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1691: Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle...

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1691

Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem, call'd Silvia's Revenge, an antifeminist contribution to the Sylvia debate.
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.

1 July 2007: British publisher Tank Books released a series...

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1 July 2007

British publisher Tank Books released a series of classic books, Tales to Take Your Breath Away, designed to mimic cigarette packets—the same size, packaged in flip-top cartons with silver foil wrapping and sealed in cellophane.
TankBooks: Tales to Take Your Breath Away. http://web.archive.org/web/20090620103236/http://www.tankmagazine.com/tankbooks/.
Campbell, Duncan, journalist. “Battle ahead for ’cigarette pack’ books”. Guardian Unlimited Books, 16 Jan. 2008.
TankBooks: Tales to Take Your Breath Away. http://web.archive.org/web/20090620103236/http://www.tankmagazine.com/tankbooks/.

From January 1924: Following the death of Lenin, Josef Stalin,...

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From January 1924

Following the death of Lenin , Josef Stalin , who had already achieved great power in the Soviet Communist Party because of Lenin's illness, became its acknowledged leader after a bitter and secret power struggle.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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7 October 1607: The Revenger's Tragedy (formerly ascribed...

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7 October 1607

The Revenger's Tragedy (formerly ascribed to Cyril Tourneur but now seen by scholars as Thomas Middleton 's answer to Shakespeare 's Hamlet) was entered in the Stationers' Register .
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1 July 1997: Hong Kong was returned to China, ending years...

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1 July 1997

Hong Kong was returned to China, ending years of British rule.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
242
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
449

20 August 1795: Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed The Aeolian...

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20 August 1795

Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed The Aeolian [or Eolian] Harp (published the following year).
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poetical Works [of] Coleridge, including poems and versions of poems herein published for the first time. Editor Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, Oxford University Press, 1969.
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19 September 1819: A Reform meeting in favour of universal suffrage,...

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19 September 1819

A Reform meeting in favour of universal suffrage, involving 30,000 men and women, was held at Clayknowes, the east side of Glasgow.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
89 (1819): 267

25 July 1914: The first example of underwater photography,...

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25 July 1914

The first example of underwater photography, an image of a diver at the bottom of the sea, was published in the Illustrated London News.
Bishop, James. The Illustrated London News Social History of the First World War. Angus and Robertson, 1982.
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By 2 September 1837: W. A. F. Browne published What Asylums Were,...

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By 2 September 1837

W. A. F. Browne published What Asylums Were, Are, and Ought to Be, extolling the virtues of the self-employed lunatic and a hierarchy of industry within the asylum.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
41-2, 60, 290
Athenæum. J. Lection.
514 (1837): 636

October 1765: Resistance to the Stamp Act in America i...

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October 1765

Resistance to the Stamp Act in America increased.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
141-2, 151, 187-8

11 May 1960: The US FDA approved the first birth control...

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11 May 1960

The US FDA approved the first birth control pill, Searle 's Enovid.
“The Pill: Timeline: 1951-1990”. PBS: The Pill: American Experience.

1966: The Times was taken over by Canadian magnate...

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1966

The Times was taken over by Canadian magnate Roy Thomson (who already owned the British group Kemsley Newspapers ).
Stevens, Ronald. “A Different Sort of Tory”. London Review of Books, 12 Dec. 2002, pp. 16-17.
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1863: The Improved Industrial Dwellings Society...

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1863

The Improved Industrial Dwellings Society was founded by Sydney Waterlow .
Rodger, Richard. Housing in Urban Britain, 1780-1914: Class, Capitalism and Construction. Macmillan, 1989.
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January 1837: The London Working Men's Association prepared...

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January 1837

The London Working Men's Association prepared a Six Point petition for submission to the House of Commons .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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Elizabeth Hooton

EH , the earliest of the female Quaker writers, left a printed prophecy, petition, and testimony, as well as a manuscript attack on colonial settlements in New England. Literary historian Phyllis Mack observes that...

Mary Barber

MB is a domestic, small-scale, early eighteenth-century poet of charm and intelligence (remembered particularly for her writing about her children), but also an incisive, often satirical commentator on social and gender issues. Her single collection...
Mary Barber Conclusion of dedication to Lord Orrery of Mary Barber's "Poems on Several Occasions", 1735, written for her by Jonathan Swift.

28 September 1883: A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant,...

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28 September 1883

A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant , gathered to found the Company of Authors, later the Society of Authors , to improve the earning prospects of writers and lobby for copyright protection.
Parker, Derek. “Onward to 3000”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 1999–28 Feb. 2000, pp. 166-8.
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3 September-7 September 1939: Approximately 400,000 London pets were put...

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3 September-7 September 1939

Approximately 400,000 London pets were put down by the RSPCA during the first four days of the war. The animals were turned in as a patriotic gesture to save food.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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May 1839: The New Zealand Company was founded with...

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May 1839

The New Zealand Company was founded with the purpose of colonizing New Zealand.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
939-40
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Sarah Tytler

Henrietta Keddie, who wrote under the pen name ST , was a prolific Scottish author who aimed at a predominantly female audience. Over her nearly sixty-year publishing career she produced more than one novel a...

1841: The Ladies' Diary, an annual almanac, ceased...

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1841

The Ladies' Diary, an annual almanac, ceased publication in London by merging with The Gentleman's Diary.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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July 1868: The Parliamentary Elections Act moved the...

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July 1868

The Parliamentary Elections Act moved the trial of election petitions from a committee of the House of Commons to the Courts.
Craig, Fred W. S. British Electoral Facts 1832-1987. 5th ed., Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
179

1869: Agnes Peterson established the Women's Co-Operative...

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1869

Agnes Peterson established the Women's Co-Operative Printing Union in San Francisco to help female typesetters earn an independent and honest living when discriminated against by male printers' unions
“About Wells Fargo: A Proud Tradition of Diversity”. Wells Fargo.
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“About Wells Fargo: A Proud Tradition of Diversity”. Wells Fargo.

1 April 1684: George Hickes (later a patron of Elizabeth...

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1 April 1684

George Hickes (later a patron of Elizabeth Elstob ) preached at St Bridget's Church in London a sermon on almsgiving which made particular mention of charities to benefit women, including schools and colleges along the...