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1872: University College of Wales, Aberystwyth,...

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1872

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, opened for male students; in 1889 its charter as a university college gave women equality with men.
Evans, W. Gareth. Education and Female Emancipation: the Welsh Experience, 1847-1914. University of Wales Press, 1990.
7, 42, 209-10, 217, 228, 244
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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2 March 1962: Units of the Burmese army entered Rangoon,...

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2 March 1962

Units of the Burmese army entered Rangoon, capital of Burma, arrested most of the nation's senior politicians, and installed a military regime which lasted until the twenty-first century.
Thant Myint-U. “What to do about Burma”. London Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2007, pp. 31-3.
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Katherine Cecil Thurston

KCT , often forgotten today, was a highly popular and successful writer of short stories and novels at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1904, she was propelled to literary fame and fortune with...
Katherine Cecil Thurston Black and white full-length photograph of Katherine Cecil Thurston standing beside a fire burning in an Adam-style fireplace in a stately home. Her setting is cluttered: the wallpaper is patterned; the fireplace has painted panels, a pediment, and a mantelpiece with large ornaments in front of a mirror; the bookcases have little balustrades and a niche for more ornaments. A black cat sits on the mat. Thurston wears a dark floor-length dress with long sleeves, ruffles, and lace trim. Her dark hair is up in a

1917: The National Council of Public Morals published...

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1917

The National Council of Public Morals published a study announcing that film had created a new kind of audience: it found that most film-goers rarely attended other kinds of entertainment and most chose the cheap...

1833-1835: Early periods of the earth's history were...

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1833-1835

Early periods of the earth's history were variously identified by Charles Lyell and Adam Sedgwick of England, and Roderick Impey Murchison of Scotland.
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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Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Men Among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory. University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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Porter, Roy. “Gentleman and Geology: The Emergence of A Scientific Career, 1660-1920”. Historical Journal, Vol.
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, 1978, pp. 809-36.
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After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...

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After February 1932

An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk 's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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28 July 1827: The first issue of the Foreign Quarterly...

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28 July 1827

The first issue of the Foreign Quarterly Review appeared.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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29 November 1813: Byron published The Bride of Abydos; the...

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29 November 1813

Byron published The Bride of Abydos; the Critical Review printed its notice the following month.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
4th ser. 4 (1813): 653-8
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

28 June 1820: Parliament granted leave to Henry Brougham...

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28 June 1820

Parliament granted leave to Henry Brougham to present a Parish Schools Bill to provide for schools established and maintained by the Anglican clergy.
Hyndman, Michael. Schools and Schooling in England and Wales: A Documentary History. Harper and Rowe, 1978.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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August 1850: The Public Libraries Act, which provided...

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August 1850

The Public Libraries Act, which provided for government-funded libraries, was given royal assent.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
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Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Black, Alistair. “Lost Worlds of Culture: Victorian Libraries, Library History and Prospects for a History of Information”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1997.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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1922: The University of Wales Press was founded...

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1922

The University of Wales Press was founded by the University of Wales Press Board to provide Wales with an academic publisher.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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September 1791: The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and...

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September 1791

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizeness, dedicated to the Queen, by Olympe de Gouges (formerly Marie Gouze), was published.
Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
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Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
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1880: The first published report of in vitro fertilisation...

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1880

The first published report of in vitro fertilisation was made by the Viennese embryologist S. L. Schenk .
Spallone, Patricia. Beyond Conception: The New Politics of Reproduction. Bergin and Garvey, 1989.
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1882: The first cremation in England took plac...

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1882

The first cremation in England took place.
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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Emma Parker

EP is a skilled though obscure novelist and essayist publishing in the 1810s, whose works were well received and have much to offer today's reader. She was articulately concerned about the craft of novel-writing, and...
Emma Parker Title-page of Emma Parker's novel "The Guerilla Chief", 1815, vol. 1, with quote from Mary Russell Mitford.

15 November 1983: The first nuclear warheads were unloaded...

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15 November 1983

The first nuclear warheads were unloaded at the Greenham Common air base, sent from the USA according to a NATO agreement of December 1979. Women protestors at the Peace Camp outside the perimeter fence watched...

1961: The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was...

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1961

The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was taken into special relation with the University of London until 1963.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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16 October 2009: In Britain university loans or grants for...

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16 October 2009

In Britain university loans or grants for about 175,000 students had still not been paid a week after the academic year began.
“News in brief”. Guardian Weekly, 16 Oct. 2009, p. 16.
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Shena Mackay

SM had published by the close of the twentieth century ten novels and several short-story collections. She has also edited anthologies and written poetry, and she reviews for newspapers. She is highly popular as well...
Shena Mackay Portrait of Shena Mackay. She has cropped white hair with bangs, and wears an orange cardigan. Her arms are crossed in front of her, and she holds her glasses in her left hand. The background is a dark teal.

1809: The London Society for the Promotion of Christianity...

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1809

The London Society for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews was founded.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Celia Fiennes

CF was a remarkable, indeed a unique, travel-writer about her own country. Travelling in the later seventeenth and the early eighteenth century, and writing the account that has come down to us in the latter...
Celia Fiennes Colour photograph of the Celia Fiennes Waymark: a marker unveiled in December 1998 on No Man's Heath in Cheshire to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Fiennes's "Great Journey", on which she passed that way. The sculpted stone represents both Fiennes and her horse.

1987: The Erasmus programme was launched, providing...

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1987

The Erasmus programme was launched, providing a framework for formal academic exchanges for students and faculty among European universities.
Baumard, Marilyne, and Philippe Jacqué. “European exchange programme comes of age”. Guardian Weekly, 2–8 Mar. 2007, p. 33.
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1944: The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall, ordained...

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1944

The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall , ordained the first Anglican woman priest, Lei Tim Oi . Hall's church colleagues, however, asked her to resign, and she did so in 1946.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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13 May 1848: Henry and Augustus Mayhew published the satiric...

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13 May 1848

Henry and Augustus Mayhew published the satiric novel Whom to Marry and How to Get Married—it included the author credit By one who has refused twenty excellent offers at least.
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.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
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February 1942: Soap rationing (3 ozs per month) began, and...

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February 1942

Soap rationing (3 ozs per month) began, and the clothing ration was reduced to 48 coupons per year.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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