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1 April 1867: The government of the Straits Settlements...

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1 April 1867

The government of the Straits Settlements (which included Singapore, Penang, and Malacca) was transferred from the government of India to the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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May 1837: Thomas Noon Talfourd, MP for Reading, author,...

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May 1837

Thomas Noon Talfourd , MP for Reading, author, and friend of the literati, began his campaign to extend the length of copyright.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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1800: At a Salisbury music festival, a concert...

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1800

At a Salisbury music festival, a concert in the cathedral featuring work by Handel and Haydn drew an audience of 970.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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1823: Charles Macintosh of Glasgow patented a process...

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1823

Charles Macintosh of Glasgow patented a process of waterproofing textiles (by dissolving rubber in naphtha); in time his name became attached to the product.
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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1863: The Royal Albert Hospital opened in the naval...

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1863

The Royal Albert Hospital opened in the naval centre of Devonport, to offer voluntary medical treatment to prostitutes during the first eighteen months of its operation.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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7 May 1919: The League of Nations assigned Samoa as mandated...

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7 May 1919

The League of Nations assigned Samoa as mandated territory to New Zealand.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Flora Macdonald Mayor

FMM tried her hand at drama and short fiction but is chiefly remembered for her four novels, published between 1901 and 1929. Hailed as an incisive, perceptive reporter of contemporary women's lives during her lifetime...

11 July 1967: The Irish Censorship of Publications Act...

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11 July 1967

The Irish Censorship of Publications Act (1967) allowed books to be unbanned after twelve years, but only if they had been censored for reasons other than advocating contraception or abortion.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2026.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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19 December 1851: English landscape painter Joseph Turner ...

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19 December 1851

English landscape painter Joseph Turner died.
Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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Chilvers, Ian, editor. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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1867: Spiritualism received a blow when rumours...

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1867

Spiritualism received a blow when rumours of Kate Fox 's drinking problems reached England.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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1921: Hutchinson published Josephine Ward's novel...

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1921

Hutchinson published Josephine Ward 's novel Not Known Here.
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.

April 1927: Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas, began...

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April 1927

Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas , began irregular publication in Paris.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
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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.

15 March 2011: Street demonstrations in Syria began to escalate...

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15 March 2011

Street demonstrations in Syria began to escalate into revolutary action, then brutal repression, then full-scale civil war. At six years old the war was still going strong, with cities like Aleppo bombed into ruins, thousands...

July 1892: The University Association of Women Teachers...

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July 1892

The University Association of Women Teachers began publishing its journal in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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1946: Sir Thomas Beecham established the Royal...

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1946

Sir Thomas Beecham established the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
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8 March 1973: An IRA car-bomb outside the Old Bailey in...

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8 March 1973

An IRA car-bomb outside the Old Bailey in London caused widespread destruction and temporarily paralysed the City.
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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“National archives 1973”. The Guardian, 1 Jan. 2004, pp. 4-5.
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1825: Sir Goldsworthy Gurney invented limelight,...

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1825

Sir Goldsworthy Gurney invented limelight, a brilliant white light produced by heating lime; it came into use in theatres a dozen years later.
Fuchs, Theodore. Stage Lighting. Benjamin Blom, 1963.
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Rees, Terence. Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas. Society for Theatre Research, 1978.
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1875: The Post Office decided that a married woman...

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1875

The Post Office decided that a married woman not being a widow is not eligible for any appointment on the establishment of the Post Office and any single woman now on the establishment who may...

24 April 1857: Thomas Hughes published his highly successful...

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24 April 1857

Thomas Hughes published his highly successful boys' story, Tom Brown's Schooldays, under the pseudonym An Old Boy.
Mack, Edward Clarence, and Walter Harry Green Armytage. Thomas Hughes; The Life of the Author of Tom Brown’s Schooldays. Benn, 1952.
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15 October 1937: The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette...

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15 October 1937

The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette de Valois with music by Arthur Bliss , was first performed in London by the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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26 October 1950: The BBC made its first sound and television...

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26 October 1950

The BBC made its first sound and television broadcast from the House of Commons, on the occasion of the opening of the rebuilt chamber.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1915: K. L. Montgomery published the fictional...

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1915

K. L. Montgomery published the fictional exploration of Puritan New England, Maids of Salem.
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.

February 1870: The final issue of Atlantis was publishe...

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February 1870

The final issue of Atlantis was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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September 1920: The Irish Citizen, launched in May 1912,...

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September 1920

The Irish Citizen, launched in May 1912, published its final issue.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
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, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
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