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1900: Mary Dickens published her novel The Wastrel,...

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1900

Mary Dickens published her novel The Wastrel, about two male cousins, one English and one American.
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.

January 1817: Publisher Henry Colburn founded another periodical,...

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January 1817

Publisher Henry Colburn founded another periodical, the Literary Gazette, to go with his New Monthly Magazine.
Vargo, Lisa. “Lodore and the Novel of Society”. Womens Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, 1999, pp. 425-40.
427
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
147

10 February 1897: The Victorian Order of Nurses was founded...

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10 February 1897

The Victorian Order of Nurses was founded to commemorate the Queen 's diamond jubilee.
“A Century of Caring”. Victorian Order of Nurses.

December 1954: Winston Churchill, as Prime Minister, intervened...

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December 1954

Winston Churchill , as Prime Minister, intervened to block a planned BBC programme (with a woman producer) about the prospect of the H-bomb and the effects of fallout.
Travis, Alan. “Churchill gagged BBC on H-bomb”. The Guardian, 20 Aug. 1999, p. 6.
6

March 1961: Jane Duncan's autobiographical book My Friend...

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March 1961

Jane Duncan 's autobiographical book My Friend Annie, treating her often rocky relationship with her stepmother, was published.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.

12 March 1932: Bell Laboratories in the US made the first...

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12 March 1932

Bell Laboratories in the US made the first stereo recording: of Scriabin 's Poem of Fire, at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Browser’s Book of Beginnings. Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
229

By 1851: The early volumes of Alexander von Humboldt's...

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By 1851

The early volumes of Alexander von Humboldt 's Kosmos (published between 1845 and 1862) had sold 80,000 copies.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
95
Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
98, 343
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Wonder, Simon. “An adorable explorer”. Guardian Weekly, 4 Dec. 2015, pp. 36-7.
36

1616: Helkiah Crooke in Microcosmographia: A Description...

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1616

Helkiah Crooke in Microcosmographia: A Description of the Body of Man laid out an exhaustive account of the human body, in which he rejected the one-sex model (the original editions spell this Mikrokosmographia).
Smith, Bruce R. “Premodern Sexualities”. PMLA, Vol.
115
, No. 3, May 2000, pp. 318-29.
322

25 August 1883: A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which...

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25 August 1883

A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which regulated working conditions in white lead factories.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
127
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

By early March 1792: According to Maria Edgeworth, 25,000 families...

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By early March 1792

According to Maria Edgeworth , 25,000 families in England had joined in the boycott against West Indian, that is slave-grown, sugar.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
300

June 1925: Annie Jump Cannon, distinguished US astronomer,...

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June 1925

Annie Jump Cannon , distinguished US astronomer, became the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Oxford University .
Powell, Jennifer H. “Reaching for the Stars”. The Harvard University Gazette, 19 Mar. 1998.

1774: The Madhouses Act, passed this year, did...

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1774

The Madhouses Act, passed this year, did little to improve neglect and ill-treatment: madhouses were to be licensed, but applications could not be refused.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
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O’Brien, Patricia. Out of Mind, Out of Sight: A History of the Waterford Hospital. Breakwater, 1989.
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1948: The Kinsey Report on Sexual Behaviour in...

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1948

The Kinsey Report on Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male was published, questioning the notion of sexual norms as naturally determined.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
404
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
241, 242
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
533

1877: The Homely Friend for Young Women and Girls...

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1877

The Homely Friend for Young Women and Girls began publication in London, to give them good and pleasant things to think of.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
71

31 July 1991: Shirley Gee based her play Warrior, published...

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31 July 1991

Shirley Gee based her play Warrior, published this year, on the life of Hannah Snell , who joined the army and went to sea, wearing men's clothes and searching for her husband, and whose...

1 February 1814: The first number appeared of the New Monthly...

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1 February 1814

The first number appeared of the New Monthly Magazine: published initially by Henry Colburn , it was said to be the earliest monthly to incorporate a miscellany of articles.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
459-60
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
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.
Burney, Sarah Harriet. The Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney. Editor Clark, Lorna J., University of Georgia Press, 1997.
179, 180n4

1763: George Robinson founded his publishing firm...

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1763

George Robinson founded his publishing firm in Paternoster Row, London; it became G., G. J., and J. Robinson in 1784 when his son and brother joined as partners.
Waldron, Mary. “A Different Kind of Patronage: Ann Yearsley’s Later Friends”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, AMS Press, 2002, pp. 283-35.
329n8

8 April 1141: Matilda, claimant to the English throne,...

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8 April 1141

Matilda , claimant to the English throne, assumed the title domina Anglorum, or mistress of the English; she was meanwhile holding her rival, Stephen , in captivity.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.

Harriet E. Wilson

HEW , the first black woman to publish a novel—Hannah Crafts may have written the first one,—in the USA, created the form for such novels by subverting the form of fiction offered her...

21-24 April 1876: A riot occurred in Barbados over the proposed...

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21-24 April 1876

A riot occurred in Barbados over the proposed federation with the Windward Islands.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
198
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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2 February 1835: Thomas Babington Macaulay published his Minute...

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2 February 1835

Thomas Babington Macaulay published his Minute on Indian Education.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

30 October 1909: Rose Lamartine Yates planted a tree in Annie's...

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30 October 1909

Rose Lamartine Yates planted a tree in Annie's Arboretum (named from Annie Kenney ), a commemorative landscape project begun by Emily and Mary Blathwayt at their home, Eagle House at Batheaston, which offered refuge...

1974: Erin Pizzey published with Penguin her book...

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1974

Erin Pizzey published with Penguin her book on marital violence, Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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April 1976: The home computer Apple 1 made its debut...

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April 1976

The home computer Apple 1 made its debut at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Designed by Steve Wozniak , it was mounted on a wooden stand, its component parts not covered...

19 July 1797: Stamp Duty (the tax imposed by the Stamp...

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19 July 1797

Stamp Duty (the tax imposed by the Stamp Act) on periodicals was raised from twopence to threepence halfpenny a sheet.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
141
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
25
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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