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4 June 1878: Britain acquired the territory of Cyprus...

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4 June 1878

Britain acquired the territory of Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire, without parliamentary sanction, after an Anglo-Turkish convention.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
343
Smith, Paul. “Refuge for the Aristocracy”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 30-1.
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Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith, best known for writing the beloved children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956), began her career as a dramatist; she wrote a series of hit plays in the 1930s. In the 1940s...
Dodie Smith Photograph of a blue plaque set up on the stone white-painted ground floor wall of 18 Dorset Square, Marylebone, London NW1 6QB by the St Marylebone Society, reading "Dodie Smith, 1895-1990, Author and Playwright lived here."

By September 1779: The supposed nature of women, and the mere...

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By September 1779

The supposed nature of women, and the mere idea of having them in parliament , were mocked in a pamphlet: The House of Peeresses: or, Female Oratory.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
48n158
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
48 (1779): 234

December 1943: Women's membership in trades unions stood...

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December 1943

Women's membership in trades unions stood at 1,870,000.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
chronology
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
274

July 1833: Russia negotiated a treaty at Unkiar Skelessi...

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July 1833

Russia negotiated a treaty at Unkiar Skelessi with Turkey, which was now in need of protection.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
105
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
130

1855: The Anglican Community of the Blessed Virgin...

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1855

The Anglican Community of the Blessed Virgin Mary was informally developed in Rottingdean, Sussex.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
331, 333

1894: The Case for Disestablishment was published...

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1894

The Case for Disestablishment was published by the Liberation Society .
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
135

January 1805: The Eclectic Review, a Dissenting magazine,...

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January 1805

The Eclectic Review, a Dissenting magazine, began publication in London; it ran until December 1868.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
531n25
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

20 March 1907: Sara Burstall, headmistress of Manchester...

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20 March 1907

Sara Burstall , headmistress of Manchester High School for Girls , chaired a meeting in the school's library in Manchester which resulted in the founding of the British Federation of University Women .
International Federation of University Women. 27 Aug. 2001, http://www.ifuw.org/.
Morley, Edith. Before and After: Reminiscences of a Working Life. Editor Morris, Barbara, Two Rivers Press, 2016.
155

April 1853: Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield,...

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April 1853

Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield , an ex-slave from Mississippi and the first Black concert singer to win fame in both the US and Britian, arrived in Liverpool.
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and its Business. Oxford University Press, 1988.
219

Probably 23 April 1689: Mr and Mrs Priest's girls' school in Chelsea...

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Probably 23 April 1689

Mr and Mrs Priest's girls' school in Chelsea put on the first (private) performance of Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell .
Campbell, Margaret. Henry Purcell, Glory of His Age. Oxford University Press, 1995.
130, 137, 146
Wharton, Philip, Duke of. The Poetical Works of Philip, late Duke of Wharton. Edmund Curll, 1731.
311
23 April was William and Mary 's Coronation...

Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane , whose brief life occupied the last quarter of the twentieth century, left (besides monologues) five full-length plays which explore a nightmarish world of violence and sexual brutality. They provoked a strong visceral...
Sarah Kane Photograph of Sarah Kane. She is wearing a black button up and has short hair. She is holding an unlt cigarette in her mouth.

12 April 1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched...

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12 April 1961

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space: he remained there, the first human being to have this experience, for almost an hour and a half.
“Yuri A. Gagarin”. International Space Hall of Fame.
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
679

13 April 1668: Six days after the death of Sir William Davenant,...

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13 April 1668

Six days after the death of Sir William Davenant , the Poet Laureate, John Dryden was appointed to fill the position.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
2: 314n26

8 April 1867: Russell Gurney presented Parliament with...

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8 April 1867

Russell Gurney presented Parliament with a women householders' petition for suffrage.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
163

1783-89: Thomas Day anonymously published The History...

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1783-89

Thomas Day anonymously published The History of Sandford and Merton, a didactic book for children in three volumes (the second published in 1786).
Butler, Marilyn. “Edgeworth’s Stern Father: Escaping Thomas Day, 1795-1801”. Tradition in Transition: Women Writers, Marginal Texts, and the Eighteenth-Century Canon, edited by Alvaro Ribeiro and James G. Basker, Clarendon, 1996, pp. 75-93.
82-3
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
68 (1789): 327
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

7 June 1628: Charles I backed down and accepted the Petition...

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7 June 1628

Charles I backed down and accepted the Petition of Right, a statement of the subject's rights and freedoms drawn up by the elderly jurist Sir Edward Coke .
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
3: 299, 600
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Coke

12 November 1905: The Queen's Fund for the Unemployed was established...

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12 November 1905

The Queen's Fund for the Unemployed was established by Queen Alexandra .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
Palmer 336

1970: The Women's Street Theatre Company was founded...

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1970

The Women's Street Theatre Company was founded in London by Alison Fell , Buzz Goodbody , and Susan Todd as a feminist and socialist performance group.
“Records of The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Roberts, Michèle. Paper Houses. Virago, 2007.
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January 1976: The British Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration...

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January 1976

The British Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service for industry, Acas, no longer under government control but directed by an independent council, achieved a statutory footing following its inception two years before.
“Acas History”. Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service): About Us.

10 September 1923: The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered...

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10 September 1923

The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered the League of Nations .
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
614
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
308

25 July 1889: The Women's Franchise League, an organisation...

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25 July 1889

The Women's Franchise League , an organisation committed to including married women in future women's suffrage proposals, was formed in London by Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy , Alice Scatcherd , and Harriet M'Ilquham and others.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
76

1836: George Routledge established a bookshop and...

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1836

George Routledge established a bookshop and publishing firm under his own name at 11 Ryder's Court, London, with the help of fifteen-year-old William Henry Warne .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 261
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
143

1899: This year saw the earliest known printing...

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1899

This year saw the earliest known printing of what was later called an advertising blurb on a book jacket: that of John Barrett 's Admiral George Dewey.
Barcham, Maureen. “Letter”. Guardian Weekly, 5–11 July 2001, p. 18.
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