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1879: The Association for Promoting Trained Nursing...

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1879

The Association for Promoting Trained Nursing in Workhouse Infirmaries and Sick Asylums was founded.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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Lady Margaret Sackville

Margaret Sackville was a prolific poet of the earlier twentieth century, whose work spanned a range of poetic genres from dramatic verse to epigrams and fantasy for children. She also wrote fairy-tales, plays, and introductory...
Lady Margaret Sackville Black and white photograph of Lady Margaret Sackville, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a light dress and a pearl necklace, with a scarf tied around her dark, curly, jaw-length hair.

December 1779: The Critical Review condemned an anonymous,...

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December 1779

The Critical Review condemned an anonymous, harshly misogynist work entitled Female Government! Or Letters from a Gentleman to his Friend on the Education of the Fair Sex.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
48 (1779): 479

16 January 1777: George Colman the elder bought the Haymarket...

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16 January 1777

George Colman the elder bought the Haymarket Theatre ; he subsequently authored more than thirty plays.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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3 May 1919: The Third Afghan War began after Amir Amanullah...

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3 May 1919

The Third Afghan War began after Amir Amanullah declared a holy war (jihad) on Britain.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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December 1854: William Makepeace Thackeray, as Mr. M. A....

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December 1854

William Makepeace Thackeray , as Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, published The Rose and the Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children.
Benjamin, Lewis Saul. Life of William Makepeace Thackeray. Hutchinson, 1890.
II: 296

27 June 1775: The American Continental Congress reversed...

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27 June 1775

The American Continental Congress reversed a previous decision and authorized invasion of Canada in case of need.
Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Oxford University Press, 1982.
280

1784: John Wesley broke finally with the Church...

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1784

John Wesley broke finally with the Church of England , though still vacillating as to whether to espouse full Evangelicism ; in 1787 his Methodist chapels were registered as Dissenting chapels.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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1981: Government funding of British universities...

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1981

Government funding of British universities was savagely reduced by Margaret Thatcher 's Conservative government: a roughly 11% cut across the board rose to 20% at several institutions.
Collini, Stefan. “HiEdBiz”. London Review of Books, 6 Nov. 2003, pp. 3-9.
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1945: Karen Horney published Our Inner Conflic...

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1945

Karen Horney published Our Inner Conflicts.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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1971: Sexual discrimination in hiring practices...

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1971

Sexual discrimination in hiring practices was outlawed in the USA.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Mary Martin

MM produced during her short, mid-nineteenth-century career, two novels and a few pieces of journalism. Her novel Julia Howard conveys her love of Ireland and a powerfully rendered sense of dispossession and persecution resulting from...

By January 1821: Ballantyne's Novelists Library began publication;...

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By January 1821

Ballantyne's Novelists Library began publication; it was completed in 1824.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
24 (1821): 57

1889: J. and J. Cash invented the name tape, to...

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1889

J. and J. Cash invented the name tape, to be sewn into articles of clothing.
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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1907: The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps (FANY)...

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1907

The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps (FANY) was established by Edward Baker . Over the next few years, however, Grace Ashley-Smith took on much of the organisation, and in 1912 she assumed official command of...

1968: Angus and Robertson (London) became incorporated...

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1968

Angus and Robertson (London) became incorporated as Angus Robertson (UK) Limited .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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10 January 1995: British Muslims, a significant segment of...

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10 January 1995

British Muslims, a significant segment of the population, acquired a Representative Council of Muslims .
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1934: Mollie Stanley Wrench, as Mrs Stanley Wrench,...

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1934

Mollie Stanley Wrench , as Mrs Stanley Wrench, published her cookbook Bachelor Woman's Cookery.
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.

1981: Antigua and Barbuda became a joint political...

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1981

Antigua and Barbuda became a joint political entity independent from Britain.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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24 April 1900: The Daily Express newspaper was launched...

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24 April 1900

The Daily Express newspaper was launched by Charles Pearson and Co. ; it was bought by Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook , in 1914, and was selling four million copies a day in the 1950s.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1887: Enormous ostrich feather fans became fashionable...

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1887

Enormous ostrich feather fans became fashionable ballroom accessories; they were so large they were likened to firescreens.
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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28 June 1793: The French National Assembly decreed various...

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28 June 1793

The French National Assembly decreed various kinds of state support for poor working people, including an allowance for each child under twelve.
Dunlap, Barbara J. “The Problem of Syphilitic Children in Eighteenth-Century France and England”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 114-27.
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January 1793: Hester Piozzi reported the indignant melancholy...

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January 1793

Hester Piozzi reported the indignant melancholy of the actress Sarah Siddons , who had been infected with syphilis by her husband.
Stewart, Mary Margaret. “’And Blights with Plagues the Marriage Hearse’: Syphilis and Wives”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 103-13.
105, 110

1832: The British Medical and Surgical Association...

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1832

The British Medical and Surgical Association (later the British Medical Association ) was formed in London; the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association held its inaugural meeting at Worcester on 19 July 1832.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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December 1713: Richard Steele published Poetical Miscellanies;...

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December 1713

Richard Steele published Poetical Miscellanies; it included poems by Pope , Anne Finch , and himself (including praise of the unnamed and only recently identified young Elizabeth Tollet ).
Londry, Michael. Thomas Parnell’s Poem ’To a Young Lady’ as Addressed to Elizabeth Tollet. 1998.