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1911: The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was...

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1911

The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was founded.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
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Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
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1888: Louisa Lawson launched The Dawn: A Journal...

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1888

Louisa Lawson launched The Dawn: A Journal for Australian Women.
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm.

By March 1774: Warren Hastings became the first English...

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By March 1774

Warren Hastings became the first English Governor-General of India.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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Johnson, Samuel. The Letters of Samuel Johnson. Editor Redford, Bruce, The Hyde Edition, Princeton University Press, 1992–1994, 5 vols.
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21 March 1960: Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed...

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21 March 1960

Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed when South African police fired into an unarmed Pan-African demonstration against pass laws in the Transvaal; this event became known as the Sharpeville Massacre.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Slovo, Gillian. Ties of Blood. Michael Joseph, 1989.
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3 November 1914: An agreement of alliance between the UK and...

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3 November 1914

An agreement of alliance between the UK and Kuwait gave assurance that the UK would recognize Kuwait as an independent principality under British protection.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1897: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov published at St Petersburg...

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1897

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov published at St PetersburgP'esy, a book of plays.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1816: Special vessels reserved for emigrant traffic...

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1816

Special vessels reserved for emigrant traffic began to carry waves of Irish to North America and Australia.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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Charlotte Despard

CD , who wrote and published during almost sixty years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, began with romantic novels, then allowed her already existent interest in political issues to percolate into her...
Charlotte Despard Black-and-white photo of Charlotte Despard speaking at an anti-fascist rally in at Trafalgar Square in London, c 1930s. She is kneeling forward with her left arm and her waist and her right arm hooked forward in a fist.

By October 1801: Henry Addington, the new Prime Minister,...

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By October 1801

Henry Addington , the new Prime Minister, worked out a proposal for peace with France; but it came to nothing for another five months.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

December 1898: Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood,...

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December 1898

Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood, a monthly improving magazine.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Tye, J. R. Periodicals of the Nineties: A Checklist of Literary Periodicals Published in the British Isles at Longer than Fortnightly Intervals 1890-1899. Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974.
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1826: Everywoman's Book or What is Love?, by Richard...

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1826

Everywoman's Book or What is Love?, by Richard Carlile , was first published as an 18-penny pamphlet.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
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1892: The House of Commons appointed a Select Committee...

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1892

The House of Commons appointed a Select Committee to investigate the work of midwives throughout the country.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Witz, Anne. “Patriarchal Relations and Patterns of Sex Segregation in the Medical Division of Labour”. Gender Segregation at Work, edited by Sylvia Walby, Open University Press, 1988, pp. 74-90.
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1739: A legal case, Olive v. Ingram, opened in...

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1739

A legal case, Olive v. Ingram, opened in London to enquire into a woman's right to hold the parish office of sexton, or to vote in the election of a sexton.
Smith, Hilda L., editor. Women Writers and the Early Modern British Political Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Later 1871: The spiritual songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers...

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Later 1871

The spiritual songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Nashville became popular with British audiences as they toured the country; critics were unsure of how to respond to this new style of music.
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and its Business. Oxford University Press, 1988.
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“History of Fisk”. Fisk University.

8 April 1992: The humour magazine Punch ceased publication...

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8 April 1992

The humour magazine Punch ceased publication after more than a century and a half (since July 1841).
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1901: Sarah Reddish and seven other members of...

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1901

Sarah Reddish and seven other members of the Women's Co-operative Guild presented a pro-suffrage petition signed by about 31,000 textile workers to the House of Commons.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
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24 October 1883: The University College of South Wales and...

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24 October 1883

The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened in Cardiff; it was the first Welsh college to admit women from the start.
Evans, W. Gareth. Education and Female Emancipation: the Welsh Experience, 1847-1914. University of Wales Press, 1990.
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Dent, Harold Collett. 1870-1970: Century of Growth in English Education. Longmans, 1970.
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30 September 1774: Thomas Warton, having issued volume one of...

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30 September 1774

Thomas Warton , having issued volume one of A History of English Poetry this year (with an essay prefixed, Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe, was nearly ready to go to press...

21 February 1931: The Nation and Athenæum (formerly the famous...

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21 February 1931

The Nation and Athenæum (formerly the famous Victorian journal The Athenæum) finally ceased publication.
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.

1905: Englishman Walter Haggar produced the film...

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1905

Englishman Walter Haggar produced the film The Life of Charles Peace, a horror-drama which was shown at fairground theatres.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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Anne Halkett

AH wrote voluminously: a lost diary, a book of advice for boys, and various religious genres such as meditations or essays, often with political implications. She is best known as a down-to-earth or even worldly...
Anne Halkett Colour photograph of a mannequin representing Anne Halkett, sitting at a desk writing, dressed in black with white cap, collar, and cuffs. The picture was taken at the heritage centre (since 2015 struggling for financial support) in Abbot House, Dunfermline, the oldest building in the town where Halkett spent her last three decades.

1870-1885: In the fervent campaign against the Contagious...

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1870-1885

In the fervent campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 900 public meetings were held and 2,606,429 signatures were gathered on 17,367 petitions presented to the House of Commons .
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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22 May 1685: Titus Oates, the informer in the alleged...

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22 May 1685

Titus Oates , the informer in the alleged Popish Plot, was whipped through the London streets at a cart's tail from Newgate Prison , where he was incarcerated, to Tyburn.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

18 November 1749: Jasper Goodwill of Oxford published, in London,...

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18 November 1749

Jasper Goodwill of Oxford published, in London, the first issue of The Ladies' Magazine, aimed at upper- and upper-middle-class women.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Crane, Ronald Salmon et al. A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. University of North Carolina Press; Cambridge University Press, 1927.
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Ferguson, Marjorie. Forever Feminine: Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Femininity. Heinemann, 1983.
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May 1852: Canterbury Hall was opened as the first building...

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May 1852

Canterbury Hall was opened as the first building specifically designed and built as a music hall.
Taylor, John Russell, editor. The Penguin Dictionary of Theatre. 3rd ed., Penguin, 1993.
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