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1777: Richard Samuel engraved his Nine Living Muses...

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1777

Richard Samuel engraved his Nine Living Muses of Great Britain (or Portraits in the Character of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo) for Johnson's Ladies New and Polite Pocket Memorandum for 1778...

13 May 1842: Composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was...

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13 May 1842

Composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born at 8 Bolwell Terrace, Lambeth Walk, London.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

March 1922: The Labour Party Conference declared that...

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March 1922

The Labour Party Conference declared that women still in wartime jobs should be paid at trade union rates and that all trade unions should support this aim.
Braybon, Gail. Women Workers in the First World War: The British Experience. Croom Helm; Barnes and Noble, 1981.
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Susan Tweedsmuir

ST , still Susan Buchan and married to a more famous author, John Buchan , began publishing in collaboration with him. From their joint novel, published just after the First World War, she continued on...
Susan Tweedsmuir Black and white, half-length photograph of Susan Tweedsmuir, seated, in formal evening dress: a pale sleeveless gown with V neck and two medals pinned to it, white elbow-length gloves, a white ostrich-feather fan, tiara, necklace, and drop pearl earrings. Her hair is short, curled at the sides.

18 April 1874: Woman's Opinion ended publication in Lon...

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18 April 1874

Woman's Opinion ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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29 March 1842: The annual children's meeting of the London...

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29 March 1842

The annual children's meeting of the London Missionary Society drew between five and six thousand children.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1821: John Watts and his sons opened The Bazaar...

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1821

John Watts and his sons opened The Bazaar in Manchester; on the model of the Soho Bazaar in London, it featured individual stalls let to merchants, housed in one large building.
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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Jan Morris

In the 1950s and 60s Morris was one of the most successful young British journalists, famous especially for an account of the conquest of Mount Everest. Identifying as a woman by 1972, Morris was...
Jan Morris Black-and-white photo of Jan Morris seated on what looks like a hotel bed, smiling.

1838: The Poor Law annual report noted links between...

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1838

The Poor Law annual report noted links between pauper ill health and the abominable housing conditions available to them.
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
374

16 April 1953: R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

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16 April 1953

R. A. Butler , Chancellor of the Exchequer, made the first budget speech to be broadcast on BBC television.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
383

16 December 1879: The Anglican Community of St Katherine of...

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16 December 1879

The Anglican Community of St Katherine of Egypt was founded at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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Spring 1917: The Ministry of Munitions sponsored an exhibition...

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Spring 1917

The Ministry of Munitions sponsored an exhibition of women's work shown in different industrial centres thoughout England.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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Fraser, Helen. Women and War Work. G. A. Shaw, 1918.
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24 November 1958: The world's first large exhibition of electronic...

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24 November 1958

The world's first large exhibition of electronic computers was held at Earl's Court, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
414

In the 1860s: Young middle-class women began to use cosmetics,...

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In the 1860s

Young middle-class women began to use cosmetics, albeit sparingly.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
80

8 June 1847: A Factory Act, also known as The Ten Hours...

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8 June 1847

A Factory Act, also known as The Ten Hours Act, restricted the length of British women's and teenagers' working day in textile factories to ten hours.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Zlotnick, Susan. Women, Writing, and the Industrial Revolution. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
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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.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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9 August 1870: The Education Act established a national...

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9 August 1870

The Education Act established a national elementary education system governed by local school boards, to which women could be elected.
Simon, Brian. Studies in the History of Education, 1780-1870. Lawrence and Wishart, 1960.
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Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
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Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
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1590: Christopher Hooke published a sermon in which...

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1590

Christopher Hooke published a sermon in which he admonished women in pregnancy that only God's mercy could enable them to produce children that were not monsters.
Clark, Emma. “Metaphors of Motherhood: claiming back the female body in the poems of Mary Sidney and Mary Wroth”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
8
, No. 2, 2001, pp. 263-73.
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1671: The Game Act raised the property qualification...

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1671

The Game Act raised the property qualification for hunting and shooting game to ownership of a park, or an income of about £100 a year.
Landry, Donna. Invention of the Countryside: Hunting, Walking, and Ecology in English Literature, 1671-1831. Palgrave, 2001.
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1853: The Government School of Design (founded...

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1853

The Government School of Design (founded in 1837) moved to South Kensington, where it became the greatly expanded National Art Training School .
“History and Location”. Royal College of Art.

7 May 1824: Beethoven, despite his complete deafness,...

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7 May 1824

Beethoven , despite his complete deafness, conducted the first performance of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna; it was his final grand-scale work.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

29 July 1772: The Daily Advertiser published an advertisement...

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29 July 1772

The Daily Advertiser published an advertisement for a husband.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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1656: Christiaan Huygens of Amsterdam patented...

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1656

Christiaan Huygens of Amsterdam patented the first pendulum clock (of which Galileo had produced a prototype fifteen years earlier).
Sobel, Dava. Galileo’s Daughter. Viking, 1999.
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5 February 1737: The Opposition journal Common Sense; or,...

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5 February 1737

The Opposition journal Common Sense; or, The Englishman's Journal published its first number.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Essays and Poems and Simplicity, A Comedy. Editors Halsband, Robert and Isobel Grundy, Oxford University Press, 1993.
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Battestin, Martin C., and Ruthe Battestin. Henry Fielding: A Life. Routledge, 1989.
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17 October 1922: The first play to be broadcast in the UK,...

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17 October 1922

The first play to be broadcast in the UK, a shortened version of Edmond Rostand 's Cyrano de Bergerac, was aired by radio station 2MT at Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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1742: Ludwig Holberg's satirical fantasy A Journey...

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1742

Ludwig Holberg 's satirical fantasy A Journey to the World Under-Ground by Nicholas Klimius was first translated into English; it describes several societies enjoying gender equality.
Coleman, Deirdre. “Claire Clairmont and Mary Shelley: identification and rivalry within the ’tribe of the Otaheite philosophers’”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, 1999, pp. 309-28.
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