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1899: Josephine Ward published One Poor Scruple:...

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1899

Josephine Ward published One Poor Scruple: A Seven Weeks' Story.
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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.

Winifred Peck

During her extended career in the earlier half of the twentieth century, WP published twenty-five books—mainly novels, with history, biography, a children's book, and two volumes of memoirs—as well as individual stories and girls' school...

1689: Robert Gould published another misogynist...

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1689

Robert Gould published another misogynist satire, A Consolatory Epistle to a Friend made Unhappy by Marriage (A Scourge for Ill Wives).
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August 1862: An international congress about the role...

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August 1862

An international congress about the role of vivisection at the Crystal Palace helped form Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) policy on the issue.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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1854: A Royal Commission recommended that Oxford...

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1854

A Royal Commission recommended that Oxford and Cambridge should include significantly more science in their programmes of study.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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1944: Carol Reed directed the film The Way Ahead,...

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1944

Carol Reed directed the film The Way Ahead, which denoted the change of focus in British film from action-adventure war movies to examinations of the psychological effect of war on people .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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July 1853: Tsar Nicholas I sent Russian troops into...

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July 1853

Tsar Nicholas I sent Russian troops into the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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26 August 1889: The Local Government (Scotland) Act explicitly...

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26 August 1889

The Local Government (Scotland) Act explicitly decreed that women were ineligible for election as county councillors.
Halevy, Elie. The Rule of Democracy 1905-1914. Translator Watkin, Edward Ingram, Second (revised) Edition, Peter Smith, 1952, 2 vols.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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3 June 1769: Captain James Cook, engaged in circumnavigating...

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3 June 1769

Captain James Cook , engaged in circumnavigating the world, was in Tahiti with his scientist companions to observe the transit of Venus: the passage of the planet across the disc of the sun. In...

January 1963: Kim Philby, perhaps the cleverest of the...

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January 1963

Kim Philby , perhaps the cleverest of the group of Britons who had been spying for Soviet Russia for years, was confronted with his guilt and offered immunity in exchange for a full confession. Instead...

1740: The London Infirmary opened: it became the...

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1740

The London Infirmary opened: it became the London Hospital during the 1750s, and was later known as the hospital where Eva Lückes was Matron.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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7 September 1819: In the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre,...

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7 September 1819

In the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre, a bitter cartoon was printed by George Cruikshank , entitled A Strong Proof of the Flourishing State of the 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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Ann Jebb

During the last quarter of the eighteenth century AJ was an intellectual journalist and controversialist, publishing on both theological and political topics. Most of her printed writing is epistolary, and she also wrote letters then...

3 September 1981: The Convention on the Elimination of All...

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3 September 1981

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1979, came into force.
“Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women”. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

12 June 1843: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part...

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12 June 1843

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part of the theatre-going public when they visited the Drury Lane Theatre in state.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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1838: Miss Gordon in A Guide to the Genealogical...

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1838

Miss Gordon in A Guide to the Genealogical Chart of English and Scottish History, published this year, set out to prove Queen Victoria 's Scottish ancestry.
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Gordon, Miss. A Guide to the Genealogical Chart of English and Scottish History. 2nd ed., John Souter, 1838, p. 60 pp.
The Bodleian catalogue ascribes this to L. Gordon.

20 April 1896: The first public showing of a film in Ireland...

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20 April 1896

The first public showing of a film in Ireland was held at the Star of Erin Theatre of Varieties in Dublin.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
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9 November 1640: In a season during which John Pym and the...

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9 November 1640

In a season during which John Pym and the Long Parliament created the laws and institutions which were to guide the early parliamentarian regime, a committee was set up to consider the issue of recusants.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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March 1860: Following their war with Austrialink to 3916,...

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March 1860

Following their war with Austria, Savoy and Nice were ceded to France, and Lombardy was ceded to Piedmont.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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By 11 September 1730: Stephen Duck published The Thresher's Labour,...

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By 11 September 1730

Stephen Duck published The Thresher's Labour, a georgic poem that was unique as an account of labour by a labouring man.
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.

November 1873: The Home Government Association became the...

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November 1873

The Home Government Association became the Irish Home Rule League ; the new league asserted the Irish right to self-governance, and pressed for a domestic parliament as well as a federal relationship between Dublin and London.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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1675: Jean Racine's heroic tragedy Iphigénie, first...

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1675

Jean Racine 's heroic tragedy Iphigénie, first produced on stage the previous year, was published.
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1 July 1895: The British East Africa Company's territory...

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1 July 1895

The British East Africa Company 's territory (Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda) was transferred to the British Government .
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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Nicholls, C. S. Elspeth Huxley. HarperCollins, 2002.
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By late May 1903: Samuel Butler's autobiographical novel The...

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By late May 1903

Samuel Butler 's autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh was posthumously published.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.

7 May 1848: The Royal Academy exhibition presented 1474...

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7 May 1848

The Royal Academy exhibition presented 1474 works by 853 exhibitors; of these, only 126 works were by 77 female artists, a scant 10% of the total.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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McMaster, Juliet. That Mighty Art of Black-and-White. Linley Sambourne, Punch, and the Royal Academy. Ad Hoc Press, 2009.
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