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May 1992: The Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British...

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May 1992

The Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Association held its first annual conference. Thereafter the conference was held at a different American location each year.
Parker, Pamela Corpron. “A Conference of Our Own: on the 20th Anniversary of the BWWA”. The Female Spectator, Vol.
16
, No. 1, 1 Dec. 2012–28 Feb. 2013, p. 6.
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November 1882: The first issue of the Scottish Review was...

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November 1882

The first issue of the Scottish Review 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.
2: 785-8

15 April 1912: The Daily Herald, first newspaper of the...

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15 April 1912

The Daily Herald, first newspaper of the Labour Party , was launched on capital of £200; it changed its title to the Herald and back again to the Daily Herald before expiring in 1964.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
Taylor, Miles. “Thanks to the Fels-Naptha Soap King”. London Review of Books, 22 May 2003, pp. 23-4.
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13 January 1818: William Hazlitt delivered the first of eight...

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13 January 1818

William Hazlitt delivered the first of eight talks which were published as Lectures on the English Poets.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
19: 287
Keynes, Geoffrey, Sir. Bibliography of William Hazlitt. Second Edition, St. Paul’s Bibliographies, 1981.
xxiii, 38-9

January 1876: The monthly Friendly Leaves, published in...

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January 1876

The monthly Friendly Leaves, published in London, began as the first magazine of the Girls' Friendly Society of the Church of England .
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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23 December 1916: The Scottish Midwives' Act mandated a training...

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23 December 1916

The Scottish Midwives' Act mandated a training period of six months (or four for those with nursing qualifications).
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1916): 325, 335
Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
199

Anne Locke

AL was a translator, during the sixteenth-century Reformation, of two Protestant texts from French into English. Her dedications to these works discuss the current state of the reformed religion to which they contribute. She also...

26 December 1910: The London Palladium opened as a music hall...

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26 December 1910

The London Palladium opened as a music hall with a variety bill including one of England's great music hall stars, Nellie Wallace , in a one-act play.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
344
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
500

1873: American physician Edward Clarke's antifeminist...

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1873

American physician Edward Clarke 's antifeminist Sex in Education; Or, a Fair Chance for the Girls founded its arguments on the claim that a woman's ovaries were her most important organ.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. Random House, 1997.
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29 January 1848: Insurgency in Sicily resulted in the declaration...

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29 January 1848

Insurgency in Sicily resulted in the declaration of Sicily's independence and the granting on this date, by Ferdinand II of Naples, of a constitution.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
183-184

December 1863: A National Sunday Closing Association was...

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December 1863

A National Sunday Closing Association was founded at a Derby conference.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
88

10 September 1963: American Express for the first time extended...

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10 September 1963

American Express for the first time extended its credit card coverage to Britain, where till then it had been restricted to those who could pay their bills in US dollars.
“11 September 1963, US credit cards for Britain”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Sept. 2009.

1 January 1804: Haiti became an independent black republic...

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1 January 1804

Haiti became an independent black republic after the capitulation (the previous November) of a large force sent by Napoleon to quell the rebellion there.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
173
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xii
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
862
Farmer, Paul. “Who removed Aristide?”. London Review of Books, 15 Apr. 2004, pp. 28-31.
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As early as 1823: Christmas annuals gained ascendency in England;...

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As early as 1823

Christmas annuals gained ascendency in England; these gift books became strongly associated with female authors and readers.
Boyle, Andrew. An Index to the Annuals. Andrew Boyle, 1967.

1873: Evolutionary philosopher Herbert Spencer...

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1873

Evolutionary philosopher Herbert Spencer published The Study of Sociology.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
926
Spencer, Herbert, and Talcott Parsons. The Study of Sociology. University of Michigan Press, 1961.
340

1691: Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle...

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1691

Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem, call'd Silvia's Revenge, an antifeminist contribution to the Sylvia debate.
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.

1868: Censorship of the press was abolished in...

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1868

Censorship of the press was abolished in France.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
233

Ann Cook

AC , whose work was first published in 1754, is one of the most imaginative cookery-book writers on record; her book includes poetry and story-telling.

1711: The third Earl of Shaftesbury published a...

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1711

The third Earl of Shaftesbury published a work of philosophy, or of aesthetic, moral, and cultural criticism: Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: a beautiful book with allegorical illustrations.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

1947: The WRNS (Women's Royal Navy Service or Wrens)...

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1947

The WRNS (Women's Royal Navy Service or Wrens) was made a permanent force, though it was cut back to its initial size of about 3,000 members.
van der Vat, Dan. “Commandant Vonla McBride”. The Guardian, 14 Aug. 2003, p. 27.
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July 1780: Robert Raikes opened his first Sunday sc...

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July 1780

Robert Raikes opened his first Sunday school.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Laqueur, Thomas. Religion and Respectability. Yale University Press, 1976.
21-6
This inaccuracy persists although the Dictionary of National Biography specifically says Raikes's school was not the first.

1923: The Nursery School Association of Great Britain...

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1923

The Nursery School Association of Great Britain was founded.
Summerfield, Penny. Women Workers in the Second World War: Production and Patriarchy in Conflict. Croom Helm, 1984.
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1537: François I issued an ordinance requiring...

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1537

François I issued an ordinance requiring publishers throughout France to deposit a copy of every new book published in the Royal Library at Blois.
Barnard, John. “Politics, Profits and ?Idealism: John Norton, The Stationers’ Company and Sir Thomas Bodley”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xvii
, No. 6, Oct. 2002, pp. 385-30.
387

John Forster

From : Arthur Young spent the time in Ireland (as...

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From Summer 1776

Arthur Young spent the time in Ireland (as agent to Lord Kingsborough ) on which he based his Tour in Ireland, published in 1780.
Kelly, Gary, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 158. Gale Research, 1996.
389
Curley, Thomas. “Johnson and the Irish: A Post-Colonial Survey of the Irish Literary Renaissance in Imperial Great Britain”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
12
, AMS Press, 2001, pp. 67-197.
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