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September 1714: There was published A Collection of Queen...

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September 1714

There was published A Collection of Queen Anne 's Speeches, Messages . . . from her Accession to the Throne to her Demise.
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.

April 1915: In the first use of gas as a weapon of war,...

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April 1915

In the first use of gas as a weapon of war, Germans killed 5,000 Franco-Algerian soldiers at Ypres in Belgium by means of 168 tonnes of chlorine.
Pennington, Hugh. “Woolsorters’ Disease”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2001, pp. 26-7.
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This was the second battle of Ypres...

1944: The quarterly magazine Outposts (described...

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1944

The quarterly magazine Outposts (described by poet Elizabeth Jennings as that great encourager of young talent) began publication.
Couzyn, Jeni, editor. The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Women Poets. Bloodaxe Books, 1985.
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4 November 2008: Barack Obama (feared unelectable by some)...

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4 November 2008

Barack Obama (feared unelectable by some) was voted in the first DemocraticUS president since Bill Clinton and the first black president ever.
MacAskill, Ewen et al. “Barack Obama to be America’s first black president”. The Guardian, 5 Nov. 2008.

1920: Women's Health and Beauty ceased publication...

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1920

Women's Health and Beauty ceased publication in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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1889: Friedrich Nietzsche published Götzen-Dämmerung...

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1889

Friedrich Nietzsche published Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the Idols).
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1878: Edward Levinstein's influential work on drug...

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1878

Edward Levinstein 's influential work on drug addiction was translated into English as The Morbid Craving for Morphia.
Parssinen, Terry M. Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs in British Society 1820-1930. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
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1 July 1895: The British East Africa Company's territory...

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1 July 1895

The British East Africa Company 's territory (Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda) was transferred to the British Government .
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 760
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Nicholls, C. S. Elspeth Huxley. HarperCollins, 2002.
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24 December 1810: The Paris dispensary for the registering...

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24 December 1810

The Parisdispensary for the registering of prostitutes (set up by the police in 1802) was expanded; registration and medical checks were first made mandatory.
Norberg, Kathryn. “From Courtesan to Prostitute: Mercenary Sex and Venereal Disease 1730-1802”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 34-50.
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12 October 1984: The IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton...

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12 October 1984

The IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton where the Conservative Party was holding a conference.
Bernard, Bruce, editor. Century. Phaidon, 2002.
937, 979-80

Late May 1798: A Catholic uprising began in Ireland; this...

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Late May 1798

A Catholic uprising began in Ireland; this became known as the Irish Rebellion.
Butler, Marilyn. Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography. Clarendon, 1972.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
68 (1798): 614ff.

Marcel Proust

French novelist, whose novel sequence A la recherche du temps perdu, published between 1913 and 1927, blends memory, invention, and psychological study of the human response to time passing. It has been almost immeasurably influential.
Marcel Proust Black and white photograph of Marcel Proust from the chest up. He is looking straight at the viewer, and is posing with his left hand touching the side of his face.

23 December 1812: Biographer and self-help advocate Samuel...

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23 December 1812

Biographer and self-help advocate Samuel Smiles was born at Haddington in East Lothian, near Edinburgh.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1775: The Old Bailey Sessions Papers, accounts...

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1775

The Old Bailey Sessions Papers, accounts of criminal trials which were previously mere hasty, topical pamphlets to be sold on the streets, attained the status of official court records.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1 June 1787: A Royal Proclamation against vice laid the...

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1 June 1787

A Royal Proclamation against vice laid the first foundation for the Society for the Suppression of Vice , founded in 1802.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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By 4 August 1866: Algernon Charles Swinburne published his...

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By 4 August 1866

Algernon Charles Swinburne published his first series of Poems and Ballads; it included Dolores.
Wise, Thomas J. A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Dawsons, 1966.
I: 107-11, 281, 411
“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.

11 June 1866: The Contagious Diseases Act was amended....

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11 June 1866

The Contagious Diseases Act was amended.
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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McHugh, Paul. Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform. 1980th ed., Croom Helm, 1980.
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1 August 1915: Robert Frost, newly returned from England...

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1 August 1915

Robert Frost , newly returned from England to the USA, had his poem The Road Not Taken published in the Atlantic Monthly.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
1 August 2008

1832: The Christian Lady's Friend and Family Repository,...

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1832

The Christian Lady's Friend and Family Repository, a monthly for women, began publication in London; it lasted only one year.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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21 September 2001: An industrial explosion at a TotalFinaElf...

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21 September 2001

An industrial explosion at a TotalFinaElf factory only five kilometres outside Toulouse in France registered 3.5 on the Richter scale, totally destroyed two schools, and damaged buildings in the city centre.
Seabright, Paul. “What explosion?”. London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2001, pp. 32-3.
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September 1914: Two women's police forces were formed: the...

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September 1914

Two women's police forces were formed: the Women's Police Volunteers and the Women Patrols .
Levine, Philippa. “Walking the Streets in a Way No Decent Woman Should: Women Police in World War I”. Journal of Modern History, Vol.
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, No. 1, Mar. 1994, pp. 34-78.
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Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
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28 March 1877: By her own later account Frances Isabella...

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28 March 1877

By her own later account Frances Isabella Stallard left her mother's cottage in a distraught condition with her sickly illegitimate toddler, who then died of exposure; her trial found her guilty of murder.
Houstoun, Matilda Charlotte. Only a Woman’s Life. Spencer Blackett, 1889.
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By December 1810: There was published The Mirror of the Graces;...

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By December 1810

There was published The Mirror of the Graces; or, The English Ladies' Costume, Collected by a Lady of Distinction.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 21 (1811): 448
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Nigro, Jeffrey A. “Estimating Lace and Muslin: Dress and Fashion in Jane Austen and her World”. Persuasions, Vol.
23
, 2001, pp. 50-62.
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1929: John Grierson's documentary film Drifters...

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1929

John Grierson 's documentary film Drifters followed the regular routine of British workers.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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1953: How Much Is that Doggy in the Window by Lita...

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1953

How Much Is that Doggy in the Window by Lita Rosa became the first single by a woman to top the music charts.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.