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30 October 1975: Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in...

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30 October 1975

Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in Leeds; this serial killer terrorised women until 1980, remaining unidentified except by the media title of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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25 May 1995: Naim Attallah, proprietor of the Women's...

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25 May 1995

Naim Attallah , proprietor of the Women's Press, published his first novel, entitled A Timeless Passion. Like all his other works, it was later asserted to be actually ghost-written, every word, by his...

October 1877: The Library Association of the United Kingdom...

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October 1877

The Library Association of the United Kingdom was founded.
Black, Alistair. “Lost Worlds of Culture: Victorian Libraries, Library History and Prospects for a History of Information”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
2
, No. 1, 1997.
103
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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Mary Carleton

MC , who was active in London in the Restoration years, was at some level or other a confidence trickster or woman living on her wits. When she stood trial and became the subject of...
Mary Carleton Etching and line engraving of Mary Carleton with three male figures, by James Basire after F. Nicholls. It is an action scene: Carleton, in dark street clothes, gesticulating, a lawyer kneeling, and the other two men disputing a raised sword. A caption reads: "The German Princess with her Suppos'd Husband and Lawyer." These are two different people: extensive letterpress explains that the lawyer was another victim of her swindles. National Portrait Gallery.

1911: Josephine Ward published her novel The Job...

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1911

Josephine Ward published her novel The Job Secretary, which portrays a group of friends unknowingingly telling their own personal story through fictional characters.
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.
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.

1698: A man named John Castaing began to issue...

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1698

A man named John Castaing began to issue from his base at Jonathan's Coffee-house in Change Alley, London, a regular list of stock and commodity prices entitled The Course of the Exchange and other things.
London Stock Exchange: Our History. http://web.archive.org/web/20090609182709/http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/about/cooverview/history.htm.

28 March 1776: The Russian Bolshoi ballet and opera company...

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28 March 1776

The Russian Bolshoi ballet and opera company was founded in Moscow.
Gentleman, Amelia. “Bolshoi at a critical stage”. Guardian Weekly, 30 Mar. 2000, p. 24.
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19 March 1944: Germany invaded Hungary, its former ally...

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19 March 1944

Germany invaded Hungary, its former ally.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
672

By December 1774: William Hunter published The Anatomy of the...

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By December 1774

William Hunter published The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus exhibited in Figures: in his work he used casts taken directly from the dead body.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
38 (1774): 408-12
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.
Elliott, Nathan. “"Unball’d Sockets" and ‘The Mockery of Speech’: Diagnostic Anxiety and the Theater of Joanna Baillie”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
18
, No. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 83-103.
89-91

1632: The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was...

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1632

The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights was published at London by John Grove .
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 7

20 April 1769: In Millar vs. Taylor the Court of King's...

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20 April 1769

In Millar vs. Taylor the Court of King's Bench confirmed the continuing existence of perpetual copyright: a decision overturned five years later by Donaldson vs. Becket.
Ross, Trevor. “Copyright and the Invention of Tradition”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
26
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1992, pp. 1-27.
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10 September 1963: American Express for the first time extended...

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10 September 1963

American Express for the first time extended its credit card coverage to Britain, where till then it had been restricted to those who could pay their bills in US dollars.
“11 September 1963, US credit cards for Britain”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Sept. 2009.

10 December 1949: Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great...

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10 December 1949

Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his improvements to the world's production and distribution of food.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

By 9 July 1859: George Meredith published his first major...

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By 9 July 1859

George Meredith published his first major novel, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1654 (9 July 1859): 48
Collie, Michael. George Meredith: A Bibliography. University of Toronto Press, 1974.
19-20

1837: Fredrika Bremer published her domestic novel...

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1837

Fredrika Bremer published her domestic novel Grannarne, translated into English in 1842 as Neighbours.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.
The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
784 (5 November 1842): 949

1873: In an unlikely alliance, Octavia Hill's charitable...

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1873

In an unlikely alliance, Octavia Hill 's charitable visitors and volunteer rent collectors began to share information with the Marylebone Poor Law officials.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
131, 133

October 1947: Detective Sergeant Alberta Mary Law was the...

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October 1947

Detective Sergeant Alberta Mary Law was the first female recipient of the King's Police Medal.
Luck, Joan. The British Policewoman: Her Story. R. Hale, 1979.
195
“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
(October-December 1947): 279

15 November 1816: A meeting was held at Spa Fields in Bristol,...

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15 November 1816

A meeting was held at Spa Fields in Bristol, with the object of starting a petition for various reforms including general male suffrage.
Herron, Bonnie. "An Old Ballad Monger": Hannah More’s Unpublished Letters 1798-1827. University of Alberta, 1999.

2 August 1870: The Tower Subway, forerunner of the Underground...

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2 August 1870

The Tower Subway, forerunner of the Underground system, opened its tunnel under the River Thames in London.
Hoole, Ken et al. Rail 150: The Stockton and Darlington Railway and What Followed. Eyre Methuen, 1975.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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27 January 1649: Ann or Anne Fairfax (wife of the former parliamentary...

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27 January 1649

Ann or Anne Fairfax (wife of the former parliamentary commander Sir Thomas Fairfax ) made her second verbal intervention in the trial of Charles I .
Nevitt, Marcus. “Elizabeth Poole Writes the Regicide”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
9
, No. 2, 2002, pp. 233-48.
233-4

October 1953: The influential literary and cultural magazine...

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October 1953

The influential literary and cultural magazine Encounter was launched in London; the editors were Stephen Spender and Irving Kristol .
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.
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.
Jacobson, Dan. “The Price”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 22-8.
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Collini, Stefan. “Stainless Splendour”. London Review of Books, 22 July 2004, pp. 6-10.
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14 March 1773: Louise d'Epinay composed, in a letter to...

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14 March 1773

Louise d'Epinay composed, in a letter to Ferdinando Galiani , a riposte to Essai sur le charactère, les moeurs, et l'esprit des femmes by Antoine Leonard Thomas , which had appeared in early January 1772...

July 1861: Painter Joanna Mary Boyce died of puerperal...

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July 1861

Painter Joanna Mary Boyce died of puerperal fever shortly after the birth of her third child; the painting world lamented her loss.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1899: Jesse Boot of Boots the Chemists founded...

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1899

Jesse Boot of Boots the Chemists founded the Boots Booklovers Library , hoping to attract customers by adding a lending library to Boots shops.
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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Beauman, Nicola. A Very Great Profession: The Woman’s Novel 1914-39. Virago, 1983.
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23 June 2016: By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the...

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23 June 2016

By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the British electorate voted for Brexit: that is, to take Britain out of the European Union .
“EU referendum: full results and analysis”. theguardian.com, 24 June 2016.