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1783: William Dease published Observations in Midwifery,...

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1783

William Dease published Observations in Midwifery, calling for men to take over.
O’Malley, Andrew. The Creation of the Modern Child Subject: Children’s Literature, Pedagogy, Pediatrics, and the Politics of Class in Late Eighteenth-Century England. University of Alberta, 1999.
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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.

5 May 2005: A British general election returned the Labour...

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5 May 2005

A British general election returned the Labour Party under Tony Blair to power with a majority reduced since 2001 but still substantial.
“Blair secures historic third term”. BBC News, 6 May 2005.

1 August 1815: The surveyor William Smith dated his first-ever...

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1 August 1815

The surveyor William Smith dated his first-ever geological map of Britain; the national Geological Society cold-shouldered him and published its own map, five years later, which was essentially a plagiarism of his.
Fortey, Richard. “Prophet of the Rocks”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 27-8.
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Winchester, Simon. The Map that Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2001.
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch. The Piozzi Letters. Editors Bloom, Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, 1989–2002, 6 vols.
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Phebe Gibbes

PG was an eighteenth-century novelist (of great gifts but extreme obscurity), who also wrote (from financial need) drama and periodical essays, and projected a sociological study of the lower classes. Her canon is, like most...

Probably 14 March 1646: Sir Thomas Browne published his Pseudodoxia...

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Probably 14 March 1646

Sir Thomas Browne published his Pseudodoxia Epidemica, a giant compendium of popular misconceptions and antique thinking,
Hitchings, Henry. “Samuel Johnson and Sir Thomas Browne”. New Rambler, 2004–2005, pp. 46-56.
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which, paradoxically, perpetuated many of the superstitions it contradicted.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
The date is given on what is probably...

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

September-October 2001: Two books on corsets highlighted the controversial...

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September-October 2001

Two books on corsets highlighted the controversial nature of women's history: one saw the corset as oppressing the female body, the other as offering a range of choice to wearer and commentator alike.
Pollitt, Katha. “Our Soft-Shelled Condition”. London Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2002, pp. 32-3.
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1884: Impressed by the housing activist's previous...

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1884

Impressed by the housing activist's previous successes, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners gave over management of a block of flats to Octavia Hill .
Brion, Marion, and Anthea Tinker. Women in Housing: Access and Influence. Housing Centre Trust, 1980.
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27 April-31 October 1908: London hosted the fourth modern Olympic Games....

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27 April-31 October 1908

London hosted the fourth modern Olympic Games . Women competed for the first time in archery, in which British women took gold, silver, and bronze.
“The 1908 London Olympic Games”. British Olympic Association: The Games: Past.
Zackowitz, Margaret G. “Good Sports, The rise of women at the Olympics”. National Graphic, Vol.
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, No. 2, Aug. 2004, p. prelims.
“Chronology of the Olympic Games”. United States Olympic Team.
The National Geographic gets the date of this meeting wrong...

1778: Gilbert Stuart published his major work,...

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1778

Gilbert Stuart published his major work, A View of Society in Europe.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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1911: Ida Ashworth Taylor contributed the Life...

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1911

Ida Ashworth Taylor contributed the Life of Madame Roland to her oeuvre of biographies.
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.

20 August 1786: Calonne, French Finance Minister, informed...

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20 August 1786

Calonne , French Finance Minister, informed Louis XVI that the state was in financial crisis and submitted proposals for economic reforms to him.
Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
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1883-1891: During this period, the state subsidized...

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1883-1891

During this period, the state subsidized emigration for 25,000 residents of Ireland's western distressed districts.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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26 October 1918: Religious and temperance philanthropist Agnes...

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26 October 1918

Religious and temperance philanthropist Agnes Weston was given burial with full naval honours—a very rare distinction for a woman.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
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“Agnes Weston: Information Sheet No. 43”. Royal Naval Museum: Collections: Research Collections: Information Service: Information Sheets.

: In an official move against writing that...

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Spring 1599

In an official move against writing that was critical of the British government or the crown (that is, against satire), copies of various books were burned.
Dobson, Michael. “A Furtive Night’s Work”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 7-8.
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1834: North Union Railway formed from the union...

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1834

North Union Railway formed from the union of Wigan Branch Railway and Preston and Wigan in the first railway amalgamation approved by Parliament.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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1806: An uneducated sailor in need of money published...

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1806

An uneducated sailor in need of money published Admonition, a Poem on the Fashionable Modes of Female Dress, which claims to be deeply scandalised by the current revealing fashions.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 10 (1807): 217-8
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

25 July 1834: The Superannuation Act legalized deductions...

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25 July 1834

The Superannuation Act legalized deductions from the salaries of all Civil Servants to pay for pensions that could be claimed before the age of sixty-five (though retirement was not yet mandatory) only by those retiring...

1893: British singer and composer Clara Kathleen...

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1893

British singer and composer Clara Kathleen Rogers published The Philosophy of Singing.
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.

1840: Thomas Cautley Newby established himself...

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1840

Thomas Cautley Newby established himself as a publisher in London; he earned notoriety for failing to honour contracts, especially with new writers.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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1896: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...

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1896

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals admitted women to its council.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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Lady Caroline Lamb

LCL was the author of three early-nineteenth-century novels and of an unpublished diary and occasional poetry. Some of her satirical poems were published. She wrote her first novel as a personal testament and retaliation after...
Lady Caroline Lamb Photograph of a portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Her head is tilted, and her curly brown hair is presented as natural and unstyled. Her head and neck emerge from a background impressionistically rendered without concrete detail.

1 February 1855: The last issue of the Prospective Review...

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1 February 1855

The last issue of the Prospective Review was published; its aims were continued and broadened in the later National Review.
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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By 18 October 1743: The hawker Frances Carver (Blind Fanny) was...

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By 18 October 1743

The hawker Frances Carver (Blind Fanny) was imprisoned in Old Bridewell Prison for selling newspapers without the government stamp.
McDowell, Paula. “Women and the business of print”. Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800, edited by Vivien Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 135-54.
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