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1895: The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical...

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1895

The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical edited in London by Mrs Eliza Warren , ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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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.

September 1887: Charles Elkin Mathews, with John Lane as...

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September 1887

Charles Elkin Mathews , with John Lane as his silent partner, founded Bodley Head publishing house in Vigo Street, Mayfair, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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15 December 1849: The weekly Domestic Journal and Home Miscellany...

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15 December 1849

The weekly Domestic Journal and Home Miscellany of Instruction and Amusement ended publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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March 1603: Thomas Heywood's domestic tragedy A Woman...

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March 1603

Thomas Heywood 's domestic tragedy A Woman Kilde with Kindnesse was acted; it was published in 1607 with Heywood'a name (for the first time) on its title-page.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1848: The Young Men's Missionary Association was...

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1848

The Young Men's Missionary Association was founded by Baptists.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1993: Twice in a Blue Moon, a detective novel from...

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1993

Twice in a Blue Moon, a detective novel from Irish-born, cosmopolitan writer Patricia Moyes , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

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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January 1913: The Imprint, a short-lived but influential...

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January 1913

The Imprint, a short-lived but influential monthly on technical aspects of printing, was started by Gerard Meynell of Westminster Press .
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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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.

1677: Baruch or Benedictus de Spinoza's Ethics,...

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1677

Baruch or Benedictus de Spinoza 's Ethics, probably his most important text, was published shortly after his death at the age of forty-four.
Rée, Jonathan. “The Brothers Koerbagh”. London Review of Books, 24 Jan. 2002, pp. 21-4.
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3 June 1723-17 February 1724: Philip, Duke of Wharton, published a Jacobite...

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3 June 1723-17 February 1724

Philip, Duke of Wharton , published a Jacobite periodical entitled True Briton, until the government suppressed it.
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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15 September 1830: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the...

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15 September 1830

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first large-scale passenger steam railway, was officially opened; public timetabled service began on 17 September.
Carlson, Robert E. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Project 1821-1831. Augustus M. Kelley, 1969.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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1928: Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek...

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1928

Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek (1891-1966) devised a pregnancy test that examined the increase of pituitary hormones (gonadotrophins) in the pregnant body.
Forbes, Thomas Roger. The Midwife and The Witch. Yale University Press, 1966.
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Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
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19 November 1999: At the conclusion of the parliamentary session,...

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19 November 1999

At the conclusion of the parliamentary session, the House of Lords came to an end as a hereditary legislative chamber, at 5.32 p.m.
White, Michael, and Ewen MacAskill. “Tears and praise as Lords shown door”. Guardian Weekly, 18–24 Nov. 1999, p. 11.
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17 June 1721: Newspapers reported the royal plan for an...

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17 June 1721

Newspapers reported the royal plan for an experiment as to the safety of inoculation against smallpox, to be conducted on inmates of Newgate Prison in London.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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Winslow, Ola Elizabeth. A Destroying Angel: The Conquest of Smallpox in Colonial Boston. Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
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Razzell, Peter E. The Conquest of Smallpox. Caliban Books, 1977.
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Margaret Atwood

Well before the end of the twentieth century MA had become one of Canada's leading writers in multiple genres. She now writes for a global audience who read her more than forty novels , poetry,short...
Margaret Atwood Black-and-white photo of Margaret Atwood standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone, gesturing with her hands, 5 April 1973.

22 September 1980: Iraq invaded Iran, following a border dispute...

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22 September 1980

Iraq invaded Iran, following a border dispute which hinged on control of the waterway separating the two countries. The Iran-Iraq war lasted till July 1988.
Iran-Iraq War. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825449.html.

1974: The Welsh-named county (or local authority...

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1974

The Welsh-named county (or local authority jurisdiction) of Clwyd was formed out of what had been three English-named counties: Flintshire, Denbighshire (most but not all of the ancient county), and part of Merioneth.
Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd / Clwyd Family History Society. http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/index.shtml.

22 June 2010: George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer...

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22 June 2010

George Osborne , Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain's coalition government, announced a budget of unprecedented stringency to tackle unprecedented debt.
“Sunday Times”. The Sunday Times Magazine, 26 Dec. 2010, pp. 22-50.
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1742: Ludwig Holberg's satirical fantasy A Journey...

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1742

Ludwig Holberg 's satirical fantasy A Journey to the World Under-Ground by Nicholas Klimius was first translated into English; it describes several societies enjoying gender equality.
Coleman, Deirdre. “Claire Clairmont and Mary Shelley: identification and rivalry within the ’tribe of the Otaheite philosophers’”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 3, 1999, pp. 309-28.
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1973: The inaugural Businesswoman of the Year award...

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1973

The inaugural Businesswoman of the Year award was bestowed upon Stella Brummel , managing director of the machinery company Benford Ltd .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1932: Considerable excitement was generated by...

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1932

Considerable excitement was generated by the discovery of the site where the revered Sybil of Cumae delivered her prophecies in ancient times, near Naples in Italy.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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1895: Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer published...

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1895

Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer published their influential Studies on Hysteria, a foundational text for psychoanalysis.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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7 October 1950: China invaded Tibet....

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7 October 1950

China invaded Tibet.
Macfarlane, Robert. “The Nominated Boy”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2001, pp. 30-2.
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1 June 1951: Penny Postage for printed matter ended....

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1 June 1951

Penny Postage for printed matter ended.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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November 1968: At a Thanksgiving meeting of the Women's...

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November 1968

At a Thanksgiving meeting of the Women's Liberation Conference in Chicago, USA, Anne Koedt read a paper entitled The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm.
Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books, 1999.
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