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1 May 1911: Australia joined the Penny Postage syste...

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1 May 1911

Australia joined the Penny Postage system.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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29 October 1924: Ellen Wilkinson was elected as the Labour...

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29 October 1924

Ellen Wilkinson was elected as the Labour Party 's first woman MP.
Kimber, Richard. “UK General Elections since 1832”. Richard Kimber’s Political Science Resources: British Politics: Election Information.

1974: The Disabled Women's Coalition was formed...

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1974

The Disabled Women's Coalition was formed at the University of California at Berkeley by Susan Sygall and Deborah Kaplan .
“Disability History Timeline”. Disability Social History Project, 23 Sept. 2003.

29 June 1757: The Duke of Newcastle formed his second government,...

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29 June 1757

The Duke of Newcastle formed his second government, this time a Whig coalition with William Pitt .
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
18, 43ff

1817: Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence...

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1817

Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence as it relates to Insanity according to the Law of England.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
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15 November 1942: Church bells (which quite recently had stood...

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15 November 1942

Church bells (which quite recently had stood ready to signal invasion) were rung all over Britain, in the wake of the battle of El Alamein, to celebrate the defeat of Rommel .
Martin, Richard, 1934 -. Ink in Her Blood: The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham. UMI Research Press, 1988.
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1897: The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican...

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1897

The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican Church (an order of ministry lower than that of priests) was finally recognized by the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
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2 July 1890: South Kensington Museum held an exhibition...

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2 July 1890

South Kensington Museum held an exhibition in celebration of the Jubilee of the Penny Post.
Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard and Its Origins. F. A. Praeger, 1966.
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Earlier 1937: Ruth Pitter was awarded the Hawthornden Prize...

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Earlier 1937

Ruth Pitter was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for her poetry; the presentation was made by Vita Sackville-West .
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
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10 November 1828-25 May 1829: Charles Sturt conducted expeditions from...

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10 November 1828-25 May 1829

Charles Sturt conducted expeditions from Sydney into uncharted South Australia.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
II: 98-101

27-29 April 1994: The first democratic general election in...

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27-29 April 1994

The first democratic general election in South Africa made Nelson Mandela the first president of the new, non-apartheid, republic.
South African History online. 30 Mar. 2005, http://www.sahistory.org.za/.
Hall, Florence Howe. “Back to the Garden”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
25
, No. 5, Sept.–Oct. 2006, pp. 30-1.
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November 1903: The Russian Social Democratic Party split...

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November 1903

The Russian Social Democratic Party split at its meeting in London into the Boleshiviks (or Bolsheviks ) led by V. I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky , and the Mensheviks led by Plechanoff .
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 113
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1616: William Goddard published A Satirycall Dialogue,...

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1616

William Goddard published A Satirycall Dialogue, Or a Sharplye invective Conference, betweene Alexander the Great , and that truelye woman-hater Diogenes.
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.

1896: Painter Mildred Anne Butler's watercolor...

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1896

Painter Mildred Anne Butler 's watercolor The Morning Bath was purchased for the Tate Gallery in London by the Chantrey Bequest.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Casteras, Susan P., and Linda H. Peterson. A Struggle for Fame: Victorian Women Artists and Authors. Yale Center for British Art, 1994.
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Christmas Day 1657: John Evelyn was at morning Communion service...

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Christmas Day 1657

John Evelyn was at morning Communion service in a private chapel in London's Covent Garden area, when the whole congregation was rounded up by Puritan soldiers angry at such Christmas observance.
Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964.
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22 November 1830: Earl Grey, a Whig, became Prime Minister...

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22 November 1830

Earl Grey , a Whig, became Prime Minister in the new British government.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Matthew Arnold

14 December 1704: Joseph Addison published The Campaign, a...

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14 December 1704

Joseph Addison published The Campaign, a patriotic poem celebrating Marlborough 's victory of Blenheim.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.

Shortly before 20 April 1759: George Frederick Handel died after spending...

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Shortly before 20 April 1759

George Frederick Handel died after spending the best years of his career in England, specialising first in Italian opera, then in oratorio.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
29 (1759): 191, 194

1937: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1884-1924)—published...

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1937

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1884-1924)—published in German as Die Verwandlung—first appeared in English, translated by A. L. Lloyd ; its English title was later Metamorphosis.
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.
Bodleian Catalogue

1797: William Taylor wrote the first recorded instance...

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1797

William Taylor wrote the first recorded instance of the word autobiography (in a Monthly Review notice of Isaac D'Israeli 's Miscellanies).
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

8 February 1534: Catherine of Aragon wrote a letter to the...

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8 February 1534

Catherine of Aragon wrote a letter to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (her nephew), seeking to enlist the support of Pope Clement VII against her husband 's attempts to have their marriage annulled.
Sotheby’s. http://www.sothebys.com.
“Sotheby’s to auction letter from Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII”. CBC Diversions, 24 Oct. 2006.
Duffy, Eamon. “The Unlikeliest Loophold”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 15, 28 July 2011, pp. 17-18.
17-18

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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Early 1847: Canterbury established the first rate-aided...

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Early 1847

Canterbury established the first rate-aided library in England.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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1951: The Lamaze method of childbirth was introduced...

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1951

The Lamaze method of childbirth was introduced in France.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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