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2 August 1830: Charles X of France abdicated, leaving the...

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2 August 1830

Charles X of France abdicated, leaving the throne to his grandson, the Duke of Bordeaux, and power in the hands of moderate liberals who formed a National Guard to control the Paris mob.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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1893: An anonymous imprint of the homoerotic novel...

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1893

An anonymous imprint of the homoerotic novel Teleny, in which Oscar Wilde likely had a hand, was published in London by Leonard Smithers .
Cook, Matt. London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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7 August 1821: George IV's estranged wife, Queen Caroline,...

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7 August 1821

George IV 's estranged wife, Queen Caroline, died.
Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
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Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
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15 December 1792: The French National Convention approved instituting...

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15 December 1792

The French National Convention approved instituting revolutionary policies in all occupied territories.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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1911: The Munster Women's Franchise League was...

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1911

The Munster Women's Franchise League was founded in Cork by writers Edith Somerville and Violet Martin , who published together as Somerville and Ross.
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
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Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Ó’Céirín, Kit, and Cyril Ó’Céirín, editors. Women of Ireland: A Biographic Dictionary. Tír Eolas, 1996.
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11 March 1959: With the opening of A Raisin in the Sun,...

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11 March 1959

With the opening of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry became the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
11 March 2008

1769: Joseph Priestley began publishing The Theological...

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1769

Joseph Priestley began publishing The Theological Repository, an influential Dissenting journal.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
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1 January 1856: The McGlashan and Gill publishing house was...

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1 January 1856

The McGlashan and Gill publishing house was established when Michael Henry Gill bought the prosperous house of James McGlashan at 50 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
Upper Sackville Street later became O'Connell Street.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 203

November 1978: Sisterwrite Bookshop opened in London; at...

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November 1978

Sisterwrite Bookshop opened in London; at the time it was the only bookshop in Britain specialising in women's books.
Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
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1756 or 1757: Frances Greville, in Italy with her family...

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1756 or 1757

Frances Greville , in Italy with her family some months after the death of her eldest son (aged around six), composed a poem which became a landmark text, the Ode to [or Prayer for] Indifference.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

15 March 1672: Charles II promulgated a Declaration of Indulgence,...

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15 March 1672

Charles II promulgated a Declaration of Indulgence, repealing all penal laws in force against nonconformist s or recusants in England. This was, however, withdrawn after a year.
“The Declaration of Indulgence, 1672”. Humanities Web: History.

24 October 1964: Northern Rhodesia became independent within...

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24 October 1964

Northern Rhodesia became independent within the Commonwealth as Zambia. So, in the same year, did Nyasaland as Malawi.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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May 1742: William Shenstone (poet and landscape gardener,...

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May 1742

William Shenstone (poet and landscape gardener, creator of a famous ferme ornée, The Leasowes at Halesowen in Shropshire) anonymously published his supposedly Spenserian poem The Schoolmistress.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

3 June 1769: Captain James Cook, engaged in circumnavigating...

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3 June 1769

Captain James Cook , engaged in circumnavigating the world, was in Tahiti with his scientist companions to observe the transit of Venus: the passage of the planet across the disc of the sun. In...

October 1966: Three Afro-American men, Huey P. Newton,...

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October 1966

Three Afro-American men, Huey P. Newton , David Hilliard , and Bobby Seale , founded the Black Panthers , the first armed black revolutionary group in the USA.
Burkeman, Oliver. “Battle of the Black Panthers”. Guardian Weekly, 17–23 Oct. 2002, p. 7.
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Black Panther Index Page. http://www.blackpanther.org.

1953: At its annual meeting (at Blackpool) the...

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1953

At its annual meeting (at Blackpool) the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds resolved to become a pressure group for lobbying public and political bodies.
“Records of the Townswomen’s Guilds: Harrow on the Hill Branch”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.

Gertrude Bell

GB , who began publishing in the late nineteenth century, became well-known in the early twentieth century as a writer of popular travel narratives. She also wrote books on archeological and political topics, and she...
Gertrude Bell Black and white photo of Gertrude Bell standing in front of a tent in Iraq, 1941, palm trees in the background. She has a covering on her head to protect her from the sun. She is wearing a jacker, a long skirt, and unsuitable-looking shoes.

1932: The White Cross Society published a Christian...

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1932

The White Cross Society published a Christian manual offering instructions on mutual orgasm.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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30 January 1685: John Evelyn observed Charles II, a week before...

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30 January 1685

John Evelyn observed Charles II , a week before he died, sitting and toying with three of his mistresses, listening to a french boy singing love songs, while courtiers played basset (a card game) for...

10 August 1792: The Palace of the Tuileries in Paris was...

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10 August 1792

The Palace of the Tuileries in Paris was invaded (for the second time), and Louis XVI was removed from his throne.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
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21 September 1922: At a time when the speed limit on British...

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21 September 1922

At a time when the speed limit on British roads was twenty miles an hour, The Times used the headline Motorists Punished: Women and the Speed Limit for a report of four men and two...

Selina Bunbury

SB was a versatile author of both fiction and non-fiction, much of it set in her native Ireland although she later made her home in England. Her writings, published over six decades in the mid-nineteenth...

776 BC: Historical records trace the first Olympic...

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776 BC

Historical records trace the first Olympic Games to this year. The ancient Games continued until 393 AD; the first modern Games were held in 1896.
“Ancient Olympic Games”. International Olympic Committee.

First week in March 1946: Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain...

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First week in March 1946

Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain (representing 98% of families canvassed) were tracked by James Douglas in a statistical cohort study for sociological information.
Francis, Gavin. “Get the placentas”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 21-2.