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From 1861: Paul du Chaillu's documentation of gorillas...

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From 1861

Paul du Chaillu 's documentation of gorillas started a craze for these primates.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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5 December 1942: The word Holocaust (which originally meant...

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5 December 1942

The word Holocaust (which originally meant an animal sacrifice entirely consumed by fire) was used as a headline in the News Chronicle for a newsitem about the Nazi mass murder of Jews.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

1913: Edmund Husserl published Ideas: General Introduction...

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1913

Edmund Husserl published Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology (translated in 1931), his next major philosophical enterprise after Logical Investigations, 1900-1.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.

1959: Psychologist R. D. Laing published his hugely...

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1959

Psychologist R. D. Laing published his hugely influential The Divided Self. A Study of Sanity and Madness.
Dinnage, Rosemary. “Streamlined Smiles”. London Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2000, pp. 32-3.
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British Book News. British Council.
(1960): 547

26 April 1937: The German Air Force bombed the village of...

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26 April 1937

The German Air Force bombed the village of Guernica in the Basque country in Spain; this was not a military target, so the incident represents an early instance of the bombing of civilians with...

29 July 1864: The Contagious Diseases Act (first in a series...

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29 July 1864

The Contagious Diseases Act (first in a series of such Acts) inaugurated the state regulation of prostitution. Named by analogy with earlier legislation regarding cattle disease, it initially attracted little notice.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
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Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
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1986: The Talawa Theatre Company, founded by Yvonne...

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1986

The Talawa Theatre Company , founded by Yvonne Brewster , was Britain's first black theatre company.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1725: Francis Hutcheson published anonymously,...

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1725

Francis Hutcheson published anonymously, in two separate forms, An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, in two treatises, one on aesthetics (beauty, order, harmony, design) and one...

1897: C. Méray-Horvath of Budapest patented the...

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1897

C. Méray-Horvath of Budapest patented the Electrotypograph composing and casting machine.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1918: The English Electric Company was formed....

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1918

The English Electric Company was formed.
Electricity Council. Electricity Supply in Great Britain: A Chronology. Electricity Council, 1973.
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July 1855: Alfred Tennyson published Maud and Other...

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July 1855

Alfred Tennyson published Maud and Other Poems.
Tennyson, Alfred. Tennyson’s Poetry. Editor Hill, Robert W., Jr, W. W. Norton, 1971.
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Eliot, George. Essays of George Eliot. Editor Pinney, Thomas, Columbia University Press, 1963.
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By October 1985: Keri Hulme's novel The Bone People was published...

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By October 1985

Keri Hulme 's novel The Bone People was published in England. It won the Booker Prize over the objections of Nina Bawden , who hated its depiction of violence to a child.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(25 October 1985): 1202
“Tears, tiffs and triumphs”. Guardian Unlimited, 6 Sept. 2008.

3 April 1775: Lord Pembroke told James Boswell about a...

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3 April 1775

Lord Pembroke told James Boswell about a London brothel in the habit of employing exclusively black women (it had recently gone mixed).
Boswell, James, 1740 - 1795. Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776. Editors Ryskamp, Charles and Frederick A. Pottle, William Heinemann, 1963.
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Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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14 to 26 January 1944: A Russian campaign finally broke the 900-day...

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14 to 26 January 1944

A Russian campaign finally broke the 900-day German siege of Leningrad.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Between 900 and 1000: King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered...

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Between 900 and 1000

King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered a translation of the Benedictine Rule into English.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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May 2008: News broke of a grant of four million pounds...

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May 2008

News broke of a grant of four million pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a museum of Black British history, to be established in Raleigh Hall in Brixton, South London.
Kennedy, Maev, and Elizabeth Manzi. “After 30 years, black archive gets a permanent home”. The Guardian, 9 May 2008, p. 17.
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1995: Two groups, Women in Publishing and the Bentinck...

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1995

Two groups, Women in Publishing and the Bentinck Group , produced a survey of women in senior management in Britain: Still Grey Suits at the Top.
Mslexia. Mslexia Publications.
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1947: Carla Lanyon Lanyon wrote and published a...

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1947

Carla Lanyon Lanyon wrote and published a first-person narrative poem entitled Salt Harvest: The Autobiography of an Englishman.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

23 January 1783: Marie Henri Beyle (later the novelist Stendhal)...

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23 January 1783

Marie Henri Beyle (later the novelist Stendhal) was born in Grenoble, France.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1860: Jacob Burckhardt published Die Kultur der...

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1860

Jacob Burckhardt published Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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By September 1976: South Asian women (called by the media strikers...

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By September 1976

South Asian women (called by the media strikers in saris) went on strike at Grunwick Film Processing plant in Willesden, North London.
Exhibitions and Events, The Women’s Library, Autumn and Winter 2009/10. The Women’s Library, 2009.
Beckett, Andy. “Vuvuzelas Unite”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 20, 22 Oct. 2015, pp. 25-8.
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Pedersen, Susan. “You’re only interested in Hitler, not me”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 24, 19 Dec. 2013, pp. 16-18.
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1 December 1897: Zululand was annexed to Natal....

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1 December 1897

Zululand was annexed to Natal.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 762
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1955: The first Teflon nonstick cookware, manufactured...

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1955

The first Teflon nonstick cookware, manufactured in France by Tefal , went on sale.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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April 1684: Mr and Mrs Priest's school at Gorges House,...

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April 1684

Mr and Mrs Priest's school at Gorges House, Chelsea, put on a private revival of the court masque Venus and Adonis, by John Blow (to a libretto perhaps by the future Anne Finch ).
Campbell, Margaret. Henry Purcell, Glory of His Age. Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Winn, James Anderson. “A Versifying Maid of Honour: Anne Finch and the Libretto for Venus and AdonisReview of English Studies, Vol.
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, No. 238, Feb. 2008, pp. 67-85.
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January 1942: Constance Bolan, a housemaid who refused...

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January 1942

Constance Bolan , a housemaid who refused to comply with a government work-order under the National Service Act of the previous month, became the first woman imprisoned for her pacifist beliefs.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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