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21 May 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to...

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21 May 1683

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to house the collection of rarities of Elias Ashmole (and thus the first purpose-built museum in the world), was dedicated.
Kiessling, Nicolas K. “The Library of Anthony Wood from 1681 to 1999”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xvi
, No. 6, Oct. 1999, pp. 470-98.
478

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.
G2: 10

10 February 1838: Following the rebellions of the previous...

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10 February 1838

Following the rebellions of the previous year, the Constitution of Lower Canada was suspended .
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 460
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
182

28 December 1694: Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe...

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28 December 1694

Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe epidemic, leaving her husband, William , to reign alone.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
990
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
2: 1971

1939: Ministers at the Methodist Conference voted...

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1939

Ministers at the Methodist Conference voted to leave judgment about the use of contraceptives to the individual.
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
413

1959: Patricia Moyes published her detective novel...

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1959

Patricia Moyes published her detective novel Dead Men Don't Ski, which introduced the series detective character Henry Tibbett.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1928: Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek...

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1928

Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek (1891-1966) devised a pregnancy test that examined the increase of pituitary hormones (gonadotrophins) in the pregnant body.
Forbes, Thomas Roger. The Midwife and The Witch. Yale University Press, 1966.
35
Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
128

26 May 1826: The Criminal Law Act was introduced by Sir...

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26 May 1826

The Criminal Law Act was introduced by Sir Robert Peel . It was entitled An Act for Improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in England.
Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
224-5
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

1835: Tait's lowered its price in the wake of the...

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1835

Tait's lowered its price in the wake of the easing of the advertisement tax in 1834, maintaining that an increasingly literate public was not necessarily wealthy.
Onslow, Barbara. Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Macmillan, 2000.
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André Gide

AG was a French novelist, playwright, diarist, autobiographer, essayist, and founder of an influential literary magazine. He also wrote controversial works on sexuality and colonialism. He began publishing in the last decade of the nineteenth...

29 January 1856: Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross...

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29 January 1856

Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross for acts of conspicuous valour.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
276

19 March 1803: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller's...

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19 March 1803

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 's tragedy The Bride of Messina had its premiere (in German) at Weimar. It was printed the same year.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
94

15 August 1773: James Macpherson dated the preface to his...

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15 August 1773

James Macpherson dated the preface to his second and final edition of The Poems of Ossian, published this year, which brings together all his Ossian ic writing.
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.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
126-30

October 1953: The influential literary and cultural magazine...

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October 1953

The influential literary and cultural magazine Encounter was launched in London; the editors were Stephen Spender and Irving Kristol .
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.
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.
Jacobson, Dan. “The Price”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 22-8.
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Collini, Stefan. “Stainless Splendour”. London Review of Books, 22 July 2004, pp. 6-10.
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February 1930: Four months after the Persons Case brought...

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February 1930

Four months after the Persons Case brought before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England in October 1929, Cairine Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Canadian Senate .
“Women’s Right to Vote in Canada”. Paarliament of Canada: A to Z Index: Women, 1 Feb. 1999.
“Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson”. Library and Archives Canada: Printing and Publishing: Celebrating Women’s Achievements: First Women in Provincial and Territorial Legislatures.

Easter 1848: The Anglican Community of St Mary the Virgin...

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Easter 1848

The Anglican Community of St Mary the Virgin was founded after this festival by William John Butler, with Elizabeth Lockhart as mother superior, in Wantage, Berkshire.
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.
242, 244-6, 254

After 25 May 1895: Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde,...

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After 25 May 1895

Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde , Edward Carpenter 's publisher broke his contract to publish Love's Coming of Age, after discovering that Carpenter had privately printed a pamphlet entitled Homogenic Love.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
52

Late September 1885: Justice Pinhey of the Bombay High Court gave...

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Late September 1885

Justice Pinhey of the Bombay High Court gave the first verdict in the case against Rukhmabai : that her husband 's action to compel her to cohabit with him could not be maintained. This was...

October 1900: The last issue of the Scottish Review was...

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October 1900

The last issue of the Scottish Review was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 788

11 September 1915: The first British Women's Institute was founded...

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11 September 1915

The first British Women's Institute was founded in Llanfair, Anglesey, Wales; the first Women's Institute of all had been founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, in 1897.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
352
Jenkins, Inez. A History of the Women’s Institute Movement of England and Wales. Printed at the University Press by C. Batey, 1953.
1-15
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
105
Hughes, Mary, and Mary Kennedy, editors. New Futures: Changing Women’s Education. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985.
173

9 August 1842: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty defined the...

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9 August 1842

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty defined the border between Canada and the US state of Maine.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
196
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
330

1952: With transatlantic air travel a commonplace...

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1952

With transatlantic air travel a commonplace and space programmes in operation, ocean liners continued a popular mode of travel. The United States set a record by crossing the Atlantic in three days, ten hours and...

1876-1884: Bills calling for the total abolition of...

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1876-1884

Bills calling for the total abolition of vivisection were presented to Parliament in each of these years.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
164-5

December 1666: Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London...

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December 1666

Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London to show how it had changed since the Great Fire.
In the text the date is given wrongly as 1665, but it is clear on the print.
Copeland, Edward. “Defoe and the London Wall: Mapped Perspectives”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
10
, No. 4, July 1998, pp. 407-28.
416 and fig. 4

1992: US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted...

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1992

US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted a poll of her readers and found that fully 95% of gay or lesbian respondents said they were happy with their sexuality.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, pp. 6-7.
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