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By 5 April 1832: James Sheridan Knowles published his most...

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By 5 April 1832

James Sheridan Knowles published his most successful play, The Hunchback.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
539

1851: In a novel entitled The Female Jesuit, or,...

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1851

In a novel entitled The Female Jesuit, or, a Spy in the Family, Jemima Luke presents a Roman Catholic young woman, Marie, taken in by a Protestant family, where she makes all kinds of trouble.
Peschier, Diana. “Vulnerable Women and the Danger of Gliding Jesuits: England in the Nineteenth Century”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
11
, No. 2, 2004, pp. 281-0.
285-6

6 April 2007: Public authorities in the UK were charged...

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6 April 2007

Public authorities in the UK were charged with a legal obligation to promote gender equality and to eliminate sexual discrimination and harassment.
Bawden, Anna. “The gender agenda”. Guardian Unlimited, 21 Mar. 2007.

1849: J. A. Froude, writing as Zeta published his...

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1849

J. A. Froude , writing as Zeta published his novel The Nemesis of Faith.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
377
Clough, Arthur Hugh. The Correspondence of Arthur Hugh Clough. Editor Mulhauser, Frederick L., Clarendon, 1957, 2 vols.
246-7
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Arabella Shore

AS was a poet, translator, and occasional critic who died at the end of the nineteenth century. Like her sister Louisa Catherine , she was chiefly interested in public and national topics.

1965: The Certificate of Secondary Education was...

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1965

The Certificate of Secondary Education was introduced in the United Kingdom.
Armytage, Walter Harry Green. Four Hundred Years of English Education. Second, Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Martin, Christopher. A Short History of English Schools, 1750-1965. Wayland, 1979.
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1926: As Mrs Stanley Wrench, Mollie Stanley Wrench...

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1926

As Mrs Stanley Wrench, Mollie Stanley Wrench published another adaptation of operatic tales illustrated by T. Peddie , More Stories of Famous Operas.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1899-1900: Leo Tolstoy serially published his novel...

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1899-1900

Leo Tolstoy serially published his novel Resurrection.
Simmons, Ernest, and Philip Atkinson. “Introduction to Tolstoy’s Writings: Chapter 11: Resurrection”. Library of Mainly Eighteenth Century Authors: Literary Criticism.

1654: A young French priest, Father Antoine Biet,...

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1654

A young French priest, Father Antoine Biet , visited British-held Barbados and Surinam in the Caribbean; his account of his journey, published in 1664, mentions the low cost of the slaves and the huge...

16 March 1649: Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois...

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16 March 1649

Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois and murdered at St-Ignace, Huronia (in what would become Ontario, Canada).
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

Elinor Glyn

EG , a highly prolific and popular twentieth-century romancenovelist, also wrote comedies of manners, and screenplays (mostly for silent films). The sexual candour of her novels shocked her Edwardian public: she became particularly known for...
Elinor Glyn Black and white photo of Elinor Glyn from the waist up. She is wearing drop ear-rings, a fur hat, and a fur-trimmed coat over a suit. Her hands are in a fur muff. Her hair is short, in luxuriant curls. Her gaze is directed at the viewer.

Amy Levy

AL was a precocious writer who died (in 1889) so young that all her work might in other circumstances be classed as juvenilia. She is a remarkable poet, melancholy but forceful and individual. Some of...
Amy Levy Black and white photograph of Amy Levy, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a dark dress with a light lacy collar, and her dark hair is pulled back.

June 1920: The Coming Day, from the Free Church League...

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June 1920

The Coming Day, from the Free Church League for Women's Suffrage , ended its monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1894: William Hollins patented a wool/cotton blend...

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1894

William Hollins patented a wool/cotton blend fabric under the trade name Viyella.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
191

5 August 1971: The Finance Act for the first time made provision...

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5 August 1971

The Finance Act for the first time made provision for a British husband and wife to apply to have their earnings taxed separately.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1971): 1195
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
338

1 January 1778: A print by John Collet was published, showing...

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1 January 1778

A print by John Collet was published, showing two cheerful sportswomen, Miss Trigger and Miss Wicket, who excel respectively at the unfeminine sports of shooting and cricket.
Williams, Carolyn. “’Half a Charge, and No Wadding’: Women and Guns in the Eighteenth Century”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
25
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2002, pp. 247-65.
252-4

Mary Shelley

MS , long known almost exclusively for Frankenstein, is now being read for her later novels and her plays, as well as for her journals and letters. Her editing, reviewing, biographical, and journalistic work...
Mary Shelley Half-length painting of Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell, exhibited 1840. She sits on a red-draped couch, gazing serenely forward, wearing a black dress that leaves her shoulders bare. She has a gold waistband and gold band in her hair. A vertical streak of light on the right is thought by some to represent the spirit of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. National Portrait Gallery.

9 September 1835: Parliament extended Martin's Act, which outlawed...

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9 September 1835

Parliament extended Martin's Act, which outlawed cruelty to domestic animals, to include cats and dogs.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.

1 November 1818: William Hazlitt gave the first lecture in...

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1 November 1818

William Hazlitt gave the first lecture in his series entitled Lectures on the English Comic Writers.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
21 (1819): 264
Keynes, Geoffrey, Sir. Bibliography of William Hazlitt. Second Edition, St. Paul’s Bibliographies, 1981.
46-7

1857: Louis Pasteur published his paper Memoire...

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1857

Louis Pasteur published his paper Memoire sur la fermentation appelée lactique, on bacteria and fermentation.
Yarwood, Doreen. Five Hundred Years of Technology in the Home. B. T. Batsford, 1983.
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Dubos, René J., and Gerald L. Geison. Pasteur and Modern Science. Editor Brock, Thomas D., New illustrated ed., Science Tech Publishers; Springer-Verlag, 1988.
35

Late 1918: Women in Germany received enfranchisement...

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Late 1918

Women in Germany received enfranchisement after the armistice; they first voted the following year.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

July 1854: Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria sent an...

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July 1854

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria sent an ultimatum to Russia, demanding the evacuation of Russian troops from the Danubian Principalities.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
207

29 December 1621: The Witch of Edmonton, a tragicomedy collaboratively...

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29 December 1621

The Witch of Edmonton, a tragicomedy collaboratively written by Thomas Dekker , John Ford , William Rowley and others, had its first specifically recorded performance, among the Court's Christmas entertainments; it had reached the...

27 February 1706: John Evelyn, scientific enquirer and man...

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27 February 1706

John Evelyn , scientific enquirer and man of letters, died. He is now best-known for the diary which was not discovered till a century after his death.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

26 September 2009: The Guardian newspaper carried a number of...

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26 September 2009

The Guardian newspaper carried a number of poems and short prose pieces commissioned in support of the 10:10 initiative to reduce carbon emissions.
“10:10 Review climate change special”. The Guardian, 26 Sept. 2009.