026.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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August 1973: The National Women's Hall of Fame was inaugurated...

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August 1973

The National Women's Hall of Fame was inaugurated at Seneca Falls, New York, USA, site of the women's rights convention of 19 July 1848.
Conn, Peter. Pearl S. Buck. A Cultural Biography. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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31 March 1849: The actress Anna Cora Mowatt's play Armand;...

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31 March 1849

The actress Anna Cora Mowatt 's play Armand; or, the Peer and the Peasant opened at the Marylebone Theatre .
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
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1875: The Merchant Shipping Act was passed....

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1875

The Merchant Shipping Act was passed.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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February 1778: Franz Anton Mesmer, inventor of animal magnetism,...

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February 1778

Franz Anton Mesmer , inventor of animal magnetism, arrived in Paris to promote his theory.
Darnton, Robert. Mesmerism: and the End of the Enlightenment in France. Harvard University Press, 1968.
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1886: Dr Margaret Cleaves published Neurasthenia...

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1886

Dr Margaret Cleaves published Neurasthenia and Its Relation to Diseases of Women.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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14 March 1879: Albert Einstein, formulator of the theory...

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14 March 1879

Albert Einstein , formulator of the theory of relativity, was born in Ulm, Germany.
“St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture”. Gale Databases: Gale Virtual Reference Library.

8 February 1836: The London and Greenwich Railway, London's...

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8 February 1836

The London and Greenwich Railway , London's first railway, opened; it initially ran only to Deptford.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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Barker, Theodore Cardwell, and Michael Robbins. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis. Rev., Allen and Unwin, 1975, 2 vol.
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July 1765: Elizabeth Parker, an independent widow of...

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July 1765

Elizabeth Parker , an independent widow of Alkincoats in Lancashire and an energetic diarist, eloped to Gretna Green with John Shackleton , a much younger merchant: this proved a very bad choice.
Vickery, Amanda. The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England. Yale University Press, 1998.
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5 June 1929: James Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, formed...

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5 June 1929

James Ramsay MacDonald , Labour leader, formed a minority government in the UK for the second time, following the first general election with full women's suffrage.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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13 October 1881: Charles Stewart Parnell was arrested on political...

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13 October 1881

Charles Stewart Parnell was arrested on political charges and spent the next 5 months in the Kilmainham Gaol.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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6 February 1820: Eighty-six freed slaves set sail towards...

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6 February 1820

Eighty-six freed slaves set sail towards Africa from the USA to found a settlement which eventually became the nation-state of Liberia.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
6 February 2013

1717: Daniel Turner published Syphilis: A Practical...

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1717

Daniel Turner published Syphilis: A Practical Dissertation on the Venereal Disease.
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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1887: Enormous ostrich feather fans became fashionable...

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1887

Enormous ostrich feather fans became fashionable ballroom accessories; they were so large they were likened to firescreens.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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28 May 1901: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was established...

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28 May 1901

The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was established in Iran.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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22 March 1942: The BBC transmitted its first daily news...

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22 March 1942

The BBC transmitted its first daily news bulletin in Morse code (in English and various other languages) to Resistance troops in Europe.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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By June 1831: Giuseppe Mazzini founded the Young Italy...

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By June 1831

Giuseppe Mazzini founded the Young Italymovement.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
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, Anchor, 1978.
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