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May 1870: The liberalizing changes introduced in France...

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May 1870

The liberalizing changes introduced in France since 1860 were submitted to a plebiscite and approved.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
233

30 April 1948: The Organization of American States (OAS)...

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30 April 1948

The Organization of American States (OAS) was established with the aims of promoting peace, security, and economic and social development.
International Organizations and Groups. http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/org-fact.html#ec.

After April 1763: Martin Madan published An Account of the...

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After April 1763

Martin Madan published An Account of the Triumphant Death of F. S. a Converted Prostitute, who had supposedly died recently at the age of twenty-six.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
16-17

1403: The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London...

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1403

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London approved the formation of a fraternity or Guild of Stationers . Printers became dominant in the organization by the time it became the Stationers' Company and...

5 March 1850: Robert Stephenson's tubular Britannia Bridge...

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5 March 1850

Robert Stephenson 's tubular Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits opened for rail traffic to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
271
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
159-60
Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
184
Cardwell, Donald. The Fontana History of Technology. Fontana, 1994.
259

Lady Anne Barnard

LAB , in her twenties a notable contributor to the Scots ballad revival, became during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a memoirist, political letter-writer, diarist, and travel-writer, as well as a fine illustrator.
Lady Anne Barnard Black and white photo of a miniature of Lady Anne Barnard. She sits writing with a quill on a sheet of paper, but pauses to look up and to her right with a half-smile. She wears a loose open jacket over a white high-necked blouse, and a large, soft hat in several dark and white layers, with dark feathers on top. Her hair, too, is dark.

18 September 1928: The Graf Zeppelin, the most successful rigid...

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18 September 1928

The Graf Zeppelin, the most successful rigid airship ever built, made its first flight.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
211

November 1933: The British Medical Association published...

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November 1933

The British Medical Association published a minimum diet for health.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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1911: Cambridge University Press published its...

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1911

Cambridge University Press published its eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
172
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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Probably 10 July 1748: Dorothea, Lady Bradshaigh, wrote her first...

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Probably 10 July 1748

Dorothea, Lady Bradshaigh , wrote her first letter to Samuel Richardson , signing herself Belfour.
Fulton, Gordon D., and Janine Barchas, editors. The Annotations in Lady Bradshaigh’s Copy of Clarissa. University of Victoria, 1998.
37n11, 103, 104

1899: Josephine Ward published One Poor Scruple:...

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1899

Josephine Ward published One Poor Scruple: A Seven Weeks' Story.
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.
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.

1882: The Wife Beaters Act decreed the offence...

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1882

The Wife Beaters Act decreed the offence of wife-beating to be punishable by public flogging, as well as exhibition in a pillory.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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1609-10: Ben Jonson's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent...

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1609-10

Ben Jonson 's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman was first performed.
Dutton, Richard. Ben Jonson, Authority, Criticism. Macmillan, 1996.
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1857: Philip Gosse published Omphalos, a Creationist...

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1857

Philip Gosse published Omphalos, a Creationist approach to evolution which attempted to explain the existence of Adam's navel.
Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
103-4
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.

1850: The first midnight mission for the reclamation...

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1850

The first midnight mission for the reclamation of prostitutes was held, in a Waterloo Road schoolroom, London.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
194

By autumn 1963: For the first time most students entering...

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By autumn 1963

For the first time most students entering university in Britain were admitted through the new national entrance scheme administered by UCCA (Universities Central Council on Admissions ).
Mountford, Sir James Frederick. British Universities. Oxford University Press, 1966.
94

1939-44: During the war years books were exempt from...

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1939-44

During the war years books were exempt from purchase tax, and book sales per head of population in Britain went up by fifty per cent. At the same time bombed-out libraries developed the need to...

1896: Another domestic advice book by Jane Ellen...

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1896

Another domestic advice book by Jane Ellen Panton , Suburban Residences and How to Circumvent Them, was published.
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.

September 1868: Revolution in Spain occurred. Queen Isabella...

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September 1868

Revolution in Spain occurred. Queen Isabella II was subsequently ousted, and the revolutionary party favoured a constitutional government headed by a new sovereign.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
93
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
252
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.

9 August 1721: Charles Maitland, under the patronage of...

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9 August 1721

Charles Maitland , under the patronage of Princess Caroline , experimentally inoculated six Newgate prisoners (three of each sex) against smallpox.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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Thomas Otway

12 April 1799: Frances Abington, a popular actress who had...

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12 April 1799

Frances Abington , a popular actress who had been before the public for forty-four years (with a short-lived retirement in 1797-8), made her last appearance at Covent Garden Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1992, 2098, 2160-1

2 May 1709: Poetical Miscellanies. The Sixth Part was...

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2 May 1709

Poetical Miscellanies. The Sixth Part was published, including Pope 's Pastorals and poems by Anne Finch (which are placed between work by Pope and Swift ).
Pope, Alexander. The Poems of Alexander Pope. Editor Butt, John, Twickenham Edition, Methuen; Yale University Press, 1951–1969, 11 vols.
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1542: David Clapham translated Henry Cornelius...

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1542

David Clapham translated Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim 's treatise De Nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus, 1529, as Treatise on the Nobility of Womankind.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 2
Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius Agrippa von. Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex. Translator Rabil, Albert, University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1739: Sir Richard Manningham, fashionable man-midwife...

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1739

Sir Richard Manningham , fashionable man-midwife or obstetrician, opened England's first lying-in infirmary or medical centre reserved for childbirth, in a house next-door to his own in Jermyn Street, London.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.