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1924: The British tax inspectorate was opened to...

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1924

The British tax inspectorate was opened to women.
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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Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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1915: The first plastic surgery ward in Britain...

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1915

The first plastic surgery ward in Britain opened at the Cambridge Hospital at Aldershot, in response to the huge numbers of patients with facial deformities created by the First World War.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1934: Patricia Lynch published The Turf-Cutter's...

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1934

Patricia Lynch published The Turf-Cutter's Donkey: one of a new wave of characterful books for children which also included P. L. Travers , Enid Bagnold , Noel Streatfeild , and Eve Garnett .
Wilson, Barbara Ker. Noel Streatfeild. Bodley Head, 1961.
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July 1894: The bicycling craze was at its height. This...

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July 1894

The bicycling craze was at its height. This form of transport and leisure was particularly empowering for women: they could choose where to go, and chaperones were unlikely to keep up.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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August 1667: John Dryden published An Essay of Dramatick...

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August 1667

John Dryden published An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, bearing the title-page date of 1668.
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.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
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By December 1830: Before the death of the South American patriot...

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By December 1830

Before the death of the South American patriot Simón Bolívar , the republic he had created, of the present Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, fell apart into separate states.
Collier, Simon. “Old Iron-Arse”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 30-1.
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13 September 1759: A British party under James Wolfe climbed...

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13 September 1759

A British party under James Wolfe climbed the Heights of Abraham at Quebec and beat the French in battle there.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Editor Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, first Baron, Richard Bentley, 1836, 3 vols.
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Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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1934: Lady de Frece (as she then was), former music-hall...

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1934

Lady de Frece (as she then was), former music-hall star, male impersonator, and parodist of class-identities, published her autobiography, Recollections of Vesta Tilley.
Maitland, Sara. Vesta Tilley. Virago, 1986.

1790: US President George Washington's dentist,...

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1790

US President George Washington 's dentist, John Greenwood , invented the first dental drill.
Popular Science. Popular Science Publishing.
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1906: The Women's National League formed at a meeting...

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1906

The Women's National League formed at a meeting held at 3 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
Callaghan, James. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience. Editor Middleton, Lucy, Croom Helm, 1977.
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Middleton gives organization's name as Women's Labour League. Cites 1905 as year when the Railway Women's Guild requested...

1846: The Sons of Temperance, a popular friendly...

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1846

The Sons of Temperance , a popular friendly society for men, women, and children, was brought to England from the United States.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1934: Karen Horney moved from Chicago to New York,...

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1934

Karen Horney moved from Chicago to New York, where she worked at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute .
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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15 September 1790: Judith Sargent Murray, visiting Connecticut...

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15 September 1790

Judith Sargent Murray , visiting Connecticut from Massachusetts, reported the ease of divorce in the former: if a couple were unhappy together, the state legislature would provide a bill to divorce them.
Field, Vena Bernadette. Constantia: A Study of the Life and Works of Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820. University of Maine Press, 1931.
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1869: The British government took control of private...

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1869

The British government took control of private telegraph companies, which were absorbed into the Post Office .
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
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Anne Locke

AL was a translator, during the sixteenth-century Reformation, of two Protestant texts from French into English. Her dedications to these works discuss the current state of the reformed religion to which they contribute. She also...

1875: Oxford University instituted separate examinations...

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1875

Oxford University instituted separate examinations for women at every level.
Trickett, Rachel. “Women’s Education”. St. Hugh’s: One Hundred Years of Women’s Education in Oxford, edited by Penny Griffin, Macmillan, 1986, pp. 5-14.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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1 August 1838: De facto slavery ended in Jamaica four years...

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1 August 1838

De facto slavery ended in Jamaica four years after the Abolition Act or Emancipation Act came into effect throughout the British Empire, but set in place an interim system of apprenticeship for former slaves.
Levy, Andrea. The Long Song. Headline Review, 2010.
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10 May 1871: The Treaty of Frankfurt ended the Franco-Prussian...

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10 May 1871

The Treaty of Frankfurt ended the Franco-Prussian War, and decreed that France should cede Alsace and eastern Lorraine to Germany.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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25 January 1909: Hugo von Hoffmansthal's first opera, Elektra,...

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25 January 1909

Hugo von Hoffmansthal 's first opera, Elektra, with music by Richard Strauss , opened in Dresden.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.

13 September 1819: Henry Hunt (organiser of the meeting at Manchester...

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13 September 1819

Henry Hunt (organiser of the meeting at Manchester which became the Peterloo Massacre) was welcomed by huge crowds on his arrival in London to stand trial.
Chandler, James. England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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By 16 December 1871: Lewis Carroll published Through the Looking-Glass...

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By 16 December 1871

Lewis Carroll published Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (generally known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass).
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2303 (1871): 787

21-24 April 1876: A riot occurred in Barbados over the proposed...

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21-24 April 1876

A riot occurred in Barbados over the proposed federation with the Windward Islands.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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19 June 1829: Sir Robert Peel's Metropolis Police Improvement...

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19 June 1829

Sir Robert Peel 's Metropolis Police Improvement Bill received royal assent: it gave the new police force, under government control, jurisdiction for thirty miles around London (except in the financial centre of the City).
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Charlotte Godley

CG is remembered for her only book: a posthumously published collection of travel letters about the early (mid-nineteenth-century) social life and landscape of New Zealand. Brief excerpts from her journals also survive.
Charlotte Godley Photograph of a head-and-shoulders sketch of Charlotte Godley, 1877, reproduced in "Letters from Early New Zealand", 1950. She is wearing a high-collared shirt, a bow round her neck fastened with a brooch (perhaps a cameo), and simple round earrings . Her hair is brushed back under a light lace cap.

6 February 1914: The United Suffragists was established as...

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6 February 1914

The United Suffragists was established as a new organisation open to men and women, militant and non-militant members.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
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John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869–1955. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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