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December 1898: Our Sisters, a monthly magazine devoted to...

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December 1898

Our Sisters, a monthly magazine devoted to women of every class, clime and creed, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Bogenschneider, Duane R., editor. The Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983, 3 vols.
40 P157

6 December 1745: After mustering 6,500 men, seizing Edinburgh,...

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6 December 1745

After mustering 6,500 men, seizing Edinburgh, and forcing his way into England as far as Derby, Charles Edward Stuart , the Young Pretender, retreated to Scotland, seeing no chances of success in Derby.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
11: 636
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
1: 529

1758: George Perry in A Description of Coalbrookdale...

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1758

George Perry in A Description of Coalbrookdale (written to accompany engravings by Francis Vivares ) reflected the established status of this Shropshire industrial village as a site for tourism.
Setzer, Sharon M. “"Pond’rous Engines" in "Outraged Groves": The Environmental Argument of Anna Seward’s ‘Colebrook Dale’”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
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, No. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 69-82.
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After 26 July 1680: Following Lord Rochester's death, his Poems...

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After 26 July 1680

Following Lord Rochester 's death, his Poems on Several Occasions were anonymously published.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1838-1839: The majority of Female Chartist Associations...

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1838-1839

The majority of Female Chartist Associations were formed during these two years.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
199-200

Late August 1968: Two poets, John Moat and John Fairfax, launched...

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Late August 1968

Two poets, John Moat and John Fairfax , launched the Arvon Foundation with a poetry course at Beaford Arts Centre (in a Victorian house in rural north Devon). Ted Hughes was guest reader on...

1892: The Institute of Chemistry in Britain first...

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1892

The Institute of Chemistry in Britain first offered professional recognition to women.
Albinski, Nan Bowman. Women’s Utopias in British and American Fiction. Routledge, 1988.
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14 October 1914: Princess Mary (third child and only daughter...

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14 October 1914

Princess Mary (third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary ) launched the Christmas Gift Fund to help send a Christmas present from the whole nation to every sailor afloat and...

5 July 1828: The Spectator was launched as a weekly in...

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5 July 1828

The Spectator was launched as a weekly in London; it was still running in the early twenty-first century.
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.

1880s: The Party of Individual Liberty was founded...

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1880s

The Party of Individual Liberty was founded by Auberon Herbert .
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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Matilda Betham-Edwards

Over the course of a career spanning the later nineteenth century and the opening decades of the twentieth, MBE maintained a phenomenally high publishing output and covered most viable genres. She was best known for...
Matilda Betham-Edwards Oval photograph of Matilda Betham-Edwards, c. 1893, looking straight forward with a dreamy smile. She is wearing a high collared dress with a pendant cross, and her hair, grey in front, is arranged tightly on top of her head. Her signature is reproduced below: "Yours truly, M. Betham-Edwards".

1 March 1794: The Biographical Magazine began publication;...

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1 March 1794

The Biographical Magazine began publication; it ran till 2 May 1796.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

7 June 1840: Frederick William IV became King of Prussia...

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7 June 1840

Frederick William IV became King of Prussia upon the death of Frederick William III .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
171, 256
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

1873: Miss C. E. Wood and Annie Fairlamb were hired...

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1873

Miss C. E. Wood and Annie Fairlamb were hired as mediums by the Newcastle Society for the Investigation of Spiritualism .
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
56-7, 59, 62

4 October 1802: The Morning Post carried Samuel Taylor Coleridge's...

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4 October 1802

The Morning Post carried Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's Dejection: An Ode, a lamentation over his sense of lost poetic power.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poetical Works [of] Coleridge, including poems and versions of poems herein published for the first time. Editor Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, Oxford University Press, 1969.
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Ethel Sidgwick

ES wrote early twentieth-century novels of which the earlier ones are ambitious and highly literary, the later ones in general longer and more romantic in tone, set within the confines and structure of the family...

1872: The Society of Female Artists changed its...

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1872

The Society of Female Artists changed its name to Society of Lady Artists.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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10 March 1943: The House of Commons debated whether Wrens...

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10 March 1943

The House of Commons debated whether Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service ) should continue to be restricted to jobs ashore.
Stanley, Jo. “Women’s History Month: Parliamentary debate: Should women work on warships? Army accepts women in principle, for first time”. Women’s History Network Blog, 10 Mar. 2010.

1737: The Belfast Newsletter was founded as a liberal,...

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1737

The Belfast Newsletter was founded as a liberal, reformist journal which attracted disapproval some years later by its support for the revolt of the American colonists.
O’Brien, Kate. My Ireland. B. T. Batsford, 1962.
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Late 1845: In response to the potato blight in Ireland,...

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Late 1845

In response to the potato blight in Ireland, Sir Robert Peel's government imported £100,000 of American corn to control prices, and encouraged Irish landowners to provide wage labour to tenants.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
59-60

December 2005: YouTube was officially launched (though it...

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December 2005

YouTube was officially launched (though it is often reckoned to have begun on 14 February 2005, when it registered its internet domain name) as a service for uploading and viewing videos. The company was bought...

By 5 November 1842: Thomas Babington Macaulay, politician and...

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By 5 November 1842

Thomas Babington Macaulay , politician and historian, published his popular Lays of Ancient Rome.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
784 (1842): 942
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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University of Toronto Library Catalogue. http://main.library.utoronto.ca/.

1580: Philip II acquired Portugal to add to the...

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1580

Philip II acquired Portugal to add to the possessions of the Spanish crown; Portugal and its overseas possessions remained Spanish until 1640.
Pagden, Anthony. “Great Expectations of Themselves”. London Review of Books, 17 Apr. 2003, pp. 32-3.
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1919: The International Cipherwriting Company of...

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1919

The International Cipherwriting Company of Chicago began production of a cipher machine which would be used by many governments.
Beeching, Wilfred A. Century of the Typewriter. Heinemann, 1974.
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14 October 1958: Alan Sillitoe, husband of Ruth Fainlight,...

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14 October 1958

Alan Sillitoe , husband of Ruth Fainlight , had his first success with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, a novel resulting from Robert Graves 's advice to write something honest about his native Nottingham.
Graves, Richard. Robert Graves and the White Goddess, 1940-85. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995.
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Sillitoe, Alan. Life without Armour. HarperCollins, 1995.
251, 263