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1851: The medical journal The Lancet established...

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1851

The medical journal The Lancet established an Analytical Sanitary Commission to investigate the adulteration of food and drink. The Commission's reports were published in the journal over the next four years.
Warren, Michael. “A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain: 1066 - 1999”. Michael Warren’s Chronology, 6 Jan. 2003.

By 11 February 1718: A hawker named Frances Carver (Blind Fanny)...

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By 11 February 1718

A hawker named Frances Carver (Blind Fanny) was arrested for singing Jacobite ballads: this did not put an end to her career, which she pursued for another quarter century.
McDowell, Paula. “Women and the business of print”. Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800, edited by Vivien Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 135-54.
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1927: Halcyon Press was founded by A. A. M. St...

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1927

Halcyon Press was founded by A. A. M. Stols .
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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17 September 1792: When the legislature of Upper Canada first...

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17 September 1792

When the legislature of Upper Canada first met, at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), the Lieutenant-Governor,John Graves Simcoe proposed a method for ending slavery in the colony.
Cook, Ramsay, editor. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html.

1971: A Maoist group based in Hertfordshire began...

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1971

A Maoist group based in Hertfordshire began publishing the Women's Liberation Union Newsletter.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1911: William Waldorf Astor bought the Observer...

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1911

William Waldorf Astor bought the Observer newspaper (founded in 1791) from Lord Northcliffe for £5,000.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under William Waldorf Astor

1769: Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the...

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1769

Weavers at Fenwick in Scotland formed the first documented co-operative society, foreshadowing a significant movement, celebrated by the UN by designating 2012 the International Year of Co-operatives.
Ellwood, Wayne. “Co-ops offer a far better way to organize economic activity”. CCPA Monitor, Vol.
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, No. 4, Sept. 2012, pp. 8-10.
8, 9

29 February 1956: Pakistan was proclaimed an Islamic republic...

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29 February 1956

Pakistan was proclaimed an Islamic republic but remained a member of the Commonwealth.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1856: The Illustrated London News became the first...

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1856

The Illustrated London News became the first periodical to include regular colour images.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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10 March 2021: Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, for her novel Detransition, Baby.

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10 March 2021

Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, for her novel Detransition, Baby.
“Torrey Peters on the Women’s Prize 2021 Longlist”. Serpent’s Tail, 10 Mar. 2021, https://serpentstail.com/2021/03/10/torrey-peters-on-the-womens-prize-2021-longlist/.

12 June 1742: An advertisement for the Rev. Samuel Fancourt's...

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12 June 1742

An advertisement for the Rev. Samuel Fancourt 's Proposals for Erecting a Public Circulating Library in London is the first recorded use in English of the term circulating library.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

10 June 1658: The Quaker Sarah Blackborow published the...

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10 June 1658

The QuakerSarah Blackborow published the earliest of her several signed pamphlets, A Visit to the Spirit in Prison.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1609: Wadham College, Oxford, was founded by Dorothy...

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1609

Wadham College , Oxford, was founded by Dorothy Wadham , after her husband's death.
Thackrah, John Richard. The University and Colleges of Oxford. Dalton, 1981.
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Markham, Felix. Oxford. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967.
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By 31 May 1862: George Meredith published Modern Love and...

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By 31 May 1862

George Meredith published Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and Ballads.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1805 (1862): 719

1926: Honor Bridget Fall became the first woman...

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1926

Honor Bridget Fall became the first woman appointed as director of the Lister Institute , an organization devoted to medical research. She held the post until 1970.
Hall, Lesley. “Chloe, Olivia, Isabel, Letitia, Harriette, Honor, and Many More: Women in Medicine and Biomedical Science, 1914-1945”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 192-0.
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1930: The Ivriah School for Girls was established...

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1930

The Ivriah School for Girls was established in Manchester, increasing the opportunities for girls to be educated in the Jewish faith and culture.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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1880: Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage...

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1880

Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association was a major speaker at the Trade Union Congress in Dublin.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
272

1991: Seven-year-olds in British schools first...

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1991

Seven-year-olds in British schools first sat compulsory national tests; league tables were published showing which schools did best.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
503

By late April 1943: C. S. Lewis published Perelandra, the second...

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By late April 1943

C. S. Lewis published Perelandra, the second of his science fiction trilogy, in which the hero, Elwin Ransom, travels to the planet Venus and tries to intervene in that planet's history.
Bosky, Bernadette Lynn. “C. S. Lewis (29 November 1898-22 November 1963)”. Dictionary of Literary Biography, edited by Darren Harris-Fain, Gale Group, 2002, pp. 125-44.
133-135
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
2151 (24 April 1943): 198

24 April 1919: The Italian delegates to the Paris Peace...

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24 April 1919

The Italian delegates to the Paris Peace Conference, Vittorio Orlando and Sidney Sonnino , walked out in protest at the allocation of the city of Fiume to Yugoslavia.
MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919. Random House, 2003.
299-305

March 1902: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing...

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March 1902

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) replaced the Army Nursing Service .
Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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1 June 1809: Samuel Taylor Coleridge began publishing...

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1 June 1809

Samuel Taylor Coleridge began publishing his periodical The Friend. It ran till 15 March 1810 before being rewritten and issued as a book in 1818.
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.

August 1791: Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill:...

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August 1791

Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill: Sierra Leone in West Africa (where an attempt to establish free black settlers had failed) was designated an asylum for emancipated slaves, organized by British Evangelicals.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
76-7, 87
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
61 (1791): 735

1819: William Carey's and Joshua Marshman's Baptist...

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1819

William Carey 's and Joshua Marshman 's Baptist mission in Serampore near Calcutta, India, opened a college for local youth.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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John Donne