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Alice Dixon Le Plongeon

Alice Dixon Le Plongeon was a writer, lecturer, photographer, and amateur archaeologist working from the 1870s. Her writings include field notes, a travel diary, a book of articles, two epic poems, several smaller poems and...
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon Black and white photograph of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, seated, holding a caliper compass against a large piece of paper or fabric. She is wearing a long dress, decorated with buttons and ruffles, and tied with a bow at the neckline. Her hair is partially pulled back and partially left down in dark curls.

1951: Calling All Women began as an annual newsletter...

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1951

Calling All Women began as an annual newsletter for and about ex-suffragettes.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
60

1825: Alexander Dyce, then a twenty-seven-year-old...

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1825

Alexander Dyce , then a twenty-seven-year-old reluctant clergyman, published his Specimens of British Poetesses, a project in rediscovering women's literary history.
Eger, Elizabeth. “Fashioning a Female Canon: Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and the Politics of the Anthology”. Women’s Poetry in the Enlightenment, The Making of a Canon 1730-1820, edited by Isobel Armstrong and Virginia Blain, St Martin’s Press, 1998, pp. 201-15.
210-11
Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers, 1870, 2 vols.
2: 81
Salzman, Paul. “How Alexander Dyce Assembled Specimens of British Poetesses: A Key Moment in the Transmission of Early Modern Women’s Writing”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
26
, No. 1, Feb. 2019, pp. 88-105.
88-9, 91, 95-6, 97, 98, 101

16 November 1869: The Suez Canal was formally opened by Empress...

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16 November 1869

The Suez Canal was formally opened by Empress Eugénie of France.
Hadfield, Charles. World Canals: Inland Navigation Past and Present. David and Charles, 1986.
113

8 September 1944: Germany launched the first V-2 rocket against...

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8 September 1944

Germany launched the first V-2 rocket against England; by the end of this month 1.1 million houses in the London area had been damaged by rocket attack.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
189
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
383
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
581-2
Hopper, Dennis R., and Karine Hopper. Email about Doodlebugs to Karine Hopper. 1 May 2001.
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
274
Tenner, Edward. “A Place for Hype”. London Review of Books, 10 May 2007, pp. 33-4.
33

1 March 1993: Leslie Feinberg, US writer and transgender...

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1 March 1993

Leslie Feinberg , US writer and transgender activist, published her probably most famous work, Stone Butch Blues, a novel about growing up, as she had done herself, as a butch lesbian who rejected conventional sexual roles.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

2 May 1519: Leonardo da Vinci, painter, sculptor, and...

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2 May 1519

Leonardo da Vinci , painter, sculptor, and scientist, died at Cloux (near Amboise, France).
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
119-22
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1451
Roberts, Jane. “The Life of Leonardo”. Leonardo Da Vinci, edited by Hayward Gallery, London Advisory and Exhibition Committee, Yale University Press in association with the South Bank Centre, London, 1989, pp. 23-41.
23, 41

8 July 1709-31 March 1710: The thrice-weekly Female Tatler appeared,...

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8 July 1709-31 March 1710

The thrice-weekly Female Tatler appeared, an explicitly woman-centred riposte to the condescending or gender-prejudiced element in Richard Steele 's still-new Tatler.
The Female Tatler. Sold by B. Bragge, 1-111.
Prescott, Sarah, and Jane Spencer. “Prattling, tattling and knowing everything: public authority and the female editorial persona in the early essay-periodical”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2000, pp. 43-57.
44, 45 and n7, 48-9
Mandeville, Bernard. “Introduction”. By a Society of Ladies: Essays in The Female Tatler, edited by Maurice Marks Goldsmith, University of Durham; Thoemmes, 1999.

27 November 1790: The French Assembly required public officials,...

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27 November 1790

The French Assembly required public officials, including the clergy, to swear a loyalty oath to the Civil Constitution.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xi
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
21
Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
169
Waldron, Mary. Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806. University of Georgia Press, 1996.
201-2

1780: In his poem An Essay on History, in three...

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1780

In his poem An Essay on History, in three epistles to Edward Gibbon, William Hayley praised the ancient historian Anna Comnena .
Tomlins, Elizabeth Sophia. The Victim of Fancy. Pickering and Chatto, 2009.
110n6

1905: The first Roll of Midwives in the UK was...

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1905

The first Roll of Midwives in the UK was published; it contained 22,308 names.
Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
198

1864: Ludwig II became King of Bavaria....

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1864

Ludwig II became King of Bavaria.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
255

1670: Les Pensées de M. Pascal sur la réligion,...

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1670

Les Pensées de M. Pascal sur la réligion, et sur quelques autres sujets was posthumously published: it takes the form of a collection of aphorisms and very brief essays.
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.

1824: The Lying-In Hospital in London began training...

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1824

The Lying-In Hospital in London began training monthly nurses.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
146

1906: William and Gilbert Foyle (already active...

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1906

William and Gilbert Foyle (already active as booksellers) opened their shop at 119-125 Charing Cross Road, which became the biggest bookshop in London.
Samuel, Bill. “Proper Bookselling”. The Author, Vol.
cxiii
, No. 3, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2002, pp. 123-4.
123
“Foyles and Book-Buying”. infed: the encyclopedia of informal information.

25 June 1886: An Act that enabled deserted wives to sue...

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25 June 1886

An Act that enabled deserted wives to sue for support was passed by Parliament.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
155
Hammerton, A. James. Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Married Life. Routledge, 1992.
41, 191n30
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
statutes

16 December 1879: The Anglican Community of St Katherine of...

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16 December 1879

The Anglican Community of St Katherine of Egypt was founded at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
455

21 August 1911: Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda...

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21 August 1911

Leonardo da Vinci 's painting La Gioconda or the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris; it was recovered two years later when the Italian thief tried to return it to the...

1644: The English Parliament suppressed the Anglican...

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1644

The English Parliament suppressed the AnglicanBook of Common Prayer.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
274, 304, 366

1857: Robert Forester Mushet made the first steel...

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1857

Robert Forester Mushet made the first steel rails for railway tracks.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
105

29-30 August 1663: The Lord Chamberlain ordered the arrest of...

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29-30 August 1663

The Lord Chamberlain ordered the arrest of all actors performing without affiliation with the two patent houses (the King's Company , managed by Thomas Killigrew , and the Duke's Company , managed by Sir William Davenant ).
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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29 April 1771: Edmund Burke spoke in parliament in support...

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29 April 1771

Edmund Burke spoke in parliament in support of a bill to prevent divorced parties from marrying again.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
146

After April 1770: Two reforms were passed by parliament: MPs'...

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After April 1770

Two reforms were passed by parliament: MPs' immunity from civil prosecution was ended, and the Elections Act provided committees to investigate contested elections.
Johnson, Samuel. Samuel Johnson: A Critical Edition of the Major Works. Editor Greene, Donald, Oxford University Press, 1984.
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February 1793: William Godwin published his Enquiry Concerning...

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February 1793

William Godwin published his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, a radical text which was highly influential, not least for Godwin's future son-in-law Percy Bysshe Shelley .
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Butler, Marilyn, editor. Burke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
149

28 May-16 June 1794: Edmund Burke made his nine-day speech, spread...

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28 May-16 June 1794

Edmund Burke made his nine-day speech, spread over the course of this period, in reply to the defence offered at the trial of Warren Hastings .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Burke