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1868: James Africanus Beale Horton published at...

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1868

James Africanus Beale Horton published at LondonWest African Countries and Peoples, British and Native, and A Vindication of the African Race, analysing the conditions required to establish self-government for his people.
Edwards, Paul. “Black Writers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”. The Black Presence in English Literature, edited by David Dabydeen and David Dabydeen, Manchester University Press, 1985, pp. 50-67.
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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.

1920: The first women magistrates were appoint...

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1920

The first women magistrates were appointed.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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1860s: During this decade, annuals became associated...

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1860s

During this decade, annuals became associated with ghost stories, exemplified in works by Amelia B. Edwards and Charlotte Riddell .
Boyle, Andrew. An Index to the Annuals. Andrew Boyle, 1967.
Collins, Arthur Simons. The Profession of Letters: A Study of the Relation of Author to Patron, Publisher, and Public, 1780-1832. George Routledge and Sons, 1928.
Eliot, George, and Felicia Bonaparte. Middlemarch. Editor Carroll, David, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Brown, Susan I. “The Victorian Poetess”. The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 180-02.
Renier, Anne. Friendship’s Offering: An Essay on the Annuals and Gift Books of the Nineteenth Century. Private Libraries Association, 1964, http://University of Toronto (Robarts).
Linley, Margaret. “A Centre That Would Not Hold: Annuals and Cultural Democracy”. Nineteenth-Century Media and the Construction of Identities, St Martin’s Press, 2000, pp. 54-74.

27 April 1966: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley went on trial...

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27 April 1966

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley went on trial at Chester for the sexual assault and murder of five girls and boys aged between ten and seventeen; they were sentenced to life imprisonment.
“Moors Murderer Hindley Dies”. BBC News, 16 Nov. 2002.

6 February 1918: The Representation of the People (or Reform)...

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6 February 1918

The Representation of the People (or Reform) Act extended the franchise, in Britain and Ireland, to women aged thirty and over if they were ratepayers (that is, house-owners) or wives of ratepayers: for the...

By November 1651: Anna Weamys, aged about twenty, published...

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By November 1651

Anna Weamys , aged about twenty, published as a young gentle-woman, Mrs. A.W., A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney 's Arcadia.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
“Early English Books Online”. ProQuest Databases.

May 1756: The Literary Magazine: or, Universal Review...

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May 1756

The Literary Magazine: or, Universal Review (often known as the Literary Review) began publication in London; Samuel Johnson was a contributor and, for the first four issues, the editor.
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.
Hudson, Nicholas. “Discourse of Transition: Johnson, the 1750s, and the Rise of the Middle Class”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
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, 2002, pp. 31-51.
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27 June 1726: The leading colliery owners on Tyneside set...

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27 June 1726

The leading colliery owners on Tyneside set up a new cartel, the Combination or Grand Alliance, to replace an one dissolved in 1715.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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Amelia Beauclerc

AB 's half-dozen novels, all published within a decade of the early nineteenth century and of oddly varying quality, centre on the theme of bad parenting. Many include travel and several touch the fringes of...

September 1950: In the USA the Internal Security Act (also...

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September 1950

In the USA the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act or McCarran Wood Act from the chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee ) placed various legal restrictions on Communist Party membership and...

2 December 1823: US President James Monroe promulgated the...

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2 December 1823

US President James Monroe promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the USA would not permit any European power to interfere in the affairs of any independent state in North or South America.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1889: Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published...

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1889

Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published the first of their series of fairy volumes: The Blue Fairy Book. Other colours followed.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wolf, Abby. The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: An Introduction. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age_text.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
20 July 2010

January 1789: In France Emmanuel Sieyès published an immensely...

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January 1789

In FranceEmmanuel Sieyès published an immensely influential pamphlet, whose title in English is What is the Third Estate?
Runciman, David. “Shockingly Worldly”. London Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2003, pp. 7-10.
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By February 1741: A monument was erected by subscription to...

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By February 1741

A monument was erected by subscription to the memory of Shakespeare in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Catherine Marsh

Catherine Marsh was always an avid writer since she was a small child, and first tried, unsuccessfully, to publish her writing (a romance) in the autumn of her twelfth year.
O’Rorke, Lucy. The Life and Friendships of Catherine Marsh. Longmans, Green & Co., 1917.
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Her first successful publication,...
Catherine Marsh The second and third pages of a letter from Catherine Marsh to Miss Saunders. Marsh explains that she has a great "horror of unnecessary publicity," and never speaks in the presence of clergymen. She makes her only exception for "Evangelists", among whom on the last page she counts herself a humble member -- and among whom, presumably, were the young men she was soon to address. Hilda Londry Collection.

8 February 1836: The London and Greenwich Railway, London's...

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8 February 1836

The London and Greenwich Railway , London's first railway, opened; it initially ran only to Deptford.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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Barker, Theodore Cardwell, and Michael Robbins. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis. Rev., Allen and Unwin, 1975, 2 vol.
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1818: A Select Committee of the House of Commons...

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1818

A Select Committee of the House of Commons recommended that the eleven free copies of books which publishers were currently obliged to provide for the Copyright Libraries be limited to a single copy for the...

26 May 1762: The Earl of Bute (a Tory, and the young king's...

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26 May 1762

The Earl of Bute (a Tory, and the young king 's mentor) became Prime Minister.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Probably early May 1807: William Wordsworth published Poems in Two...

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Probably early May 1807

William Wordsworth published Poems in Two Volumes; the Critical Review commented unkindly: A silly book is a serious evil; but it becomes absolutely insupportable when written by a man of sense.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3d ser. 11 (1807): 399

1873: The Butterick Company, based in the USA,...

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1873

The Butterick Company , based in the USA, opened a paper pattern warehouse in Regent Street, London; the venture became very successful and soon occupied three shopfronts.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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1686: Madame de Maintenon founded, in a nunnery...

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1686

Madame de Maintenon founded, in a nunnery at St Cyr near Paris, a school for impoverished noble girls. Closed with other convents at the Revolution, the institution re-opened in 1808 as a school for...

10 June 1942: After the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia,...

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10 June 1942

After the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich , every male at the mining village of Lidice was shot, and women and children deported.
Mackworth, Cecily. Czechoslovakia Fights Back. Lindsay Drummond, 1942.
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1992: Salisbury cathedral brought in an all-girl...

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1992

Salisbury cathedral brought in an all-girl choir. It was the first cathedral to do so.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

11 July 1637: The Bodleian Library's right to one copy...

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11 July 1637

The Bodleian Library 's right to one copy of each new book published in Britain was re-established by order of Archbishop Laud , who happened at the time to be Chancellor of Oxford University .
Whitaker, David. “Heresy!”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2001–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 160-1.
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22 April 1993: Young white thugs made an unprovoked knife...

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22 April 1993

Young white thugs made an unprovoked knife attack on a Black teenager, Stephen Lawrence , and a friend with whom he was waiting at a bus-stop in Eltham, south-east London. The pair ran, but Stephen...