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Early 1880s: James Hack Tuke, a Quaker banker, aided the...

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Early 1880s

James Hack Tuke , a Quaker banker, aided the emigration of 10,000 persons from the west of Ireland; the cost of the programme was split with the state.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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July 1700: William Duke of Gloucester, born in 1689,...

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July 1700

William Duke of Gloucester , born in 1689, longest-surviving child of the future Queen Anne , died of smallpox.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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By December 1952: Woodcut-engraver Gwen Raverat, née Darwin,...

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By December 1952

Woodcut-engraver Gwen Raverat, née Darwin , published Period Piece, her extremely popular memoir of her Victorian childhood in Cambridge; by 1975 it had sold 120,000 copies in Britain alone.
Beard, Mary. “Sun and Strawberries”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 13-14.
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20 September 1889: Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses...

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20 September 1889

Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses was inaugurated.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
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Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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30 December 1878: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their...

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30 December 1878

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their successful stage partnership at the Lyceum Theatre in London by starring opposite one another in Hamlet.
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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Manvell, Roger. Ellen Terry. Heinemann, 1968.
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10 December 1986: Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded the Nobel...

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10 December 1986

Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, jointly with Stanley Cohen , for the discovery of epidermal and nerve cell growth factors (the regulating mechanisms behind cells' growth and differentiation); this...

Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins

EST published four novels and a (collaborative) book of poems during the last two decades of the eighteenth century. She was also said to have written translation and contributions to periodicals.

Harriett Mozley

HM 's writings, published over about a decade of the mid-nineteenth century, are deeply involved with the sectarian struggles within the Church of England to which her brother, later Cardinal Newman , largely contributed. She...

7 October 1850: Nicholas Wiseman became the first British...

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7 October 1850

Nicholas Wiseman became the first British Cardinal and the first Westminster Metropolitan (i.e. spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain) since the Reformation, following the restoration of the Catholic hierachy there.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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1969: Patrick Steptoe reported on the success of...

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1969

Patrick Steptoe reported on the success of laparoscopic sterilization, a procedure using a telescope-like instrument called a laparoscope.
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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Wood, Clive. Vasectomy and Sterilization. Temple Smith, 1974.
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1836: A monthly for women entitled the Court Magazine...

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1836

A monthly for women entitled the Court Magazine and Monthly Critic began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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23 August 1960: The satirical review Beyond the Fringe, launched...

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23 August 1960

The satirical review Beyond the Fringe, launched at the Edinburgh Festival, inaugurated a new style of surreal and irreverent topical comedy in Britain.
Bennett, Alan. “What I did in 1999”. London Review of Books, 20 Jan. 2000, pp. 3-8.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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1866: Physician Wynn Williams published an article...

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1866

Physician Wynn Williams published an article opposing clictoridectomies, though not on account of the violence of the operation.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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15 October 1652: For the first time in the new world a book,...

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15 October 1652

For the first time in the new world a book, William Pynchon 's The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, Justification, Etc., was condemned (by the General Court of Massachusetts , forerunner of the state...

31 March 1948: War pensions were awarded to 46,000 civilians—widows,...

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31 March 1948

War pensions were awarded to 46,000 civilians—widows, the disabled, orphans, and members of the Civil Defence —under the Personal Injuries (civilian) scheme.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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26 July 1913: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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26 July 1913

The National Union of Women's Suffrage SocietiesWomen's Pilgrimage culminated in London with a meeting in Hyde Park.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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1900: Max Planck's Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der...

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1900

Max Planck 's Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung und Normalspectrum was published in Leipzig, introducing Quantum Theory.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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17 May 1649: John Evelyn went up the Thames to Putney...

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17 May 1649

John Evelyn went up the Thames to Putney with a mostly female party to see the Schooles or Colledges of the young gentlewomen.
A suspected connection with Bathsua Makin has not been demonstrated.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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30 May 1962: The newly-built Coventry Cathedral was consecrated,...

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30 May 1962

The newly-built Coventry Cathedral was consecrated, and heard the first performance of Benjamin Britten 's War Requiem, with words from the Latin mass and from poems by Wilfred Owen .
Anderson, Don. “Program Notes for Lord Benjamin Britten: War Requiem Op. 66”. Signature Magazine: The Official Program of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Vol.
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12 March 1985: The Health (Family Planning) (Amendment)...

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12 March 1985

The Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act of Ireland for the first time permitted the sale of condoms and spermicides to adults aged eighteen and over.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2026.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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Summer 1919: John Maynard Keynes published The Economic...

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Summer 1919

John Maynard Keynes published The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
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.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
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June 1940: Lord Beaverbrook appealed for scrap metal;...

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June 1940

Lord Beaverbrook appealed for scrap metal; women were encouraged to show their patriotism by donating their pots, kettles, pram wheels, and other metal household objects.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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Briggs, Susan. Keep Smiling Through. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975.
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1780-4: The Second Mysore War was fought....

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1780-4

The Second Mysore War was fought.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
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1872: Both entry scholarships to the Slade School...

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1872

Both entry scholarships to the Slade School of Art were awarded to female applicants.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater

ECECB , born Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, used to be known as a collaborator with her sister Lady Jane in poems and plays written in the 1640s. Recent scholarship, while arguing that her part in these...