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1 November 1869-24 August 1870: In Canada the Red River Rebellion was fought...

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1 November 1869-24 August 1870

In Canada the Red River Rebellion was fought over land issues.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 475-6
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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15 September 1940: This date later became unofficially known...

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15 September 1940

This date later became unofficially known as Battle of Britain day: a massive Luftwaffe raid intended for the final defeat of the RAF was successfully countered with huge losses of German planes.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Figes, Eva. Little Eden. Faber and Faber, 1978.
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January 1889: Emma Cons became the first woman to be nominated...

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January 1889

Emma Cons became the first woman to be nominated and to serve as alderman (one step up from a councillor) on the new London County Council , on the basis of her housing activism and...

Isa Craig

Isa Craig was a poet, journalist, editor, and novelist whose literary work was informed by the concerns of the mid-Victorian feminist movement. Her verse appeared in several periodicals, including the feminist English Woman's Journal...

Late October 2003: The magazine Mslexia invited UK publishers...

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Late October 2003

The magazine Mslexia invited UK publishers to nominate women who had published their first poetry volume in the last ten years, in order to pick a Top Ten list.
Taylor, Debbie. “Class of 2004”. Mslexia, Vol.
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, Jan. 2004, pp. 18-19.
Gwyneth Lewis. http://www.gwynethlewis.com.

Jane Harvey

JH became in 1794 an early and unusual practitioner of the new genre of the guidebook. As a poet she begins in introspection and expands to consider, in briskly colloquial style, such topics as political...
Jane Harvey Colour photograph of Tynemouth Castle, subject of Jane Harvey's first novel.

11 September 1905: The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond...

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11 September 1905

The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond Street, London, and quickly ran afoul of the Net Book Agreement.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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1879: Thomas Burberry patented an impervious, breathable,...

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1879

Thomas Burberry patented an impervious, breathable, virtually indestructible fabric he called gaberdine (spelled gabardine in the USA).
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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By the late 1640s: Caribbean sugar production became established...

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By the late 1640s

Caribbean sugar production became established among the colonists on the island of Barbados. An upper-class luxury hitherto imported from Palestine and Syria now became a popular commodity in Britain, and an engine driving...

1879: Splitting from the larger Army and Navy Stores,...

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1879

Splitting from the larger Army and Navy Stores , the Junior Army and Navy Stores were established at York House, in Regent Street, London.
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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Clementina Black

CB wrote on a range of topics across many genres. Her work included six novels, journal articles, short stories, translations, plays, children's literature, and over seventy essays. She edited several journals which emerged from the...
Clementina Black Title page of Clementina Black's second novel, "Orlando", 1879 (1880 on title-page), vol. 1. This story contrasts a lost world of romance with a modern world in which women can be self-directed.

June 1957: India's Women ceased publication from Lo...

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June 1957

India's Women ceased publication from London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1975: Headland published another volume of Anna...

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1975

Headland published another volume of Anna Adams 's poetry, Parabola.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

July 1879-December 1880: A pornographic monthly entitled The Pearl,...

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July 1879-December 1880

A pornographic monthly entitled The Pearl, A Journal of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading ran for eighteen issues.
Battersby, James. “A Prologue after, Not by, Johnson”. Johnsonian News Letter, edited by Robert, Jr DeMaria, Vol.
lv
, No. 2, Sept. 2004, pp. 55-8.
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15 August 1761: While negotiations were in progress to end...

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15 August 1761

While negotiations were in progress to end what was later called the Seven Years' War, the Bourbon kings (of France and Spain) entered the Family Compact, which provided in a secret clause...

1868: James Africanus Beale Horton published at...

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1868

James Africanus Beale Horton published at LondonWest African Countries and Peoples, British and Native, and A Vindication of the African Race, analysing the conditions required to establish self-government for his people.
Edwards, Paul. “Black Writers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”. The Black Presence in English Literature, edited by David Dabydeen and David Dabydeen, Manchester University Press, 1985, pp. 50-67.
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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.

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.
I: 150

1868: Music hall star George Leybourne was engaged...

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1868

Music hall star George Leybourne was engaged for twelve months at the Canterbury music hall in London; his contract required him to drive about the streets in a carriage drawn by four horses, and...

16 January 1761: French forces surrendered to the British...

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16 January 1761

French forces surrendered to the British at Pondicherry, capital of French India, effectively marking the end of French power in India.
Spear, Percival. The Oxford History of Modern India, 1750-1975. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1978.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 136

1655: The Commonwealth government under Cromwell...

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1655

The Commonwealth government under Cromwell clamped down on non-government-sanctioned periodicals.
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
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8 December 1980: Mark David Chapman gunned down singer and...

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8 December 1980

Mark David Chapman gunned down singer and song-writer John Lennon (one of the former Beatles ) on Central Park West, New York.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
8 December 2008

26 August 1936: The Anglo-Egyptian treaty ended British military...

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26 August 1936

The Anglo-Egyptian treaty ended British military occupation of Egypt (except in the Suez Canal zone) and produced a twenty-year alliance between Britain and Egypt.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1901: Douglas Cockerell published his influential...

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1901

Douglas Cockerell published his influential Bookbinding and the Care of Books in London.
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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25 September 1942: The US Army initiated the Manhattan Project,...

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25 September 1942

The US Army initiated the Manhattan Project, headed by General Leslie Groves and Dr Robert Oppenheimer , to conduct research towards an atomic bomb.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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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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November 1895: The University Association of Women Teachers...

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November 1895

The University Association of Women Teachers magazine ceased publication in London.
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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