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19 January 1818: John Holland wrote An Elegy on the Death...

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19 January 1818

John Holland wrote An Elegy on the Death of Esther Caterer , Librarian of Surry Street Book Rooms in Sheffield, imagining the grief of the bereaved books.
Crawford, Robert. “T. S. Eliot, Poets and Libraries”. The Author, Vol.
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, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2015, pp. 26-9.
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December 1894: The Ashendene Press was established by Charles...

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December 1894

The Ashendene Press was established by Charles Harry St John Hornby and Emery Walker at Bayford in Hertfordshire; Walker and Sydney Cockerell designed its Subiaco type in 1900.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
317

September 1964: Respected British educationist J. Newsom...

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September 1964

Respected British educationist J. Newsom argued in The Education Women Need (The Observer) that girls should be educated differently from boys, to fit them to be housewives and mothers.
Blackstone, Tessa. “The Education of Girls”. The Rights and Wrongs of Women, edited by Ann Oakley and Juliet Mitchell, Penguin, 1976, pp. 199-16.
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Blackstone, Tessa. “The Education of Girls”. The Rights and Wrongs of Women, edited by Ann Oakley and Juliet Mitchell, Penguin, 1976, pp. 199-16.
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By 25 September 1903: G. E. Moore published Principia Ethica....

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By 25 September 1903

G. E. Moore published Principia Ethica.
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.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
89 (25 September 1903): 275

30 July 1746: Officers of the Manchester Regiment, which...

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30 July 1746

Officers of the Manchester Regiment , which had fought for Prince Charles Edward at the battle of Culloden, were hanged, drawn, and quartered in London.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
416

16 August 1819: Several people were killed and more wounded...

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16 August 1819

Several people were killed and more wounded by cavalry, in a crowd gathered peacefully in St Peter's Fields at Manchester to hear the radical Henry Hunt speak in favour of electoral reform: this became known...

1571: John de Beauchesne published the first copybook...

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1571

John de Beauchesne published the first copybook in English (translated from French): A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands, designed for teaching children to write.
Whyman, Susan E. The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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7 May 1947: The National Service Act continued the implementation...

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7 May 1947

The National Service Act continued the implementation of compulsory military service for young British men, but reduced its period from eighteen to twelve months.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-2001. Fourth, Longman, 2001.
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1960: The ten most heavily advertised products...

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1960

The ten most heavily advertised products in Britain this year were five detergents (Persil, Tide, Omo, Daz, and Surf), two instant coffees (Nescafé, Maxwell House), one foodstuff (Stork margarine), one beer (Guinness), and one make...

1921: John Maynard Keynes published A Treatise...

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1921

John Maynard Keynes published A Treatise on Probability.
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.

5 June 1647: Soldiers of the Parliamentary army took an...

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5 June 1647

Soldiers of the Parliamentary army took an engagement not to disband; using the captive king as hostage, they began issuing manifestoes calling for army reform and army rule.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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February 1918: Chief Commander Margaret Damer Dawson and...

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February 1918

Chief Commander Margaret Damer Dawson and Sub-Commandant Mary Allen of the Women's Police Service were invested as Officers of the Order of the British Empire.
Allen, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman. AMS Press, 1973.
128, 129

Charlotte Stopes

CS was a keen researcher who wrote extensive criticism on Shakespeare . In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, she published prolifically to support her family. An active feminist, she spoke and wrote widely...
Charlotte Stopes Black-and-white photo of Charlotte Stopes, 1953. Looking off-camera, she is against a tree fabric background and has her arms crossed over what could be a table top. She wears a hat with a feather in it.

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.
153

15 October 2017: #MeToo began circulating on Twitter, prompted...

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15 October 2017

#MeToo began circulating on Twitter , prompted by Alyssa Milano 's tweet asking survivors of sexual assault or harassment to reply with me too.
Harris, Aisha. “She Founded Me Too. Now She Wants to Move Past the Trauma”. The New York Times, 15 Oct. 2018.

5 March 1976: The pound sterling first fell below two US...

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5 March 1976

The pound sterling first fell below two US dollars in value.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
412

Just before 21 January 1716: Two poor female hawkers, sentenced to the...

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Just before 21 January 1716

Two poor female hawkers, sentenced to the pillory for singing Jacobite ballads they had for sale, drew a sympathetic crowd who took up a collection for them amounting to £4.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
96-7, 100

February 1941: The German Nazi Party barred Jews from owning...

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February 1941

The GermanNazi Party barred Jews from owning cars.
This information comes from the diaries of Victor Klemperer , first published in 2000.
Powers, Thomas. “’A Thousand Mosquito Bites’”. London Review of Books, 21 Sept. 2000, pp. 3-7.
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16 April 1856: The Governor of British Columbia announced...

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16 April 1856

The Governor of British Columbia announced the discovery of gold and proclaimed all gold the property of the Crown.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 469

By November 1754: David Hume published at Edinburgh the first...

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By November 1754

David Hume published at Edinburgh the first volume of his History of Great Britain (called in most later editions The History of England).
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2 (1756): 385-404
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
24 (1754): 533; 29 (1759): 133
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

9 July 1754: General Braddock had a force wiped out at...

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9 July 1754

General Braddock had a force wiped out at the Monongahela River in America by Indians who had been hidden in the trees.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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November 1970: Protests were mounted by women's liberation...

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November 1970

Protests were mounted by women's liberation activists against the beauty contest for the title of Miss World, held this year at the Albert Hall in London.
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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Agnes Mary Clerke

AMC was a self-taught astronomer whose scientific writings won praise and recognition in the later nineteenth century. She published several authoritative texts and contributed to various periodicals. Her writings spanned a wide range of subjects...
Agnes Mary Clerke Portrait of Agnes Mary Clerke. Black and white portrait of Agnes Mary Clerke. She faces forward with a neutral expression and her hair is short, pulled away from her face. Though the photo appears to be slightly damaged along the bottom, her face and neck are framed and visible. She wears a shirt with a high collar, and what looks like a pendant necklace, though the damage to the photo makes what is on the pendant unclear.

1834-1839: The Carlist Wars were fought in Spain, mounted...

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1834-1839

The Carlist Wars were fought in Spain, mounted by challengers to the reign of the infant Isabella II . There were renewed outbreaks of these civil wars in the 1840s and the 1870s.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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23 March 1895: A weekly magazine entitled Home Chat began...

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23 March 1895

A weekly magazine entitled Home Chat began publication, one of those called by Mary Gawthorpespecialized offerings for women, edited by men. . . . all small, dainty in their appeal.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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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.
Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962.
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