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April 1837: A cotton-spinners' strike took place in Glasgow....

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April 1837

A cotton-spinners' strike took place in Glasgow. This was during a run of lean years in Scotland, with famine in the Highlands.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
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Richards, Eric. Debating the Highland Clearances. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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January 1833: The first issues appeared of two Irish monthly...

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January 1833

The first issues appeared of two Irish monthly periodicals: the successful Dublin University Magazine and the short-lived Dublin University Review, and Quarterly Magazine.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
4: 193-195, 196-7, 199, 206-7, 214
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Sadleir, Michael. “Dublin University Magazine: Its History, Contents and Bibliography”. The Bibliographical Society of Ireland, 1938, pp. 59-81.

1893: Columbia University Press was founded in...

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1893

Columbia University Press was founded in New York.
Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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By 22 July 1882: Algernon Charles Swinburne published Tristram...

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By 22 July 1882

Algernon Charles Swinburne published Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2856 (1882): 103

1624: Thomas Heywood published Gynaikeion: or,...

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1624

Thomas Heywood published Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History concerninge Women (on the title-page the first word is printed in Greek letters).
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 11

5 September 1767: August Wilhelm von Schlegel, critic, was...

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5 September 1767

August Wilhelm von Schlegel , critic, was born in Hanover, which was then its own nation-state but is now part of Germany.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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February 1906: Publisher J. M. Dent launched Everyman's...

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February 1906

Publisher J. M. Dent launched Everyman's Library, aiming to reprint 1,000 classic titles: the first year's 155 volumes included Æschylus , Shakespeare , Jane Austen practically complete,
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ...

About 1600: Women made up 10% of listed members of the...

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About 1600

Women made up 10% of listed members of the Stationers' Company .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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1865: Actress Marie Wilton borrowed £1000 from...

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1865

Actress Marie Wilton borrowed £1000 from her brother-in-law and became the manager of the re-christened Prince of Wales Theatre ; her fame drew large crowds, turning The Dust Hole into a great success.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
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Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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20 August 1853: The Vaccination Act made vaccination against...

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20 August 1853

The Vaccination Act made vaccination against smallpox compulsory for everyone in the United Kingdom, and provided for administering it gratis under the Poor Law.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Williams, Gareth. Angel of Death. The Story of Smallpox. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Valentine's Day 1732: Henry Fielding's The Modern Husband opened;...

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Valentine's Day 1732

Henry Fielding 's The Modern Husband opened; it was published the same month.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 190
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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20 March 2016: A startling report by the World Meteorological...

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20 March 2016

A startling report by the World Meteorological Organization noted (and attributed unequivocally to human activity) unprecedentedly high worldwide temperatures, disappearance of polar ice, and rising sea levels.
Carrington, Damian. “Record-breaking climate change pushes world into ’uncharted territory’”. theguardian.com, 21 Mar. 2017.

January 1716: John Gay published Trivia; or, The Art of...

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January 1716

John Gay published Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London.
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.

Between 1637 and 1640: John Evelyn, an undergraduate at Balliol...

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Between 1637 and 1640

John Evelyn , an undergraduate at Balliol College , Oxford, first saw coffee drunk (by a visiting Greek), thirty years before the custom became established.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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May 1901: William Lea established the first driving...

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May 1901

William Lea established the first driving school in England: the Liver Motor Car Depot and School of Automobilism at Birkenhead.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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24 May 1990: Through Peterloo Poets, Anna Adams published...

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24 May 1990

Through Peterloo Poets , Anna Adams published her poetry pamphlet Nobodies.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

1997: Women members of the Royal Engineers and...

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1997

Women members of the Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery were this year allowed to take positions at the front, although British infantry, submarine, and tank positions were still restricted to men.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1969: Sheila Rowbotham published her highly influential...

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1969

Sheila Rowbotham published her highly influential Women's Liberation and the New Politics with Spokesman Press of Nottingham.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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Margaret Catchpole

MC was a late eighteenth-century labouring-class woman whose extraordinary experience as a transported felon propelled her (through the influence of Elizabeth Cobbold , her employer and an active woman writer) to express herself in letters...
Margaret Catchpole Watercolour of Margaret Catchpole by Richard Cobbold, done to accompany his much-fictionalised life of her, 1845 ( a quarter-century after her death). She has long, loose, dark hair and is dressed in blue.

1744-5: The Jews were expelled from Prague by Maria...

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1744-5

The Jews were expelled from Prague by Maria Theresa ; a few years later they were permitted to return, after a strong campaign by themselves and others.
Wasserstein, Bernard. “Forever unwilling”. London Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2000, pp. 38-9.
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1888: Two new groups emerged from the National...

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1888

Two new groups emerged from the National Society for Women's Suffrage after internal dissension about permitting affiliations with other organisations: the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage retained its existing name; the...

11 November 1911: The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after...

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11 November 1911

The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after a successful trial season run by actor Basil Dean .
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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1880-1882: Josef Breuer worked with and studied Anna...

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1880-1882

Josef Breuer worked with and studied Anna O., who became one of the most famous cases of hysteria.
Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.
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September 1980: The Washington Post carried a report by Janet...

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September 1980

The Washington Post carried a report by Janet Cooke about an eight-year-old heroin addict in a poor part of Washington, DC; the story (for which Cooke won a Pulitzer Prize) turned out to be fabricated.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “Who’s sorry now?”. London Review of Books, 2 June 2005, pp. 10-12.
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