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June 1893: The Experience of a Woman Journalist by Charlotte...

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June 1893

The Experience of a Woman Journalist by Charlotte O'Conor Eccles , an article relating her struggles as a woman working in journalism, appeared anonymously in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
O’Conor Eccles, Charlotte. “The Experience of a Woman Journalist”. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol.
153
, June 1893, pp. 830-8.
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.

March 1865: Algernon Charles Swinburne published his...

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March 1865

Algernon Charles Swinburne published his well-received poetic drama Atalanta in Calydon, based on Greek myth.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1854: H. C. Evans's bookselling firm in Bristol...

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1854

H. C. Evans 's bookselling firm in Bristol went into partnership with Isaac Arrowsmith to form Evans and Arrowsmith .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 11

1895: A novel by Mary Lucy Pendered, A Pastoral...

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1895

A novel by Mary Lucy Pendered , A Pastoral Played Out, was released from Heinemann .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

By November 1891: James Ripley Osgood and Charles W. McIlvaine...

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By November 1891

James Ripley Osgood and Charles W. McIlvaine founded the publishing firm of Osgood, McIlvaine and Company at 45 Albemarle Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
240-1
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
359

1896: The Ludgate Magazine printed Arabella Kenealy's...

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1896

The Ludgate Magazine printed Arabella Kenealy 's A Beautiful Vampire, the story an ageing woman, Lady Deverish, who lives by feeding off the energies of young men.
Swenson, Kristine. “The Menopausal Vampire: Arabella Kenealy and the boundaries of true womanhood”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
10
, No. 1, 2003, pp. 27-46.
3-4 and n5, 39-40

October 1793: A British Convention on manhood suffrage...

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October 1793

A British Convention on manhood suffrage was held in Edinburgh, bringing together delegates from the LondonCorresponding Society and Scottish delegates of the Society for Constitutional Information .
Emsley, Clive. British Society and the French Wars, 1793-1815. Macmillan, 1979.
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Epstein, James. “Great Palladium”. London Review of Books, 7 Sept. 2000, pp. 25-6.
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6 January 2021: One year after being identified, the COVID-19 coronavirus killed over two million people globally, with approximately eighty-six thousand deaths in the United Kingdom

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6 January 2021

One year after being identified, the COVID-19 coronavirus killed over two million people globally, with approximately eighty-six thousand deaths in the United Kingdom.
Phillips, Tom. “Global report: coronavirus death toll reaches 2 million”. The Guardian, 16 Jan. 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/global-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-2-million-people.
 

: Interest in books for children increased...

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Spring 1970

Interest in books for children increased sharply in Britain: two journals were launched, Signal: Approaches to Children's Literature, edited by Nancy Chambers , and Children's Literature in Education.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
65-6

1835: Parliament appointed a national prison inspectorate,...

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1835

Parliament appointed a national prison inspectorate, consisting of 5 inspectors, thus beginning national standardization of the prison system.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
169

Late 1845: In response to the potato blight in Ireland,...

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Late 1845

In response to the potato blight in Ireland, Sir Robert Peel's government imported £100,000 of American corn to control prices, and encouraged Irish landowners to provide wage labour to tenants.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
59-60

Before 1638: William Page, Fellow of All Souls College,...

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Before 1638

William Page , Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford , created a proto-feminist text entitled Womens Worth: A Treatise proveing by sundrie reasons that woemen do excell men.
“Sundrie Reasons That Woemen Do Excell Men”. Edmonton Journal, 21 Feb. 2002, p. A1, A7.
A1, A7
McBride, Kari. “Womans Worth Three”. Past Forward, No. 38, Nov. 2004–Mar. 2005, p. 31.

October 1632: A number of nuns at Loudun in France were...

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October 1632

A number of nuns at Loudun in France were apparently possessed by demons; their public ravings became a tourist draw, and spread to the exorcists sent to end them.
Wootton, David. “Lacanian Jesuit”. London Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2001, pp. 31-2.
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13 October 1881: Charles Stewart Parnell was arrested on political...

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13 October 1881

Charles Stewart Parnell was arrested on political charges and spent the next 5 months in the Kilmainham Gaol.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
405, 609
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
234

Isa Craig

Isa Craig was a poet, journalist, editor, and novelist whose literary work was informed by the concerns of the mid-Victorian feminist movement. Her verse appeared in several periodicals, including the feminist English Woman's Journal...

May 1921: American pilot Laura Brownell set a world...

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May 1921

American pilot Laura Brownell set a world record for women by performing the loop-the-loop one hundred and ninety-nine times.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
427

1890: Elizabeth A. Sharp, as Mrs William Sharp,...

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1890

Elizabeth A. Sharp , as Mrs William Sharp, published the anthology Women Poets of the Victorian Era.
Sharp, Elizabeth A., editor. Women Poets of the Victorian Era. Walter Scott, 1889.
title page-xxx

1915: Madge Mears published her first novel, The...

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1915

Madge Mears published her first novel, The Jealous Goddess. This explores feminist issues that recur throughout her four novels.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1 January 1890: Edward Arnold founded his own publishing...

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1 January 1890

Edward Arnold founded his own publishing house in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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10 December 1969: Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain...

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10 December 1969

Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton shared the prize with Norway's Odd Hassel ; they were recognized for their contributions to the development of...

13 September 1890: William James published Principles of Psychology,...

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13 September 1890

William James published Principles of Psychology, a key text in its own discipline, whose chief importance for literature may have been its originating the term stream of consciousness.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
13 September 2012

By 5 October 1984: Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly...

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By 5 October 1984

Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly self-referential novel entitled Money: A Suicide Note.
Korn, Eric. “Frazzled yob-gene lag-jag”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 4253, 5 Oct. 1984, p. 1119.
1119

1853: The Government School of Design (founded...

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1853

The Government School of Design (founded in 1837) moved to South Kensington, where it became the greatly expanded National Art Training School .
“History and Location”. Royal College of Art.

18 October 1785: The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan made...

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18 October 1785

The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan made her London debut at Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 819, 836

13 February 1751: William Hogarth advertised the imminent availability...

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13 February 1751

William Hogarth advertised the imminent availability of his paired prints Gin Lane and Beer Street.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
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