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January 1661: Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second...

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January 1661

Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second Coming and political rule of Christ, and had opposed the Cromwell ian government too) staged an uprising against the new king, Charles II .
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
294 and n1

March 1979: Dr Robert Irwin was interviewed by Independent...

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March 1979

Dr Robert Irwin was interviewed by Independent Television about his treatment of police prisoners who showed signs of torture; a week later a government report appeared.
Kelley, Kevin. The Longest War: Northern Ireland and the IRA. Brandon; Lawrence Hill, 1982.
297-9
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
503

M. Marsin

Active in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, MM was a bold and idiosyncratic writer and publisher of tracts: her main interest is religion (even theology), but this involves her also in politics and...

11 June-4 July 1936: The International Surrealist Exhibition was...

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11 June-4 July 1936

The International Surrealist Exhibition was held in the New Burlington Galleries , London. English painter Eileen Agar 's work was chosen to be shown alongside her fellow surrealists such as Paul Nash and Henry Moore

Mary Scott

As well as an elegy printed during her lifetime and hymns printed after her death in 1793, MS published two ambitious longer poems about whose content she cared passionately: a polemical celebration of women's intellectual...

By June 1827: Edward Stanley, late of the Royal Artillery,...

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By June 1827

Edward Stanley , late of the Royal Artillery , published The Young Horsewoman's Compendium of the Modern Art of Riding.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
36 (1827): 301, 603

1823: Ann Deane published with her initials (but...

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1823

Ann Deane published with her initials (but revealing her class and gender as a lady) A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan . . . between the years 1804 and 1814: with remarks...

27 November 1703: The Great Storm hit much of Southern England,...

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27 November 1703

The Great Storm hit much of Southern England, leaving many houses demolish'd and people kill'd.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
403

4 July 1996: A Defamation Act of this date, repealing...

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4 July 1996

A Defamation Act of this date, repealing and amending earlier British acts, has been later attacked as inviting censorship by private interests: a sedition law for millionaires,
Monbiot, George. “The main threat to free speech is legal”. Guardian Weekly, 25 July 2008, p. 24.
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because of the huge figures exacted in...

Early 1768: The colony of Virginia executed some slaves...

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Early 1768

The colony of Virginia executed some slaves suspected of conspir[ing] to poison their overseers, and set their decapitated heads on display above the court house at Alexandria.
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
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1690-1720: During these 30 years almost 50% of defendants...

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1690-1720

During these 30 years almost 50% of defendants before the criminal courts in London were women.
Beattie, John M. “’Hard-pressed to make ends meet’: Women and Crime in Augustan London”. Women and History: Voices of Early Modern England, edited by Valerie Frith, Coach House Press, 1995, pp. 103-15.
103-6

16 May 1966: A circular issued by Mao, leader of the ruling...

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16 May 1966

A circular issued by Mao , leader of the ruling Communist Party in China, launched the Cultural Revolution in order to introduce a new generation to class struggle. The young Red Guards were encouraged...

11 November 1992: The General Synod of the Church of England...

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11 November 1992

The General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women priests; this was the culmination of a long campaign for the ordination of women.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
511, 517

June 1789: Henry Grattan and others founded the Whig...

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June 1789

Henry Grattan and others founded the Whig Club in Dublin, one of whose aims was to prevent Union with England.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

10 April 1730: George Rouson was convicted of raping a child...

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10 April 1730

George Rouson was convicted of raping a child of nine; he was sentenced at Hicks Hall, London, to two whippings and one year's hard labour.
The Grub-Street Journal. James Roberts.
10 April 1730

1921: Herbert Grierson furthered the rediscovery...

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1921

Herbert Grierson furthered the rediscovery of a neglected period of literature by publishing Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems of the Seventeenth Century.
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.

February 1909: In a publicity stunt for the suffrage cause...

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February 1909

In a publicity stunt for the suffrage cause Muriel Matters flew over London distributing Votes for Women pamphlets from an aeroplane.
Purvis, June. Email to Women’s Studies Group. 24 Oct. 2014.

1875: An edition of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel...

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1875

An edition of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was published with illustrations by Gustave Doré .
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
285

By 27 September 1884: Theodore Stanton published The Woman Question...

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By 27 September 1884

Theodore Stanton published The Woman Question in Europe: A Series of Original Essays.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2970 (1884): 391
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.
Cobbe, Frances Power. The Woman Question in Europe. Editor Stanton, Theodore, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884.

Sarah Davy, 1639 - 1670

SD , as a later-seventeenth-century Independent or Baptist in religion, wrote an autobiographical account of her conversion and religious meditations, which was published after her premature death.

4 December 1961: As announced at the beginning of this year,...

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4 December 1961

As announced at the beginning of this year, the contraceptive pill became available on the National Health Service .
Bowes, Claire. Email to the Women’s Library about a fiftieth anniversary BBC program. 17 Nov. 2011.

1928: Members of the British Federation of University...

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1928

Members of the British Federation of University Women (later known as the British Federation of Women Graduates ) established the Sybil Campbell Libraryfor the study of the expansion of the role of women in...

8 February 1777: The first volume appeared in Edinburgh of...

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8 February 1777

The first volume appeared in Edinburgh of Hugh Blair 's five volumes of exquisitely sentimental
Buchan, James. “That sh—te Creech”. London Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2007, pp. 13-14.
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and extraordinarily popular
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Sermons. London publication followed on 15 April.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

5 December 1837: After declaring a provisional government,...

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5 December 1837

After declaring a provisional government, W. L. Mackenzie led the revolt in Upper Canada, launched the previous day when rebels gathered at Montgomery's Tavern in what is now Toronto.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 460
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
180, 182
Burroughs, Peter. The Canadian Crisis and British Colonial Policy, 1828-1841. Macmillan of Canada, 1972.
93, 108
McInnis, Edgar. Canada: A Political and Social History. Revised ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
223

March 1795: According to Peter Cockburn, one eighth of...

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March 1795

According to Peter Cockburn , one eighth of the population of Edinburgh were too poor to buy food, and were being supported by charity.
Macleod, Emma Vincent. “A city invincible? Edinburgh and the war against Revolutionary France”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 153-66.
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