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26 January 2009: Cambridge University announced that Anne...

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26 January 2009

Cambridge University announced that Anne Jarvis , former Sub-Librarian, had been appointed its first woman University Librarian .
“Cambridge appoints first female University Librarian”. Cambridge University. News and Events, 26 Jan. 2009.

Late 1917: In the same year that women received the...

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Late 1917

In the same year that women received the right to vote in Russia, Alexandra Kollontai became the first woman government minister in the world when she was appointed the People's Commissioner for Public Welfare...

27 September 1996: One day after conquering and occupying Kabul...

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27 September 1996

One day after conquering and occupying Kabul in Afghanistan, Taliban forces expelled 8,000 women students from the university and fired about the same number of women teachers from schools.
Johnson, Chalmers. “Abolish the CIA!”. London Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2004, pp. 25-8.
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1950: A. J. P. Powell and J. H. Moya planned a...

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1950

A. J. P. Powell and J. H. Moya planned a 30-acre housing estate accommodate 6,500 people at Grosvenor Road, Westminster, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1952: Richard Doll and Bradford Hill of the British...

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1952

Richard Doll and Bradford Hill of the British Medical Research Council published the results of their statistical research into the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
Garfield, Simon. “Blowing smoke rings”. Guardian Unlimited, 13 May 2005.

1705: The German-born entomologist Maria Sibilla...

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1705

The German-born entomologist Maria Sibilla Merian (1647-1717) published at Amsterdam her handsome folio titled in Latin Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium and illustrated by herself.
Her second name is variously spelled. The British Library Catalogue records Sibylla...

1848: Samuel William Partridge and Daniel Francis...

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1848

Samuel William Partridge and Daniel Francis Oakey formed a publishing partnership as Partridge and Oakey , at 34 Paternoster Row, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 236

November 1762: At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,...

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November 1762

At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, Pitt was vociferously welcomed, while Bute , who was thought to be too soft in the peace negotiations, was nearly mauled by the crowd.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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1869: Dmitry Mendeleev published his Periodic ...

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1869

Dmitry Mendeleev published his Periodic Table.
Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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: Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, who was black,...

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Summer 1955

Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till , who was black, was brutally murdered at a little town called Money in the Mississippi Delta for having either whistled or called Bye, baby after a white woman.
Younge, Gary. “Murder that powered a revolution”. Guardian Weekly, 17–23 June 2005, p. 20.
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1678: Paper-making was firmly established in England...

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1678

Paper-making was firmly established in England by this date.
Norris, F. H. Paper and Paper Making. Oxford University Press, 1952.
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By September 1959: Alan Sillitoe, husband of the poet Ruth Fainlight,...

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By September 1959

Alan Sillitoe , husband of the poet Ruth Fainlight , published the second of his best-known works, a short-story volume entitled The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner.
Sillitoe, Alan. Life without Armour. HarperCollins, 1995.
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24 July 1950: The first rocket launch was made from Cape...

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24 July 1950

The first rocket launch was made from Cape Canaveral , Florida (later renamed Cape Kennedy).
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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By September 1915: US birth-control activist Margaret Sanger...

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By September 1915

US birth-control activist Margaret Sanger probably showed Marie Stopes (as a French pessary) an example of the original contraceptive cap of the kind dating from 1838.
Greer, Germaine. Sex and Destiny. Harper and Row, 1984.
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American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.

1866: Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown recommended...

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1866

Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown recommended surgical removal of the clitoris as an effective way to cure female lunacy, in On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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1836: The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned...

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1836

The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned King of Bohemia at Prague.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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By December 1913: Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall published a...

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By December 1913

Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall published a light treatment of domestic life entitled The Book of Martha, with a frontispiece by Augustus John .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

3 June 2006: Following a May referendum on statehood,...

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3 June 2006

Following a May referendum on statehood, the Montenegrin Parliament proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Montenegro.
Government of the Republic of Montenegro. http://web.archive.org/web/20090628194131/http://www.vlada.cg.yu/eng/index.php.
“List of Member States”. United Nations.

11 April 1748: A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated...

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11 April 1748

A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated two years earlier by the Independent Church in Lime Street, London, for being unmarried and pregnant, petitioned for readmission.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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February 1968: The Tet offensive (that is, an attack on...

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February 1968

The Tet offensive (that is, an attack on US-held Saigon mounted at the lunar new year by the Vietcong ) emboldened opposition to American power across the Third World.
Anderson, Perry. “Our Man”. London Review of Books, 10 May 2007, pp. 9-12.
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Anderson, Perry. “Our Man”. London Review of Books, 10 May 2007, pp. 9-12.
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December 1802: The Critical Review extolled the quality...

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December 1802

The Critical Review extolled the quality of contemporary women's poetry: Miss Seward , Mrs Barbauld , Charlotte Smith , will take their place among the English poets for centuries to come.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 36 (1802): 413

17 September 1864: Walter Savage Landor, poet and essayist,...

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17 September 1864

Walter Savage Landor , poet and essayist, died in Florence, Italy, and was buried in the English Cemetery there.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

10 January 1661: A Royal Proclamation forbade meetings to...

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10 January 1661

A Royal Proclamation forbade meetings to be held under cover of worshipping; this made life impossible for sects which met to worship in places other than churches.
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
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19 February 1820: Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at...

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19 February 1820

Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at Drury Lane Theatre to mixed reviews; she did not achieve fame until she started playing male roles.
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
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By mid-1695: The government's failure to renew the Printing...

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By mid-1695

The government's failure to renew the Printing or Licensing Act ended pre-publication censorship (through the need to obtain a licence), as well as controls on the number of master printers.
McDowell, Paula. “Women and the business of print”. Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800, edited by Vivien Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 135-54.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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