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12 May 1845: German critic August Wilhelm von Schlegel...

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12 May 1845

German critic August Wilhelm von Schlegel died.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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12 November 1035: King Knut died in Shaftesbury, Dorset....

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12 November 1035

King Knut died in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
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June 1816: Lady Isabella King opened at Bailbrook House...

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June 1816

Lady Isabella King opened at Bailbrook House near Bath a communal home for single gentlewomen (or Protestant nunnery): a project going back to Mary Astell , which King picked up from Sarah Scott 's Millenium Hall.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

From 1830: Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely...

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From 1830

Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely available.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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End of January 1908: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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End of January 1908

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies sent a deputation to discuss the issue of women's suffrage with Herbert Asquith .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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4 August 1883: Magnus Volk's electric railway opened at...

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4 August 1883

Magnus Volk 's electric railway opened at Brighton; it was the first electric traction in British rail.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
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24 January 1986: Violent nightly clashes began to occur outside...

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24 January 1986

Violent nightly clashes began to occur outside the production plant of Rupert Murdoch 's News International , publisher of the Times and the Sunday Times, at Wapping.
“Confrontation looms at Murdoch papers after talks collapse”. Times, 24 Jan. 1986, p. 1.
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1710: Anne Oldfield, leading actress, was viciously...

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1710

Anne Oldfield , leading actress, was viciously attacked as promiscuous and power-hungry in a pamphlet, A Justification of the Letter to John Stanley.
Crouch, Kimberly. “The public life of actresses: prostitutes or ladies?”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 58-78.
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1 October 1954: In the Movement, a leading article in the...

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1 October 1954

In the Movement, a leading article in the Spectator, identified a newly sceptical and debunking tendency in modern British poetry, opposed to social hierarchy and cultural authority, including that of modernism.
Collini, Stefan. “Self-Positioning”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 12, 25 June 2009, pp. 17-19.
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1 March 1873: Walter Pater published his influential study...

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1 March 1873

Walter Pater published his influential study of writers, sculptors, and painters from the thirteenth through the eighteenth century: Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
Monsman, Gerald Cornelius. Walter Pater. Twayne, 1977.
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1883: James Simson edited a short anthology entitled...

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1883

James Simson edited a short anthology entitled The Gipsies, as illustrated by John Bunyan , Mrs. Carlyle , and others. And, Do Snakes Swallow Their Young?.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Later 1925: Amy Lowell's final volume of poetry appeared:...

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Later 1925

Amy Lowell 's final volume of poetry appeared: What's O'Clock, finished just before her death on 12 May. It was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Hollenberg, Donna Krolik. “Hidden in Plain Sight”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 6, Nov.–Dec. 2012, pp. 12-13.
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1801: The jacquard loom was invented in France,...

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1801

The jacquard loom was invented in France, but it did not become widely used in Britain until the 1830s.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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By September 1887: William Walker published at Aberdeen The...

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By September 1887

William Walker published at AberdeenThe Bards of Bon-Accord, 1375-1860, a history of poetry in Aberdeenshire, which had already appeared serially in the Herald and Weekly Free Press.
The volume is dated from...

7 May 1943: Bizerte and Tunis surrendered, marking the...

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7 May 1943

Bizerte and Tunis surrendered, marking the Allied victory in Northern Africa.
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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25 November 1902: The Central Midwives' Board was constituted...

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25 November 1902

The Central Midwives' Board was constituted by an order in council.
Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
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Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
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1868: Using a donated building, Ellen Ranyard began...

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1868

Using a donated building, Ellen Ranyard began training poor women to become home care nurses; in the programme's inaugural year, 5,000 visits were made to 99 patients.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1899: Charles Fere's Pathology and Emotions: Physiological...

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1899

Charles Fere 's Pathology and Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies argued that constant activity in an anorectic was a desperate attempt to assert . . . good health.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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27 November 1655: Cromwell issued an edict prohibiting Church...

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27 November 1655

Cromwell issued an edict prohibiting Church of England ministers from any preaching or teaching.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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Matilda Charlotte Houstoun

MCH produced, and had moderate success with, close to thirty novels, three travel narratives, a biography, several volumes of autobiographical writings, and a short story. She also did some writing for periodicals. Her later writings...

1916: The Academy, an Oxford dating from 1869,...

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1916

The Academy, an Oxford dating from 1869, ceased publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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January 1850: The London Mesmeric Infirmary opened at 9...

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January 1850

The London Mesmeric Infirmary opened at 9 Bedford Street, Bedford Square, and was patronized by a number of respectable citizens including the second Earl of Ducie , who served as president.
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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George Bradshaw

3 November 2016: Three senior British high court judges (the...

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3 November 2016

Three senior British high court judges (the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, and a Lord Justice of Appeal) ruled that invoking article 50 to activate Brexit, or Britain's departure from the European Community

7 February 1906: A general election brought the Liberal Party...

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7 February 1906

A general election brought the Liberal Party to power in Britain by a great majority.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.