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1732: John Cowper argued against the practice of...

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1732

John Cowper argued against the practice of enclosure in An Essay Proving that Inclosuring of Commons . . . is Contrary to the Interest of the Nation.
Neeson, J. M. Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Nancy Mitford

NM is best-known for her novels, witty comedies of twentieth-century manners which draw on her own privileged background. Her accounts of love and disappointment among the upper classes frequently include political references (fascism, communism) or...
Nancy Mitford Head-and-shoulders drawing of Nancy Mitford by William Acton, 1937. Her dark, wavy hair is parted in the centre; her bare shoulders rise smoothly from the background.

1862: The Church of England Temperance Chronicle...

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1862

The Church of England Temperance Chronicle began publication.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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July 1940: Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed...

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July 1940

Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed to two ounces per week, and the government called a stop to the sale of timber for furniture.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1908: Crossriggs, a homely and unpretentious novel...

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1908

Crossriggs, a homely and unpretentious novel by Mary and Jane Helen Findlater , was, said Susan Tweedsmuir years later, one of those books that make a milestone in one's life.
Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Edwardian Lady. G. Duckworth, 1966.
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1887: By this date, advertisers were beginning...

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1887

By this date, advertisers were beginning to create a strategic approach towards selling products by locating and targeting specific markets.
Richards, Thomas. The Commodity Culture of Victorian England: Advertising and Spectacle, 1851-1914. Stanford University Press, 1990.
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Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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31 August 1962: Trinidad and Tobago became independent within...

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31 August 1962

Trinidad and Tobago became independent within the Commonwealth.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1786: The Lady's Magazine or Entertaining Companion...

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1786

The Lady's Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex began to supply a monthly article on fashion.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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13 September 1859: The Englishwoman's Review and Drawing Room...

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13 September 1859

The Englishwoman's Review and Drawing Room Journal of Social Progress, Literature and Art ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1802: The Female Friendly Society, for the aid...

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1802

The Female Friendly Society , for the aid of the infirm and aged, was founded in London under the patronage of the Princess of Wales.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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17 March 1894: The British Civil Service added the class...

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17 March 1894

The BritishCivil Service added the class Female Typewriters, whose job was to copy handwritten material.
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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8 May 1956: John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger opened...

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8 May 1956

John Osborne 's play Look Back in Anger opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London; within a few weeks, on 28 May, Colin Wilson published The Outsider, a romanticizing study of the...

1786: The first recorded advertising agent, William...

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1786

The first recorded advertising agent, William Taylor , announced his business in the opening issue of the Maidstone Journal.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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27 February 1807: Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born...

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27 February 1807

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, USA.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1871-1872: A civil trial against the Tichborne estate...

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1871-1872

A civil trial against the Tichborne estate trustees was brought to court and was eventually lost by the Tichborne Claimant who alleged that he was heir to the Tichborne estate in Hampshire.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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21 October 1950: A ceremony at Buckingham Palace marked the...

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21 October 1950

A ceremony at Buckingham Palace marked the official end of the Women's Land Army .
Twinch, Carol. Women on the Land: Their Story During Two World Wars. Lutterworth, 1990.
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Tyrer, Nicola. They Fought in the Fields: The Women’s Land Army: The Story of a Forgotten Victory. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996.
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March 1875: The Medical Enquirer, the organ of the National...

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March 1875

The Medical Enquirer, the organ of the National Medical Association for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Prostitution, began in Liverpool as a quarterly journal and review.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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By September 1952: Another edition appeared in England of Anne...

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By September 1952

Another edition appeared in England of Anne Frank 's The Diary of a Young Girl, translated from Dutch by B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday and with a preface by Storm Jameson . The text was still not complete.
British Book News. British Council.
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Flood, Alison. “MP faces copyright battle to put Anne Frank diary online”. Guardian Weekly, 4 Dec. 2015, p. 5.

: London omnibuses carried an advertisement...

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Summer 1887

London omnibuses carried an advertisement featuring Society beauty Georgina Weldon , captioned, I am 50 today, but thanks to Pears Soap my complexion is only 17.
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Don’t lock up the wife”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2000, pp. 30-1.
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October 1636: The Scottish Privy Council was ordered to...

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October 1636

The Scottish Privy Council was ordered to issue a proclamation compelling the Scottish Kirk to use the new (Anglican ) Scottish Prayer Book designed by Laud .
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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1678: Tudor, Prince of Wales. A Historical Novel...

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1678

Tudor, Prince of Wales. A Historical Novel (again a translation from French) was another of the earliest works in English to employ the term novel in its title.
Downie, James Alan. “Mary Davys’s ’Probable Feign’d Stories’ and Critical Shibboleths about ’The Rise of the Novel’”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
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English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1890: An Order in Council instituted mandatory...

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1890

An Order in Council instituted mandatory retirement of all Civil Servants at sixty-five, and gave Department Heads the discretionary authority to ask an employee to retire after sixty.
Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, 1965, http://U of G.
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By 1893: The Women's Local Government Society, whose...

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By 1893

The Women's Local Government Society , whose aim was to support the election of women to all local government offices, was founded by Annie Leigh Browne and other members of the Society for Promoting Women to all Local Government Bodies

3 January 1880: The popular Girl's Own Paper began as a weekly...

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3 January 1880

The popular Girl's Own Paper began as a weekly published by the Religious Tract Society ; it later became a monthly.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Library of Congress Online Catalog. http://catalog.loc.gov/.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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10 May 1951: Actress Vivien Leigh and actor Laurence Olivier...

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10 May 1951

Actress Vivien Leigh and actor Laurence Olivier began the season at St James's Theatre , London, alternately playing Shaw 's Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare 's Antony and Cleopatra.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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