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4 July 1828: Following the death of John VI on 10 March...

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4 July 1828

Following the death of John VI on 10 March 1826, his son Dom Miguel (after a New Year visit to London seeking British support) assumed the title of King of Portugal.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

25 August 1883: A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which...

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25 August 1883

A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which regulated working conditions in white lead factories.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
127
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

Summer 1850: The phenomenally popular hippopotamus Obaysch,...

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Summer 1850

The phenomenally popular hippopotamus Obaysch, who became a national institution, arrived at Regent's Park Zoo .
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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30 October 1909: Rose Lamartine Yates planted a tree in Annie's...

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30 October 1909

Rose Lamartine Yates planted a tree in Annie's Arboretum (named from Annie Kenney ), a commemorative landscape project begun by Emily and Mary Blathwayt at their home, Eagle House at Batheaston, which offered refuge...

1873: Arthur Russell Mowbray entered the publishing...

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1873

Arthur Russell Mowbray entered the publishing market with the appearance of The Deformation and The Reformation.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 209

April 1902: The Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant was...

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April 1902

The Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant was published posthumously.
Besant, Sir Walter, and S. Squire Sprigge. Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant. Scholarly Press, 1971.
prelims

September 1920: The civil disobedience campaign against British...

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September 1920

The civil disobedience campaign against British rule in India began; it involved an immense non-cooperation movement, including a boycott of foreign cloth and British imports.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 839-40
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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30 March 1856: The Treaty of Paris was signed by Austria,...

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30 March 1856

The Treaty of Paris was signed by Austria, Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, bringing an end to the Crimean War.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
207, 210-14
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
202-3
Duberly, Frances Isabella. “Editor’s Introduction”. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, edited by Christine Kelly, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. xi - xlviii.
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August 1980: The Red Rag, produced by a Marxist collective...

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August 1980

The Red Rag, produced by a Marxist collective of the Women's Liberation Movement in London, ended publication.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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By 18 September 1847: John Conolly published The Construction and...

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By 18 September 1847

John Conolly published The Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane, which likened the asylum to a home with a benevolent superintendent father.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
28, 33-5, 84, 255
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1038 (1847): 973

8 February 1761: In the first of two years' very great revival...

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8 February 1761

In the first of two years' very great revival among the [Methodist ] societies,
Fletcher, Mary Bosanquet. The Life of Mrs. Mary Fletcher. Editor Moore, Henry, 1751 - 1844, T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837.
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Sarah Crosby , on a visit to Derby and having the previous week conducted a prayer meeting of twenty-seven...

September 1943: More than 450,000 women were members of the...

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September 1943

More than 450,000 women were members of the armed forces, constituting 9.39 per cent of the total.
Goldman, Nancy Loring, and Richard Stites. “Great Britain and the World Wars”. Female Soldiers-Combatants or Noncombatants?: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Nancy Loring Goldman, Greenwood, 1982, pp. 21-46.
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March 1603: Thomas Heywood's domestic tragedy A Woman...

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March 1603

Thomas Heywood 's domestic tragedy A Woman Kilde with Kindnesse was acted; it was published in 1607 with Heywood'a name (for the first time) on its title-page.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Helen Oyeyemi

HO is often considered with other writers known as third-generation Nigerian
Hron, Madelaine. “’Ora Na-Azu Nwa’: The Figure of the Child in Third-Generation Nigerian Novels”. Research in African Literatures, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 July 2008, pp. 27-48.
or more generally with Black British writers. She gained very early acclaim and has been prolific, mainly working in the novel genre (with some...
Helen Oyeyemi Colour photo portrait of Helen Oyeyemi in London, 2005. In this close-up image, she looks directly at the camera. Her hair is in small braids with pale green and blue threads woven through and she is wearing a striped scarf and a beige plaid blazer.

10 December 1929: For his discovery of growth-stimulating vitamins,...

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10 December 1929

For his discovery of growth-stimulating vitamins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

10 November 1828-25 May 1829: Charles Sturt conducted expeditions from...

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10 November 1828-25 May 1829

Charles Sturt conducted expeditions from Sydney into uncharted South Australia.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
II: 98-101

By late October 1920: Flora Murray wrote about her war experience...

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By late October 1920

Flora Murray wrote about her war experience in Women as Army Surgeons: Being the History of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919.
“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
980 (28 October 1920): 701

1883: In Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra),...

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1883

In Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra), Friedrich Nietzsche coined his idea of the lastman, as the citizen of a democray, who has, Nietsche thought, abandoned self-mastery and settled for living as a slave.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
440

1801: Thomas Moore pseudonymously published his...

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1801

Thomas Moore pseudonymously published his mildly erotic Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little Esq.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Tighe, Mary. “Introduction”. Verses Transcribed for H. T., edited by Harriet Kramer Linkin, 2015.
and notes 10-13

26 January 1885: Mahdist nationalists captured Khartoum after...

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26 January 1885

Mahdist nationalists captured Khartoum after a siege of 317 days and killed the celebrated, eccentric and popular General Gordon .
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 731-2
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
333
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Charles George Gordon

1837: Legislation against abortionists was amended;...

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1837

Legislation against abortionists was amended; pregnancy terminations performed before quickening were no longer exempt from prosecution.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
157

1979: Valerie Gillies contributed the Preface to...

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1979

Valerie Gillies contributed the Preface to a collection of Scottish Short Stories.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

4 August 1940: Italy launched an invasion of British Somaliland...

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4 August 1940

Italy launched an invasion of British Somaliland from Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia).
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
46, 48
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
149, 327-8

: The first starvation deaths attributable...

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Winter 1845-6

The first starvation deaths attributable to the potato blight in Ireland were reported; the Great Famine began in earnest.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
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Jack, Ian. “A Country Emptied”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 5, 7 Mar. 2019, pp. 19-22.
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October 2008: At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism,...

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October 2008

At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism, Amina Wadud (an American academic) became the first woman to lead British Muslims in prayer and deliver a Friday sermon.
“News in brief”. Guardian Weekly, 24 Oct. 2008, p. 15.
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