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January 1896: Harriet Hemenway and her cousin Minna B....

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January 1896

Harriet Hemenway and her cousin Minna B. Hall founded the Massachusetts Audobon Society . The Society campaigned against the fashion of decorating women's hats with the plumage of exotic birds, a trend which was rapidly...

1667: Joseph Glanvill published Some Philosophical...

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1667

Joseph Glanvill published Some Philosophical Considerations touching the being of Witches and Witchcraft.
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.

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.

Kamila Shamsie

KS is best known for her novels, which engage with political and aesthetic complexities of Pakistani culture. She also contributes short stories to anthologies of both British and Pakistani fiction. Her writing frequently examines topics...
Kamila Shamsie Colour photo of Kamila Shamsie, standing and holding her book Burnt Shadows during the Orange Prize for Fiction event at the Royal Festival Hall in London, 3 June 2009.

1 April 1878: Ethel Manson enrolled as a nurse-in-training...

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1 April 1878

Ethel Manson enrolled as a nurse-in-training at the Children's Hospital in Nottingham.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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January 1859: W. R. Greg's essay "False Morality of Lady...

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January 1859

W. R. Greg 's essay "False Morality of Lady Novelists" was published in the National Review in London.
Greg, William Rathbone. “False Morality of Lady Novelists”. National Review, Vol.
8
, Jan. 1859, pp. 144-67.
144-67

4 or 6 October 1809: Spencer Perceval assumed office as Prime...

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4 or 6 October 1809

Spencer Perceval assumed office as Prime Minister. He was a Tory, an Evangelical, and an abolitionist, strongly committed to the war against France.
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.
491
Barrell, John. “Shoot first, ask questions later”. The Guardian, 12 May 2012, p. Review 6.
Review 6

1672: Puritan Nonconformist James Janeway published,...

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1672

Puritan Nonconformist James Janeway published, for children, A Token for Children: Being an Exact Account of the Conversion, Holy and Exemplary Lives, and Joyful Deaths of Several Young Children (of both sexes).
Janeway, James. A Token for Children. Dorman Newman, 1676.
Demers, Patricia, and Robert Gordon Moyles, editors. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children’s Literature to 1850. Oxford University Press, 1982.
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12 October 1999: The human population of the world reached...

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12 October 1999

The human population of the world reached six billion.
Guardian Weekly.
(6-12 January 2000): 27

1-3 August 1798: In the Battle of the Nile (also known as...

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1-3 August 1798

In the Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir (or Abu Qir) Bay), the British fleet under Nelson attacked and in large part destroyed the fleet of revolutionary France.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Nelson
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv
Macleod, Emma Vincent. “A city invincible? Edinburgh and the war against Revolutionary France”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 153-66.
159

Julia Pardoe

The most common topics of Julia Pardoe 's writings were: Turkey, Hungary, French royalty, and fiction featuring women and marriage. Her prolific output in the early and middle years of Victoria's reign includes: three historical...
Julia Pardoe Photo of a sketch of Julia Pardoe by John Lilley, 1849. Only her face is drawn in detail, with her neck and shoulders merely suggested. She is in semi-profile, with her hair in dark gleaming ringlets.

10 December 1995: Joseph Rotblat from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1995

Joseph Rotblat from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in nuclear disarmament.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

By July 1955: Françoise Sagan, aged eighteen, repeated...

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By July 1955

Françoise Sagan , aged eighteen, repeated in England the previous year's sensational success in France of her novel Bonjour Tristesse: the English version was by Irene Ash .
British Book News. British Council.
(1955): 1138
Corbett, Anne. “Françoise Sagan”. The Guardian, 27 Sept. 2004, p. 23.
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Chrisafis, Angelique. “Bonjour Françoise: France in thrall to Sagan”. The Guardian, 31 May 2008, p. 25.
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27 June 1907: The Women's Franchise began weekly publication...

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27 June 1907

The Women's Franchise began weekly publication in London; it featured contributions from major societies within the suffrage movement and from individuals.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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6 May 2019: A frightening forty-page Summary for Policy...

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6 May 2019

A frightening forty-page Summary for Policy Makers was issued in Paris ahead of a 1,500-page Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services .
Leahy, Stephen. “One million species at risk of extinction, UN report warns”. National Geographic, 6 May 2019.

1932: Dundee publishing firm D. C. Thomson began...

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1932

Dundee publishing firm D. C. Thomson began Secrets, a weekly magazine specializing in sensational fiction.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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28 August 1919: A return flight, with two passengers, from...

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28 August 1919

A return flight, with two passengers, from Paris to London weathered a 100 mile per hour hurricane.
Hudson, Kenneth. Air Travel: A Social History. Adams and Dart, 1972.
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6 July 1964: Nyasaland became independent within the Commonwealth...

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6 July 1964

Nyasaland became independent within the Commonwealth as Malawi.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
422
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
698

Susan Miles

SM (who began publishing under her birth name of Ursula Roberts) was a poet and novelist of the earlier twentieth century, who also published a suffrage pamphlet, an admiring biography of her Christian-socialist husband, and...

14 February 2014: The publisher Verso brought out an English...

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14 February 2014

The publisher Verso brought out an English translation of Tristano, a combinatorial novel
Jones, Thomas. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 11, 5 June 2014, p. 25.
published in Italian by Nanni Balestrini in 1966, in which each copy is, courtesy of a computer algorithm, unique.
Davies, Lizzy. “Tristano: the love story that’s unique to each reader”. theguardian.com, 13 Feb. 2014.
Jones, Thomas. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 11, 5 June 2014, p. 25.

10 December 1981: Elias Canetti, born in Bulgaria and resident...

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10 December 1981

Elias Canetti , born in Bulgaria and resident in Great Britain, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.
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.

1951: The popular Nineteenth Century and After...

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1951

The popular Nineteenth Century and After (titled thus since 1901) became the Twentieth Century.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 624

13 May 1607: The first enduring British settlement in...

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13 May 1607

The first enduring British settlement in North America was established at James Fort (later Jamestown, Virginia).
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
7: 275; 12: 457
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
271, 280
Brown, Alexander. English Politics in Early Virginia History. Russell and Russell, 1968.
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Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. Virginia Under the Stuarts, 1607-1688. Princeton University Press, 1914, http://U of A Ruth Flr 3.
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Morton, Richard Lee. Colonial Virginia I. University of North Carolina Press, 1960.
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1875: The English Home Rule Confederation was founded,...

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1875

The English Home Rule Confederation was founded, to organize Irish voters in England.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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