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4 October 1911: The first electric escalators in the UK were...

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4 October 1911

The first electric escalators in the UK were installed, at Earl's Court underground station, London.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
346
Trotter, David. “Savage Rush”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 20, 22 Oct. 2010, pp. 30-1.
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Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
203

May 1867: The Royal Academy of Arts was compelled to...

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May 1867

The Royal Academy of Arts was compelled to repeal the quota system it had instituted to limit its numbers of female students.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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18 August 1882: The Married Women's Property Act gave women...

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18 August 1882

The Married Women's Property Act gave women the right to all the property they earned or acquired before or during marriage.
Holcombe, Lee. Wives and Property: Reform of the Married Women’s Property Law in Nineteenth-Century England. University of Toronto Press, 1983.
256
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
82
Hurwitz, Edith F., and Renate Bridenthal. “The International Sisterhood”. Becoming Visible: Women in European History, edited by Claudia Koonz, Houghton Mifflin, 1977, pp. 325-4.
353
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.
“Property Rights of Women”. What You Need to Know About Women’s History.
Blackstone, Sir William, and Edward Christian. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 15th ed., Vol.
4 vols.
, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809.
Roberts, Marie Mulvey, and Tamae Mizuta, editors. The Wives: The Rights of Married Women. Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1994, http://University of Waterloo - Porter.
Lacey, Candida Ann, editor. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group. Routledge, 1987.

1873: The Female Medical Society suggested that...

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1873

The Female Medical Society suggested that qualified women be allowed onto the Medical Register as Licentiates in Midwifery.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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November 1914: The Women's Police Volunteers, formed by...

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November 1914

The Women's Police Volunteers , formed by Margaret Damer Dawson , received their first assignment, for the British Army , a few months after forming.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

28 November-1 December 1943: At the Tehran Conference, the Big Three—Churchill,...

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28 November-1 December 1943

At the Tehran Conference, the Big Three—Churchill , Roosevelt , and Stalin —met to discuss Allied strategy.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
391

25-29 May 1868: The first regular Trades Union Congress was...

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25-29 May 1868

The first regular Trades Union Congress was held, at Manchester.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
162
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
289, 290

10 December 1963: Zanzibar became independent within the C...

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10 December 1963

Zanzibar became independent within the Commonwealth.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
259

July 1855: The first issue of the National Review was...

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July 1855

The first issue of the National Review was published; it became the most celebrated Unitarian periodical and one of the most illustrious quarterlies of the century.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 144
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 135-7, 142, 144, 147

1880-1886: Social reformer and purity activist Ellice...

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1880-1886

Social reformer and purity activist Ellice Hopkins operated a working-men's mission in a custom-built hall at Barnwell, near Cambridge.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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7 April 1922: The first ever mid-air collision of passenger...

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7 April 1922

The first ever mid-air collision of passenger flights occurred over France with the loss of seven lives.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1983: The Format Photography Agency was set up...

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1983

The Format Photography Agency was set up to support women photographers's interests in a profession which is notoriously a harsh climate for women.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

June 1843: Ben Webster, manager of the Haymarket, announced...

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June 1843

Ben Webster , manager of the Haymarket , announced a play-writing contest.
Donkin, Ellen. “Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 54-74.
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11 May 1778: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died one month...

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11 May 1778

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham , died one month and four days after collapsing dramatically in the House of Lords in the midst of an impassioned harangue opposing the independence of the USA.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1810: Evangelical missionary Henry Martyn finished...

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1810

Evangelical missionary Henry Martyn finished a comprehensive Urdu version of the Bible; this is the only original translation into any language from a comparable date that is still being used today.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
216, 227

17 December 1779: It was disapprovingly noted what immense...

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17 December 1779

It was disapprovingly noted what immense sums of public money Marie-Antoinette was paying to her personal friend the comtesse de Polignac .
Roulston, Christine. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 2, 1998–1989, pp. 215-31.
225 and n45

1815: The Soho Bazaar in Soho Square, London, became...

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1815

The Soho Bazaar in Soho Square, London, became the first of its kind established in the city.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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7 December 1858: James Barry (really a woman, Margaret Bulkeley,...

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7 December 1858

James Barry (really a woman, Margaret Bulkeley , living undetected as a man) became the British army's medical Inspector-General.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

July 1914: A printed Church Missionary Society memorandum...

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July 1914

A printed Church Missionary Society memorandum noted that the ultimate goal of an organised independent native Church in Indiamust constantly be kept in view.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Missions to India. Adam Matthew.

1913: The Mental Deficiency Act set up a Board...

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1913

The Mental Deficiency Act set up a Board of Control to take on the powers and responsibilities hitherto exercised by the Lunacy Commissioners.
Roberts, Andrew. “English Mental Health Law Forms”. The Lunacy Commission. A Study of its Origin, Emergence and Character, 1981.

Earlier 1855: Charles Kingsley published his novel Westward...

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Earlier 1855

Charles Kingsley published his novel Westward Ho!; Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight . . . in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1431: 376
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
355, 667
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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1624: The Monopolies Act, a crucial episode in...

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1624

The Monopolies Act, a crucial episode in the restriction of absolutism, stripped away most of the traditional power of the Royal Prerogative, leaving it to control only printing privileges and inventions.
Shapin, Steven. “Rough Trade”. London Review of Books, 6 Mar. 2003, pp. 14-16.
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1836: A ballad entitled The Female Smuggler had...

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1836

A ballad entitled The Female Smuggler had great success in both Britain and America; its heroine, a smuggler's daughter, is pardoned and married by the commander she has shot.
Dugaw, Dianne. Warrior Women and Popular Balladry 1650-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Frances, Lady Norton

After the untimely death of her only daughter at the end of the seventeenth century, FLN edited a memorial volume of the daughter's pious meditations, mostly transcribed from her extensive reading as a glorified common-place...

17 February 1979: China invaded Vietnam, giving as reasons...

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17 February 1979

China invaded Vietnam, giving as reasons the disputed status of border territory and Vietnamese incursions across its border.
“1979: China invades Vietnam”. BBC News: On This Day, 17 Feb. 1979.