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November 1919: The American Senate voted against the United...

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November 1919

The American Senate voted against the United States joining the League of Nations .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
358
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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August 1888: Amateur photography gained widespread popularity...

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August 1888

Amateur photography gained widespread popularity with George Eastman 's introduction of the first Kodak camera.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
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Gernsheim, Helmut, and Alison Gernsheim. The History of Photography From the Earliest Use of the Camera Obscura in the Eleventh Century up until 1914. Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1955.
301-2
The History of Kodak. http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/historyIntro.jhtml?pq-path=2687&pq-locale=en_CA.
Gernsheim, Helmut, and Alison Gernsheim. The History of Photography From the Earliest Use of the Camera Obscura in the Eleventh Century up until 1914. Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1955.
302

By December 1765: Sir William Blackstone published the first...

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By December 1765

Sir William Blackstone published the first book of his Commentaries on the Laws of England; he completed it in 1769.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
20 (1765): 424-36
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.

1899: A collection of poetry by Maxwell Gray, The...

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1899

A collection of poetry by Maxwell Gray , The Forest Chapel, and Other Poems, was dedicated to Queen Victoria .
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.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

Mary Ann Browne

MAB wrote in the early nineteenth century and died in her early thirties. During her short career she published eight volumes of poetry, and was estimated to have printed in periodicals and annuals probably as...

Mary Latter

ML , a mid-eighteenth-century woman living in the provinces, made no secret of writing for money. She is obsessive and wordy in style, interesting mainly for her dogged and persistent struggle to succeed. Her characteristic...

10 May 1793: The women's club Société des Citoyennes Républicaines...

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10 May 1793

The women's club Société des Citoyennes Républicaines Révolutionnaires was set up in Paris.
Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
57, 107, 113-14, 125, 151-2
Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
125, 370-1

March 1893: Doves Bindery was established by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson...

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March 1893

Doves Bindery was established by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson in Hammersmith; it became one of the greatest binderies in England.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
118, 119
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
163
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
101
Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
146

April 1848: In France, universal manhood suffrage enabled...

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April 1848

In France, universal manhood suffrage enabled a politically inexperienced peasantry to elect a minority of monarchists, but sent a large majority of conservatives to Paris.
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
191
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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By 10 July 1880: Bertha Thomas published The Violin-Player,...

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By 10 July 1880

Bertha Thomas published The Violin-Player, a novel that first appeared serially in London Society.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2750 (1880): 45
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

July 1874: The Women's Advocate, considered Ireland's...

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July 1874

The Women's Advocate, considered Ireland's first feminist paper, ceased publication in Dublin.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1884: The Dublin Red Cross Nursing Sisters founded...

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1884

The Dublin Red Cross Nursing Sisters founded a House and Training School for Nurses , primarily aimed towards gentlwomen.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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February 1876: Emma Paterson launched, as editor, the first...

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February 1876

Emma Paterson launched, as editor, the first issue of the Women's Union Journal, a monthly publication of the Women's Protective and Provident League , an organization founded by Paterson in London in July 1874...

Very early 1136: The Welsh Princess Gwenllian, likely author...

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Very early 1136

The Welsh Princess Gwenllian , likely author of Four Branches of the Mabinogi, died.
Breeze, Andrew. The Origins of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Gracewing, 2009.
16-33
Lloyd, John Edward. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Volume 2. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1967.
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Pierce, Thomas Jones. “GWENLLIAN”. Welsh Biography Online.

9 November 1850: Helen MacFarlane's first English translation...

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9 November 1850

Helen MacFarlane 's first English translation of the Communist Manifesto began serialization in Harney 's weekly The Red Republican; it ran until 30 November. It was said to be written by Citizens Charles Marx

18 April 1972: Bangladesh was admitted to the Commonwea...

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18 April 1972

Bangladesh was admitted to the Commonwealth.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
433
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
264

1915: H. G. Wells became vice-president of the...

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1915

H. G. Wells became vice-president of the Malthusian League .
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
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Elizabeth Bowen

EB published ten novels, seventy-nine short stories, a history of her Anglo-Irish family, and a large body of critical and other nonfictional writing. Her novels and short stories blend romance (the perils of innocence, and...
Elizabeth Bowen Black and white head-and-shoulders photograph of Elizabeth Bowen seen in profile, with her head slightly turned. She is wearing a dark, high-collared jacket with a polka-dotted scarf around her neck; her hair, dark with a white streak, is pulled back in a bun, and she is wearing dark lipstick.

Anna Letitia Waring

Anna Letitia Waring , who published throughout the later nineteenth century and into the twentieth, was a hymn-writer, who also produced instructional tracts and poetry. Although she wrote from an early age right up until...

July 1784: The Universal Magazine carried a posthumous...

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July 1784

The Universal Magazine carried a posthumous essay by Dr William Hunter (who had died in March 1783) entitled On the Uncertainty of the Signs of Murder in Bastard Children.
Elliott, Nathan. “"Unball’d Sockets" and ‘The Mockery of Speech’: Diagnostic Anxiety and the Theater of Joanna Baillie”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
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, No. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 83-103.
90-1, 103

3 December 1868: Following the first general election after...

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3 December 1868

Following the first general election after the Second Reform Act of the previous year, William Gladstone , a Liberal , formed the government in succession to ConservativeBenjamin Disraeli .
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

1869: William John Courthope, still in his twenties,...

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1869

William John Courthope , still in his twenties, published Ludibria Lunae; or, The Wars of the Women and the Gods, An Allegorical Burlesque, a satire on the struggle for women's rights.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1871: The Department of Practical Art facility...

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1871

The Department of Practical Art facility in South Kensington was pulled down, removed to the East End of London, rebuilt, and renamed the Bethnal Green Museum .
The present Bethnal Green Museum, housing the Victoria and Albert Museum

March 1890: The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick...

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March 1890

The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick Campbell made her first appearance on the London stage in Sheridan Knowles 's The Hunchback.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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August 1830: Edward Moxon's publishing firm in London...

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August 1830

Edward Moxon 's publishing firm in London published as its first book Charles Lamb 's Album Verses.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 213