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18 August 1758: News reached London of the British capture...

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18 August 1758

News reached London of the British capture of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island; four days later came news of Montcalm 's capture of Ticonderoga in the colony of New York.
Louisbourg was an...

1899: The University Press of Liverpool was founded...

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1899

The University Press of Liverpool was founded by the University College of Liverpool .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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About 1800: Ladies' apparel of this time was in the style...

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About 1800

Ladies' apparel of this time was in the style of naked fashions, mimicking the drapery of classical Greek statues.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
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Julian of Norwich

Julian of Norwich was a religious visionary whose experiences of the divine came to her in the later fourteenth century. She was also something that no Englishwoman had been before her: the author of a...
Julian of Norwich Photograph of the statue of Julian of Norwich sculpted for a niche in the west front of Norwich Cathedral by David Holgate in 2014, six centuries after Julian's death. The photo, taken from below, shows only the waist up. Julian has an alert face and heroic stance, wrapped in a loose cloak and hood, and holding a book titled (in capitals very unlike the writing of her own day) "Revelations of Divine Love."

18 September 2014: In the Scottish referendum held on the question...

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18 September 2014

In the Scottish referendum held on the question whether Scotland should be independent, i.e. should sever its existing ties with the UK, the No side won, with 2,001,926 votes or fifty-five percent, to 1,617,989 votes...

1794: In his General View of the County of Westmorland,...

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1794

In his General View of the County of Westmorland, Andrew Pringle reported that although generally horse work was men's work, in Westmorland women often drove teams of three or four harnessed to ploughs or...

December 1854: William Makepeace Thackeray, as Mr. M. A....

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December 1854

William Makepeace Thackeray , as Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, published The Rose and the Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children.
Benjamin, Lewis Saul. Life of William Makepeace Thackeray. Hutchinson, 1890.
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1854: The Pure Literature Society was founded under...

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1854

The Pure Literature Society was founded under Lord Shaftesbury 's leadership with the aim of stemming the increasingly sensational tide in evangelical literature.
Jay, Elisabeth. The Religion of the Heart: Anglican Evangelicalism and the Nineteenth-Century Novel. Clarendon Press, 1979.
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: A series of articles in The Times alleged...

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Summer 1788

A series of articles in The Times alleged that female boarding schools on the outskirts of London were being managed by bawds for the training of prostitutes.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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9 December 1789: The French National Assembly began to abolish...

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9 December 1789

The French National Assembly began to abolish old provinces and create new départements or regions.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
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7 October 1931: Statutory regulations for British policewomen...

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7 October 1931

Statutory regulations for British policewomen standardized conditions of service, pay and pensions.
Carrier, John. The Campaign for the Employment of Women as Police Officers. Avebury; Gower, 1988.
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Hart, Jenifer Margaret Murray. The British Police. Allen and Unwin, 1951.
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March 1867: The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood staged...

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March 1867

The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood staged an ill-fated rebellion against British rule; 24 people died in the fighting.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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: The National Council for Adult Suffrage was...

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Autumn 1916

The National Council for Adult Suffrage was founded. Its early joint secretaries were Maude Royden and James Middleton .
Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head, 1933.
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25 October 1760: King George II died suddenly of a heart attack;...

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25 October 1760

King George II died suddenly of a heart attack; his grandson George III assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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1922: Argus Press, of 12-18 Paul Street, London,...

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1922

Argus Press , of 12-18 Paul Street, London, launched two monthly magazines of romantic fiction: True Romance and True Story.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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7 April 1740: Colley Cibber, actor-manager and father of...

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7 April 1740

Colley Cibber , actor-manager and father of Charlotte Charke , published his autobiography, An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian.
Ashley, Leonard R. N. Colley Cibber. Twayne, 1965.
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1948: The University of London appointed Professor...

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1948

The University of London appointed Professor Lilian Penson vice-chancellor, the first time a woman held this position at a British university.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

15 April 1986: Following years of deteriorating relations,...

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15 April 1986

Following years of deteriorating relations, the USA mounted bombing raids on Tripoli and other places in Libya in retaliation for alleged Libyan involvement in a discotheque bomb in West Berlin on 5 April.
Ighneiwa, Ibrahaim. “Libya: The U.S. Air and Sea Attacks on Libya in 1986”. Ibrahim Ighneiwa Personal Page Libya: Our Home.

1875: L. M. Hubbard edited the first issue of the...

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1875

L. M. Hubbard edited the first issue of the Englishwoman's Year Book, an annual publication out of London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1743: Laurence Heister advised in his A General...

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1743

Laurence Heister advised in his A General System of Surgery on how to deal with the pain and fear of women facing mastectomy (with, of course, no anaesthetics).
Heister, Laurence. A General System of Surgery. W. Innys, 1743.
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1843: William Hallowes Miller developed new standard...

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1843

William Hallowes Miller developed new standard measures for England.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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1959: The Roberts Report advised the establishment...

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1959

The Roberts Report advised the establishment under the auspices of what became the Department of Education and Science an efficient and comprehensive free public library system serving all British citizens.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. “The new way”. Guardian Unlimited, 28 Feb. 2002.

Ethel Arnold

Active at the turn of the twentieth century, EA was a well-received author and pro-suffrage speaker. With a particular faculty for literary criticism, she wrote over four hundred book reviews and twenty news stories for...

Walter Bagehot

Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln

ECCL published her sole text in the earlier seventeenth century: an unusual advice-manual which handles in very personal terms the topic of a woman's religious and maternal duty to breast-feed her own children, even if...