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1763-4: Francis Fawkes and William Woty published...

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1763-4

Francis Fawkes and William Woty published a successor to Dodsley 's famous poetry anthology: The Poetical Calendar. Containing a collection of scarce and valuable pieces of poetry.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

23 June 1838: A twopenny weekly for women entitled the...

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23 June 1838

A twopenny weekly for women entitled the Gem and Ladies' Album began publication in London; it lasted for only three issues.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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June 1900-7 September 1901: The Boxer Rebellion was fought against foreigners...

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June 1900-7 September 1901

The Boxer Rebellion was fought against foreigners in China.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 788-92
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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12 March 1796: Matthew Gregory Lewis anonymously published...

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12 March 1796

Matthew Gregory Lewis anonymously published The Monk, his gothic novel of horror.
Lewis, Matthew Gregory. “Matthew Gregory Lewis: A Brief Chronology”. The Monk, edited by David Lorne Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf, Broadview, 2004, pp. 27-9.
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2 June 1851: The first prohibition law was passed, in...

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2 June 1851

The first prohibition law was passed, in Maine: across the Atlantic in England this inaugurated the third phase of temperance reform, the push for a legislative solution to the perceived evils of drink.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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23 July 1840: The Vaccination Act or (Act to Extend the...

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23 July 1840

The Vaccination Act or (Act to Extend the Practice of Vaccination) was the first of a series of such acts passed in response to an epidemic of smallpox among the poor between 1837 and 1840...

17 July 1729: The all-female mercury firms of Elizabeth...

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17 July 1729

The all-female mercury firms of Elizabeth Nutt and Anne Dodd were summonsed about a libel they had published. Subordinate members of each firm testified that the mistress was not responsible, having been away ill at...

After March 1854: The Irish sisterhoods were asked to serve...

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After March 1854

The Irish sisterhoods were asked to serve as nurses in the Crimean War; the Sisters of Mercy agreed but the Sisters of Charity declined.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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7 July 1946: BBC television broadcast to children for...

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7 July 1946

BBC television broadcast to children for the first time, in For the Children.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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April 1726: James Thomson published his georgic or pastoral...

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April 1726

James Thomson published his georgic or pastoral poem Winter.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1855: The Metropolis Local Management Act was ...

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1855

The Metropolis Local Management Act was passed.
Hardy, Anne. “Parish Pump to Private Pipes: London’s Water Supply in the Nineteenth Century”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Insititute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 76-93.
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Kearns, Gerry. “Cholera, Nuisances and Environmental Management in Islington 1830-1855”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 94-125.
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Daunton, Martin. “Health and Housing in Victorian London”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 126-44.
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Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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1 September 1880: All British possessions in North America...

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1 September 1880

All British possessions in North America were annexed to Canada; this included the Arctic Archipelago but excepted Newfoundland.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 481

1925: The Scottish Typographical Association voted...

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1925

The Scottish Typographical Association voted down a proposal to amalgamate with the Typographical Association of England because of the TA's treatment of women employees.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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December 1844: Thirty citizens of Rochdale pooled their...

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December 1844

Thirty citizens of Rochdale pooled their funds to set up the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers ; they opened a small shop selling household supplies.
Ellwood, Wayne. “Co-ops offer a far better way to organize economic activity”. CCPA Monitor, Vol.
19
, No. 4, Sept. 2012, pp. 8-10.
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1755: Maurice-Quentin De La Tour painted Madame...

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1755

Maurice-Quentin De La Tour painted Madame de Pompadour (the Frenchking 's mistress, and a power in the land) sitting at a large (though extremely elegant) desk surrounded by learned folio volumes.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
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1 January 1753: According to her own story, Elizabeth Canning,...

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1 January 1753

According to her own story, Elizabeth Canning , a maidservant, was abducted, after which she was imprisoned for days.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
23 (1752): 107-9

1952: Angus Wilson published Hemlock and After,...

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1952

Angus Wilson published Hemlock and After, which Margaret Drabble in 2008 called one of the first gay novels to hit the postwar world.
“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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1914: Leta Stetter Hollingworth conducted scientific...

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1914

Leta Stetter Hollingworth conducted scientific research into menstruation: her exhaustive testing of 23 women over several months found none of the loss of competence popularly supposed.
Pollitt, Katha. “Fourteen million Americans can’t be wrong”. London Review of Books, 6 Sept. 2001, pp. 13-14.
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1939: Peig Sayers published in Ireland her Machtnamh...

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1939

Peig Sayers published in Ireland her Machtnamh seana-mhná (whose title is here transliterated from Irish script, as it is in the British Library catalogue).
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.

August 2005: Google's plans for massive digitization of...

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August 2005

Google 's plans for massive digitization of printed books for reading online were temporarily halted by threats of litigation in the USA.
“Front Line: Google”. The Author, Vol.
cxvi
, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2005–28 Feb. 2006, pp. 142-3.
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By 1841: Richard Beard, the English patent-holder...

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By 1841

Richard Beard , the English patent-holder for the daguerrotype, opened studios at the Royal Polytechnic Institute and elsewhere in London.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
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1929: The publication of National Life, the journal...

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1929

The publication of National Life, the journal of The League of National Life , began.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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August 1980: Lech Walesa, an electrician who some years...

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August 1980

Lech Walesa , an electrician who some years before this had lost his job at the Gdansk shipyards for trade union activity, led a strike which escalated into a revolution.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.
Beaumont, Peter. “Anna Walentynowicz, whose sacking led to the rise of Solidarity”. The Observer, 11 Apr. 2010.

27 June 1777: The clergyman William Dodd was executed for...

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27 June 1777

The clergyman William Dodd was executed for forgery despite the efforts of many distinguished people to win him a pardon.
Villette, John. A Genuine Account of the Behaviour and Dying Words of William Dodd, L.L.D. Printed for the author, 1777, http://BLC.
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Johnson, Samuel. Sermons. Editors Hagstrum, Jean and James Gray, The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Yale University Press, 1978.
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10 December 1947: Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes this...

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10 December 1947

Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes this year: Sir Robert Robinson in Chemistry (for work on plant products and the alkaloids) and Sir Edward Victor Appleton in Physics for work on the upper atmosphere and...