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9 August 1946: The Arts Council of Great Britain received...

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9 August 1946

The Arts Council of Great Britain received its royal charter; its purpose was to make fine arts more accessible to the public by organizing exhibitions and preserving art.
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
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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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White, Eric W. The Arts Council of Great Britain. Davis-Poynter, 1975.
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January 1933: The first number appeared of the periodical...

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January 1933

The first number appeared of the periodical New Verse, edited by Geoffrey Grigson ; it ran until May 1939.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1868-1880: Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated...

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1868-1880

Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated more than 250,000 obscene prints and photographs.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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Eliza Cook

EC was a highly popular poet, journalist, and editor of the mid-nineteenth century, whose songs in particular circulated very widely: set to music, performed in drawing-rooms, reprinted in single sheets, and collected in manuscript. Her...
Eliza Cook Photograph of a head-and-shoulders painting of Eliza Cook by William Etty, c. 1845. She is shown with her head turned to the side, wearing a red jacket over a white blouse with a large lace collar and a mauve bow tied in the centre. Her dark hair, smooth on top and centre-parted, hangs in loose ringlets around her face.

1924: Leading suffragist Annie Kenney published...

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1924

Leading suffragist Annie Kenney published Memoirs of a Militant, a book bound in WSPU colours: purple cloth, with white and green stripes.
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1686: John Bunyan's A Book for Boys and Girls;...

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1686

John Bunyan 's A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhimes for Children was published.
Bunyan, John. A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhimes for Children. Printed for N. P., 1686.
Demers, Patricia, and Robert Gordon Moyles, editors. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children’s Literature to 1850. Oxford University Press, 1982.
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1652: The Græcian Coffee-House, probably the first...

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1652

The Græcian Coffee-House, probably the first coffee-house in London though not in England, opened in the Strand near the Temple Bar.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison. Selections from the Tatler and Spectator. Editor Ross, Angus, Penguin, 1982.
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March 1902: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing...

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March 1902

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) replaced the Army Nursing Service .
Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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1856: English metallurgist Henry Bessemer discovered...

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1856

English metallurgist Henry Bessemer discovered the Bessemer process, a quick and cheap way of making steel.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1736: Joseph Butler published Analogy of Religion,...

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1736

Joseph Butler published Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, a defence of Christianity against Deism which argued from a principle of reasonable probability.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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13 April 1955: The BBC television show For Deaf Children...

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13 April 1955

The BBC television show For Deaf Children was first aired.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Isabel Hill

IH is best known as a writer for annuals, to which she made at least thirty-four contributions of short stories and comic articles for both children and adults. She wrote six dramas, and also published...
Isabel Hill Title-page of Isabel Hill, "Holiday Dreams", 1829.

1516: Sir Thomas More published, not in England...

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1516

Sir Thomas More published, not in England but at Louvain, his socio-political satire and fantasy Utopia, written in Latin.
Guthkelch, Adolph Charles, and Sir Thomas More. “Note; Introduction”. Utopia, edited by George Sampson and George Sampson, G. Bell and Sons, 1914, p. v - vii; xi-xxv.
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1841: In the British Census, 278 women classified...

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1841

In the British Census, 278 women classified themselves as professional artists.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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July 1190-March 1194: Richard I was absent from England on the...

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July 1190-March 1194

Richard I was absent from England on the Third Crusade, pitted (with other Christian monarchs) against the warrior sultan Saladin .
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
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January 1661: Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second...

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January 1661

Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second Coming and political rule of Christ, and had opposed the Cromwell ian government too) staged an uprising against the new king, Charles II .
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
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July 1728 to June 1753: Jean Barbeyrac and others published at Amsterdam...

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July 1728 to June 1753

Jean Barbeyrac and others published at Amsterdam the quarterly periodical series Bibliothèque raisonnée des ouvrages des savans de l'Europe, in which reviews were anonymous.
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17-18 June 1837: Some 200 soldiers recently enlisted in the...

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17-18 June 1837

Some 200 soldiers recently enlisted in the 1st West India Regiment of Trinidad, and newly arrived from West Africa, organised a mutiny against their British officers.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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Joseph, Edward Lanza. History of Trinidad. Frank Cass, 1970.
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July 1780: Robert Raikes opened his first Sunday sc...

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July 1780

Robert Raikes opened his first Sunday school.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Laqueur, Thomas. Religion and Respectability. Yale University Press, 1976.
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This inaccuracy persists although the Dictionary of National Biography specifically says Raikes's school was not the first.

April 1890: W. T. Stead established the Review of Reviews...

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April 1890

W. T. Stead established the Review of Reviews Office in Mowbray House, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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1977: Blue Jeans, a photostrip romance magazine...

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1977

Blue Jeans, a photostrip romance magazine for teenagers, began publication by D. C. Thomson in London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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5 September 1793: The Reign of Terror began in earnest in Paris...

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5 September 1793

The Reign of Terror began in earnest in Paris with Billaud-Varenne declaring in the National Convention that terror would be the order of the day.
Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Connelly, Owen, editor. Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815. Greenwood Press, 1985.
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11 February 1929: Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat...

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11 February 1929

Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat with the Pope : this gave sanction to the Fascist regime in Italy, and set up the independent microstate of Vatican City in Rome.
Johnson, Richard William. “I’m all for it”. London Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2000, pp. 11-12.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
“12 February 1929. Fascism and the Vatican”. Guardian Weekly, 12 Feb. 2016, p. 22.

1917: Humourist P. G. Wodehouse published The Man...

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1917

Humourist P. G. Wodehouse published The Man With Two Left Feet, a volume of stories containing the debut of his famous young upper-class twit Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

Walter Bagehot