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By 1850: England boasted approximately three million...

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By 1850

England boasted approximately three million Evangelical Christians.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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5 May 1919: The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent...

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5 May 1919

The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (later the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ) was established.
International Organizations and Groups. http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/org-fact.html#ec.

December 2001: Women writers for the first time outnumbered...

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December 2001

Women writers for the first time outnumbered men in the Guardian newspaper's annual listing of the fastest-selling paperbacks in Britain.
Gibbons, Fiachra. “Women lead the way in ’hottest’ books list”. The Guardian, 29 Dec. 2001, p. 5.
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30 October 1975: Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in...

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30 October 1975

Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in Leeds; this serial killer terrorised women until 1980, remaining unidentified except by the media title of the Yorkshire Ripper.
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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H. G. Wells

HGW began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and...

14 June 1781: The American Congress, accepting mediation...

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14 June 1781

The American Congress , accepting mediation by Russia and Germany, appointed five ministers plenipotentiary to negotiate peace with Britain.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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1904: The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) campaigned...

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1904

The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) campaigned in support of the Women's Enfranchisement Bill.
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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1699: A Statute was passed in Britain against shoplifting,...

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1699

A Statute was passed in Britain against shoplifting, making it in some cases a capital crime.
Beattie, John M. “’Hard-pressed to make ends meet’: Women and Crime in Augustan London”. Women and History: Voices of Early Modern England, edited by Valerie Frith, Coach House Press, 1995, pp. 103-15.
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December 1883: The National League Journal ended publication...

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December 1883

The National League Journal ended publication in Liverpool.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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By 28 November 1934: The young Flora Robson, in A Letter to a...

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By 28 November 1934

The young Flora Robson , in A Letter to a Young Actress, contributed as a preface to Ladies Only by Muriel and Sydney Box , provided a fascinating account of women's part in amateur...

By mid-November 1902: The Princess of Hanover by Margaret Louisa...

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By mid-November 1902

The Princess of Hanover by Margaret Louisa Woods (the second of her two dramatic poems) was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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29 October 1807: George Crabbe published Poems, including...

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29 October 1807

George Crabbe published Poems, including the important group of pieces about local life entitled The Parish Register.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Victoria Cross

In the course of a forty-year career that began in the final decade of the nineteenth century, the pseudonymous Victoria Cross published nearly two dozen novels, three collections of short stories, and several plays, and...

1 September 1894: Great Britain's post offices began to accept...

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1 September 1894

Great Britain's post offices began to accept privately printed postcards of a specified size.
Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard and Its Origins. F. A. Praeger, 1966.
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1876: A group of Scotswomen who had been frustrated...

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1876

A group of Scotswomen who had been frustrated in their desire to attend university founded St George's Hall Classes, to offer teaching to university level, either by attendance or by correspondence courses. Students at...

After 4 August 1914: The Women's Freedom League formed the Women's...

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After 4 August 1914

The Women's Freedom League formed the Women's Suffrage National Aid Corps to assist women and children during wartime.
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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26 May 1679: Charles II prorogued parliament, to prevent...

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26 May 1679

Charles II prorogued parliament, to prevent its passing an Exclusion Bill to bar his brother James, Duke of York (as a Catholic), from succeeding to the throne.
Bryant, Arthur. King Charles II. Longmans, Green, 1931.
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Henning, Basil Duke, editor. The House of Commons, 1660-1690. Secker and Warburg, 1983, 3 vols.
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5 March 1936: The prototype of the British Spitfire, the...

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5 March 1936

The prototype of the British Spitfire, the fighter plane which became one of the most famous aircraft of World War II, made its first flight.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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January 1863: Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist, educator,...

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January 1863

Thomas Henry Huxley , scientist, educator, and public administrator, published Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.
Huxley, Thomas Henry. Man’s Place in Nature. University of Michigan Press, 1959.
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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.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1977: Saint Lucia became independent from Brit...

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1977

Saint Lucia became independent from Britain.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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About 1385: Geoffrey Chaucer published (in manuscript)...

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About 1385

Geoffrey Chaucer published (in manuscript) his narrative poem Troilus and Criseide.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
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31 October 1984: Indira Gandhi, who had been Prime Minister...

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31 October 1984

Indira Gandhi , who had been Prime Minister of India with only one short break since 1967, was assassinated, shot down in her garden by two of her body-guards who were Sikhs, in retaliation for...

17 March 1722: Daniel Defoe published A Journal of the Plague...

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17 March 1722

Daniel Defoe published A Journal of the Plague Year (set during the plague which began in April 1665).
Moore, John Robert. A Checklist of the Writings of Daniel Defoe. Indiana University Press, 1960.
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1911: Jane Brownlow wrote the Women's Local Government...

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1911

Jane Brownlow wrote the Women's Local Government Society handbook, Women's Work in Local Government.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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