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May 1901: The City and Suburban Electric Carriage Company...

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May 1901

The City and Suburban Electric Carriage Company operated the first multi-level parking garage in England just off Piccadilly Circus, London.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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July 1644: The Parliamentary forces won a victory in...

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July 1644

The Parliamentary forces won a victory in the second battle of Edgehill.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Flora Thompson

FT , who wrote in the early to mid twentieth century, had limited education and lived outside the literary mainstream. She had little success as a poet or novelist, but built herself a career as...

About 1675: A women's outer garment was introduced called...

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About 1675

A women's outer garment was introduced called the mantua from the fine silks of Mantua in Italy (as milliner came from Milan); this was the first big item of women's wear to be made...

By 17 November 1675: John Dryden's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe...

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By 17 November 1675

John Dryden 's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe had its first performance.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
2: 321n75

Georgiana Fullerton

Publishing all through the 1840s and the 1880s, GF worked in a variety of genres, including poetry, biography, drama, and most notably the novel. While many of her eleven novels adopt tropes from sensation fiction...
Georgiana Fullerton Photo of Georgiana Fullerton. She is wearing a dark, feathery bonnet tied with a large dark bow under her chin, and a dark shawl.

October 1774: The Duchess of Northumberland took an active...

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October 1774

The Duchess of Northumberland took an active part in her son's campaign to be elected for Westminster in the general election (polling ran into November in some districts).
Chalus, Elaine. “’That epidemical Madness’: women and electoral politics in the late eighteenth century”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 151-78.
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Johnson, Samuel. Political Writings. Editor Greene, Donald, Yale University Press, 1977.
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13 February 1893: The second Irish Home Rule bill passed the...

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13 February 1893

The second Irish Home Rule bill passed the House of Commons, only to be roundly defeated by the Lords.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
45-6

June 1980: Vigdis Finnbogadottir was elected president...

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June 1980

Vigdis Finnbogadottir was elected president of Iceland, making her the first woman democratically elected as head of state.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

July 1846: The last independent issue of the Foreign...

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July 1846

The last independent issue of the Foreign Quarterly Review was published; in October it merged with the Westminster Review.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 136

1914: Margaret Louisa Woods's Collected Poems,...

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1914

Margaret Louisa Woods 's Collected Poems, containing lyrics and socially conscious poetry, was published by Bodley Head .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

L. E. L.

LEL was one of the most prolific and popular authors of her day. She produced an immense corpus of poetry, several works of fiction (the first a particularly striking silver fork novel), and considerable review...
L. E. L. Black and white photograph of a three-quarter length drawing of L.E.L. in chalk and pencil by Daniel Maclise, early 1830s. She is wearing a white dress whose wasp waist is accentuated by a broad belt, large billowing skirt and upper sleeves, and high standaway collar. Her dark, shining hair is centre-parted and pulled back, with tiny kiss-curls below and a tall, plaited arrangement above. Her expression is languishing. National Portrait Gallery.

September 1886: A famous meeting of the Fabian Society resolved...

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September 1886

A famous meeting of the Fabian Society resolved that it was desirable for socialists to form a politial party; this was the first germ of the Labour Party .
Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Probably March 1671: William Wycherley's first comedy, Love in...

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Probably March 1671

William Wycherley 's first comedy, Love in a Wood, opened on stage; it was published the next year.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

1777: Richard Samuel engraved his Nine Living Muses...

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1777

Richard Samuel engraved his Nine Living Muses of Great Britain (or Portraits in the Character of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo) for Johnson's Ladies New and Polite Pocket Memorandum for 1778...

1859: Frances Margaret Taylor (as the Authoress...

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1859

Frances Margaret Taylor (as the Authoress of Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses) published her historical novel Tyborne, and 'who went thither in the days of Queen Elizabeth'.
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Dickens, Mary Angela. Mother Magdalen Taylor. Catholic Truth Society, 1928.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

By November 1810: Monsieur Appert perfected his canning process...

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By November 1810

Monsieur Appert perfected his canning process for preserving food; the French Chamber of Arts awarded him a substantial premium for his invention.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 22 (1811): 335
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
80 (1810): 475

1906: Catherine Martin published The Old Roof Tree:...

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1906

Catherine Martin published The Old Roof Tree: Letters of Ishbel to her half-brother Mark Latimer, a fictional work that, because it was published anonymously, is attributed in some catalogues to the character Ishbel Martin.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.
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30 June 1857: The Indian city of Lucknow was besieged by...

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30 June 1857

The Indian city of Lucknow was besieged by rebel forces; order was not fully restored until the following March.
Hilton, Richard. The Indian Mutiny: A Centenary History. Hollis and Carter, 1957.
129-39

April 1974: The first number of Ian Hamilton's New Review...

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April 1974

The first number of Ian Hamilton 's New Review (successor to The Review) included contributions from Dan Jacobson and Edna O'Brien ; it ran for fifty issues, ending in 1979.
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Jacobson, Dan. “The Price”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 22-8.
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15 March 1757: John Dyer published his georgic poem about...

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15 March 1757

John Dyer published his georgic poem about sheep-farming and woollen manufacture, The Fleece. He died the same year, by mid-December.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3 (1757): 402-15
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
38-9 and n2
Larsen, Kathryn. “Virtual Textile Workers”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, New Orleans, LA, 19 Apr. 2001.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
4: 414 nn7, 8

1992: Polytechnics in Britain, with some Colleges...

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1992

Polytechnics in Britain, with some Colleges of Further Education, were upgraded to the status of universities.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
509

October 2008: Darryn Walker was charged under the Obscene...

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October 2008

Darryn Walker was charged under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 for publishing on the internet Girls (Scream) Aloud, an example of fanfic or popslash depicting the rape, torture, and murder of members of...

1923: Anna Freud opened her own private practice...

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1923

Anna Freud opened her own private practice in child analysis in Vienna.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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1918: The English Electric Company was formed....

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1918

The English Electric Company was formed.
Electricity Council. Electricity Supply in Great Britain: A Chronology. Electricity Council, 1973.
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