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1874: Nurses trained under Ellen Ranyard's home...

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1874

Nurses trained under Ellen Ranyard 's home care programme made 111,601 visits to 4,394 poor patients.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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22 August 1485: King Richard III was killed at the battle...

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22 August 1485

King Richard III was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field; Henry Bolingbroke seized the throne of England and reigned as Henry VII .
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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Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 77

Margaret Calderwood

MC , living and writing in the eighteenth century, is remembered for her travel journal (which grew out of letters to her daughter). As a Scotswoman she reports on the foreign country of England as...
Margaret Calderwood Painting of Margaret Calderwood, she is wearing a low cut brown dress and has a blue scarf over her left arm. The background is also a shade of brown, and her hair is black.

1863: Frederick Walton patented linoleum, the first...

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1863

Frederick Walton patented linoleum, the first mass-produced floor covering.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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Book of Firsts (a British source that is not entirely reliable) gives 1863 for the patent. Panati's (American source) gives 1860.

July 1972: The premier issue of Ms. was published, featuring...

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July 1972

The premier issue of Ms. was published, featuring a description of the consciousness raising or "c.r." group organization tactics advocated by associations like the Redstockings throughout the early 1970s.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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23 August 1927: Two Italian immigrants to the USA, Nicola...

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23 August 1927

Two Italian immigrants to the USA, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti , were executed amid international furore for shooting dead a paymaster and a security guard outside a factory at South Braintree.
Cole, David. “Radical Aliens”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 20, 22 Oct. 2009, pp. 26-7.
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16 June 1846: Pius IX became Pope after the death of Gregory...

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16 June 1846

Pius IX became Pope after the death of Gregory XVI on 1 June 1846. The new Pope's election was a victory for liberals in the Roman Catholic Church over the conservatives.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Bury, John Bagnell, and Frederick Clifton Grant. History of the Papacy in the Nineteenth Century: Liberty and Authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Editor Murray, Robert Henry, Augmented edition, Schocken Books, 1964.
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1 December 1881: The Schoolmistress, devoted to the furtherance...

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1 December 1881

The Schoolmistress, devoted to the furtherance of female education, began weekly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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1923: The report to the Minister of Labour by the...

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1923

The report to the Minister of Labour by the Committee Appointed to the Enquiry into the Present Conditions as to the Supply of Female Domestic Servants recommended better training and higher status for servants.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
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25 July 1872: The Infant Life Protection Act was the first...

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25 July 1872

The Infant Life Protection Act was the first British legislation designed to protect children placed by parents or guardians in private homes.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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1768: By act of parliament, the spa resort of Bath...

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1768

By act of parliament, the spa resort of Bath (which had supported a theatre since 1705) received a patent for the first Theatre Royal outside London.
“A Brief History of the Theatre Royal, Bath”. Theatre Royal, Bath: History.

28 November 1859: Washington Irving, American essayist and...

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28 November 1859

Washington Irving , American essayist and short-story writer, died at his house Sunnyside in Irvington, New York.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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24 April 1704: The first successful colonial paper, The...

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24 April 1704

The first successful colonial paper, The Boston News-Letter, published its first number, for the week of 17-24 April.
Black, Jeremy. The English Press in the Eighteenth Century. Croom Helm, 1987.
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Lake, Brian. British Newspapers: A History and Guide for Collectors. Sheppard, 1984.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1891: Mary Dickens (grand-daughter of Charles Dickens)...

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1891

Mary Dickens (grand-daughter of Charles Dickens ) published her first novel, Cross Currents, a story of the conflict between love and career in a talented actress.
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.
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.

Spring 1874: Artist Lucy Madox Brown married art critic...

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Spring 1874

Artist Lucy Madox Brown married art critic William Michael Rossetti , in a joining of Pre-Raphaelite minds and hearts.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1887: Lenin's older brother Alexander Ulyanov was...

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1887

Lenin 's older brother Alexander Ulyanov was hanged after a failed attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander III .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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6 November 1916: The UK, France, and Russia recognized Hussein...

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6 November 1916

The UK, France, and Russia recognized Hussein (Sharif or Emir of Mecca) as head of Arab peoples and King of Hejaz (western Saudi Arabia).
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 774, 849
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
460

19 January 1944: A plainclothes policeman and a naval officer...

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19 January 1944

A plainclothes policeman and a naval officer interrupted a seance conducted at Portsmouth in Hampshire by Scottish spiritualist medium Helen Duncan , and arrested her and three of her audience.
“Scotland’s Last Witch”. BBC History: Modern Scotland: History Oddities.
Heselton, Philip. “Letter”. Guardian Weekly, 12–18 July 2001, p. 14.
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4 October 1951: E. M. Forster's praise for the accomplishments...

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4 October 1951

E. M. Forster 's praise for the accomplishments of the BBC's Third Programme was published in The Listener.
Whitehead, Kate. The Third Programme: A Literary History. Clarendon Press, 1989, http://UofA Rutherford North.
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July 1858: Napoleon III and Cavour met secretly at Plombières...

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July 1858

Napoleon III and Cavour met secretly at Plombières in the Vosges to plot war against Austria.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1384: John Wycliffe completed the first English...

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1384

John Wycliffe completed the first English translation of the Bible, and circulated it widely in manuscript.
Bible. Cambridge University Press, 1997.

December 1666: Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London...

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December 1666

Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London to show how it had changed since the Great Fire.
In the text the date is given wrongly as 1665, but it is clear on the print.
Copeland, Edward. “Defoe and the London Wall: Mapped Perspectives”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
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, No. 4, July 1998, pp. 407-28.
416 and fig. 4

16 December 1911: The Local Authorities (Ireland) (Qualification...

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16 December 1911

The Local Authorities (Ireland) (Qualification of Women) Act gave Irish women the right to sit on county councils and boroughs.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
8: 384
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1911: 158

From 1662: The King's Library (now part of the British...

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From 1662

The King's Library (now part of the British Library ) and Cambridge University Library enjoyed the legal right to a copy of every book published in Britain (a right granted to the Bodleian on 11...

June 1916: The General Service Scheme broadened Voluntary...

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June 1916

The General Service Scheme broadened Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) employment for women to include medical workers such as x-ray and laboratory attendants, as well as clerks, cooks, telephone operators, and store keepers.
Ouditt, Sharon. Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War. Routledge, 1994.
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Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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