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1831: Patrick Fintan Lalor organized Irish Catholic...

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1831

Patrick Fintan Lalor organized Irish Catholic non-compliance with Anglican tithe obligations, initiating civil disobedience in Ireland.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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3 April 1943: The BBC's programme Saturday Night Theatre...

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3 April 1943

The BBC 's programme Saturday Night Theatre began.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1946: The Report from the Equal Pay Commission...

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1946

The Report from the Equal Pay Commission argued that equal pay was appropriate only in certain cases.
Wilson, Elizabeth. Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968. Tavistock, 1980.
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Mackie, Lindsay, and Polly Pattullo. Women at Work. Tavistock, 1977.
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1789: A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous...

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1789

A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous Swedenborgians , A Plan for a Free Community upon the Coast of Africa, was panned by the Critical Review.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
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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.

April 1936: The League of Nations mounted an investigation...

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April 1936

The League of Nations mounted an investigation into Italy's alleged use of poison gas in its invasion of Ethiopia (violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol).
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
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10 May 1849: John Ruskin published The Seven Lamps of...

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10 May 1849

John Ruskin published The Seven Lamps of Architecture, a seminal text for the Arts and Crafts movement.
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

28 January 1547: King Henry VIII died, and the youngest of...

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28 January 1547

King Henry VIII died, and the youngest of his children (the only boy among them) assumed the throne of England and Wales as Edward VI .
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Margaret Drabble

MD is a prolific, resourceful, and often surprising novelist and short-story writer, with a high reputation as a literary historian and critic. She is still widely identified with one of her early styles: the kitchen-sink...
Margaret Drabble Photo of Margaret Drabble signing a book at Beverley Bookfest in Yorkshire on 15 October 2011. She wears a white cardigan over black, a necklace, and glasses.

1678: Ann Bathurst, a middle-class member of Jane...

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1678

Ann Bathurst , a middle-class member of Jane Lead 's religious sect, was visited by an angel; as a consequence she began to keep a diary of her visions.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
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1 December 1918: One of the many post-war treaties set up...

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1 December 1918

One of the many post-war treaties set up a combined kingdom of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia: in January 1929 this became known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Murphy, Dervla. Through the Embers of Chaos. J. Murray, 2002.
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14 March 1829: Captain Frederick Marryat anonymously published...

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14 March 1829

Captain Frederick Marryat anonymously published his first novel, The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Ann Fisher

AF was remarkable first for getting herself an education above the expectations of her class, and then for publishing (from her position within the later eighteenth-century provincial book trade) an English grammar and dictionary (both...
Ann Fisher Fleuron or printer's ornament from Ann Fisher's pedagogical anthology of poems and extracts, "The Pleasing Instructor. or Entertaining Moralist", 1756.

14 March 1733: Sir Robert Walpole first proposed the immensely...

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14 March 1733

Sir Robert Walpole first proposed the immensely controversial Excise Bill.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
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19 February 2007: Sarah Thomas, an American, made history when...

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19 February 2007

Sarah Thomas , an American, made history when she became the first woman and the first non-British person appointed Bodley's Librarian: head librarian at Oxford University 's Bodleian Library (opened on 8 November 1602).
Garner, Richard. “A double-first at the Bodleian library as US woman takes over”. The Independent, 21 Feb. 2007.
“First woman to become Bodley’s Librarian”. University of Oxford: News, 16 Nov. 2006.

2 February 1831: Gregory XVI was chosen Pope after the death...

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2 February 1831

Gregory XVI was chosen Pope after the death of Pius VIII .
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Bury, John Bagnell, and Frederick Clifton Grant. History of the Papacy in the Nineteenth Century: Liberty and Authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Editor Murray, Robert Henry, Augmented edition, Schocken Books, 1964.
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1859: Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation...

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1859

Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation ArmyCatherine Booth published the pamphlet Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
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.
Willett, Perry, and Perry Willett, editors. “Victorian Women Writers Project”. Indiana University.

Spring 1978: Patches, a weekly photostrip romance magazine...

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Spring 1978

Patches, a weekly photostrip romance magazine for teenagers, began publication from D. C. Thomson in London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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1795-7: Margaret Leeson, alias Peg Plunkett, who...

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1795-7

Margaret Leeson , alias Peg Plunkett, who was well-known for her thirty years as a courtesan and brothel-keeper, mostly in Dublin, set out to raise cash by publishing Memoirs of Mrs. Margaret Leeson.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

19 July 1870: Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, initiating...

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19 July 1870

Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Millman, Richard. British Foreign Policy and the Coming of the Franco-Prussian War. Clarendon, 1965.
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Raymond, Dora Neill. British Policy and Opinion During the Franco-Prussian War. AMS, 1967.
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Carr, William. The Origins of the Wars of German Unification. Longman, 1991.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Dupuy, R. Ernest, and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present. 2nd ed., Jane’s, 1986.
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14 May 1842: Alfred Tennyson published two volumes of...

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14 May 1842

Alfred Tennyson published two volumes of Poems.
Wise, Thomas J. A Bibliography of the Writings of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1967, 2 Vols.
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Ricks, Christopher. Tennyson. Macmillan, 1972.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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1860: Charles Frederick Worth introduced in Paris...

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1860

Charles Frederick Worth introduced in Paris a short crinoline for walking which exposed the wearer's ankles.
Carter, Ernestine. Magic Names of Fashion. Prentice-Hall, 1980.
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1675: Jean Racine's heroic tragedy Iphigénie, first...

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1675

Jean Racine 's heroic tragedy Iphigénie, first produced on stage the previous year, was published.
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27 May 1941: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk following...

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27 May 1941

The German battleship Bismarck was sunk following a chase by British ships.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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16 September 1882: Edward Bouverie Pusey, academic and theologian,...

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16 September 1882

Edward Bouverie Pusey , academic and theologian, died at Ascot Priory, Ascot, Berkshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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10 December 1977: Amnesty International, the London-based organization...

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10 December 1977

Amnesty International , the London-based organization for monitoring the treatment of political prisoners, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.