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13 August 1704: Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the...

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13 August 1704

Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the French army at Blenheim in Bavaria.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

3 January 1994: The World Health Organization reported that...

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3 January 1994

The World Health Organization reported that there were more than one million AIDS cases around the world.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1893: The Women's Total Abstinence Union, committed...

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1893

The Women's Total Abstinence Union , committed solely to temperance, broke away from the National British Women's Temperance Association after the NBWTA voted to support women's suffrage.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. “’Changes Are Dangerous’: Women and Temperance in Victorian England”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 193-15.
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1516: Sir Thomas More published, not in England...

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Sir Thomas More published, not in England but at Louvain, his socio-political satire and fantasy Utopia, written in Latin.
Guthkelch, Adolph Charles, and Sir Thomas More. “Note; Introduction”. Utopia, edited by George Sampson and George Sampson, G. Bell and Sons, 1914, p. v - vii; xi-xxv.
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Sir Walter Scot

The remarkable career of Walter Scott began with a period as a Romantic poet (the leading Romantic poet in terms of popularity) before he went on to achieve even greater popularity as a novelist, particularly...
Sir Walter Scot Head-and-shoulders painting of Sir Walter Scott by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1822. Scott is wearing a black coat, high collar, and yellow waistcoat adorned with a heavy watch-chain. Scottish National Galleries, Edinborough.

17 November 1558: Queen Mary I died, and Elizabeth I assumed...

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17 November 1558

Queen Mary I died, and Elizabeth I assumed the throne of England and Wales.
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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Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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6 October 1592: Thomas Kyd registered with the Stationers'...

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6 October 1592

Thomas Kyd registered with the Stationers' CompanyThe Spanish Tragedy, which was anonymously published and staged the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

April 2002: The London ward of Spitalfields was officially...

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April 2002

The London ward of Spitalfields was officially re-named Spitalfields-Banglatown in recognition of its large number of Bangladeshi inhabitants.
Sandhu, Sukhdev. “Come hungry, leave edgy”. London Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2003, pp. 10-13.
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1951: The Lamaze method of childbirth was introduced...

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1951

The Lamaze method of childbirth was introduced in France.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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10 April 1893: George Gissing published his novel The Odd...

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10 April 1893

George Gissing published his novel The Odd Women, featuring a sexual liaison without marriage, and a number of educated middle-class women training for jobs by which they aim to support themselves.
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.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Barbara Hofland

In forty years of writing BH produced nearly seventy titles, not all discussed here (besides doubtful attributions). They include books for children or young adults and adult novels, with some poems, plays, guidebooks, and handbooks...
Barbara Hofland Black and white photograph of a stipple engraving, published 1823 (National Portrait Gallery), of a painting of Barbara Hofland, shown from the waist up, wearing a simple dark dress with a light lace-trimmed shawl around her shoulders. Her dark curly hair is covered with a turban-style bonnet. Underneath in italic script is written "Mrs. Hofland / Author of The Son of a Genius - Integrity, a tale, &c, &c."

8 April 1993: Blues singer Marian Anderson died at the...

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8 April 1993

Blues singer Marian Anderson died at the age of ninety-six.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1896: American Elizabeth Robbins Pennell challenged...

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1896

American Elizabeth Robbins Pennell challenged the widespread notion that a hearty appetite for food was unfeminine in The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman.
Michie, Helena. The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women’s Bodies. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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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.

1967: Living, a monthly magazine comparable to...

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1967

Living, a monthly magazine comparable to Family Circle (though it emphasized leisure and included fiction), began publication in London; it was published by Standbrook and available in grocery stores.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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November 1913: Albert W. Gray Jamrach edited in London the...

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November 1913

Albert W. Gray Jamrach edited in London the first issue of the Altruist, a monthly magazine from the Men's Society for Women's Rights , concerned with prostitution.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Between 29 January and 20 July 1885: In this parliamentary sitting, the Canadian...

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Between 29 January and 20 July 1885

In this parliamentary sitting, the Canadian Chinese Immigration Act (the first of several such discriminatory laws) imposed a head tax on all Chinese persons entering the Dominion of Canada.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Fanny Kingsley

Fanny Kingsley 's literary activity centres around the life of her husband, the writer and clergyman Charles Kingsley. She edited his letters for publication after his death, as well as several volumes of his...

1 October 1954: In the Movement, a leading article in the...

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1 October 1954

In the Movement, a leading article in the Spectator, identified a newly sceptical and debunking tendency in modern British poetry, opposed to social hierarchy and cultural authority, including that of modernism.
Collini, Stefan. “Self-Positioning”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 12, 25 June 2009, pp. 17-19.
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1977: Three legal cases in the USA created legal...

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1977

Three legal cases in the USA created legal precedent for women to sue their employers on grounds of sexual harassment, under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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By 21 June 1845: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu published his first...

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By 21 June 1845

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu published his first novel, The Cock and Anchor.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

By October 1892: Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy left the Women's...

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By October 1892

Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy left the Women's Franchise League , which took an all or nothing stand, to form the Women's Emancipation Union in support of the granting of women's suffrage by stages.
Rubinstein, David. Before the Suffragettes: Women’s Emancipation in the 1890s. Harvester, 1986.
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1791: William Gifford, in his satire The Baviad,...

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1791

William Gifford , in his satire The Baviad, became the first to attack the Della Cruscan body of poetry which notably included work by Robert Merry and Hannah Cowley .
McGann, Jerome. The Poetics of Sensibility: A Revolution in Literary Style. Clarendon, 1996.
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22 October 1903: William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian,...

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22 October 1903

William Edward Hartpole Lecky , historian, died at Onslow Gardens, Kensington.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1940: The Limitation of Supplies Order banned production...

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1940

The Limitation of Supplies Order banned production of inessential goods and slowed production of many everyday items such as cutlery, clothes and shoes, furniture, and toys.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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