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September 1714: There was published A Collection of Queen...

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September 1714

There was published A Collection of Queen Anne 's Speeches, Messages . . . from her Accession to the Throne to her Demise.
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.

March 1941: The Women's Consultative Committee was established...

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March 1941

The Women's Consultative Committee was established to advise Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin on matters of policy affecting women.
Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
293
Braybon, Gail, and Penny Summerfield. Out of the Cage: Women’s Experiences in Two World Wars. Pandora, 1987.
158-60

1895: Friedrich Nietzsche published Der Antichrist...

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1895

Friedrich Nietzsche published Der Antichrist (The Anti-Christ).
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

15 April 1912: The Titanic (billed as the world's most advanced...

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15 April 1912

The Titanic (billed as the world's most advanced passenger liner and as unsinkable) sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg.
Brownstone, David, and Irene Franck. Timelines of the Arts and Literature. HarperCollins, 1994.
368

1882: The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone...

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1882

The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone letterpress printing was invented in Germany.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
160

13 August 1670: The British government declared that in Scotland...

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13 August 1670

The British government declared that in Scotland attendance at conventicles (the services conducted in fields or barns by ejected Presbyterian ministers) was punishable by death.
The Covenanters: The Fifty Years Struggle 1638-1688. http://www.sorbie.net/covenanters.htm.

1841: Rudolph von Kolliker (1817-1905) of Switzerland...

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1841

Rudolph von Kolliker (1817-1905) of Switzerland first demonstrated the function of spermatazoa.
Pascoe, Lionel Craman et al. The Teach Yourself Encyclopaedia of Dates and Events. English Universities Press, 1968.
491

19 May 1685: The new monarch, James II, summoned his first...

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19 May 1685

The new monarch, James II , summoned his first parliament for this date.
Henning, Basil Duke, editor. The House of Commons, 1660-1690. Secker and Warburg, 1983, 3 vols.
1: 86

Early 1847: Angry rioters in Berlin, Hamburg, and other...

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Early 1847

Angry rioters in Berlin, Hamburg, and other cities in Germanyprotested high prices by attacking bakeries and storehouses.
Sheehan, James J. “The German States and the European Revolution”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 246-79.
266

June 1913: At the invitation of Margaret Llewelyn Davies,...

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June 1913

At the invitation of Margaret Llewelyn Davies , Virginia Woolf attended the Women's Co-operative Guild Congress in Newcastle.
Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
121
Woolf, Virginia et al. “Introductory Letter”. Life as We Have Known It, by Co-operative Working Women, edited by Margaret Llewelyn Davies, Reprint ed., Virago, 1977, p. xvii - xxxxi.
xx-xxi
Woolf, Virginia et al. “Introductory Letter”. Life as We Have Known It, by Co-operative Working Women, edited by Margaret Llewelyn Davies, Reprint ed., Virago, 1977, p. xvii - xxxxi.
xviii

1931: The Obelisk Press in Paris was established...

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1931

The Obelisk Press in Paris was established by Jack Kahane , in part to combat prudery in British publishing.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
98
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
305-6

1954: Five books were the subject of obscenity...

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1954

Five books were the subject of obscenity prosecutions in England: Walter Baxter 's The Image and the Search, Vivian Connell 's September in Quinze, Charles McGraw 's The Man in Control,...

1882: Westfield College for women was founded in...

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1882

Westfield College for women was founded in North London.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
17, 128-9
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
xix
Screene, Lorraine. Email to the Women’s History Network list. 3 Oct. 2012.

1889: Herminie Cadolle opened Maison Cadolle, a...

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1889

Herminie Cadolle opened Maison Cadolle , a Paris lingerie shop from which she sold what is often credited as the first modern bra.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Patently Female. John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
134-5

1729: 5,225 pupils were registered at 132 charity...

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1729

5,225 pupils were registered at 132 charity schools in London.
Sonnet, Martine. “A Daughter to Educate”. A History of Women in the West: Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes, edited by Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge, translated by. Arthur Goldhammer and Arthur Goldhammer, Vol.
3
, Harvard University Press, 1993, pp. 101-31.
120

4 May 1904: Rolls-Royce Limited was founded for the manufacture...

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4 May 1904

Rolls-Royce Limited was founded for the manufacture of cars by Frederick Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
160
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
336

1857: The Hoe rotary press was adopted in England...

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1857

The Hoe rotary press was adopted in England by Lloyd's Weekly News and The Times.
Yarwood, Doreen. Five Hundred Years of Technology in the Home. B. T. Batsford, 1983.
154
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
5: 698

1885: American physician Silas Weir Mitchell's...

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1885

American physician Silas Weir Mitchell 's treatment programme for anorectics was touted by British doctors as a highly successful approach to the disease.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
144, 318

Late November 1590: An outbreak of witch-hunting centred on Tranent...

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Late November 1590

An outbreak of witch-hunting centred on Tranent in Haddingtonshire, Scotland (but named from nearby North Berwick), escalated when charges of seeking to harm the king were made against upper-class people.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under North Berwick witches; under James VI and I

1876: T. H. Huxley praised the new term biology...

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1876

T. H. Huxley praised the new term biology as an improvement over the former term, Natural History, which he called old . . .[and] confusing because it conveyed so many meanings.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
14

1837-39: Henry Hallam published An Introduction to...

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1837-39

Henry Hallam published An Introduction to the Literature of Europe During the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries in four separate volumes.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

: Refuse: CanLit in Ruins, an anthology co-edited...

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2018-11-15

Refuse: CanLit in Ruins, an anthology co-edited by Hannah McGregor , Julie Rak , and Erin Wunker was published.
Larman, Alexander. “The Library Book by Susan Orlean – review”. The Guardian, 14 Jan. 2019.
Good, Alex. “New book Refuse: CanLit in Ruins shakes up the status quo”. The Star, 16 Nov. 2018.

February 1913: Four women prisoners—Margaret Cousins, Margaret...

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February 1913

Four women prisoners—Margaret Cousins , Margaret Connery , Barbara Hoskins , and Mabel Purves —went on a hunger strike for six days at Tullamore Prison to demand political prisoner status.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
101

1967: The National Geographic Society published...

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1967

The National Geographic Society published My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees by scientist Jane Goodall .
Corbey, Raymond. The Metaphysics of Apes: Negotiating the Animal-Human Boundary. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
10, 149-151

1986: Anna Adams released a poetic address to Vincent...

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1986

Anna Adams released a poetic address to Vincent Van Gogh entitled Dear Vincent.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.