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April 1910: F. T. Marinetti, leader of the Futurist movement...

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April 1910

F. T. Marinetti , leader of the Futurist movement in Italy, made his first appearance in England at the Lyceum Club in London to promote the Futurist doctrine of revolution and violence in art.
Wees, William C. Vorticism and the English Avant-Garde. University of Toronto Press, 1972.
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15 September 1743: The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously...

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15 September 1743

The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously written by Henry Fielding and James Ralph , ceased publication.
Graham, Walter. English Literary Periodicals. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1930.
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1904: The National Peace Council was established...

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1904

The National Peace Council was established in Britain.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
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By Autumn 1975: Carmen Callil's new Virago Press issued its...

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By Autumn 1975

Carmen Callil 's new Virago Press issued its first title, Mary Chamberlain 's Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village, an indictment of rural poverty as it bears on women.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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1879: Thomas Burberry patented an impervious, breathable,...

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1879

Thomas Burberry patented an impervious, breathable, virtually indestructible fabric he called gaberdine (spelled gabardine in the USA).
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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14 August 1912: Three English suffragettes jailed for the...

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14 August 1912

Three English suffragettes jailed for the Asquith incident in Dublin started a hunger strike, demanding recognition as political prisoners; four Irish suffragettes joined the hunger strike next day.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Later 1936: The General Post Office Film Unit under John...

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Later 1936

The General Post Office Film Unit under John Grierson created a documentary entitled Night Mail, directed by Basil Wright , which featured music by Benjamin Britten and a film poem by W. H. Auden

J. K. Rowling

JKR , late-twentieth- and twenty-first-century author of children's books which are phenomenally popular, has published the fastest-selling series in history and has made a fortune from her writing. Her Harry Potter series features an alternative...
J. K. Rowling Informal photograph of J. K. Rowling, leaning forward in a white chair in front of a green background, hands clasped on a book in her lap. She wears a pale cardigan over a colourful dress. Her blonde hair is pulled back and she dangling white teardrop earrings.

21 September 1949: The publishing firm of Thames and Hudson...

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21 September 1949

The publishing firm of Thames and Hudson was incorporated in London by Walter Neurath , John Jarrold , and Walter Gilchrist .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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Rosenthal, Tom. “All Shall Have Prizes”. The Author, Vol.
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4 January 1894: The Woman's Signal: a Weekly Record and Review...

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4 January 1894

The Woman's Signal: a Weekly Record and Review devoted to the interests of women in the home and in the wider world (successor to Henrietta Müller 's Women's Penny Paper) issued its first number...

April 1792: Mobs attacked houses and mills owned by Unitarians...

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April 1792

Mobs attacked houses and mills owned by Unitarians in Nottingham; two months later, meeting-houses in Manchester were sacked, and, in November, mills in Belper.
Norton, Rictor. Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. Leicester University Press, 1999.
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29 October 1901: The Aero Club of Great Britain was found...

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29 October 1901

The Aero Club of Great Britain was founded.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1968: At the end of Edmund Blunden's tenure of...

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1968

At the end of Edmund Blunden 's tenure of the Professorship of Poetry at Oxford , Roy Fuller was elected to follow him.
Watts, Janet. “Kathleen Raine”. The Guardian, 8 July 2003, p. 25.
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May 1856: Ellen Terry made her theatrical debut at...

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May 1856

Ellen Terry made her theatrical debut at the Princess's Theatre , watched by an audience which included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert .
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
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1867: Henry George Bohn published his Dictionary...

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1867

Henry George Bohn published his Dictionary of Quotations.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Carol Rumens

CR is a leading poet of the later twentieth century and beyond. As well as a dozen poetry volumes she has published a novel, short stories, plays, translations, and reviews of literature and music. She...

28 July 1910: Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons...

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28 July 1910

Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that the Conciliation Bill on suffrage would receive no more attention that session.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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31 October 1658 : Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Thomas Austen...

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31 October 1658

Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Thomas Austen died. His widow, Katherine , kept a series of manuscript books containing religious meditations, notes about her life, family records, and poems (mostly religious).
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

3 March 1770: Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented...

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3 March 1770

Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented the opening performance of a pro-government play, Word to the Wise by Hugh Kelly at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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By 26 July 1862: Arthur Hugh Clough's Poems, 1862 were published...

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By 26 July 1862

Arthur Hugh Clough 's Poems, 1862 were published posthumously.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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5 April 1838: The Association of Master Printers signed...

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5 April 1838

The Association of Master Printers signed a petition opposing Talfourd 's copyright bill.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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Mary Chandler

MC , writing in the earlier eighteenth century, became famous for a single poem, the A Description of Bath, whose chief interest is the way it functions as part of a local tourist economy...
Mary Chandler Colour photograph of a fountain in the Grand Pump Room in Bath, offering the curative Bath waters which provided Mary Chandler's livelihood and were the central subject of her poem.

23 October 1693: Alexander Davenant fled to the Canary Islands...

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23 October 1693

Alexander Davenant fled to the Canary Islands in order to escape arrest for mishandling the finances of the United Company (now London's only licensed theatre); joint managers Sir Thomas Skipwith and Christopher Rich were...

Marianne Moore

MM was a pivotal figure in US poetry of the twentieth century. A recent editor has written that no major poet is cherished more and known less from that period in America.
Moore, Marianne. “Introduction”. The Poems of Marianne Moore, edited by Grace Schulman, Faber, 2003, p. xix - xxx.
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Marianne Moore Black and white photograph of Marianne Moore, standing against a bookshelf. Her grey hair is in a plait round her head; she wears a large dark jacket over a grey suit, collared shirt, and bow-tie.

13-17 August 1876: The first cyclical performance of the four...

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13-17 August 1876

The first cyclical performance of the four component parts of Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen took place in the newly-opened Festspielhaus at Bayreuth in Bavaria, Germany.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
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