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November 1883: Japan announced itself open to foreign t...

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November 1883

Japan announced itself open to foreign trade.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Celia Moss

Celia Moss was a short-story writer and poet who began her career as a collaborator with her sister Marion . Her works focus on Jewish culture and spirituality, while querying the early Victorian construction of...

January 1850: The London Mesmeric Infirmary opened at 9...

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January 1850

The London Mesmeric Infirmary opened at 9 Bedford Street, Bedford Square, and was patronized by a number of respectable citizens including the second Earl of Ducie , who served as president.
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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November 1880: Arthur Munby published anonymously Dorothy:...

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November 1880

Arthur Munby published anonymously Dorothy: A Country Story with Kegan Paul .
Hudson, Derek, and Arthur Joseph Munby. Munby, Man of Two Worlds. J. Murray, 1972.
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9 August 1854: Henry David Thoreau published Walden, or...

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9 August 1854

Henry David Thoreau published Walden, or Life in the Woods.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
9 August 2016

Between December 1981 and summer 1985: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Between December 1981 and summer 1985

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked the advance of AIDS in that country, from 152 cases in late 1981 to over 12,000 cases in mid 1985.
Crewe, Tom. “Here was a plague”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 18, 27 Sept. 2018, pp. 7-16.

January 1868: Julia Margaret Cameron held a solo exhibition...

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January 1868

Julia Margaret Cameron held a solo exhibition of photographic works at London's German Gallery , for which she rented the space.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1944: Universal adult suffrage was gained in J...

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1944

Universal adult suffrage was gained in Jamaica.
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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22 August 1798: A French invasion force landed at Killala,...

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22 August 1798

A French invasion force landed at Killala, County Mayo, Ireland: joined by some Irish reinforcements, it won a victory at Castlebar but was finally defeated near Granard, County Longford, by British troops. The...

February 1870: The final issue of Atlantis was publishe...

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February 1870

The final issue of Atlantis 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.
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1947-1948: Britain, which was considered America's major...

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1947-1948

Britain, which was considered America's major overseas film market, declared a 75% tax increase on foreign film earnings. America struck back with a complete embargo on film exports to Britain which persisted for eight months.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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30 March 1638: John Wilkins entered in the Stationers' Register...

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30 March 1638

John Wilkins entered in the Stationers' RegisterDiscovery of a World in the Moone, an early fictional response to features of the moon's surface newly made visible by telescopes; it was printed this year.
Cavendish, Margaret. “Introduction”. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, edited by Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, 2000, pp. 9-37.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

13 August 1704: Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the...

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13 August 1704

Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the French army at Blenheim in Bavaria.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

27 May 1682: Mary of Modena, wife of the future James...

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27 May 1682

Mary of Modena , wife of the future James II , arrived in England.
McGovern, Barbara. Anne Finch and Her Poetry: A Critical Biography. University of Georgia Press, 1992.
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June 1887: Isla Stewart became the Matron of St Bartholomew's...

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June 1887

Isla Stewart became the Matron of St Bartholomew's Hospital .
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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Anna Maria Falconbridge

AMF was the author of a single travel book about Africa, published in 1794. It is important not only as travel writing about an area not generally covered by women, but also as a history...

November 1759: Lady Sarah Lennox was presented at court,...

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November 1759

Lady Sarah Lennox was presented at court, where the Prince of Wales (later George III) became infatuated with her.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
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By 14 July 1883: Bertha Thomas contributed a biography of...

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By 14 July 1883

Bertha Thomas contributed a biography of George Sand to the Eminent Women series.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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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.

7 August 1736: Mary, Lady Bellfield, the second wife of...

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7 August 1736

Mary, Lady Bellfield , the second wife of Robert Rochfort, Viscount Bellfield (later the Earl of Belvidere) , was imprisoned for thirty years at his great house in County Clare, for an alleged affair...

1702: Hanging paper (i.e. wallpaper) was already...

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1702

Hanging paper (i.e. wallpaper) was already on sale in London, some of it imported from China.
Saumarez Smith, Charles. Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and the Domestic Interior in England. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993.
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Garnett, Oliver. “Paper Chase”. The National Trust Magazine, Vol.
90
, 1 June 2000–2026, p. 88.
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Late 1845: Following Newman's example, Evangelical minister...

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Late 1845

Following Newman 's example, Evangelical minister Frederick Faber converted to Roman Catholicism; he later became the guiding spirit of Victorian popular Catholicism.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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15 August 1649: English troops under Oliver Cromwell landed...

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15 August 1649

English troops under Oliver Cromwell landed at Ringsend outside Dublin with the aim of putting down the rebellion which had lasted in Ireland from October 1641.
Bennett, Ronan. “Warts and all”. Guardian Weekly, 10 Oct. 2008, p. 38.
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Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
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13 May 1848: Henry and Augustus Mayhew published the satiric...

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13 May 1848

Henry and Augustus Mayhew published the satiric novel Whom to Marry and How to Get Married—it included the author credit By one who has refused twenty excellent offers at least.
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.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
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1830: The British Ladies' Lying-In Institution...

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1830

The British Ladies' Lying-In Institution opened this year in the fashionable district of Mayfair, and trained a few women to become midwives.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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1 June 1874: The East India Company's 1854 charter ran...

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1 June 1874

The East India Company 's 1854 charter ran out, and the company was dissolved.
Gardner, Brian. The East India Company: A History. Hart-Davis, 1971.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.