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March 1885: The first issue of the first British anarchist...

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March 1885

The first issue of the first British anarchist journal was edited by Henry Seymour and published by The International Publishing Company in London under the title Anarchist: A Revolutionary Review.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
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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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North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900. http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/defaultLoggedIn.asp.

Elizabeth Bathurst

EB , writing late in the seventeenth century, was one of the most popular women writers to be published by the Sowle Press , the best-known Quaker publishing house. Her three publications (dating from a...

25 September 1906: The Australian House of Representatives passed...

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25 September 1906

The Australian House of Representatives passed a resolution that preference should be given only to British goods brought to Australia by British ships manned by white labour.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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June 1940: Lord Beaverbrook appealed for scrap metal;...

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June 1940

Lord Beaverbrook appealed for scrap metal; women were encouraged to show their patriotism by donating their pots, kettles, pram wheels, and other metal household objects.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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Briggs, Susan. Keep Smiling Through. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975.
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15 October 1937: The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette...

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15 October 1937

The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette de Valois with music by Arthur Bliss , was first performed in London by the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1 January 1983: ARPAnetarp: event # 26623 officially became...

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1 January 1983

ARPAnet officially became the Internet, as all members adopted a single protocol.
Moschovitis, Christos et al. History of the Internet. ABC-CLIO, 1999.
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1856-1862: Charles Knight published The Popular History...

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1856-1862

Charles Knight published The Popular History of England.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1911: Nina Kennard's biography Lafcadio Hearn was...

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1911

Nina Kennard 's biography Lafcadio Hearn was published, featuring letters between Hearn and his half-sister Minnie Charlotte Atkinson .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1-27 May 2005: The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same...

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1-27 May 2005

The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same dates in 2000) statistics from their four-week survey of nineteen major daily and weekly papers. The proportion of book reviews either devoted to or written by women was...

July 1943: Because of the war, petrol, fuel, blankets,...

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July 1943

Because of the war, petrol, fuel, blankets, beer, and food were very scarce.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.

Liz Lochhead

LL , a contemporary Scottish poet and dramatist, has written a number of sketches, monologues, revues, and full-length plays (some of them adapted from canonical works of the past). She names the Glasgow poet Edwin Morgan
Liz Lochhead Portrait photo of Liz Lochhead. She is wearing a beige blazer and a turqoise beaded necklace. Her white hair is cut short and she is standing against a blue/grey backdrop.

5 June 1967: The Six Day War resulted in Israeli victory...

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5 June 1967

The Six Day War resulted in Israeli victory over Egypt, Syria, and Jordan; two days later Israeli forces captured East Jerusalem (the part previously ruled by Jordan).
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Shlaim, Avi. “Capital Folly”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, pp. 21-2.
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Wilson, Andrew Norman. “Gaddafi’s Folly”. London Review of Books, 27 June 2002, pp. 19-20.
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20 January 1843: Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded...

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20 January 1843

Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded the private secretary of Sir Robert Peel , the Prime Minister: his trial for murder changed British legislation on pleas of insanity.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
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Between 900 and 1000: King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered...

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Between 900 and 1000

King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered a translation of the Benedictine Rule into English.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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18 June 1999: Reclaim the Streets, a protest organisation,...

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18 June 1999

Reclaim the Streets , a protest organisation, mounted a demonstration against London banking and business: Stop the City.
Griffiths, Jay. “Diary”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2000, pp. 46-7.
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1883: The Anglican Community of the Epiphany was...

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1883

The Anglican Community of the Epiphany was founded in Truro Cornwall.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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1 February 1845: The first issue of the Prospective Review:...

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1 February 1845

The first issue of the Prospective Review: A Quarterly Journal of Theology and Literature was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 337, 339-41, 347

January 2005: The European Union instituted a market trading...

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January 2005

The European Union instituted a market trading in carbon dioxide emissions from large, fixed installations.
MacKenzie, Donald. “The Political Economy of Carbon Trading”. London Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2007, pp. 29-31.
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30 September 1885: H. Rider Haggard published his first successful...

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30 September 1885

H. Rider Haggard published his first successful adventure novel, King Solomon's Mines (which he said he wrote in six weeks to win a bet with his brother that he could equal Stevenson 's Treasure Island...

22 October 1934: King George V opened the new Cambridge University...

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22 October 1934

King George V opened the new Cambridge University Library designed by Sir Giles Scott .
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1879: Isla Stewart began her nursing career at...

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1879

Isla Stewart began her nursing career at the age of twenty-three as a probationer at the Nightingale Training School .
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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16 August 1851: Harriet Brownlow Byron founded the Anglican...

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16 August 1851

Harriet Brownlow Byron founded the AnglicanSociety of All Saints Sisters of the Poor at 67 Mortimer Street in the town of London Colney in Hertfordshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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April 2005: Béa González, Spanish-born Canadian novelist,...

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April 2005

Béa González , Spanish-born Canadian novelist, published her second novel, the magic-realist The Mapmaker's Opera, set in late nineteenth-century Spain and Mexico. Her first was The Bitter Taste of Time, 1998.
Canton, Jeffrey. “Reviews. The Mapmaker’s Opera by Béa Gonzalez”. Quill and Quire, Apr. 2005.
“Playwrights. Victor Kazan”. doollee.com.

4 April 1857: The Times declared Madeleine Smith to be...

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4 April 1857

The Times declared Madeleine Smith to be possibly guilty of the murder of Emile L'Angelier , her lover.
Liggins, Emma. “The Evil Days of the Female Murderer: Subverted Marriage Plots and the Avoidance of Scandal in the Victorian Sensation Novel”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
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25 November 1863: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the...

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25 November 1863

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the first part of Tales of a Wayside Inn.
Chamberlain, Jacob Chester, and Luther S. Livingston. A Bibliography of the First Editions in Book Form of the Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Privately printed by De Vinne Press, 1908.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.