Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Damaris Masham
DM
, philosophical controversialist of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, was also a memorable writer of familiar letters and witty poetry (both pastoral and satire).
1917: Oxford University opened its medical examinations...
Howarth, Janet. “Women”. The History of the University of Oxford: The Twentieth Century, edited by Brian Harrison, Clarendon, 1994, pp. 345-76.
348
Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
149
1831-1836: Charles Darwin's journey as naturalist on...
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1831-1836
Charles Darwin
's journey as naturalist on board The Beagle laid the foundation for his work on evolution.
Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
343, 371
Williams, L. Pearce. Album of Science: The Nineteenth Century. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1978.
146
26 August 1931: The Labour Party leader James Ramsay MacDonald...
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26 August 1931
The Labour Party
leader James Ramsay MacDonald
organized a National Coalition government; many members of his party felt this to be a betrayal.
Young, Toby. “What U.S. needs is a Queen”. Edmonton Journal, 1 Dec. 2000, p. A17.
A17
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
981
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
124-5, 172
1 August 1771: Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined...
From around 1760: The numbers of women beginning to publish...
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From around 1760
The numbers of women beginning to publish or circulate their writings in Britain showed a startling increase of around 50% each decade until the end of the century.
Stanton, Judith Phillips. “Statistical Profile of Women Writing in English from 1660 to 1800”. Eighteenth-Century Women and the Arts, edited by Frederick M. Keener and Susan E. Lorsch, Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 247-54.
248
11 November 1965: Ian Smith and the white rulers of the British...
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11 November 1965
Ian Smith
and the white rulers of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) unilaterally declared independence; the UK declared the regime illegal but did not use force against it.
Howard, Anthony. “The Unsolved Mystery of the Money Tree”. London Review of Books, 19 Aug. 1999, p. 31.
31
March 1890: William II of Germany dismissed Bismarck...
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
318
1833-1834: Another uprising occurred in Italy against...
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1833-1834
Another uprising occurred in Italy against the ruling Austrian power; it failed.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
129
By 18 July 1846: Lectures on Painting and Design by Benjamin...
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By 18 July 1846
Lectures on Painting and Design by Benjamin Robert Haydon
(who had killed himself in June this year) appeared in print. It put forward influential new theories of art education, state patronage, and industrial design.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
977 (1846): 737
Between 1637 and 1640: John Evelyn, an undergraduate at Balliol...
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Between 1637 and 1640
John Evelyn
, an undergraduate at Balliol College
, Oxford, first saw coffee drunk (by a visiting Greek), thirty years before the custom became established.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
11
June 2014: Xiaolu Guo, a self-exiled Chinese novelist...
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June 2014
Xiaolu Guo
, a self-exiled Chinese novelist and film-writer (now a British citizen, who writes in two languages, English and Mandarin, and was one of Granta magazine's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013), published...
1808-14: This period of Indian history was called...
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1808-14
This period of Indian history was called The Great Anarchy because Anglo-Indians (men of mixed race) were discharged from the British Army, where many had been doing well; feeling betrayed, many took service in...
2 April 1796: Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered...
“William Henry Ireland and the Shakespeare Fabrications”. University of Delaware Library: Special Collections Department: Exhibitions and Publications: Special Collections Exhibitions 1995 - 2001: Forging a Collection: the Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
389
Morrell, J. B. “The Patronage of Mid-Victorian Science in the University of Edinburgh”. The Patronage of Science in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Gerard L’Estrange Turner, Noordhoff International, 1976, pp. 53-93.
54
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
202
1793: William Wilberforce led an unsuccessful attempt...
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1793
William Wilberforce
led an unsuccessful attempt to get the East India Company
's statutes charter amended, to commit it to furthering the work of missionaries.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Missions to India. Adam Matthew.
Saunders, Margaret Marshall, and Hezekiah Butterworth. Beautiful Joe. Charles H. Banes, 1893.
prelims
Beautiful Joe Heritage Society. http://www.beautifuljoe.org/.
1937: The Matrimonial Causes Act added cruelty,...
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1937
The Matrimonial Causes Act added cruelty, desertion, and insanity to adultery as reasons for granting divorce in Britain; the number of divorces doubled in a year.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
382
Donoghue, Emma. “Author’s Note”. The Sealed Letter, Picador, 2011, pp. 465-74.
474
1943: The comic book Wonder Woman was launched...
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1943
The comic book Wonder Woman was launched by All-America Comics
. The comic relates the exploits of a female Superman who, wearing a swimsuit and riding astride a circus horse, hunts down Hitler
and his...
1511: An English Act of Parliament restricted surgery...
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1511
An English Act of Parliament restricted surgery to qualified persons.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 693
21 January 1994: A court in Virginia, USA, found that Lorena...
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21 January 1994
A court in Virginia, USA, found that Lorena Bobbitt
had acted in self-defence when she cut off her husband's penis the previous June, and cleared her of charges against her.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
523
1 January 1914: Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalg...
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1 January 1914
Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 689
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
877
By 1 April 1848: Charles Kingsley published The Saint's Tragedy,...
