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1797: Publisher Thomas Longman died worth over...

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1797

Publisher Thomas Longman died worth over £60,000: the figure shows to what extent publishers were doing well at this period.
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
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August 1979: During the annual conference at Brighton...

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August 1979

During the annual conference at Brighton of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality , the Gay Humanist Group (GHG) was launched. It later became the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association, or GALHA .
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association. http://www.galha.org/index.html.

1963: The University of East Anglia was founded...

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1963

The University of East Anglia was founded in Norwich.
Dent, Harold Collett. 1870-1970: Century of Growth in English Education. Longmans, 1970.
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Whitaker’s Almanack. 119th ed., J. Whitaker, 1987.
506

1904: Madame C. de Broutelles founded the Prix...

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1904

Madame C. de Broutelles founded the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse, a prestigious French literary prize awarded by a jury of twelve women. A. Mary F. Robinson (an English writer living in France) was a co-founder.
Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury, 1998.
129
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

April 1935: Heinemann, publisher of Bessie Cotter by...

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April 1935

Heinemann , publisher of Bessie Cotter by Wallace Smith , was fined £100 after pleading guilty to a charge of obscene libel.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
94-5

1167: Oxford University was founded....

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1167

Oxford University was founded.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
9: 504
Rashdall, Hastings. Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. Editors Powicke, Sir Frederick Maurice and Alfred Brotherston Emden, Clarendon, 1987, 3 vols.
3: 15

1619: The first public school for girls was founded...

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1619

The first public school for girls was founded in Deptford, London.
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.

17 August 1612: The trial of the Lancashire witches resulted...

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17 August 1612

The trial of the Lancashire witches resulted in the execution of seven women and one man.
Paxman, David. “Lancashire Spiritual Culture and the Question of Magic”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
30
, 2001, pp. 223-43.
228
Sedley, Stephen. “Wringing out the Fault”. London Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2002, pp. 27-31.
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English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

31 January 1910: An Imperial edict abolished slavery in C...

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31 January 1910

An Imperial edict abolished slavery in China.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 796

November 1929: The Tomlin Commission was established to...

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November 1929

The Tomlin Commission was established to consider issues of pay and employment opportunities in the BritishCivil Service .
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
51-7
Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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April 1929: The International Typographic Conference...

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April 1929

The International Typographic Conference was held in London.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
180

10 April 1827: George Canning, a Tory, became Prime Minister...

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10 April 1827

George Canning , a Tory, became Prime Minister after Lord Liverpool had a stroke.
Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
44, 312
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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26 January 1566: William Painter's dedication to The Palace...

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26 January 1566

William Painter 's dedication to The Palace of Pleasure (volume one) makes early use of the word novel in approximately its modern sense: these histories (which by another terme I call Nouelles).
Downie, James Alan. “Mary Davys’s ’Probable Feign’d Stories’ and Critical Shibboleths about ’The Rise of the Novel’”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
12
, No. 2-3, Jan.–Apr. 2000, pp. 309-26.
311
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

16 December 1813: The Common Council of the City of London...

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16 December 1813

The Common Council of the City of London heard a petition from householders in the principal City streets against prostitutes plying their trade there.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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28 January 1841: Sir Henry Morton Stanley, explorer and journalist,...

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28 January 1841

Sir Henry Morton Stanley , explorer and journalist, was born in Denbigh, Wales.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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4 June 1857: The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight,...

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4 June 1857

The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight, the siege began that was to last several weeks and leave only five British survivors.
Hilton, Richard. The Indian Mutiny: A Centenary History. Hollis and Carter, 1957.
87, 88, 82-102
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
277

1845: Polkamania swept England and originated polka-dot...

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1845

Polkamania swept England and originated polka-dot prints.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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Hope Mirrlees

Much of the sparse information currently available on HM focuses on her lasting personal relationship with eminent scholar Jane Harrison rather than her own body of writing, which includes poetry, novels, and biographies (published and...

November 1974: Women's Employment, a journal issued by the...

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November 1974

Women's Employment, a journal issued by the Central Bureau for the Employment of Women , ended publication.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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27 May 1878: The Factory and Workshop Act passed....

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27 May 1878

The Factory and Workshop Act passed.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Hutchins, B. Leigh. A History of Factory Legislation. P.S. King and Son, 1903.
185, 187-8, 190-1
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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2 July 1932: F. D. Roosevelt, in accepting the Democratic...

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2 July 1932

F. D. Roosevelt , in accepting the Democratic nomination for the US Presidency, announced a plan for a New Deal, a package of administrative measures to heal the wounds of the Great Depression.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

1889: Photographer Paul Henry Emerson published...

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1889

Photographer Paul Henry Emerson published Naturalistic Photography, which opposed sentimentality, pictorial conventions, and the imitation of painterly style in photography.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
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1684: John Bunyan published his sequel The Second...

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1684

John Bunyan published his sequel The Second Part of the Pilgrim's Progress, in which the protagonist is female.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

April 1768: The first volume of The New Foundling Hospital...

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April 1768

The first volume of The New Foundling Hospital for Wit was published: an influential poetry anthology linked to the political opposition.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
25 (1768): 314
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.

June 1787: A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers...

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June 1787

A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers in this and the previous month noted a growing attention in many not of our religious society to the subject of Negro slavery.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
57 (1787): 721-2