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3 September 1951: The International Astronomical Federation...

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3 September 1951

The International Astronomical Federation was founded.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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7 May 1824: Beethoven, despite his complete deafness,...

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7 May 1824

Beethoven , despite his complete deafness, conducted the first performance of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna; it was his final grand-scale work.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

30 September 1885: H. Rider Haggard published his first successful...

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30 September 1885

H. Rider Haggard published his first successful adventure novel, King Solomon's Mines (which he said he wrote in six weeks to win a bet with his brother that he could equal Stevenson 's Treasure Island...

14 August 1829: King's College, University of London, was...

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14 August 1829

King's College, University of London , was founded and given a charter; it opened its doors two years later.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

3 March 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patented the telep...

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3 March 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
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5 July 1687: Sir Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ naturalis...

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5 July 1687

Sir Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica; it was the first work on the movements of the planets to back its statements with detailed mathematical calculations.
Schaffer, Simon. “Somewhat Divine”. London Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2000, pp. 30-1.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
5 July 2012

2 May 1550: Joan Bocher, also called Joan of Kent, was...

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2 May 1550

Joan Bocher , also called Joan of Kent , was burned as a heretic for denying the virgin birth of Christ.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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31 May 1962: Adolf Eichmann, Austrian war criminal, was...

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31 May 1962

Adolf Eichmann , Austrian war criminal, was executed: his trial had begun on 11 April 1961.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
(12 August 1999): 13

15 September 2005: After long debate about a statue for the...

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15 September 2005

After long debate about a statue for the fourth, unoccupied plinth in Trafalgar Square, Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn was unveiled in this space, to occupy it for eighteen months.
Lapper, Alison. Alison Lapper. http://www.alisonlapper.com/.
Brown, Mark. “Artists battle for Trafalgar”. Guardian Weekly, 18 Jan. 2008, p. 35.
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12 June 1895: Telephone service between the post offices...

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12 June 1895

Telephone service between the post offices in London, Edinburgh, and other principal towns in the UK was inaugurated.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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1893: Printing by William Morris and Emery Walker...

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1893

Printing by William Morris and Emery Walker appeared in Arts and Crafts Essays, published by Rivington, Percival and Company .
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

28 April 1813: The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent...

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28 April 1813

The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent Street), a grand shopping thoroughfare, was brought before parliament; construction was completed in 1820.
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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1875: Lucy Walford's light-hearted novel Mr. Smith:...

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1875

Lucy Walford 's light-hearted novel Mr. Smith: A Part of His Life appeared in Edinburgh and London before publication by Tauchnitz in Germany the following year.
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.

26 September 1907: New Zealand was given the status of Dominion...

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26 September 1907

New Zealand was given the status of Dominion by royal proclamation.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 943
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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11-12 December 1973: The Woman Machine, by a women's theatre group...

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11-12 December 1973

The Woman Machine, by a women's theatre group called Sistershow , ran to packed audiences at Bristol University students' union. The women's liberation movement had flourished in Bristol since Ellen Malos and three others...

26 March 1902: Cecil Rhodes died, leaving a trust producing...

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26 March 1902

Cecil Rhodes died, leaving a trust producing nearly £52,000 per annum to fund fifty-two (at first) graduate scholarships each year to Oxford . They were not, under the terms of his will, open to women...

1777: The Royal Society received another account...

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1777

The Royal Society received another account of a young woman refusing food, that of Janet Macleod of the county of Ross in Scotland, who had what was called an epileptic fit at fifteen...

March 1914: The Irish Women's Franchise League publicly...

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March 1914

The Irish Women's Franchise League publicly disassociated itself from the Women's Social and Political Union .
Ward, Margaret. Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism. Pluto, 1983.
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1684-5: During these years (called the Killing Times)...

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1684-5

During these years (called the Killing Times) seventy-eight Scots Covenanters were executed on the spot for refusing to deny their religious allegiance; others were executed after trial.
Cody, David. The Covenanters. http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/covenant.html.
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.

2 August 1858: The Imperial Act provided British Columbia,...

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2 August 1858

The Imperial Act provided British Columbia, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Hudson Bay Company , with its own government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 470
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1915: James Connolly, founder of the Irish Socialist...

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1915

James Connolly , founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1896, included a pro-suffrage chapter entitled Women in his socialist, nationalist text The Re-Conquest of Ireland.
MacCurtain, Margaret. “Women, the Vote and Revolution”. Women in Irish Society: The Historical Dimension, edited by Margaret MacCurtain and Donncha Ó Corráin, Greenwood, 1979, pp. 46-57.
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Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
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1817: Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence...

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1817

Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence as it relates to Insanity according to the Law of England.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
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2 May 1982: The Mail on Sunday newspaper began publi...

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2 May 1982

The Mail on Sunday newspaper began publication.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

2 May 1692: Richard Baldwin began weekly publication—in...

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2 May 1692

Richard Baldwin began weekly publication—in London—of The Scotch Mercury, which ran irregularly until 22 May.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

April 1976: The home computer Apple 1 made its debut...

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April 1976

The home computer Apple 1 made its debut at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Designed by Steve Wozniak , it was mounted on a wooden stand, its component parts not covered...