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25 July 1923: The UK settled the British South Africa Company...

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25 July 1923

The UK settled the British South Africa Company claims in Rhodesia.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 702
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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January 1853: Following Napoleon III's marriage to Eugénie...

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January 1853

Following Napoleon III 's marriage to Eugénie de Montijo , English female hairstyles followed the fashionable French example.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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April 1701: Richard Steele's The Christian Hero, a didactic...

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April 1701

Richard Steele 's The Christian Hero, a didactic prose work, was published.
Steele, Sir Richard. “Introduction”. The Plays of Richard Steele, edited by Shirley Strum Kenny, Clarendon, 1971.
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7 December 1975: Indonesia under President Suharto invaded...

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7 December 1975

Indonesia under President Suharto invaded East Timor, one day after this move was approved by US President Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger .
Milbank, Dana. “Seizure of East Timor got U.S. go-ahead”. Guardian Weekly, 13–19 Dec. 2001, p. 33.
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August 1884: The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, removing...

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August 1884

The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, removing penal provisions for enforcing cohabitation.
Chandra, Sudhir. Enslaved Daughters: Colonialism, Law, and Women’s Rights. Oxford University Press, 1998.
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1 March 1879: James Murray was appointed editor of the...

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1 March 1879

James Murray was appointed editor of the new Oxford English Dictionary; soon afterwards he sent out 2,000 copies of a four-page invitation to volunteer readers who would collect words.
Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman. HarperCollins, 1998.
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November 1932: The German National Socialist Party (the...

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November 1932

The GermanNational Socialist Party (the Nazis) lost ground in the Reichstag elections.
Mommsen, Wolfgang. “Working Towards the Führer”. London Review of Books, 19 Aug. 1999, pp. 29-30.
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2 March-September 1878: The British Medical Journal ran a six-month...

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2 March-September 1878

The British Medical Journal ran a six-month correspondence debating whether menstruating women ought to work at curing hams.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
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19 April 1775: The first shot of the American War of Independence...

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19 April 1775

The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired at the village of Lexington, near Concord, Massachusetts.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
227, 228
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1865: Maria Mitchell became the first woman to...

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1865

Maria Mitchell became the first woman to be appointed as a professor of astronomy, at Vassar College.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Marina Warner

MW has produced countless articles, book introductions and reviews, twelve non-fictional monographs, two volumes of short stories, half-a dozen children's books, and five novels. She has also written books about artists, art exhibition catalogues, opera...
Marina Warner Photograph of Marina Warner receiving the Holberg prize in 2015. She is wearing a patterned shirt, pink blazer, and necklace to match. Her hair is styled up, and she is smiling as she holds her framed prize certificate.

Late October 2009: The BBC first opened to the public its sound...

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Late October 2009

The BBC first opened to the public its sound archive entitled Suffragette Voices.
“Suffragette Voices”. BBC, Woman’s Hour, 27 Oct. 2009.

1938: Carol Reed, a young film director/producer,...

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1938

Carol Reed , a young film director/producer, stormed the British film scene with two realistic docudramas: Stars Look Down, about mining, and Bank Holiday, about Londoners holidaying at the seaside.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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1849: Robert Stephenson built a cast-iron High...

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1849

Robert Stephenson built a cast-iron High Level Bridge over the Tyne River at Newcastle.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
4: 461

1961: The United Nations population commission...

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1961

The United Nations population commission mandated to pursue an aggressive antinatalist policy to combat overpopulation.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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1861: Publisher S. Beeton began production of Queen,...

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1861

Publisher S. Beeton began production of Queen, his successful women's magazine aimed at the rich and leisured classes.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Freeman, Sarah. Isabella and Sam: The Story of Mrs Beeton. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1977.
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1890s: The practice of strictly chaperoning unmarried...

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1890s

The practice of strictly chaperoning unmarried women in society was waning, in daytime at least.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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30 May 1967: Colonel Emeka Ojukwu of Eastern Nigeria made...

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30 May 1967

Colonel Emeka Ojukwu of Eastern Nigeria made a unilateral declaration of independence on the part of the Ibo people, which set up the Republic of Biafra.
“Biafra: Thirty years on, 13 January 2000”. BBC News.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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By February 1741: A monument was erected by subscription to...

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By February 1741

A monument was erected by subscription to the memory of Shakespeare in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1611: John Speed published his History of Great...

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1611

John Speed published his History of Great Britaine, an early attempt at national history as continuous narrative; it is remembered in part for the maps, by Christopher Saxton and others, in its early sections...

13 April 1640: The Short Parliament began sitting; it lasted...

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13 April 1640

The Short Parliament began sitting; it lasted less than a month.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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15 April 2003: Iranian academic Azar Nafisi published Reading...

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15 April 2003

Iranian academic Azar Nafisi published Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, a remarkable work of social and political commentary intertwined with and expressed through literary criticism.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

November 1940: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (wife of Charles A....

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November 1940

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (wife of Charles A. Lindbergh and already a published author) issued The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith, a pamphlet urging the USA to stay out of the second...

November 1888: Matthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism, Second...

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November 1888

Matthew Arnold 's Essays in Criticism, Second Series were published six months after his death.
Neiman, Fraser. Matthew Arnold. Twayne, 1968.
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February 1927: Alice Holland produced the first issue of...

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February 1927

Alice Holland produced the first issue of Working Woman, a monthly Communist Party paper published in London.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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