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1851: William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin from...

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1851

William Thomson , known as Lord Kelvin from 1892 onwards, published his research on the laws of the conservation of energy.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
273

About 9 October 1909: In response to Women's Social and Political...

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About 9 October 1909

In response to Women's Social and Political Union militancy, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies passed a resolution stating that it would employ only constitutional
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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means towards achieving the vote.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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12 April 1923: The career as a dramatist of Sean O'Casey,...

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12 April 1923

The career as a dramatist of Sean O'Casey , labourer and IRA member, took off when his play The Shadow of a Gunman was produced at the Abbey Theatre , Dublin, which had by...

8 June 1886: Gladstone's Home Rule Bill for Ireland was...

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8 June 1886

Gladstone 's Home Rule Bill for Ireland was defeated. The issue split his party, the Liberals , and eventually the Liberal-Unionists were absorbed into the Conservatives .
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
424-5, 609
Kidd, Colin. “Coalition Monsters”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 5, 6 Mar. 2014, pp. 27-8.
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24 May 1799: Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened...

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24 May 1799

Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened at Drury Lane . An adaptation of Kotzebue 's melodrama about Peru, Pizarro voiced the anti-French feelings (fore-runners of anti-Napoleonic feelings) disturbing the English people at this time.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 2097-8, 2177-89

1897: Alice Diehl published Musical Memories, the...

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1897

Alice Diehl published Musical Memories, the first of her two volumes of autobiography.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Bathsheba Bowers

BB , a colonial American Quaker , published just one of the many texts she says she wrote. This work, An Alarm Sounded, 1709, a spiritual autobiography in pamphlet form, is a narrative of...

Late November 1642: Abel Tasman sighted the lands which later...

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Late November 1642

Abel Tasman sighted the lands which later became Tasmania and New Zealand; a national park is now named after him.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Abel Tasman. http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080423094744/http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dutch/tasman.htm.

1872: The Queen's Bench case of Regina v. Harrald...

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1872

The Queen's Bench case of Regina v. Harrald excluded qualified married women from voting in municipal elections.
Rover, Constance. Women’s Suffrage and Party Politics in Britain, 1866-1914. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.
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1903: Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) was identified...

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1903

Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon ) was identified as the probable source of about 1,300 cases of typhoid fever that occurred in New York.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
366

1867: The library of books by women collected by...

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1867

The library of books by women collected by the Rev. Francis John Stainforth was sold at Sotheby 's and the greater part of it acquired for the British Museum (that part of it which is...

1597: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, probably...

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1597

Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, probably written in 1594-5, was both staged and published.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
196

Olive Schreiner

OS was a political and social activist as well as a writer. Her biographer Liz Stanley says she was internationally probably the best-known feminist writer and theorist from the 1880s through to the 1930s.
Stanley, Liz. “Encountering the Imperial and Colonial Past through Olive Schreiners Trooper Peter Halket of MashonalandWomens Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 2, 2000, pp. 197-19.
198
Olive Schreiner Black and white photo of Olive Schreiner, head and shoulders only. She looks straight at the camera, her hair short around her face and her neckline high, with ruffles.

4 March 1852: Alice Liddell, the original recipient of...

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4 March 1852

Alice Liddell , the original recipient of Lewis Carroll 's Alice works, was born on this date.
Gardner, Martin, and Lewis Carroll. “Introduction and Notes”. The Annotated Alice, Wings Books, 1960.
96

Clemence Dane

CD wrote, during the earlier twentieth century, over thirty plays for the stage, radio, and screen, in addition to her journalism and other non-fiction, and fourteen fictional works ranging from girls' school novels to detective...
Clemence Dane Black and white photograph of Clemence Dane, shown from the shoulders up, and posed with her body on an angle and her face turned to face the camera directly. She is wearing a black shirt with a long, dark, beaded necklace, and she has short, dark hair.

1932: Helen Hamilton published The Vision of Fra...

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1932

Helen Hamilton published The Vision of Fra Bartolo: Sonnets and Lyrics.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Eliza Lynn Linton

ELL was a Victorian novelist and memoirist whose historical importance rests largely on her pioneering role as a professional journalist who blazed a trail for her sex. She both held and promoted radical views early...
Eliza Lynn Linton Photo of a carbon print of Eliza Lynn Linton by W. and D. Downey, published by Cassell, 1890. She sits at a small chinoiserie table with lattice-style legs, as if paused in the act of writing on a sheaf of papers. Her right hand holds a pen; her chin rests on her left. She has a broad face with wire spectacles perched on her nose, and wears a white cap and a dark (black?) dress in several layers, with lace at the wrists and a good deal of dark decoration including jet beads sewn on. She has a metal cuff bra

1881: The Natural History Museum opened in South...

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1881

The Natural History Museum opened in South Kensington as the British Museum (Natural History).
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
100, 144

April 1916: As a result of the loss of merchant ships...

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April 1916

As a result of the loss of merchant ships carrying paper making materials, the British Government appointed a Royal Commission on Paper whose purpose was to reduce paper imports and to control distribution.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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First week in March 1946: Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain...

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First week in March 1946

Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain (representing 98% of families canvassed) were tracked by James Douglas in a statistical cohort study for sociological information.
Francis, Gavin. “Get the placentas”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 21-2.

1882: The Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and...

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1882

The Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis were united under British rule.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
198

December 1985: Science writer John Langone argued in Discoverer...

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December 1985

Science writer John Langone argued in Discoverer that women were not normally at risk from AIDS, since the vagina is rugged although the anus is fragile.
Koelsch, Patrice Clark. “Mortal Combats”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xvii
, No. 6, Mar. 2000, pp. 18-20.
18-19

30 March 1964: Mods and Rockers, rival youth gangs, clashed...

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30 March 1964

Mods and Rockers, rival youth gangs, clashed in Clacton and other British resort towns.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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2 April-28 May 1871: The second siege of Paris took place; this...

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2 April-28 May 1871

The second siege of Paris took place; this time the besiegers were monarchists, and the defenders were the supporters of the Paris Commune , who had ousted the monarchist National Assembly.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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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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Marlière, Philippe. “Globalisation before Globalisation”. London Review of Books, Vol.
37
, No. 13, 2 July 2015, pp. 21-2.
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1819: Arthur Schopenhauer published The World as...

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1819

Arthur Schopenhauer published The World as Will and Representation (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung), written in 1818.
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.