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1896: Havelock Ellis's Studies in the Psychology...

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1896

Havelock Ellis 's Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sexual Inversion was published first in German, in Leipzig, when no British publisher would take it.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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Allen, Renée. “Henry Havelock Ellis, 1859-1939”. Brown University; University of Tulsa: The Modern Journalists Project: The New Age: Biographies.

4-5 February 1889: During anti-foreign riots at Chin-Kiang in...

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4-5 February 1889

During anti-foreign riots at Chin-Kiang in China, the British consulate and foreigners' houses were burnt.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1856: Richard Owen, a rival of Darwin and Huxley,...

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1856

Richard Owen , a rival of Darwin and Huxley , was appointed superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum .
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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1813: Elizabeth Gurney Fry first visited Newgate...

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1813

Elizabeth Gurney Fry first visited Newgate Prison in London; horrified at conditions there, she began providing food and education for female and child prisoners, and agitated for prison reform.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Rose, June. Elizabeth Fry. Macmillan, 1980.
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About 9 September 1985: Race riots occurred at Handsworth in Birmingham...

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About 9 September 1985

Race riots occurred at Handsworth in Birmingham and at Chapeltown in Leeds.
“Race riots”. The Independent on Sunday, 1 July 2001, p. 9.
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24 September 1939: Petrol rationing began in Britain as a result...

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24 September 1939

Petrol rationing began in Britain as a result of the outbreak of war.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Isabella Banks

IB was a prolific author first of poetry, then of journalism, and later of many novels. She was well-known as a regional novelist, setting many of her books in early nineteenth-century Manchester and the north...
Isabella Banks Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Isabella Banks by Done and Ball of London. She has her head slightly tilted under a hat with frill edges and bows for ornament, with a large one under her chin holding it on. She has grey hair and thin wire-framed glasses.

Penelope Fitzgerald

PF was the author of three biographies, a short-story writer, and much admired novelist of the later twentieth century, who began publishing at almost sixty. Apart from one mystery, her eight novels fall into two...

1837: The Government School of Design was established...

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1837

The Government School of Design was established in London.
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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Mary Berry

MB participated in the English literary scene from the 1780s to the 1820s. She edited collections of letters, had a play produced and published, wrote two books comparing the social and cultural climates of England...
Mary Berry Stipple engraving, head and shoulders, of Mary Berry aged 86, by John Henry Robinson after a painting by James Rannie Swinton, published 1850. She looks at the viewer, wearing a white frilled cap and collar with a black bow and pearl drop earring. Her still-dark hair under her cap is parted in the middle, with ringlets at the side, and she is wearing a large drop earring. Below the portrait is written "M. Berry aet [aged] 86." National Portrait Gallery, London.

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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By 1897: The Religious Tract Society (founded in 1799)...

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By 1897

The Religious Tract Society (founded in 1799) was a major international publishing house, issuing more than sixty million books, tracts, and magazines a year from repositories world-wide.
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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3 November 1882: The Scottish National Demonstration of Women...

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3 November 1882

The Scottish National Demonstration of Women was held.
King, Elspeth. “The Scottish Women’s Suffrage Movement”. Out of Bounds: Women in Scottish Society 1800-1945, edited by Esther Breitenbach and Eleanor Gordon, Edinburgh University Press, 1992, pp. 121-50.
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18 June 1940: Charles de Gaulle, a French officer who had...

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18 June 1940

Charles de Gaulle , a French officer who had fled to Britain when France fell (now technically, with Marshall Pétain 's armistice plan, a rebel and a deserter for seeking to fight on),
Beevor, Antony, and Charles de Gaulle. “Foreword”. The flame of French resistance, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-8.
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1860: The National Reformer was launched; it later...

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1860

The National Reformer was launched; it later became the official publication of the National Secular Society , founded in 1866.
Royle, Edward. Radical Politics, 1790-1900: Religion and Unbelief. Longman, 1971.
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1927: Doctor and psychiatrist Emanuel Miller (later...

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1927

Doctor and psychiatrist Emanuel Miller (later the husband of novelist Betty Miller ) founded in Spitalfields the East London Child Guidance Clinic , the first of its kind in Europe.
“Pioneering Child Guidance: A Miller’s Tale”. Prevention Action, 12 Mar. 2008.

18 July 1936: The Spanish Civil War began between the Republicans...

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18 July 1936

The Spanish Civil War began between the Republicans (including Communists) and the Fascists led by Francisco Franco .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...

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23 October 1906

During a demonstration at the opening of Parliament , eleven Women's Social and Political Union supporters were for the first time arrested and imprisoned: for two months in Holloway .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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April 1742: John Wesley's earliest list of members of...

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April 1742

John Wesley 's earliest list of members of the Foundery Society (which met at The Foundery, Moorfields, East London) had forty-seven women to only nineteen men.
Chilcote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. Scarecrow Press, 1991.
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1946: John Lehmann founded his own publishing house...

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1946

John Lehmann founded his own publishing house at 6 Henrietta Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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13 March 1848: A revolution took place in Vienna, where...

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13 March 1848

A revolution took place in Vienna, where protesters—both students and urban working-class people—successfully urged the Emperor Ferdinand to dismiss Clemens Von Metternich .
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Deák, István. “Lawful Revolutions and the Many Meanings of Freedom in the Habsburg Monarchy”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 280-14.
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March 1925: The Calendar of Modern Letters was launched...

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March 1925

The Calendar of Modern Letters was launched as a modernist monthly little magazine, with Edgell Rickword as editor.
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.

16 October 1848: Priscilla Lydia Sellon founded the Church...

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16 October 1848

Priscilla Lydia Sellon founded the Church of EnglandSisterhood of Mercy of Devonport and Plymouth in Exeter.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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25 March 1860: Emily Faithfull established the Victoria...

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25 March 1860

Emily Faithfull established the Victoria Press at 9 Great Coram Street, near Russell Square, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 311, 313

1871-89: William John Courthope edited The Works of...

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1871-89

William John Courthope edited The Works of Alexander Pope, published in ten volumes.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.