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1882: Midwifery became a compulsory component of...

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1882

Midwifery became a compulsory component of the medical curriculum; however, the regulation was not strictly adhered to for more than two decades.
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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By 5 October 1984: Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly...

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By 5 October 1984

Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly self-referential novel entitled Money: A Suicide Note.
Korn, Eric. “Frazzled yob-gene lag-jag”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 4253, 5 Oct. 1984, p. 1119.
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15 June 1855: The Stamp Act tax of a penny per newspaper...

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15 June 1855

The Stamp Act tax of a penny per newspaper was abolished.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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28 November 1832: Leslie Stephen, father of Virginia Woolf,...

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28 November 1832

Leslie Stephen , father of Virginia Woolf , first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, editor of Cornhill Magazine, biographer, and agnostic, was born.
Annan, Noel. Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian. Random House, 1984.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins

EST published four novels and a (collaborative) book of poems during the last two decades of the eighteenth century. She was also said to have written translation and contributions to periodicals.

24 July 1950: The first rocket launch was made from Cape...

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24 July 1950

The first rocket launch was made from Cape Canaveral , Florida (later renamed Cape Kennedy).
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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: Each adult in England, of either sex, was...

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Spring 1554

Each adult in England, of either sex, was required by their bishop to make a formal statement of Catholic faith before they were eligible to make their Easter Communion.
Duffy, Eamon. “Rolling Back the Reformation”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 3, 7 Feb. 2008, pp. 27-9.
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31 August 1806: Charles Lever, novelist and editor, was born...

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31 August 1806

Charles Lever , novelist and editor, was born at Dublin.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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About March 1681: Nahum Tate's re-written version of Shakespeare's...

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About March 1681

Nahum Tate 's re-written version of Shakespeare 's tragedy King Lear was staged in London; it was printed the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1885: Actress Helen Faucit (who had become Lady...

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1885

Actress Helen Faucit (who had become Lady Martin when her husband was knighted in 1880) published On Some of Shakespeare 's Female Characters, a collection of essays that first appeared in Blackwood's.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

27 September 1540: A Papal Bull officially established the Order...

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27 September 1540

A Papal Bull officially established the Order of the Jesuits at a maximum of sixty members.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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1 April 1947: Mahatma Gandhi suggested, remarkably for...

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1 April 1947

Mahatma Gandhi suggested, remarkably for a devout Hindu , that the first Prime Minister of an independent (and united) India should be the MuslimMuhammad Ali Jinnah (who after Partition became first premier of Pakistan).
Vedantam, Shankar. “Lost recording of Gandhi uncovered”. Guardian Weekly, 15 Aug. 2008, p. 30.
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19 December 1841: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published Ballads...

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19 December 1841

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published Ballads and Other Poems, which included The Wreck of the Hesperus and The Village Blacksmith.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Chamberlain, Jacob Chester, and Luther S. Livingston. A Bibliography of the First Editions in Book Form of the Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Privately printed by De Vinne Press, 1908.
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Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck

MAS , who issued her first publication in 1813, has period interest as an aesthetic theorist and a religious writer, an apologist for the French Jansenist movement connected with Port Royal , and later for...
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck Stipple engraving of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck by Fisher after a photograph by Henry Adlard, published 1858. She is sitting, wearing a tall, frilled cap and, it seems, both a shawl and a jacket over her dress. A scarf at her neckline has pinned to it a cross of the type called "cross pattée".

1856: Advances in organic chemistry enabled William...

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1856

Advances in organic chemistry enabled William Henry Perkin to synthesize the first artificial or aniline dye, mauve; the dyes started a fashion craze for brilliant colours.
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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Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
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22 July 1940: The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was...

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22 July 1940

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was established in Britain to aid the Resistance in countries occupied by Germany.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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January 1941: The Spinster, which had campaigned for pensions...

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January 1941

The Spinster, which had campaigned for pensions for unmarried working women at 55, ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1741, 1743: A private edition of ten copies (only) was...

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1741, 1743

A private edition of ten copies (only) was published of Athenian Letters or, the epistolary correspondence of an agent of the King of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian war, written by Philip Yorke (later Lord Hardwicke)

Charlotte Chanter

CC wrote one novel, Over the Cliffs, 1860, which anticipated in some respects the sensation genre, as well as a book about ferns and a collection of children's animal stories which was co-authored with...

6 March 1924: The BBC presented the first broadcast poetry...

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6 March 1924

The BBC presented the first broadcast poetry reading, by the poet John Drinkwater .
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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July 1770: A Paris newspaper advertised the new invention...

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July 1770

A Paris newspaper advertised the new invention of steel pens as flexible as goose quills.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
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Rose Allatini

RA is known for a single novel, Despised and Rejected, 1918, whose pacifist and homosexual content has attracted critics. Yet her career as author of almost forty known novels and a few short stories...

21 February 1765: Frances Brooke (as Mary Singleton) published...

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21 February 1765

Frances Brooke (as Mary Singleton) published a rebuke to two upper-class ladies for rudeness to the actress George Anne Bellamy .
Crouch, Kimberly. “The public life of actresses: prostitutes or ladies?”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 58-78.
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23 May 1794-1 July 1795: The Habeas Corpus Act (against imprisonment...

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23 May 1794-1 July 1795

The Habeas Corpus Act (against imprisonment without trial) was suspended in a crackdown on treasonable or radical activity. John Aikin wrote that its suspension during the war years became so frequent as to be habitual...

6 April 1941: Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Yugoslavia...

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6 April 1941

Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Yugoslavia surrendered on 17 April, and Athens fell on 27 April.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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