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23 November 1552: Christ's Hospital was founded in London to...

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23 November 1552

Christ's Hospital was founded in London to supply meat, drink, clothes, lodging, learning, and attendants for children of the poor, both boys and girls.
Pedersen, Joyce Senders. The Reform of Girls’ Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England: A Study of Elites and Educational Change. Garland, 1987.
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Borer, Mary Cathcart. Willingly to School: A History of Women’s Education. Lutterworth Press, 1976.
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1955: The World Health Organization took over responsibility...

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1955

The World Health Organization took over responsibility for the International Classification of Diseases.
Daston, Lorraine. “Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it”. London Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2000, pp. 35-6.
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April-May 1941: Artist Henry Moore drew crayon portraits...

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April-May 1941

Artist Henry Moore drew crayon portraits and general views of people sheltering from the Blitz in London Underground stations.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1759-67: The British Magazine; or, Monthly Repository...

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1759-67

The British Magazine; or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen and Ladies was published in London, edited by Tobias Smollett .
Italia, Iona. Philosophers, Knights-Errant, Coquettes and Old Maids. Cambridge University, 1997.
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1873: The Butterick Company, based in the USA,...

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1873

The Butterick Company , based in the USA, opened a paper pattern warehouse in Regent Street, London; the venture became very successful and soon occupied three shopfronts.
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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2 January 1646: According to collector George Thomason, this...

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2 January 1646

According to collector George Thomason , this was the publication date of Poems of Mr. John Milton , both English and Latin. Compos'd at several times, which was dated 1645. It included the paired...

1901: Sarah Reddish and seven other members of...

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1901

Sarah Reddish and seven other members of the Women's Co-operative Guild presented a pro-suffrage petition signed by about 31,000 textile workers to the House of Commons.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
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27 November 1703: The Great Storm hit much of Southern England,...

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27 November 1703

The Great Storm hit much of Southern England, leaving many houses demolish'd and people kill'd.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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1972: Anna Adams published her poetry pamphlet...

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1972

Anna Adams published her poetry pamphlet Memorial Tree, which was limited to 250 copies.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

January 1916: The Coming Day, a suffragette periodical...

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January 1916

The Coming Day, a suffragette periodical from the Free Church League for Women's Suffrage, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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30 January 1767: Laurence Sterne published the ninth and final...

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30 January 1767

Laurence Sterne published the ninth and final volume of his novel Tristram Shandy, which had begun in December 1759.
Sterne, Laurence. Tristram Shandy. Ann Ward; R. and J. Dodsley; T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, Dec. 1759–Jan. 1767, 9 vols.
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Mary Fisher

MF , one of the Valiant Sixty (that is, the earliest Quakers or members of the Society of Friends to undertake preaching journeys abroad), remained unpublished except for some strongly politicized letters and a one-sixth...
Mary Fisher Photograph of 1699 drawing of York Castle, where Mary Fisher was imprisoned.

8 January 1995: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (who has typically issued...

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8 January 1995

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (who has typically issued her books of poetry in Irish first, before English translations appeared by others) explained her linguistic policy in the New York Times Book Review.
Romanets, Maryana. “Cartographers of Desire: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Versus the Love Canon in Irish Poetry”. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature / Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée, Vol.
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, June–Sept. 2002, pp. 321-42.
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18 January 1871: The new German Empire was declared in the...

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18 January 1871

The new German Empire was declared in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles; William I of Prussia became Emperor William I of Germany .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Clark, Christopher. “I could bite the table”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 7, 31 Mar. 2011, pp. 15-16.
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1976: The La Leche League was founded in London...

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1976

The La Leche League was founded in London to promote breast-feeding and to support mothers practising it and professionals encouraging it.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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Alison Cockburn

AC did not publish, and much of her writing is probably lost. She won a place in literary history with her composition of a popular mournful song or ballad, to an old Scottish tune. Most...
Alison Cockburn 1097 reproduction of Joshua Reynolds's 1773 painting of Alison Cockburn and her three eldest sons, with a parrot in the background.

May 1922: Madeline Linford launched the Manchester...

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May 1922

Madeline Linford launched the Manchester Guardian women's page, which she produced on her own, with no editorial assistant. It was temporarily suspended during the Second World War.
Stott, Mary. Forgetting’s No Excuse. Faber and Faber, 1973.
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John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869–1955. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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March 1867: The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood staged...

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March 1867

The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood staged an ill-fated rebellion against British rule; 24 people died in the fighting.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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1938: An International Red Cross report on Dachau,...

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1938

An International Red Cross report on Dachau , extraordinarily, praised the camp as well regulated, the regime as severe but not inhumane, and the treatment of the sick as positively kind.
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
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By 1916: Popular women's magazines hired nutritionists...

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By 1916

Popular women's magazines hired nutritionists to write columns about calories, properdiets, and ideal weights.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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1 January 1871: The Disestablishment Act came into effect;...

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1 January 1871

The Disestablishment Act came into effect; the (Anglican) Church of Ireland ceased to be a national body on a par with the Church of England.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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1920: The Dick Kerr Ladies competed against a French...

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1920

The Dick Kerr Ladies competed against a French team at Preston in the first international football match between women's teams.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

5 July 1962: Algeria was proclaimed an independent country...

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5 July 1962

Algeria was proclaimed an independent country two days after France officially recognized its sovereignty.
“Algeria”. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online: The Columbia Encyclopedia.

15 April 1858: The Waverley: A Journal of Literature, Science...

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15 April 1858

The Waverley: A Journal of Literature, Science and General Information, formerly The Waverley Journal, ceased publication in London and Glasgow.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1527: A young English priest, Thomas Cranmer, wrote...

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1527

A young English priest, Thomas Cranmer , wrote two letters to Johannes Dantiscus , whom he had met on a royal mission to the Holy Roman Emperor in Spain, where Dantiscus was then Polish ambassador.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “Archives”. Lives for Sale: Biographers’ Tales, edited by Mark Bostridge, Continuum, 2004, pp. 62-7.
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