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28 June 1866: Lord Derby, a Conservative, formed his third...

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28 June 1866

Lord Derby , a Conservative , formed his third government.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1 February 1913: Grand Central Station in New York City o...

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1 February 1913

Grand Central Station in New York City opened.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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1885: The Music Hall Artists' Association was ...

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1885

The Music Hall Artists' Association was formed.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Margaret Fuller

An important social and cultural critic in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, MF published in a variety of forms, including travel literature, translations from German (notably Goethe , about whom she also published...
Margaret Fuller Half-length engraving of Margaret Fuller after a painting by Thomas Hicks. She sits holding a book on her lap, wearing a dress with a bow at its V neck, her hair smooth in front and wavy behind.

10 December 1993: Richard J. Roberts from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1993

Richard J. Roberts from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with American Phillip A. Sharp . The two were recognized for discovering split genes.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

Bernice Rubens

BR was an immensely, steadily prolific later twentieth-century novelist (with a couple of dozen titles, the last published in 2003). She also wrote for the stage, film, and television. A vivid memoir appeared posthumously. She...
Bernice Rubens Black-and-white photo of Bernice Rubens looking off-camera as she performs the Dance of the Seven Veils as the eponymous heroine in Oscar Wilde's play Salome, 1947.

Isabel Hill

IH is best known as a writer for annuals, to which she made at least thirty-four contributions of short stories and comic articles for both children and adults. She wrote six dramas, and also published...
Isabel Hill Title-page of Isabel Hill, "Holiday Dreams", 1829.

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

BLSB 's literary work emerged from her convictions as a feminist. Her accounts of women's political, legal, and educational disabilities (in lectures, pamphlets, and an important periodical) played a crucial role in mid-Victorian legal reform...
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon Black and white photograph of Barbara Bodichon in profile, looking towards the right. Her hair is pulled back in a bun, with some part in a single plait. She is wearing a white blouse with a ruffled neckline, and a black jacket with buttons.

1849: Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, founded the...

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1849

Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland , founded the Golspie Society , a rural Arts and Crafts group, in northern Scotland.
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Richards, Eric. Debating the Highland Clearances. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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May 1877: G. W. Hunt composed the famous Jingo Song...

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May 1877

G. W. Hunt composed the famous Jingo Song (We don't want to fight, / But, by jingo, if we do!).
Russell, Dave. Popular Music in England, 1840-1914: A Social History. Manchester University Press, 1987.
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23 January 1806: The death of William Pitt after a long term...

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23 January 1806

The death of William Pitt after a long term as Prime Minister and war leader altered the face of English politics.
Caplan, Clive. “Jane Austen’s Banker Brother: Henry Thomas Austen of Austen and Co., 1801-1816”. Persuasions, Vol.
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, 1998, pp. 69-90.
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Charlotte Dacre

CD (who began publishing verse in 1798 and novels in 1805) seems, like her sister Sophia King, to reflect in poetry (including early graveyard poems) and fiction the painful, sensational family experiences of her youth.
Charlotte Dacre Black and white print of Charlotte Dacre, shown from the waist up at a three quarter turn. She is wearing a light, simple, high-waisted dress with breasts half bare. She has dark curly hair piled on top of her head with a few loose curls falling around her face. Studio roses stand in the background.

4 July 1776: The third US Congress (Second Continental...

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4 July 1776

The third US Congress (Second Continental Congress), meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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7 March 1906: The Working Gentlewomen's Journal began monthly...

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7 March 1906

The Working Gentlewomen's Journal began monthly publication in London with articles on genteel employment.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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8 March 1907: With the support of the National Union of...

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8 March 1907

With the support of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies , Liberal Member of Parliament Willoughby H. Dickinson introduced a Women's Enfranchisement Bill for its second reading.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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November 1791: The Sheffield Constitutional Society, a working-class...

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November 1791

The SheffieldConstitutional Society , a working-class reform association, was formed.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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23 June 1897: A state performance was held at Covent Garden's...

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23 June 1897

A state performance was held at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House in honour of Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee. The programme included Tannhäuser, Romeo et Juliette and Les Huguenots.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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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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2 August 1858: The Imperial Act provided British Columbia,...

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2 August 1858

The Imperial Act provided British Columbia, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Hudson Bay Company , with its own government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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By 8 February 1890: A Sydney Sovereign, a collection of stories...

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By 8 February 1890

A Sydney Sovereign, a collection of stories by Tasma , was published.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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17 February 1904: The opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini...

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17 February 1904

The opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini had its opening at the Scala , Milan; the Japanese heroine is ruined and betrayed by her love for the American Lieutenant Pinkerton.
Weinstock, Herbert, and Wallace Brockway. The World of Opera: The Story of its Origins and the Lore of its Performance. Pantheon Books, 1962.
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1882: Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs opened the...

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1882

Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs opened the world's first contraceptive clinic in Amsterdam.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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1971: Sunday, Bloody Sunday, a screenplay by Penelope...

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1971

Sunday, Bloody Sunday, a screenplay by Penelope Gilliatt that received an Oscar nomination, was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

12 March 1994: The first women priests in the Church of...

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12 March 1994

The first women priests in the Church of England were ordained in Bristol.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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