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1870: Western Australia was granted responsible...

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1870

Western Australia was granted responsible and representative government.
Colebatch, Sir Hal, editor. A Story of A Hundred Years: Western Australia 1829-1929. F. W. Simpson, Government Printer, 1929.
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Crowley, Francis Keble. Australia’s Western Third: A History of Western Australia from the first settlements to modern times. St Martin’s, 1960.
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Stannage, Tom. A New History of Western Australia. University of Western Australia Press, 1981.
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1833: A temporary hospital was opened in Dublin...

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1833

A temporary hospital was opened in Dublin by the Irish Sisters of Charity , with room for twelve patients.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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1913: Jessie Lawson published Lays and Lyrics,...

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1913

Jessie Lawson published Lays and Lyrics, a poetry collection.
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.
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.

1 September 1969: The aged King Idris of Libya, a paternalistic...

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1 September 1969

The aged King Idris of Libya, a paternalistic ruler and an ally of the West, was deposed and the army took power in his place.
“2 September 1969. Of kings and colonels in Libya”. Guardian Weekly, 2 Sept. 2011, p. 22.
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Sarah Josepha Hale

SJH , nineteenth-century American woman of letters and one of that country's earliest female professional journalists, wrote or edited about fifty books. These include fiction, household advice, works for children (she is the author of...
Sarah Josepha Hale Half-length painting of Sarah Josepha Hale by James Reid Lambdin, c. 1831. She stands at a slight turn against an outdoor nighttime scene, wearing a black dress that sits low on her shoulders, with white at the neckline. Her dark hair, pulled back, hangs in ringlets around her face.

1623: William Whately's controversial treatise...

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1623

William Whately 's controversial treatise A Bride-Bush; or, A Direction for Married Persons appeared in a corrected second edition.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
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1 September 1925: The Charleston dance appeared in England...

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1 September 1925

The Charleston dance appeared in England.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

Elizabeth Major

EM 's one published collection, 1656, contains religious prose and verse. Of these the verse is much the more interesting.

October 1937: Sir William Coldstream founded the Euston...

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October 1937

Sir William Coldstream founded the Euston Road School of drawing and painting. The school promoted the idea of natural realism, focussing on observation and the use of the model, and moving away from abstraction.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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6 July 1839: In A Diary in America, Frederick Marryat...

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6 July 1839

In A Diary in America, Frederick Marryat promoted the stereotype that middle-class Americans adhered to a more strict paradigm of prudishness than their British counterparts, and apparently gave rise to the myth that Victorians...

By 1800: 750,000 men and women belonged to Female...

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By 1800

750,000 men and women belonged to Female Friendly Societies .
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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1930: Gladys Aylward went to Shanxi, China, and...

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1930

Gladys Aylward went to Shanxi, China, and established the Inn of the Sixth Happiness , her mission base for preaching and teaching the gospel.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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1845: The Royal College of Chemistry was estab...

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1845

The Royal College of Chemistry was established.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
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1870s: Henry Maudsley was principal editor of the...

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1870s

Henry Maudsley was principal editor of the Journal of Mental Science, the journal of the Medico-Psychological Association .
Collie, Michael. Henry Maudsley: Victorian Psychiatrist. West End House, 1988, http://HSS.
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8 December 1786: The Times (not yet using its final and best-known...

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8 December 1786

The Times (not yet using its final and best-known title) attributed the alleged rise in the number of prostitutes to the male takeover of traditionally female jobs (for example, milliner, dress-maker, stay-maker, and so on)....

1949: Human sperm was first frozen in the United...

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1949

Human sperm was first frozen in the United States using liquid nitrogen.
Chen, Serena H., and Edward E. Wallach. “Five Decades of Progress in Management of the Infertile Couple”. Fertility and Sterility, Vol.
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, No. 4, Oct. 1994, pp. 665-85.
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Wood, Clive. Vasectomy and Sterilization. Temple Smith, 1974.
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By October 1928: Stephen Spender, as an Oxford undergraduate,...

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By October 1928

Stephen Spender , as an Oxford undergraduate, self-published a booklet of poems entitled Nine Experiments.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

3 January 1888: Marvin Chester Stone of the USA patented...

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3 January 1888

Marvin Chester Stone of the USA patented an artificial drinking straw made of paper coated with paraffin.
Kesterson, Michael. “Social Studies: A Daily Miscellany of Information”. The Globe and Mail, 3 Jan. 2000, p. A18.
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1783: James Graham announced in the Public Advertiser...

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1783

James Graham announced in the Public Advertiser his intention of prosecuting the Rambler's Magazine (which was known for pornography) for printing his Lecture on Generation (i.e. procreation).
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1952: With transatlantic air travel a commonplace...

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1952

With transatlantic air travel a commonplace and space programmes in operation, ocean liners continued a popular mode of travel. The United States set a record by crossing the Atlantic in three days, ten hours and...

1842: A bill to legalize marriage between a man...

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1842

A bill to legalize marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister was introduced in the House of Commons . It did not pass.
Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
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Behrman, Cynthia Fansler. “The Annual Blister: A Sidelight on Victorian Social History and Parliamentary History”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
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, June 1968, pp. 483-02.
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Sarah Chapone

SC was not only an active networker in the cause of women during the earlier half of the eighteenth century; she also published two works (both hard to categorise because of their originality and their...
Sarah Chapone Title-page of Sarah Chapone's "The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives. With an Explanation of the Original Curse of Subjection . . . ", published anonymously in 1735. The extended title is followed by texts from the Old Testament, the publisher's colophon, and the price (one shilling).

Grace, Lady Mildmay

GLM , an amateur medical practitioner with unusual depth of skill and range of clients, left a mass of medical notes and recipes dating from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She also wrote...

19 January 1944: A plainclothes policeman and a naval officer...

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19 January 1944

A plainclothes policeman and a naval officer interrupted a seance conducted at Portsmouth in Hampshire by Scottish spiritualist medium Helen Duncan , and arrested her and three of her audience.
“Scotland’s Last Witch”. BBC History: Modern Scotland: History Oddities.
Heselton, Philip. “Letter”. Guardian Weekly, 12–18 July 2001, p. 14.
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13 December 1800: William Godwin's five-act verse tragedy Antonio...

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13 December 1800

William Godwin 's five-act verse tragedy Antonio was performed for the first and last time at Drury Lane . It was rejected by the audience, not with hissing but with coughing.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
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