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1836: Isambard Kingdom Brunel began work on Box...

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1836

Isambard Kingdom Brunel began work on Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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July 1898: The United States acquired the previously...

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July 1898

The United States acquired the previously independent islands of Hawaii through a treaty of annexation.
Deas, Malcolm. “Letter”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, p. 4.
(21 March 2002): 4

20 September 1769: The Corsican independence leader Pasquale...

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20 September 1769

The Corsican independence leader Pasquale Paoli reached London as a political refugee.
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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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...

1665: The Royal Society, founded the previous year,...

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1665

The Royal Society , founded the previous year, published its first number of Philosophical Transactions, the earliest scientific journal.
Cook, Chris, and John Wroughton. English Historical Facts, 1603-1688. Macmillan, 1980.
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31 December 1879: Thomas Edison presented his newly invented...

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31 December 1879

Thomas Edison presented his newly invented electric lighting system to the public in an elaborate New Year's Eve demonstration in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Friedel, Robert et al. Edison’s Electric Light: Biography of an Invention. Rutgers University Press, 1986.
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23 October 1991: The House of Lords ruled that a husband can...

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23 October 1991

The House of Lords ruled that a husband can be guilty of marital rape; this provision thus became part of British law.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Autumn 1794: The harvest failed in Britain this year,...

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Autumn 1794

The harvest failed in Britain this year, producing food shortages. A particularly hard winter followed, causing serious distress among the poor.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
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1892: The Institute of Chemistry in Britain first...

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1892

The Institute of Chemistry in Britain first offered professional recognition to women.
Albinski, Nan Bowman. Women’s Utopias in British and American Fiction. Routledge, 1988.
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Regina Maria Roche

RMR had great success as a popular Irish novelist and leading Minerva Press author, using her own name and often listing her previous titles. She also published a couple of novellas, though most of the...

Mid-June 1376: This year marked the first recorded mention...

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Mid-June 1376

This year marked the first recorded mention of the York cycle of mystery plays, which were held on the feast of Corpus Christi (the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, nearly two months after Easter).
Davidson, Clifford. Festivals and Plays in Late Medieval Britain. Ashgate, 2007.
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Anne, Lady Southwell

ALS , who lived in the later-sixteenth and earlier-seventeenth centuries in England and in Protestant, colonial Ireland, left a commonplace-book containing a collection of her own remarkable poems as well as a few letters...

8 February 1647: Elizabeth Lilburne was arrested for circulating...

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8 February 1647

Elizabeth Lilburne was arrested for circulating pamphlets by her husband, John Lilburne , a leader of the group later called Levellers (who published nearly forty such works between spring 1640 and late September 1649).
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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May 1862: Mrs Daniel Jones demonstrated at the 1862...

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May 1862

Mrs Daniel Jones demonstrated at the 1862 Exhibition a miniature Albion Press and a prayer which she had printed in forty-six languages.
Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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1769: Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the...

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1769

Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the first documented co-operative society, foreshadowing a significant movement, celebrated by the UN by designating 2012 the International Year of Co-operatives.
Ellwood, Wayne. “Co-ops offer a far better way to organize economic activity”. CCPA Monitor, Vol.
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, No. 4, Sept. 2012, pp. 8-10.
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June 1848: Widespread arrests of Chartist leaders followed...

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June 1848

Widespread arrests of Chartist leaders followed uprisings in protest of the rejection of the third petitionpetition for universal manhood suffrage.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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1894: Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, as Mrs George...

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1894

Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett , as Mrs George Corbett, issued a strong example among her many detective thrillers, When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead.
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27 October 1958: The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn...

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27 October 1958

The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn and choreographed by Frederick Ashton , was performed at Covent Garden.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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28 October 2008: Nina Sankovitch, an American woman with a...

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28 October 2008

Nina Sankovitch , an American woman with a law degree, a job, and a family, embarked on her forty-sixth birthday on a year of reading a book a day and posting an online review of...

1774: The Venetian Republic closed down the public...

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1774

The Venetian Republic closed down the public Ridotto or state-run gambling establishment, which occupied the Palazzo Dandolo in Venice, only six years after it had been completely and luxuriously refurbished.
“Francesco Guardi: The Ridotto”. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Venice and Northern Italy, 1600-1800 A.D.

January 1849: Radicals ascended to power in Rome (centre...

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January 1849

Radicals ascended to power in Rome (centre of the Papal States) and established a Roman Republic.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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16 March 1649: Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois...

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16 March 1649

Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois and murdered at St-Ignace, Huronia (in what would become Ontario, Canada).
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

1832: The weekly Girls' and Boys' Penny Magazine...

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1832

The weekly Girls' and Boys' Penny Magazine began publication in London; it ran for only one year.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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7 February 1928: The All-India Women's Conference opened;...

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7 February 1928

The All-India Women's Conference opened; participants adopted resolutions urging the necessity of compulsory education for girls.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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18 November 1943: The Battle of Berlin began; four bombing...

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18 November 1943

The Battle of Berlin began; four bombing raids in the month of November resulted in the deaths of 4,500 Berliners.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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