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1603: Edward Jorden argued in A Briefe Discourse...

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1603

Edward Jorden argued in A Briefe Discourse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother that the passive condition of women is subject unto more diseases and of other sortes and natures then men...

Early June 1919: Escalating anti-black race riots in Newport...

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Early June 1919

Escalating anti-black race riots in Newport and Cardiff culminated in organised attacks on black residents of Cardiff city centre led by gun-wielding Australian soldiers.
Phillips, Mike. “Cardiff race riots, 1919”. The Guardian, 24 July 2006, p. G2: 10.
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From 1861: Paul du Chaillu's documentation of gorillas...

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From 1861

Paul du Chaillu 's documentation of gorillas started a craze for these primates.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Eleanor Farjeon

EF had a particularly long and successful career as an author for children, writing mostly in verse with some prose tales. She also wrote striking memoirs of her childhood and of an unhappy love-affair ended...
Eleanor Farjeon Black-and-white photograph of Eleanor Farjeon sitting on a chair looking left. She is wearing glasses and a dark dress with a white shawl draped over her neck. Her hair is short and wavy, and she is smiling slightly.

21 October 1882: Queen's College, Belfast, began admitting...

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21 October 1882

Queen's College, Belfast, began admitting women to honours classes.
Breathnach, Eibhlín. “Charting New Waters: Women’s Experience in Higher Education, 1879-1908”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 55-78.
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Moody, Theodore William, and James Camlin Beckett. Queen’s, Belfast 1845-1949: The History of a University. Faber and Faber, 1959.
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Isabella Whitney

IW is remarkable as the first woman—middle-class too, not noble—to publish a book of poems in English, which she did in 1567. She went on to issue another collection and several separate poems.

14 March 1786: An order was established to prevent wards...

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14 March 1786

An order was established to prevent wards of the Upper and Lower Orphanage s in India (mixed-race boys) from travelling to Britain for education.
Neff, David Sprague. “Hostages to Empire: The Anglo-Indian Problem in Frankenstein, The Curse of Kehama, and The Missionary”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1997, pp. 386-08.
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Anna Maria Falconbridge

AMF was the author of a single travel book about Africa, published in 1794. It is important not only as travel writing about an area not generally covered by women, but also as a history...

1896: Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Aus...

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1896

Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Australia.
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.
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26 May 1966: British Guiana attained independence within...

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26 May 1966

British Guiana attained independence within the Commonwealth as the state of Guyana.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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By November 1712: Thomas Newcomen, an associate of Thomas Savery,...

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By November 1712

Thomas Newcomen , an associate of Thomas Savery , demonstrated an improved version of Savery's early steam engine; his crucial addition was the use of pistons.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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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1888: Louisa Lawson launched The Dawn: A Journal...

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Louisa Lawson launched The Dawn: A Journal for Australian Women.
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm.

1901: Sarah MacNaughtan (who had begun to publish...

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1901

Sarah MacNaughtan (who had begun to publish before the end of the nineteenth century) issued one of her popular novels, The Fortune of Christina M'Nab.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1815: Elizabeth Appleton published Private Education;...

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1815

Elizabeth Appleton published Private Education; or a Practical Plan for the Studies of Young Ladies. With an address to parents, private governesses, and young ladies.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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1950: A. J. P. Powell and J. H. Moya planned a...

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1950

A. J. P. Powell and J. H. Moya planned a 30-acre housing estate accommodate 6,500 people at Grosvenor Road, Westminster, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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16 March 1910: The foundation stone for the new Hong Kong...

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16 March 1910

The foundation stone for the new Hong Kong University was laid by Sir Frederick Lugard , the architect of indirect rule.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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February 1880: The first successful shipment of refrigerated...

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February 1880

The first successful shipment of refrigerated meat to England arrived from New South Wales, Australia aboard the SS Strathleven.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A Short History of Australia. Revised Illustrated, Penguin, 1986.
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11 June 1895: The UK annexed Tongaland....

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11 June 1895

The UK annexed Tongaland.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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8 July 1714: Queen Anne signed the royal consent to the...

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8 July 1714

Queen Anne signed the royal consent to the Longitude Act, whereby Parliament offered a reward of up to £20,000 for a foolproof method of calculating longitude at sea.
Williams, J. E. D. From Sails to Satellites: The Origin and Development of Navigational Science. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Quill, Humphrey. John Harrison: The Man Who Found Longitude. Baker, 1966.
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1847: Factions of the teetotal movement began to...

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1847

Factions of the teetotal movement began to agitate against smoking.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1767: Rétif de la Bretonne published Le Pornographe...

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1767

Rétif de la Bretonne published Le Pornographe ou les idées d'un honnête homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées, the first of two works on the containment of female sexuality.
Norberg, Kathryn. “From Courtesan to Prostitute: Mercenary Sex and Venereal Disease 1730-1802”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 34-50.
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Howard, Heather. “Offstage Performances: Prostitution and Eighteenth-Century French Theatrical Reform”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 31 Mar. 2005.

Anne Killigrew

AK (also a painter) was a fine Restoration-period poet, who has the misfortune of being better known for Dryden 's praises of her than for her actual work.

21 July 1773: The Order of Jesuits was abolished by Pope...

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21 July 1773

The Order of Jesuits was abolished by Pope Clement XIV ; they took refuge in Prussia, where their presence fed English anti-Catholicism.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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April 2005: Béa González, Spanish-born Canadian novelist,...

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April 2005

Béa González , Spanish-born Canadian novelist, published her second novel, the magic-realist The Mapmaker's Opera, set in late nineteenth-century Spain and Mexico. Her first was The Bitter Taste of Time, 1998.
Canton, Jeffrey. “Reviews. The Mapmaker’s Opera by Béa Gonzalez”. Quill and Quire, Apr. 2005.
“Playwrights. Victor Kazan”. doollee.com.