Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1609-10: Ben Jonson's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent...
Writer or writing item
1609-10
Ben Jonson
's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman was first performed.
Dutton, Richard. Ben Jonson, Authority, Criticism. Macmillan, 1996.
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1964: Dorothea Kerslake learned the vacuum aspiration...
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
173
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
280
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
324
1747: The first edition of the Biographia Britannica...
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1747
The first edition of the Biographia Britannica (a ground-breaking collection of national biography) appeared.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
63
1840: Protest erupted across Germany when France...
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1840
Protest erupted across Germany when France demanded a border along the Rhine.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
47
7 August 1832: The Irish Reform Act increased the number...
National or international item
7 August 1832
The Irish Reform Act increased the number of Irish seats in the British Parliament
from 100 to 105 and introduced a £10, male-only franchise in Irish boroughs.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606
Curtis, Liz. The Cause of Ireland: From the United Irishmen to Partition. Beyond the Pale Publications, 1994.
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7 August 1839: Kabul was occupied by an invading British...
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7 August 1839
Kabul was occupied by an invading British (and Indian) army in the First British-Afghan War. The aim was to forestall any Russian attempt on British India through Afghanistan.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
233
French, David. “It was all about the Russians”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 7, 5 May 2012, pp. 28-9.
28
1867: The library of books by women collected by...
Women writers item
1867
The library of books by women collected by the Rev. Francis John Stainforth
was sold at Sotheby
's and the greater part of it acquired for the British Museum (that part of it which is...
1 April 1874: The Times featured the first weather map...
Building and people item
1 April 1874
The Times featured the first weather map to be printed in a British newspaper.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
297
1889: The first public electricity supply was inaugurated...
Building and people item
1889
The first public electricity supply was inaugurated in London.
Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg, 1984.
prelims
June 6 1875: Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science...
Building and people item
June 6 1875
Mary Baker Eddy
founded the Christian Science movement, or Church of Christ Scientist, with the first public Christian Science service.
Foster, Hal. “Long Live Aporia!”. London Review of Books, 24 July 2003, pp. 13-15.
14
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.
422
28 August 1907: The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act...
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28 August 1907
The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act rescinded the ban on a man's marrying the sister of his previous wife, after her death.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1907): 215-16
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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5 September 1935: Michael Joseph Limited was registered under...
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
175
Early December 1908: A meeting of suffragists at the Albert Hall...
Building and people item
Early December 1908
A meeting of suffragists at the Albert Hall was marred by violence from both sides: a woman struck a steward in the face with a whip, and women were roughly handled.
Raitt, Suzanne. May Sinclair: A Modern Victorian. Clarendon Press, 2000.
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1959: Microwave cooking was introduced in the ...
Building and people item
1959
Microwave cooking was introduced in the UK.
Yarwood, Doreen. Five Hundred Years of Technology in the Home. B. T. Batsford, 1983.
173
1873: The National Association for the Promotion...
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
233
Ross, Ellen. Love and Toil: Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918. Oxford University Press, 1993.
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By mid-1835: Halley's comet (named after Edmond Halley,...
Building and people item
By mid-1835
Halley's comet (named after Edmond Halley
, who in 1682 had first accurately foretold its next return in 1759) made its second predicted appearance.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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1614: Barber-surgeons in Salisbury complained of...
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1614
Barber-surgeons in Salisbury complained of divers women and others in this citie altogether unskilfull in the Arte of chirurgenes, who take cures on them to the greet danger of the patient.
Walker, Kim. “’Divine Chymistry’ and Dramatic Character: The Lives of Lady Anne Halkett”. Women Writing 1550-1750, edited by Jo Wallwork and Paul Salzman, English Program, School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, 2001, pp. 133-49.
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16 December 1926: An agreement was announced between New Zealand...
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16 December 1926
An agreement was announced between New Zealand and the UK giving settlers large reductions in the cost of passage.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
