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3 September 1883: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, novelist and playwright,...

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3 September 1883

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev , novelist and playwright, died in Bougival, France, near Paris.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1932: The BBC adopted a policy restricting their...

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1932

The BBC adopted a policy restricting their employment of married women.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1937: Passenger ferry service began between Dover...

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1937

Passenger ferry service began between Dover in England, and Dunkirk in France.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1835: Harriot Hunt, the first known Western woman...

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1835

Harriot Hunt , the first known Western woman doctor, started practising in Boston after training with her sister through an apprenticeship.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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2 August 1898: The first recording sessions took place in...

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2 August 1898

The first recording sessions took place in a London basement at 31 Maiden Lane; gramophones had been shipped to Europe from Eldridge Johnson manufacturers (Camden, New Jersey) to coincide with this event.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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29 April 2001: In the British census of this year, an epidemic...

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29 April 2001

In the British census of this year, an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock gave rise to unprecedented means of gathering information in some rural areas, and new questions about race and religion brought widespread...

1936: The Library Association (backed by the Carnegie...

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1936

The Library Association (backed by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust ) established the annual Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for children published in Britain.
The Carnegie Medal. http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/carn.html.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
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23 April 1993: The new Globe Theatre on London's South Bank...

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23 April 1993

The new Globe Theatre on London's South Bank (masterminded by Sam Wanamaker and designed as a modified replica of Shakespeare 's theatre), although still a building site, put on its first production.
“Designing Shakespeare Collection—Performance Details”. ahds performing arts.

27 January 1916: An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed...

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27 January 1916

An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed the Minister of Munitions to fix wage rates for females and semi-skilled men performing skilled munitions work.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Home Front: A Mirror to Life in England During the First World War. Hutchinson, 1932.
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1835: The London Society for the Protection of...

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1835

The London Society for the Protection of Young Females was founded.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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13 July 1756: East Hoathley in Sussex was shaken by the...

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13 July 1756

East Hoathley in Sussex was shaken by the death of Elizabeth Elless, a destitute single woman who was about to give birth.
Connors, Richard. “Poor women, the parish and the politics of poverty”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 126-47.
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1957: Barrie and Rockliff publishing was founded...

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1957

Barrie and Rockliff publishing was founded after Barrie Books purchased the firm of R. H. Rockliff .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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April 1894: The aesthetic quarterly the Yellow Book began...

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April 1894

The aesthetic quarterly the Yellow Book began publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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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.

1677: Jean Racine's tragedy Phèdre (or Phèdre et...

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1677

Jean Racine 's tragedy Phèdre (or Phèdre et Hippolyte) was both produced and published; its protagonist, wife of Theseus, falls in love with her stepson, Hippolytus, and when he refuses to respond she arranges...

18 January 1894: The monthly magazine Home Notes (another...

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18 January 1894

The monthly magazine Home Notes (another of those which Mary Gawthorpe called specialized offerings for women, edited by men) began publication.
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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19 October 1954: Britain and Egypt signed the Anglo-Egyptian...

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19 October 1954

Britain and Egypt signed the Anglo-Egyptian Suez Canal Treaty, which outlined plans for the withdrawal of British troops from the area.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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5 February 1953: Rationing of sweets and chocolates, which...

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5 February 1953

Rationing of sweets and chocolates, which began on 26 July 1942, finally came to an end in Britain (though sugar stayed rationed until September).
“1953: Sweet rationing ends in Britain”. BBC News: On This Day, 5 Feb. 1953.

July 1914: A printed Church Missionary Society memorandum...

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July 1914

A printed Church Missionary Society memorandum noted that the ultimate goal of an organised independent native Church in Indiamust constantly be kept in view.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Missions to India. Adam Matthew.

By the end of July 2010: Sales of the three novels in the Millennium...

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By the end of July 2010

Sales of the three novels in the Millennium series by the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson (of which the first was published in England on 10 January 2008) broke records with worldwide sales estimated at between...

1946: John Lehmann founded his own publishing house...

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1946

John Lehmann founded his own publishing house at 6 Henrietta Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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June 1920: The British Communist Party was founded—in...

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June 1920

The British Communist Party was founded—in a year when socialism was militant in Britain, and when Churchill sent tanks against Communists in Glasgow as well as in Poland.
Rattenbury, Arnold. “How the sanity of poets can be edited away”. London Review of Books, 14 Oct. 1999, pp. 15-19.
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4 October 1866: The Anglican Society of the Sisters of Bethany...

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4 October 1866

The Anglican Society of the Sisters of Bethany was founded by Etheldreda Anna Benett in Boscombe, Hampshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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Early 1870s: American George Palmer Putnam set up a publishing...

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Early 1870s

American George Palmer Putnam set up a publishing house in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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31 October 1940: The Battle of Britain was considered to have...

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31 October 1940

The Battle of Britain was considered to have ended; though night-time Luftwaffe raids continued, a German invasion of Britain no longer appeared imminent.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Elizabeth Melvill

EM was a staunch Scottish Presbyterian whose surviving poems and letters almost all relate to the efforts of James the Sixth and First to impose episcopacy and other changes on the Kirk. Their religious content...