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By mid-1835: Halley's comet (named after Edmond Halley,...

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By mid-1835

Halley's comet (named after Edmond Halley , who in 1682 had first accurately foretold its next return in 1759) made its second predicted appearance.
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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June-November 1800: Arthur Young made a tour through East Anglia...

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June-November 1800

Arthur Young made a tour through East Anglia and several Southern counties.
Kelly, Gary, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 158. Gale Research, 1996.
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6 June 1844: A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting...

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6 June 1844

A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting female factory workers of eighteen years and over to the same hours as young persons aged thirteen to seventeen.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
161-181
Chapman, Annie Beatrice Wallis, and Mary Wallis Chapman. The Status of Women Under the English Law. George Routledge and Sons, 1909.
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October-December 1922: Sigmund Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle...

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October-December 1922

Sigmund Freud 's Beyond the Pleasure Principle and Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego were published in English translations by the International Psycho-Analytical Press .
Woolmer, J. Howard, and Mary E. Gaither. A Checklist of the Hogarth Press, 1917-1946. Woolmer/Brotherson, 1986.

13 December 1838: The Australian printed the best-known poem...

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13 December 1838

The Australian printed the best-known poem by the Irish-born Australian poet Eliza Dunlop : The Aboriginal Mother, whose subject was suggested by the terrible massacre at Myall Creek that same year.
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.
Dunlop, Eliza. The Aboriginal Mother and Other Poems. Mulini Press, 1981.

10 December 1979: Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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10 December 1979

Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ministering to the poor and homeless of India. Early in the following century the process was set in motion for making her a saint.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

André Gide

AG was a French novelist, playwright, diarist, autobiographer, essayist, and founder of an influential literary magazine. He also wrote controversial works on sexuality and colonialism. He began publishing in the last decade of the nineteenth...

29 May 1585: Westminster, a small settlement near London...

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29 May 1585

Westminster, a small settlement near London with an Abbey, acquired a civic structure under the Statute of Westminster.
Barker, Felix. “Westminster 1585”. History Today, Vol.
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, No. 6, June 1985, pp. 8-15.
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1855: Marion Hartog established the first Jewish...

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1855

Marion Hartog established the first Jewish women's periodical in any language, the Jewish Sabbath Journal.
Galchinsky, Michael. The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer. Wayne State University Press, 1996.
107, 159

1743: The first number appeared of The Foundling...

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1743

The first number appeared of The Foundling Hospital for Wit, an anthology, it claimed, of Brats of Wit and Humour—that is, poems
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discarded by authors embarrassed to own them.
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1231: Cambridge University was granted its first...

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1231

Cambridge University was granted its first charter, by Henry III .
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Leach, Arthur Francis. Educational Charters and Documents, 598-1909. AMS Press, 1971.
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Cobban, Alan B. The Medieval Universities: Their Development and and Organization. Methuen, 1975.
110, 111

31 December 1729: Mary Unknown, a political pamphleteer also...

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31 December 1729

Mary Unknown , a political pamphleteer also writing as Thom Tell Truth , was interrogated before Walpole and Newcastle about her authorship of a libel entitled A Letter to a Member of Parliament in the North.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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November 1939: The Moyne Commission Report blamed the Crown...

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November 1939

The Moyne Commission Report blamed the Crown Colony form of government for disturbances in the Caribbean; it called for stronger labour unions, more elected members of legislative councils, and eventual extension of the vote...

1985-92: Protesters, ranging from the eccentric to...

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1985-92

Protesters, ranging from the eccentric to the suburban middle class, opposed government plans for a major road cutting through the chalk of Twyford Down outside Winchester.
Bryant, Barbara, and Graham Anderson. Twyford Down: Roads, Campaigning and Environmental Law. Spon, 1995.
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16 October 1834: Fire destroyed the British Houses of Parliament,...

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16 October 1834

Fire destroyed the British Houses of Parliament, which were then rebuilt from 1841 to 1863 in the Gothic style.
Phillips, Janet, and Peter Phillips. Victorians at Home and Away. Croom Helm, 1978.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Bell, Quentin. Victorian Artists. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.
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Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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1834: The Adelphi Theatre introduced the mechanical...

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1834

The Adelphi Theatre introduced the mechanical sinking stage into theatre technology.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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22 November 1641: Late at night John Pym's demand, the Grand...

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22 November 1641

Late at night John Pym 's demand, the Grand Remonstrance, passed through Parliament .
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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23 June 1854: Ebenezer Ward and George Lock established...

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23 June 1854

Ebenezer Ward and George Lock established the publishing house of Ward and Lock at 158 Fleet Street, London, the former premises of David Nutt .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 321

1885: The Jewish Association for the Protection...

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1885

The Jewish Association for the Protection of Girls and Women was formed.
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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Jackson, Louise A. Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England. Routledge, 2000.
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1934: The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) passed...

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1934

The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) passed a resolution calling for the legalisation of abortion, becoming the first woman's organisation to pass such a resolution.
Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
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Graves, Pamela M. Labour Women: Women in British Working-Class Politics, 1918-1939. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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December 1837-April 1839: George Grey made two journeys to explore...

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December 1837-April 1839

George Grey made two journeys to explore the coastal areas north of Perth, Western Australia.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
III: 38-40, 74

After 18 February 1914: Leonard Woolf published his second novel,...

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After 18 February 1914

Leonard Woolf published his second novel, The Wise Virgins (which he had begun to write on his honeymoon). Quite different in genre from his first, it is a roman à clef reputedly presenting harsh caricatures...

13 June 1908: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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13 June 1908

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organised a co-ordinated procession in London which included 10,000 women from forty-two organizations.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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1906: At the Annual General Meeting of the Society...

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1906

At the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Authors , George Bernard Shaw deplored the dragging down of literary earnings by groups possessing a non-literary income, particularly married women.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
(Winter 2000) cxi: 4, Shaw Supplement

1864: The monthly periodical What-Not, or Ladies'...

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1864

The monthly periodical What-Not, or Ladies' Handy-Book ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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