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1890: At this time, only 60% of those born in Ireland...

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1890

At this time, only 60% of those born in Ireland lived in that country; the rest had emigrated.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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1921: Construction on the Apennine Tunnel began...

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1921

Construction on the Apennine Tunnel began in began in Italy.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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From 1920: The Ministry of Education instituted a scheme...

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From 1920

The Ministry of Education instituted a scheme of state studentships: grants for university education based on the student's results in Higher School Certificate (including special scholarship papers).
Mountford, Sir James Frederick. British Universities. Oxford University Press, 1966.
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1831: Catherine McAuley created the Order of the...

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1831

Catherine McAuley created the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland to care for the sick.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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October 1883: The Methodist Protest, organ of the Wesleyan...

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October 1883

The Methodist Protest, organ of the Wesleyan Society for Securing the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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22 May 1923: Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) became Prime...

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22 May 1923

Stanley Baldwin (Conservative ) became Prime Minister following Bonar Law 's resignation on grounds of ill health.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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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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5 April 1753: The British Parliament paid the daughters...

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5 April 1753

The British Parliament paid the daughters of the late Sir Hans Sloane £20,000 for his scientific collections. This transaction was previously laid out by Sloane's will from 20 July 1749.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1863: Parliament approved the purchase of twelve...

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1863

Parliament approved the purchase of twelve acres of land at South Kensington (formerly part of the Exhibition site) as the site of the Natural History Museum .
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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27 September 1831: The British Association for the Advancement...

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27 September 1831

The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) was founded at a meeting in York.
Cannon, Susan Faye. Science in Culture: The Early Victorian Period. Dawson; Science History Publications, 1978.
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Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
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Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
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Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
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1841: William Worby made the first farm tractor,...

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1841

William Worby made the first farm tractor, a steam-driven "cart horse".
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1857-1878: Thomas Spencer Wells reduced the mortality...

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1857-1878

Thomas Spencer Wells reduced the mortality rate for ovariotomies from approximately 50% to 11%.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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28 April 1998: Protests by Gloria Steinem and others marked...

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28 April 1998

Protests by Gloria Steinem and others marked the US opening (in New York) of the film Artemisia, which takes a historical rape and makes it the opening of a love-story.
Grundy, Isobel. Email Communication on Womens Network about the film Artemisia 6 May 1988.

By October 1779: William Alexander argued strongly in his...

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By October 1779

William Alexander argued strongly in his History of Women that an index to the place of any culture in the scale of civil society is its treatment of its women.
Alexander, William, 1742 - 1788, and Jane Rendall. History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. Thoemmes Press, 1995, 2 vols., http://U of A Ruth N .
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
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O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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12 May 1812: Edward Lear, writer and artist, was born...

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12 May 1812

Edward Lear , writer and artist, was born at Holloway, London.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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April 1916: As a result of the loss of merchant ships...

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April 1916

As a result of the loss of merchant ships carrying paper making materials, the British Government appointed a Royal Commission on Paper whose purpose was to reduce paper imports and to control distribution.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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1864: Julia Margaret Cameron joined the Photographic...

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1864

Julia Margaret Cameron joined the Photographic Society of Great Britain , and began to enrol her prints in the Fine Arts Register of the Public Record Office.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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October 2008: Darryn Walker was charged under the Obscene...

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October 2008

Darryn Walker was charged under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 for publishing on the internet Girls (Scream) Aloud, an example of fanfic or popslash depicting the rape, torture, and murder of members of...

22 October 1685: The Edict of Nantes, enforcing tolerance...

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22 October 1685

The Edict of Nantes, enforcing tolerance of Protestants in France, was revoked; French Protestant refugees began to flow into England.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Feminist Companion Archive.
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By 22 May 1755: George Colman and Bonnell Thornton edited...

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By 22 May 1755

George Colman and Bonnell Thornton edited and published an anthology entitled Poems by Eminent Ladies.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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Eger, Elizabeth. “Fashioning a Female Canon: Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and the Politics of the Anthology”. Women’s Poetry in the Enlightenment, The Making of a Canon 1730-1820, edited by Isobel Armstrong and Virginia Blain, St Martin’s Press, 1998, pp. 201-15.
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Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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1627: An anonymous book appeared at London entitled...

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1627

An anonymous book appeared at London entitled A Mothers Teares over Hir Seduced Sonne (seduced not sexually but by the Catholic faith away from the Protestant).
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

April 1847: Adams and Company of London patented the...

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April 1847

Adams and Company of London patented the first double decker bus.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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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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November 1886: The British School of Archaeology opened...

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November 1886

The British School of Archaeology opened in Athens.
Boyd, Michael. “History of the British School at Athens”. University of Glasgow: The British School at Athens: Introduction.

4 July 1829: George Shillibeer's horse-drawn omnibus began...

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4 July 1829

George Shillibeer 's horse-drawn omnibus began service in London: from Paddington to the Bank.
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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Barker, Theodore Cardwell, and Dorian Gerhold. The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990. Macmillan, 1993.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

By early June 1792: Samuel Rogers anonymously published a successful...

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By early June 1792

Samuel Rogers anonymously published a successful poem in heroic couplets called The Pleasures of Memory (a title looking back to Akenside 's The Pleasures of Imagination, 1744).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

30 November 1885: The opening of the second London Pavilion...

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30 November 1885

The opening of the second London Pavilion signalled the beginning of the luxurious music-hall era.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Bailey, Peter, editor. Music Hall: The Business of Pleasure. Open University Press, 1986.
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