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1890: Matron Margaret Huxley opened Elpis, the...

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1890

Matron Margaret Huxley opened Elpis, the first nursing home in Ireland catering to a private clientele.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1 January 1969: Sunderland Technical College (founded in...

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1 January 1969

SunderlandTechnical College (founded in 1908 with seventy students, male and female) became Sunderland Polytechnic . In 1992 it was granted university status.
“Our History”. University of Sunderland.

13 August 1704: Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the...

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13 August 1704

Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the French army at Blenheim in Bavaria.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

May 1819, May 1820: These months were scheduled for the removal...

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May 1819, May 1820

These months were scheduled for the removal of thousands of subsistence farmers and their families from the Highland estates of Lord and Lady Stafford (later the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ) in the Sutherland...

1931: Woman Clerk: the Organ of the Association...

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1931

Woman Clerk: the Organ of the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries ceased publication.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Annie Keary

AK , writing in the second half of the nineteenth century, produced both children's books and adult novels, as well as some translation and journalism, sometimes in collaboration with her sister Eliza. Her fiction for...

12 April 1877: The Transvaal in South Africa was annexed...

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12 April 1877

The Transvaal in South Africa was annexed for the UK when Sir Theophilus Shepstone marched into it with twenty-five policemen and a Union Jack,
Gilderdale, Betty. The Seven Lives of Lady Barker. Canterbury University Press, 2009.
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as Anthony Trollope put it.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Gilderdale, Betty. The Seven Lives of Lady Barker. Canterbury University Press, 2009.
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10 December 1969: Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain...

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10 December 1969

Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton shared the prize with Norway's Odd Hassel ; they were recognized for their contributions to the development of...

Autumn 1834: Charles Babbage envisioned the Analytical...

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Autumn 1834

Charles Babbage envisioned the Analytical Engine or calculating machine, an advance on his previous work on the Difference Engine and precursor to the modern computer.
Hyman, Anthony. Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer. Princeton University Press, 1982.
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Hyman, Anthony, editor. Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Swade, Doron. Charles Babbage and his Calculating Engines. Science Museum, 1991.
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Stanley, Autumn. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Scarecrow Press, 1993.
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Baum, Joan. The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron. Archon Books, 1986.
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1939: A law operative in New York State decreed...

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1939

A law operative in New York State decreed that hospitals must house newborn babies in a separate room from their mothers.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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: To mark International Women's Day, people...

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2017-03-08

To mark International Women's Day, people in London and around the world took part in A Day Without Women and the International Women's Strike.
“A Day Without Women”. Women’s March London.
Siegal, Ida. “Thousands Strike, March and Rally in NYC for ‘A Day Without a Woman’”. NBC New York, 8 Mar. 2017.

1647: The slave trade carried the germs of yellow...

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1647

The slave trade carried the germs of yellow fever from Africa to North America.
Laqueur, Thomas. “Even Immortality”. London Review of Books, 29 July 1999, pp. 3-9.
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1896: Another domestic advice book by Jane Ellen...

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1896

Another domestic advice book by Jane Ellen Panton , Suburban Residences and How to Circumvent Them, was published.
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.

1993: Rupert Murdoch, millionaire Australian proprietor...

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1993

Rupert Murdoch , millionaire Australian proprietor of The Times, cut its cost by a third, instituting a price war with the Daily Telegraph; both papers lost millions in profit.
Stevens, Ronald. “A Different Sort of Tory”. London Review of Books, 12 Dec. 2002, pp. 16-17.
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May 1926: The British College of Nurses was established,...

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May 1926

The British College of Nurses was established, with Ethel Fenwick as president and her husband Dr Bedford Fenwick as treasurer.
Abel-Smith, Brian. A History of the Nursing Profession. Heinemann, 1960.
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Cowie, Anne. “Organized Labour”. Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting since 1900, edited by Peta Allen and Moya Jolley, Faber and Faber, 1982.
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1852: The shilling Ladies' Monthly Magazine began...

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1852

The shilling Ladies' Monthly Magazine began publication in London; it ran until 1897.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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By August 1833: Agnes Bulmer née Collinson (1775-1836) published...

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By August 1833

Agnes Bulmer née Collinson (1775-1836) published her Methodist epic poem Messiah's Kingdom, in nearly 14,000 lines of rhymed couplets.
Winckles, Andrew O. “The Book of Nature and the Methodist Epic: Agnes Bulmer’s Analogic Poetics and the End(s) of Romanticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 2, May 2015, pp. 209-28.
219, 210

1822: Charles Fourier published Traite de l'association...

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1822

Charles Fourier published Traite de l'association domestique-agricole.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
364

January 1963: Kim Philby, perhaps the cleverest of the...

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January 1963

Kim Philby , perhaps the cleverest of the group of Britons who had been spying for Soviet Russia for years, was confronted with his guilt and offered immunity in exchange for a full confession. Instead...

November 1921: A London which had been far less plagued...

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November 1921

A London which had been far less plagued by fog during the last forty years (thanks to gas fires and cookers, and electric motors replacing steam) was suddenly afflicted by conditions of dense smog.
Ascherson, Neal. “Brown Goo like Marmite”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 19, 8 Oct. 2015, pp. 5-8.
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Late 1945: André Deutsch established the publishing...

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Late 1945

André Deutsch established the publishing firm Allan Wingate in Great Cumberland Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
95, 342
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
89-90

: 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.

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

24 May 1855: On this date, The London Times contained...

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24 May 1855

On this date, The London Times contained 2,575 advertisements within its sixteen pages.
Fenstermaker, John J. “Thomas Carlyle, Popular Advertising, and the Commerical Spirit in Victorian England”. Studies in Popular Culture, Vol.
15
, No. 1, 1992, pp. 25-36.
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1708: John Marten (already known for a treatise...

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1708

John Marten (already known for a treatise on venereal disease) published Gonosologium Novum, or A New System of all the Secret Infirmities and Diseases.
Porter, Roy. “’Laying Aside any Private Advantage’: John Marten and Venereal Disease”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and Prance, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 51-67.
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