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1957: The Baptist Church allowed women pastors...

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1957

The Baptist Church allowed women pastors to use the title of minister.
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
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23 December 1920: The Government of Ireland Act established...

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23 December 1920

The Government of Ireland Act established parliaments in both Northern and Southern Ireland, in Belfast and Dublin respectively.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
359

1834: Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith,...

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1834

Kirkpatrick MacMillan , a Scottish blacksmith, invented the pedal tricycle at Keir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
260

22 June 1795: The Removal Act prevented destitute persons...

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22 June 1795

The Removal Act prevented destitute persons being sent back to their parish of origin until they had applied for poor relief from the parish where they now were.
Rose, Michael E. The English Poor Law 1780-1930. David and Charles, 1971.
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1255: A child later known as Hugh of Lincoln was...

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1255

A child later known as Hugh of Lincoln was found dead in that city, and his murder (and torture with other aggravating circumstances) was unjustly blamed on the Jewish community, against whom savage reprisals...

1969: The Women's National Commission was instituted...

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1969

The Women's National Commission was instituted as an official but independent advisory body providing women's views to the UK government.
The Women’s National Commission (WNC). http://web.archive.org/web/20080822053238/http://www.thewnc.org.uk/about_us/index.html.

John Strange Winter

Best known for her early military fiction, JSW (nom de plume of Henrietta Palmer, later Stannard) was a prolific and popular author of over a hundred novels and volumes of short stories. Writing in the...
John Strange Winter Black and white, oval photograph of John Strange Winter. Her face is in profile, her body turned a little to the right. Her curly hair is styled in a fringe in front and a bun behind. She is wearing a black dress with a tulle-like fabric at the neck. Her signature is reproduced below: "Ever yours, H. E. V. Stannard".

20 June 1787: Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first...

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20 June 1787

Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first new London theatre since 1732: the Royalty in Well Street.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 911-12, 986

January 1782: The European Magazine and London Review began...

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January 1782

The European Magazine and London Review began monthly publication in London.
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.

30 August 1841: The Whig government under Melbourne fell...

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30 August 1841

The Whig government under Melbourne fell on the issue of Corn Laws (which they failed to get through parliament) and, following an election next month, the Tory Sir Robert Peel became Prime Minister.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1841: The Registrar General's Office announced...

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1841

The Registrar General's Office announced the national statistic that over 3,000 mothers died each year during childbirth.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...

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23 October 1906

During a demonstration at the opening of Parliament , eleven Women's Social and Political Union supporters were for the first time arrested and imprisoned: for two months in Holloway .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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18 March 1766: The Stamp Act was repealed....

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18 March 1766

The Stamp Act was repealed.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
247, 218, 227

By 10 June 1820: The Astronomical Society of London (later...

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By 10 June 1820

The Astronomical Society of London (later the Royal Astronomical Society) was founded: on this day it held an early meeting.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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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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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
90 (1820): ii: 632

February 1833: William Ullathorne began Roman Catholic missionary...

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February 1833

William Ullathorne began Roman Catholic missionary work among prisoners in New South Wales.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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1953: The Poetry Book Society was founded, largely...

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1953

The Poetry Book Society was founded, largely through the efforts of T. S. Eliot , to promote the reading of poetry.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

Charlotte Dacre

CD (who began publishing verse in 1798 and novels in 1805) seems, like her sister Sophia King, to reflect in poetry (including early graveyard poems) and fiction the painful, sensational family experiences of her youth.
Charlotte Dacre Black and white print of Charlotte Dacre, shown from the waist up at a three quarter turn. She is wearing a light, simple, high-waisted dress with breasts half bare. She has dark curly hair piled on top of her head with a few loose curls falling around her face. Studio roses stand in the background.

October 1940: 164 people died in a single bombing raid...

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October 1940

164 people died in a single bombing raid on Stoke Newington in London, fifty of them when their shelter was flooded as a bomb hit a water main.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. “Nuthouse Al”. London Review of Books, 18 Feb. 1999, p. 12.
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Elizabeth Joscelin

The most learned as well as the most self-deprecating of the seventeenth-century writers of mother's legacies, EJ composed her deeply religious text when pregnant with her first child, in the belief (accurate, as it...

4 February 1888: Annie Besant and W.T. Stead edited the first...

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4 February 1888

Annie Besant and W.T. Stead edited the first weekly issue of The Link: A Journal for the Servants of Man / Law and Liberty League, published in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1849: The first bombing raid from the air occurred...

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1849

The first bombing raid from the air occurred when a pilotless Montgolfier balloon was used to drop bombs on Venice.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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January 1849: Radicals ascended to power in Rome (centre...

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January 1849

Radicals ascended to power in Rome (centre of the Papal States) and established a Roman Republic.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1844: Thomas Hancock announced his process of vulcanizing...

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1844

Thomas Hancock announced his process of vulcanizing rubber; in the same week Charles Goodyear perfected this same process in the United States.
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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22 November 1963: American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated...

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22 November 1963

American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at Dallas, Texas.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
258
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 242

1834: The Pantheon in London was converted into...

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1834

The Pantheon in London was converted into a Bazaar specializing in fancy goods such as children's clothing, books, and accessories.
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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