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7 August 1821: George IV's estranged wife, Queen Caroline,...

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7 August 1821

George IV 's estranged wife, Queen Caroline, died.
Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
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Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
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Hélène Gingold

HG dabbled in many genres. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, she wrote four books of poetry, three novels, two short story collections, two plays, and two volumes of satirical sketches of persons...

August 1941: Shortages in all manner of goods led to longer...

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August 1941

Shortages in all manner of goods led to longer queues and a bustling black market in uncontrolled foods.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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: Lord Bute convinced the Prince of Wales (later...

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Spring 1760

Lord Bute convinced the Prince of Wales (later George III) of his duty not to marry Lady Sarah Lennox , and hinted at a possible marriage with a German princess.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
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8 May 1660: Charles II was officially proclaimed king,...

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8 May 1660

Charles II was officially proclaimed king, in London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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Dorothy Whipple

DW was a popular and successful serious novelist from the 1920s to the 1950s, who also published short stories and a delightful childhood autobiography, and from whose notebooks a form of adult literary autobiography was...
Dorothy Whipple Colour photograph of a blue plaque on the brick wall of Dorothy Whipple's birthplace in Blackburn, Lancs. The plaque has a coat of arms at the top, and reads "The novelist Dorothy Whipple (née Stirrup) (1893-1966) was born in this house on 26th February 1893."

February 1855: Governess Célestine Doudet stood trial for...

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February 1855

Governess Célestine Doudet stood trial for manslaughter after being accused of violence resulting in the unintended death of Mary Ann Marsden , one of the children in her care.
Hartman, Mary S. Victorian Murderesses. Schocken Books, 1977.
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31 December 1994: The Collected Stories of Grace Paley appeared,...

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31 December 1994

The Collected Stories of Grace Paley appeared, collecting the contents of her three volumes of short fiction, 1959, 1974, and 1985.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

17 February 1936: The Abortion Law Reform Association was founded...

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17 February 1936

The Abortion Law Reform Association was founded to reform the law as enshrined in the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861. The idea arose from a conference organized the previous year by a doctor...

1880s: Many local Women's Liberal Associations ...

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1880s

Many local Women's Liberal Association s formed.
Walker, Linda. “Party Political Women: A Comparative Study of Liberal Women and the Primrose League, 1890-1914”. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 165-91.
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Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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: The Gunning sisters arrived in London from...

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Summer 1751

The Gunning sisters arrived in London from Ireland, and created a sensation with their beauty: Maria was aged around seventeen and Elizabeth was a year younger.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1805: The East India Company established a training...

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1805

The East India Company established a training college for civil servants.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
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13 February 1689: James II having fled the kingdom the previous...

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13 February 1689

James II having fled the kingdom the previous December, and his place been taken by his elder daughter and her husband, they assumed the throne jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II ...

12 February 1722: The Quarantine Act received the royal as...

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12 February 1722

The Quarantine Act received the royal assent.
Defoe, Daniel. A Journal of the Plague Year. Editor Landa, Louis, Oxford University Press, 1969.
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13 April 1852: The Northern Star, a major chartist paper,...

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13 April 1852

The Northern Star, a major chartist paper, ceased publication.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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: The Paris Review launched Feminize Your Canon,...

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2018-06-13

The Paris Review launched Feminize Your Canon, a monthly column that explores the lives of underrated and underread female authors.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Olivia Manning”. The Paris Review, 13 June 2018.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Violette Leduc”. The Paris Review, 8 Sept. 2018.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Rosario Castellanos”. The Paris Review, 17 Sept. 2018.

17 August 1801: Fredrika Bremer, author and women's rights...

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17 August 1801

Fredrika Bremer , author and women's rights activist, was born in Åbo (now Turku), Finland, then a part of Sweden.
Bremer, Fredrika, and Fredrika Bremer. “Biography”. Life, Letters, and Posthumous Works of Fredrika Bremer, edited by Charlotte Bremer et al., translated by. Frederick Milow, Emily Nonnen, Hurd and Houghton, 1868, pp. 1-100.

November 1903: The newly independent republic of Panama...

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November 1903

The newly independent republic of Panama granted the territory of the Panama Canal Zone to the United States.
Deas, Malcolm. “Letter”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, p. 4.
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Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

3 November 1957: Sputnik 2 was launched by the Soviet Union,...

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3 November 1957

Sputnik 2 was launched by the Soviet Union, carrying a dog named Laika, the first animal to reach orbit around the earth.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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“Space Dogs”. BBC 4.
Wainwright, Oliver. “Canine conquerors of the cosmos”. Guardian Weekly, 3 Oct. 2014, p. 41.

1 April 1905: Penny Post became available one way from...

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1 April 1905

Penny Post became available one way from the United Kingdom to Australia.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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Rosamund Marriott Watson

RMW published under several names during the later nineteenth and early twentieth century seven volumes of poetry, one novel, some articles, and many literary reviews. She edited Sylvia's Journal, as well as several other...

30 March 1730: Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce opened...

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30 March 1730

Henry Fielding 's The Author's Farce opened at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket , which was currently presenting its first season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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Alicia Tyndal Palmer

During a six-year period (1809-15) ATP produced two novels, a biography, and a volume of stories. She specialised in the historical.

By 1927: English Electric was producing cookers, bowl...

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By 1927

English Electric was producing cookers, bowl fires, and irons to sell to the domestic British market.
Hardyment, Christina. From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work. Polity Press, 1988.
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11 August 1875: The Sale of Food and Drugs Act drastically...

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11 August 1875

The Sale of Food and Drugs Act drastically reduced the adulteration of common foods.
Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.