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18 June 1815: Napoleon's power was decisively crushed at...

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18 June 1815

Napoleon 's power was decisively crushed at the battle of Waterloo, not far from Brussels.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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24 August 1929: Martial law was declared in Jerusalem after...

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24 August 1929

Martial law was declared in Jerusalem after Jewish and Muslim demonstrations at the Wailing Wall and Arab attacks on Jews.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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18 September 1869: Elizabeth Garrett published a letter in The...

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18 September 1869

Elizabeth Garrett published a letter in The Lancet informing readers that two scholarships were available for women's medical study, each worth £50 for three years.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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28 September 1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, poet, critic, and...

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28 September 1824

Francis Turner Palgrave , poet, critic, and anthologist, was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1851: The Sheffield Women's Political Association...

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1851

The Sheffield Women's Political Association (also known as the Sheffield Women's Rights Association) was founded to urge the inclusion of women in the People's Charter.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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1722: Knatchbull's Act stipulated that poor relief...

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1722

Knatchbull's Act stipulated that poor relief must be given within poorhouses, or workhouses, in which able-bodied paupers were put to work.
Rose, Michael E. The English Poor Law 1780-1930. David and Charles, 1971.
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1784: The world's first school for the blind, the...

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1784

The world's first school for the blind, the Institution Royale pour les Jeunes Aveugles , was opened in Paris by Valentin Haüy .
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
“Reading by Touch”. Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): Publications Archive.

4 May 1961: The first Freedom Riders (racially mixed...

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4 May 1961

The first Freedom Riders (racially mixed groups of civil rights activists who set out to defy illegal segregation of long-haul buses and associated facilities) set out from Washington, DC, heading for New Orleans.
Arsenault, Raymond. Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Oxford University Press, 2006.

1890: Terry's Theatre introduced the first recorded...

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1890

Terry's Theatre introduced the first recorded sound on the English stage, the sound of a baby's cry.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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March 1957: The British Consumers' Association was officially...

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March 1957

The BritishConsumers' Association was officially founded on the model of the Consumers' Union in the USA.
Consumers’ Association. http://www.which.co.uk/.

1680: The first of the London squares, Bloomsbury...

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1680

The first of the London squares, Bloomsbury Square, was developed, setting a style for the houses of the upper classes and urban middle ranks for over a century.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1944: Carol Reed directed the film The Way Ahead,...

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1944

Carol Reed directed the film The Way Ahead, which denoted the change of focus in British film from action-adventure war movies to examinations of the psychological effect of war on people .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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18 September 1986: Dedicated to her parents, Trees in Sheep...

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18 September 1986

Dedicated to her parents, Trees in Sheep Country by Anna Adams was published through Peterloo Poets .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

17 March 1873: The Oxford, one of London's most popular...

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17 March 1873

The Oxford , one of London's most popular music halls, reopened after being rebuilt and redesigned.
Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. David and Charles, 1974.
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Autumn 1791: Anti-slavery campaigners William Wilberforce...

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Autumn 1791

Anti-slavery campaigners William Wilberforce and Henry Thornton launched the Sierra Leone Company , which sought to resettle former slaves on the west coast of Africa, and to promote legitimate trade with the region.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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19 May 1662: The Act of Uniformity made use of the revised...

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19 May 1662

The Act of Uniformity made use of the revised Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England and Wales; it came into use within three months.
Collinson, Patrick. “Holy-Rowly-Powliness”. London Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2001, pp. 33-4.
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23 April 1763: John Wilkes and Charles Churchill's North...

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23 April 1763

John Wilkes and Charles Churchill 's North Briton number 45 attacked the king's speech; the arrest of Wilkes and the printers followed.
Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82.
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Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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6 February 1939: Raymond Chandler, aged fifty-one, published...

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6 February 1939

Raymond Chandler , aged fifty-one, published The Big Sleep, the first and one of the best-known of his seven Philip Marlowe novels, famous as hard-boiled detective fiction.
“Detective Stories”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1936, 11 Mar. 1939, p. 152.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
6 February 2008

15 October 1886: Sigmund Freud presented a paper to the Viennese...

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15 October 1886

Sigmund Freud presented a paper to the Viennese Society of Physicians called On Male Hysteria and established his private practice for the treatment of hysterics in Vienna.
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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June 1940: More than five million women were in civil...

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June 1940

More than five million women were in civil employment in Britain.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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7 June 1840: Frederick William IV became King of Prussia...

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7 June 1840

Frederick William IV became King of Prussia upon the death of Frederick William III .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

Ling Shuhua

A writer and visual artist active primarily between the 1920s and 1950s, LS published short stories, essays, translations, and a memoir whose reception was shaped by frequently restrictive expectations for women writers of her time...
Ling Shuhua Somewhat blurry black and white photograph of Shuhua Ling, leaning back in a chair, holding an open book with large pages. Her hair is straight, jaw-length, and brushed back; she is wearing a pleated dress with a high neck.

Samuel Johnson

Arriving in eighteenth-century London as one more young literary hopeful from the provinces, SJ achieved such a name for himself as an arbiter of poetry, of morality (through his Rambler and other periodical essays and...
Samuel Johnson Portrait of Samuel Johnson painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1772 for Henry Thrale's collection in the library at Streatham Park. Johnson is seated, wearing a wig and brown waistcoat and jacket, with a frown indicating either disagreement or short sight.

1926: The Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed...

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1926

The Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, edited by A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave , was issued by the Bibliographical Society .
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Dahl, Svend. Dahl’s History of the Book. Editor Katz, William A., 3rd English ed., Scarecrow Press, 1995.
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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.

11 July 1923: With a radio programme about film, the BBC...

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11 July 1923

With a radio programme about film, the BBC began its first broadcasts of arts criticism.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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