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Late 1888: Harry Quilter published Is Marriage a Failure?,...

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Late 1888

Harry Quilter published Is Marriage a Failure?, a collection of contributions to the debate aroused by Mona Caird 's critique of marriage.
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.
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Hammerton, A. James. Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Married Life. Routledge, 1992.
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16 November 1953: The British National Service Act extended...

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16 November 1953

The British National Service Act extended military conscription (of two years' service for all able-bodied young men) until 1958.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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By October 1988: Cosmologist Stephen Hawking sought in A Brief...

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By October 1988

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking sought in A Brief History of Time to offer a theory of the universe, its origins and laws.
Reeves, Hubert. “Universal models”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 4464, 21–27 Oct. 1988, p. 1167.
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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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Mary Tighe

Among the oeuvre of MT , Irish poet of the early nineteenth century, her long narrative allegory, Psyche, gives her a high place among the women Romantics. Her known oeuvre has excitingly expanded in...
Mary Tighe Half-length stipple engraving of Mary Tighe by Edward Scriven, derived originally from a painting by George Romney, published 1812. Tighe is seated, with long, flowing, dark hair, a ribbon round her head, and a simple gown that crosses over at the bust.

9 January 1972: British miners represented by the National...

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9 January 1972

British miners represented by the National Union of Mineworkers came out on strike after its negotiations with the National Coal Board ended in stalemate.
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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December 1832: Alfred Tennyson published a collection of...

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December 1832

Alfred Tennyson published a collection of Poems which included The Lotos Eaters, Oenone, A Dream of Fair Women, and The Lady of Shalott.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.

By late 1996: Helen Fielding hit the best-selling jackpot...

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By late 1996

Helen Fielding hit the best-selling jackpot when her novel Bridget Jones's Diary (originally a newspaper column begun the previous year) was published as a book.
Shulman, Nicola. “Some Consolations of the Single State”. Times Literary Supplement, 1 Nov. 1996, p. 26.
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27 January 1916: An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed...

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27 January 1916

An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed the Minister of Munitions to fix wage rates for females and semi-skilled men performing skilled munitions work.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Home Front: A Mirror to Life in England During the First World War. Hutchinson, 1932.
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1928: Freudian Ernest Jones opened a free psychoanalytical...

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1928

Freud ian Ernest Jones opened a free psychoanalytical clinic in West London
Turner, Christopher. “Naughty Children”. London Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2005, pp. 25-7.
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1852: The Amazon, a wooden mail ship, caught fire...

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1852

The Amazon, a wooden mail ship, caught fire on its maiden voyage, killing 37 of the 229 people aboard.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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August 1847: As a result of the famine, three million...

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August 1847

As a result of the famine, three million Irish were being served by government-sponsored soup kitchens; the programme was halted without notice in September, forcing 200,000 into workhouses.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
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1853: The formal association of the Pre-Raphaelite...

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1853

The formal association of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was dissolved; however, the movement persisted in various forms until the end of the century.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1837: English landscape painter John Constable...

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1837

English landscape painter John Constable died.
Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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Chilvers, Ian, editor. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Violet Hunt

Known mainly as a popular novelist, VH also published book and theatre reviews, translations, short stories, non-fiction, memoirs, and a biography. Her publishing career covers the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Though often initially...
Violet Hunt Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Violet Hunt with a tabby cat perched on her shoulder. She has short, curly hair, and is wearing a simple, dark shirt.

1910: The Women's League of Service for Motherhood...

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1910

The Women's League of Service for Motherhood was founded.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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1870: Baby farmer Mrs Margaret Waters was hanged...

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1870

Baby farmerMrs Margaret Waters was hanged for the murder of one of the many children in her care.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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30 September 1950: The BBC aired its first live air-to-ground...

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30 September 1950

The BBC aired its first live air-to-ground television broadcast, from an aircraft in flight.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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26 January 1797: Elizabeth (Younge) Pope, who had been acting...

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26 January 1797

Elizabeth (Younge) Pope , who had been acting since 1768 and was felt to be second only to Sarah Siddons , gave her final performance at Drury Lane ; she died nearly six weeks later.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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Mary Butts

MB published five novels, three collections of short stories, some poems, a memoir, and several essays (one of which denounces the Bloomsbury Group). Her subjects ranged from the Great War and war trauma to history...
Mary Butts Sepia photograph of Mary Butts, smiling, seated with her head turned to the side. She is wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat and a loose-fitting shirt with a smocked yoke and pockets on each side, fastened at the neck with lacing. Her dark hair is short and curly, worn with dangling earrings.

1748: William Cullen, a scientist at the University...

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1748

William Cullen , a scientist at the University of Glasgow , discovered artificial refrigeration by evaporating ethyl ether into a partial vacuum.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
The old DNB mentions an essay published in 1755 by Cullen entitled An...

1933: The British Museum purchased Codex Sinaiticus...

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1933

The British Museum purchased Codex Sinaiticus from the Soviet government for £100,000.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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June 1961: Margaret Stanley Wrench wrote and published...

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June 1961

Margaret Stanley Wrench wrote and published a book for children entitled The Story of Thomas More, illustrated by Kenneth Ody .
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.

8 January 1995: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (who has typically issued...

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8 January 1995

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (who has typically issued her books of poetry in Irish first, before English translations appeared by others) explained her linguistic policy in the New York Times Book Review.
Romanets, Maryana. “Cartographers of Desire: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Versus the Love Canon in Irish Poetry”. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature / Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée, Vol.
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, June–Sept. 2002, pp. 321-42.
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1860: Charles Frederick Worth introduced in Paris...

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1860

Charles Frederick Worth introduced in Paris a short crinoline for walking which exposed the wearer's ankles.
Carter, Ernestine. Magic Names of Fashion. Prentice-Hall, 1980.
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