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19 December 2001: Under a newly defined practice of internment,...

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19 December 2001

Under a newly defined practice of internment, a dozen foreign nationals, all male, were arrested and held in Britain on suspicion of links to organizations suspected of terrorist activity.
Peirce, Gareth. “Was it like this for the Irish?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 7, 10 Apr. 2008, pp. 3-8.
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1810-February 1812: During these years the price of wheat in...

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1810-February 1812

During these years the price of wheat in Britain and Ireland (which had been rising steeply since the 1790s) averaged an unprecedented 102 shillings a hundredweight.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
82 (1812): 199
Richards, Eric. Debating the Highland Clearances. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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A hundredweight (a measure...

1870: Julius Cohnheim developed the ability to...

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1870

Julius Cohnheim developed the ability to quick-freeze tissue; this technique enabled surgeons and pathologists to consult on medical procedure for cancers.
Bynum, William F. Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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About 1950: A post-war period of prosperity and unprecedented...

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About 1950

A post-war period of prosperity and unprecedented growth rates settled in throughout the developed world. In Britain the transformation from postwar austerity was gradual but marked. These conditions lasted until the crisis over oil prices...

February 1930: D. B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee published...

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February 1930

D. B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee published The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse, which includes bad poetry by John Dryden , John Keats , and Elizabeth Barrett Browning along with other canonical figures.
Byatt, A. S. Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction. Editor Bell, Hazel K., University of Toronto, 2001.
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Lewis, D. B. Wyndham et al. The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse. 2nd edition, Capricorn, 1962.

1932: After thirteen years as a member of the Metropolitan...

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1932

After thirteen years as a member of the Metropolitan Police and ten as a member of the Criminal Investigation Department , Lilian Wyles became the first female Chief Inspector.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1963: Weldon's Ladies' Journal ended publication...

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1963

Weldon's Ladies' Journal ended publication in London after an 88-year run.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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By 1531: Thomas Moulton, a Dominican monk, published...

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By 1531

Thomas Moulton , a Dominican monk, published his Myrour or Glasse of Helthe, the first book on medicine for lay people. It went through at least seventeen editions in the next fifty years.
Warren, Michael. “A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain: 1066 - 1999”. Michael Warren’s Chronology, 6 Jan. 2003.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1840: Tilt and Bogue was founded in Fleet Street,...

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1840

Tilt and Bogue was founded in Fleet Street, London, from the partnership of David Bogue and Charles Tilt .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 57

9 July 1777: Henry Hallam, historian, was born at Windsor...

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9 July 1777

Henry Hallam , historian, was born at Windsor in Berkshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

14 October 2010: Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture in the coalition...

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14 October 2010

Ed Vaizey , Minister for Culture in the coalition British parliament, divulged to the Society of Authors his government's intention to close the Public Lending Right body and transfer its functions (distributing payments to writers...

1911: Margaret Louisa Woods published a collection...

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1911

Margaret Louisa Woods published a collection of travel writings titled Pastels Under the Southern Cross.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

December 1920: Contact, an American Quarterly Review began...

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December 1920

Contact, an American Quarterly Review began irregular publication in New York.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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1823: The Society of British Artists was founded...

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1823

The Society of British Artists was founded with the aim of increasing opportunities for the exhibition of works of art.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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1860: Two French professors of medicine and a prominent...

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1860

Two French professors of medicine and a prominent chemist published scientific proof that alcohol passed through the body essentially unchanged and therefore provided no nutritional benefits.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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Sarah Grand

SG is known as a late nineteenth-century women's rights campaigner and social reformer. She claimed to have coined the term New Woman in her articleThe New Aspect of the Woman Question, which appeared...
Sarah Grand Sepia albumen print (flecked with white) of Sarah Grand by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, 1894. Grand is seen from the shoulders up, at a slight turn, wearing a dark dress with beaded detail at the neck. She has short, dark, curly hair.

9 September 1831: The British Parliament voted £30,000 for...

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9 September 1831

The BritishParliament voted £30,000 for a national system of elementary education in Ireland.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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1898: Katie Grassett founded the London School...

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1898

Katie Grassett founded the London School of Weaving .
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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17 March 1894: The British Civil Service added the class...

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17 March 1894

The BritishCivil Service added the class Female Typewriters, whose job was to copy handwritten material.
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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3 November 1892: The first weekly number appeared in London...

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3 November 1892

The first weekly number appeared in London of Shafts: a magazine of progressive thought (founded and edited by Margaret Shurmer Sibthorp ), which aimed at a working-class and female readership, and supported women's suffrage.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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9 August 1899: An Act of Parliament empowered School Boards...

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9 August 1899

An Act of Parliament empowered School Boards to provide special accommodation for defective and epilectic children.
Curtis, Stanley James. History of Education in Great Britain. Seventh, University Tutorial Press, 1967.
304, 344
Armytage, Walter Harry Green. Four Hundred Years of English Education. Second, Cambridge University Press, 1970.
147
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
statutes

1896: Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Aus...

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1896

Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Australia.
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.
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1986: The Talawa Theatre Company, founded by Yvonne...

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1986

The Talawa Theatre Company , founded by Yvonne Brewster , was Britain's first black theatre company.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

14 October 1914: Princess Mary (third child and only daughter...

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14 October 1914

Princess Mary (third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary ) launched the Christmas Gift Fund to help send a Christmas present from the whole nation to every sailor afloat and...

21 September 1964: Malta became independent within the Comm...

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21 September 1964

Malta became independent within the Commonwealth.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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