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9 September 1676: Charles Hart, Michael Mohun, Edward Kynaston,...

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9 September 1676

Charles Hart , Michael Mohun , Edward Kynaston , and William Cartwright were appointed by the Lord Chamberlain to manage Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 247

25 June 1861: Susan Oldfield and Ella Jones founded the...

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25 June 1861

Susan Oldfield and Ella Jones founded the Anglican Community of St Peter in Woking, Surrey.
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.
385-6

30 April 1827: Charles X of France disbanded the National...

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30 April 1827

Charles X of France disbanded the National Guard at Paris.
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

By 1931: British households possessed about 1.3 million...

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By 1931

British households possessed about 1.3 million electric cookers, 400,000 vacuum cleaners and 220,000 fridges. Almost every home had a radio, called the wireless.
Pedersen, Susan. “A Babylonian Touch”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 21, 6 Nov. 2008, pp. 21-2.
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1870: Baby farmer Mrs Margaret Waters was hanged...

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1870

Baby farmerMrs Margaret Waters was hanged for the murder of one of the many children in her care.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
79-80
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
158
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Wilhelm Dilthey

1900: US writer Theodore Dreiser published his...

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1900

US writer Theodore Dreiser published his novel Sister Carrie.
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.

Later 1723: Bernard Mandeville's attack on charity schools,...

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Later 1723

Bernard Mandeville 's attack on charity schools, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, was published in the second edition of his Fable of the Bees.
Mandeville, Bernard. “Introduction”. The Fable of the Bees, edited by Irwin Primer, Capricorn Books, 1962.
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Mandeville, Bernard. The Fable of the Bees. 2nd ed., Edmund Parker, 1723.
Mandeville, Bernard. “Introduction”. The Fable of the Bees, edited by Phillip Harth, Penguin Classics, Penguin, 1989, pp. 7-50.
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1924: Geoffrey Cust Faber entered into partnership...

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1924

Geoffrey Cust Faber entered into partnership with Maurice and Alsina Gwyer , owners of the Scientific Press at 28 Southampton Street, near the Strand, to establish the firm Faber and Gwyer Limited .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
114

8 November 1927: The British Statutory Commission on Indian...

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8 November 1927

The British Statutory Commission on Indian Reforms (the Simon Commission ) was appointed to study the situation in India and the workings of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 22 April 1918. No Indian members were appointed...

1811: Army regulations set out the system whereby...

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1811

Army regulations set out the system whereby regiments ordered abroad on active service were allocated six soldiers' wives' tickets per company, distributed by ballot.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
133, 17-18, 2, and passim
Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
170

September 1892: The monthly British Women's Temperance Journal...

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September 1892

The monthly British Women's Temperance Journal ceased publication in London. It was the first British feminist temperance paper, having begun in January 1886.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Ann Hatton

Besides her poems and opera librettos dating from the late eighteenth century, AH published with the Minerva Press fourteen novels or romances as Ann (or Anne) of Swansea, beginning in 1810. A highly intelligent though...
Ann Hatton Painting by William Watkeys, 1835, of Ann Hatton sitting with a book under her left hand. Her hair is in a bun with a veil tied in it, draping down her right shoulder. She is wearing a blue dress. The painting seems to have some sort of damage in the form of a slash over her cheek. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

29 March 1867: The Metropolitan Poor Law Act was passed...

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29 March 1867

The Metropolitan Poor Law Act was passed.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
39-40
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

14 February 1779: Captain Cook was killed by natives at Karakakoa...

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14 February 1779

Captain Cook was killed by natives at Karakakoa Bay, Hawaii.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

12 March 1733: George Lyttelton published a poem entitled...

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12 March 1733

George Lyttelton published a poem entitled Advice to a Lady.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Essays and Poems and Simplicity, A Comedy. Editors Halsband, Robert and Isobel Grundy, Oxford University Press, 1993.
264

July 1775: On the death of Charles Say (a major London...

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July 1775

On the death of Charles Say (a major London printer, publisher of the official newspaper The Gazetteer), his widow Mary Say took over the business.
Barker, Hannah. “Women, work and the industrial revolution: female involvement in the English printing trades, c. 1700-1840”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 81-100.
91-2, 99
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

15 August 1761: While negotiations were in progress to end...

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15 August 1761

While negotiations were in progress to end what was later called the Seven Years' War, the Bourbon kings (of France and Spain) entered the Family Compact, which provided in a secret clause...

3 October 1990: East and West Germany, politically divided...

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3 October 1990

East and West Germany, politically divided at the end of the Second World War, were reunited as a single nation; the GDR or East Germany ceased to exist at midnight on the 2nd.
Crystal, David. “Edit It Again, Sam”. The Author, Vol.
cxi
, No. 2, 1 June 2000–2026, pp. 82-3.
83
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
500

June 1857: The Christian Lady's Magazine (not the journal...

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June 1857

The Christian Lady's Magazine (not the journal of this title formerly edited by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna ) ceased publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
216
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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3 March 1959: Ruth Handler put together at her kitchen...

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3 March 1959

Ruth Handler put together at her kitchen table the prototype Barbie doll, which was unveiled shortly afterwards by Mattel at this year's American International Toy Fair: a doll with a stylized female body, glamorous in...

28 June 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling...

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28 June 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling the peace terms imposed by the victors of World War I on Germany and its allied nations.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
249
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 593
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
82
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Bussey, Gertrude, and Margaret Tims. Pioneers for Peace: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1965. WILPF British Section, 1980.
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Keynes, John Maynard, Baron. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Macmillan, 1919.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Keynes, Britain's chief Treasury...

May 1977: The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began...

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May 1977

The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began publication from Edinburgh.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
145-6

21 September 1809: The political rivals Canning of the British...

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21 September 1809

The political rivals Canning of the British Foreign Office and Castlereagh , who was about to be removed from the War Office , fought a dawn duel on Putney Heath south of London.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Canning, Castlereagh