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12 August 1752: Justice John Fielding defined the crime of...

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12 August 1752

Justice John Fielding defined the crime of apprentices caught putting on an unlicensed play as mere unlawful assembly; they got off with a reprimand.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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1946: The Report from the Equal Pay Commission...

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1946

The Report from the Equal Pay Commission argued that equal pay was appropriate only in certain cases.
Wilson, Elizabeth. Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968. Tavistock, 1980.
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Mackie, Lindsay, and Polly Pattullo. Women at Work. Tavistock, 1977.
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1971: Sexual discrimination in hiring practices...

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1971

Sexual discrimination in hiring practices was outlawed in the USA.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1836: The Association of Master Printers was founded...

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1836

The Association of Master Printers was founded to negotiate rates of pay for journeymen and to protect the general interests of the trade.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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June 1770: Russia (under Catherine the Great) demonstrated...

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June 1770

Russia (under Catherine the Great ) demonstrated its new power by crushing Turkey in a naval victory.
Levitt, Marcus C. “An Antidote to Nervous Juice: Catherine the Great’s Debate with Chappe d’Auteroche over Russian Culture”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1998, pp. 49-63.
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1 May 1907: Hagenbeck's Animal Park opened in Stellingen,...

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1 May 1907

Hagenbeck's Animal Park opened in Stellingen, just outside Hamburg in Germany.
Rothfels, Nigel. Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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1909: The Women's Social Services opened a new...

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1909

The Women's Social Services opened a new maternity hospital in Hackney near London.
Higginbotham, Ann R. “Respectable Sinners: Salvation Army Rescue Work with Unmarried Mothers, 1884-1914”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 216-33.
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1870: The first representatives of the London Missionary...

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1870

The first representatives of the London Missionary Society arrived in New Guinea.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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29 December 1770: The Morning Chronicle began publication;...

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29 December 1770

The Morning Chronicle began publication; it became London's leading Opposition paper, and ran until the end of 1800.
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.
Macleod, Emma Vincent. “A city invincible? Edinburgh and the war against Revolutionary France”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 153-66.
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1848: The Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters arrived...

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1848

The Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters arrived in Ireland, and the first Magdalene Asylums were established.
Raftery, Mary, and Eoin O’Sullivan. Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland’s Industrial Schools. Continuum, 2001.
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O’Toole, Fintan. “The Sisters of No Mercy”. Guardian Unlimited, 16 Feb. 2003.
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1881: Sigmund Freud graduated from medical school...

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1881

Sigmund Freud graduated from medical school at the University of Vienna .
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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Mary Cary

Among the pamphleteers for the Parliament side in the English Civil War, MC stands out, not only for productivity but for her literary style, her sinewy argument, and her attention to setting the anti-monarchist party...

13 June 1985: Conrad Black, on his way to becoming the...

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13 June 1985

Conrad Black , on his way to becoming the third Canadian press baron to dominate British newspapers, acquired for £10 million a minority stake in the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, with the proviso of...

Emily Eden

Shortly after the middle of the nineteenth century, EE published two novels (one of them begun during the 1830s) and a volume of her letters from India. She also published a collection of her...
Emily Eden Watercolour portrait of Emily Eden by Simon Jacques Rochard, August 1835. She sits in a chair with her left hand its arm, and her right hand reaching down to a small spaniel-type dog has its paws on her knee. She wears a billowy gown patterned with blue and pink stripes and decorated with bows and ruffles at collar and shoulders. She wears her hair up in a high bun with pink ribbons at each side of her head.

1887: The newly-built Theatre Royal, Exeter burnt...

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1887

The newly-built Theatre Royal, Exeter burnt to the ground, killing more than a hundred people.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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1966: Women were granted licences from the Jockey...

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1966

Women were granted licences from the Jockey Club as racehorse trainers for the first time.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1840: The Society of Protestant Sisters of Charity...

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1840

The Society of Protestant Sisters of Charity (Nursing Sisters) was founded as a secular nursing order in London, inspired by Quaker Elizabeth Gurney Fry .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Williams, Katherine. “From Sarah Gamp to Florence Nightingale: A Critical Study of Hospital Nursing Systems from 1840 to 1897”. Rewriting Nursing History, edited by Celia Davies, Barnes and Noble, 1980, pp. 41-75.
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Dingwall, Robert et al. An Introduction to the Social History of Nursing. Routledge, 1988.
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During the 1780s: John Crisp and his wife ran a boarding school...

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During the 1780s

John Crisp and his wife ran a boarding school for boys and girls at 28 Long Acre, London; the curriculum included writing, arithmetic, French, Latin, and Greek.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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2 June 1758: In a temporary reversal of Robert Clive's...

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2 June 1758

In a temporary reversal of Robert Clive 's consolidation of British power in India, French forces recaptured Fort St David.
Kumar, Janardan. Company India: A Comprehensive History of India (1757-1858). Janaki Prakashan, 1980.
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Spear, Percival. The Oxford History of Modern India, 1750-1975. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1978.
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21 January 1994: A court in Virginia, USA, found that Lorena...

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21 January 1994

A court in Virginia, USA, found that Lorena Bobbitt had acted in self-defence when she cut off her husband's penis the previous June, and cleared her of charges against her.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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7 July 1916: Representatives from the Women's Police Service...

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7 July 1916

Representatives from the Women's Police Service (Margaret Damer Dawson and Mary Allen ) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Munitions for the employment of women police to regulate and oversee the conduct of...

1855: The Black Dyke Mills Band was started by...

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1855

The Black Dyke Mills Band was started by John Foster and Sons of Queensbury in Queenshead near Bradford; the band became synonomous with brass band music in Britain.
Taylor, John Russell, editor. The Penguin Dictionary of Theatre. 3rd ed., Penguin, 1993.
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During the eleventh century: Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from...

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During the eleventh century

Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from the Chinese) began in Europe.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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July 1978: Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement...

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July 1978

Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award for her book on butterfly conservation, Butterflies on My Mind: Their Life and Conservation in Britain Today, with illustrations by Brian Hargreaves and a...

19 February 1704: Daniel Defoe issued the first number of his...

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19 February 1704

Daniel Defoe issued the first number of his long-running, one-man periodical, A Review of the State of the British Nation,, which began under the title A Weekly Review of the Affairs of France.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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