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14 August 1920: Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia formed an alliance...

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14 August 1920

Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia formed an alliance that was called the Little Entente; they were joined by Romania three days later.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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1992: US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted...

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1992

US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted a poll of her readers and found that fully 95% of gay or lesbian respondents said they were happy with their sexuality.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 12, Sept. 2002, pp. 6-7.
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1863: Parliament approved the purchase of twelve...

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1863

Parliament approved the purchase of twelve acres of land at South Kensington (formerly part of the Exhibition site) as the site of the Natural History Museum .
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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1831: Charles Wheatstone and William Fothergill...

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1831

Charles Wheatstone and William Fothergill created the first electric telegraph.
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.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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Margaret Catchpole

MC was a late eighteenth-century labouring-class woman whose extraordinary experience as a transported felon propelled her (through the influence of Elizabeth Cobbold , her employer and an active woman writer) to express herself in letters...
Margaret Catchpole Watercolour of Margaret Catchpole by Richard Cobbold, done to accompany his much-fictionalised life of her, 1845 ( a quarter-century after her death). She has long, loose, dark hair and is dressed in blue.

August 1855: James Kaye's The Non-Existence of Women appeared...

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August 1855

James Kaye 's The Non-Existence of Women appeared in the North British Review.
Helsinger, Elizabeth K. et al. The Woman Question. Garland, 1983.
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North British Review.
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By 25 September 1903: G. E. Moore published Principia Ethica....

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By 25 September 1903

G. E. Moore published Principia Ethica.
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.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
89 (25 September 1903): 275

18 July 1936: The Spanish Civil War began between the Republicans...

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18 July 1936

The Spanish Civil War began between the Republicans (including Communists) and the Fascists led by Francisco Franco .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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By 1853: The Photographic Society was founded by early...

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By 1853

The Photographic Society was founded by early members of the Calotype Club ; it later became the Royal Photographic Society.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
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Aphra Behn

It is difficult to summarise AB 's immense and complex importance for the history of women's writing. Virginia Woolf said she deserved from all women a tribute of flowers because she was the first to...
Aphra Behn Engraving of Aphra Behn circa 1675, after a portrait by Mary Beale. Seated, she is wearing a pearl necklace and a voluminous gown.

1880s: The Manchester spiritualist newspaper Two...

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1880s

The Manchester spiritualist newspaper Two Worlds was founded; the editor was popular medium, spiritualist speaker, and later autobiographer Emma Hardinge Britten .
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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18 August 1882: The Municipal Corporations Act confirmed...

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18 August 1882

The Municipal Corporations Act confirmed the right of women ratepayers to vote but excluded them from election.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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13 July 1793: Hoarding was made a capital crime in Fra...

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13 July 1793

Hoarding was made a capital crime in France.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Kathleen Nott

KN was a philosophical writer, novelist, translator, poet, and critic of the mid twentieth century. Her importance for literary history lies in the position she took up in The Emperor's Clothes, 1953, which challenged...

1758: James Ralph, political writer, historian,...

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1758

James Ralph , political writer, historian, and reviewer, argued in The Case of Authors by Profession or Trade Stated that in the post-patronage age authors were slaves to publishers.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1848: Frederic Rowton published his anthology The...

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1848

Frederic Rowton published his anthology The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged, with Copious Selections and Critical Remarks.
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.

1829: The British Association for Promoting Co-operative...

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1829

The British Association for Promoting Co-operative Knowledge was founded.
Goodway, David. London Chartism, 1838-1848. Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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May 1939: The first Nazi concentration camp for women...

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May 1939

The first Nazi concentration camp for women was established at Ravensbrück, near Furstenberg.
“A Timeline of the Holocaust (1933-1945)”. JewishGen: JewishGen Hosted Projects: The Forgotten Camps: The Holocaust.
Victor, Edward. “Ravensbruck”. Judaica Philatelic Resources: Holocaust Philatelic & Related Materials: Concentration Camps.

3 January 1854: British and French fleets sailed for the...

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3 January 1854

British and French fleets sailed for the Black Sea to support the Turks against Russia in the looming Crimean War.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1800: Nicolas-Louis Robert, a Frenchman, invented...

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1800

Nicolas-Louis Robert , a Frenchman, invented a machine for making continuous-roll paper for printing.
Norris, F. H. Paper and Paper Making. Oxford University Press, 1952.
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1894: The prohibition of married women in the British...

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1894

The prohibition of married women in the BritishCivil Service , begun in practice in 1876, was formalized.
Grint, Keith. “Women and Equality: The Acquisition of Equal Pay in the Post Office, 1870-1961”. Sociology, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1988, pp. 87-108.
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1945: Dropmore Press was founded by Lord Kemsley...

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1945

Dropmore Press was founded by Lord Kemsley as a private press under the direction of Edward Shanks , for experimental work in book production.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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1 December 1897: Zululand was annexed to Natal....

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1 December 1897

Zululand was annexed to Natal.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 762
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
888, 890

31 January 1747: The London Lock Hospital for sexually transmitted...

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31 January 1747

The LondonLock Hospital for sexually transmitted diseases opened.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
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1865: The beloved African elephant Jumbo arrived...

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1865

The beloved African elephant Jumbo arrived at Regent's Park Zoo .
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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