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1965: Harold Wilson's Labour Government launched...

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1965

Harold Wilson 's Labour Government launched a National Plan intended to co-ordinate the entire British economy; but the plan was dropped after the government weathered the general election in the following year.
Spufford, Francis. “Love that Bird”. London Review of Books, 6 June 2002, pp. 28-33.
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Anderson, Perry. “Confronting Defeat”. London Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2002, pp. 10-17.
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1892: Sixty-seven year-old phrenologist Henry Loader...

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1892

Sixty-seven year-old phrenologist Henry Loader was prosecuted for selling two birth control manuals, The Wife's Handbook and Fruits of Philosophy.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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McLaren, Angus. Birth Control in Nineteenth Century England. Croom Helm, 1978.
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March 1861: The first parliament of Italy (unified in...

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March 1861

The first parliament of Italy (unified in October 1860) met at Turin, capital of Piedmont.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1741, 1743: A private edition of ten copies (only) was...

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1741, 1743

A private edition of ten copies (only) was published of Athenian Letters or, the epistolary correspondence of an agent of the King of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian war, written by Philip Yorke (later Lord Hardwicke)

1901: The Women's Local Government Society campaigned...

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1901

The Women's Local Government Society campaigned against the establishment of the new Local Education Authorities from which women would be excluded; the campaign resulted in the decision to allow women to be appointed directly to...

Mary Harcourt

MH may never have thought of herself as a writer, though she kept a diary during her time serving at Court (as did several others in her position of a privileged behind-the-scenes angle on people...
Mary Harcourt Mezzotint of the young Mary Harcourt by Samuel William Reynolds after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, published May 1824 . She sits in a parkland landscape, swathed in a low-necked gown and voluminous shawl, looking upwards out of the picture. Her hair is swept up grandly on her head. National Portrait Gallery.

1836: George Routledge established a bookshop and...

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1836

George Routledge established a bookshop and publishing firm under his own name at 11 Ryder's Court, London, with the help of fifteen-year-old William Henry Warne .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 261
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1884: The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone...

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1884

The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone letterpress printing was introduced to the UK by the Meisenbach Company of Germany.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1886: The Berne Convention For the Protection of...

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1886

The Berne Convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was held in Bern, Switzerland.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
About WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/.

September 1878-September 1880: The Ameer (Emir) of Afghanistan rejected...

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September 1878-September 1880

The Ameer (Emir) of Afghanistan rejected British diplomatic overtures after signing a treaty with Russia, and war followed; this was part of a long-running boundary dispute with Russia.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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French, David. “It was all about the Russians”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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28 September 1885: Women achieved suffrage in the Madras Pr...

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28 September 1885

Women achieved suffrage in the Madras Presidency.
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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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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February 1854: A Governors' Report set out the intentions...

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February 1854

A Governors' Report set out the intentions for Cheltenham Ladies' College , now opening as an exclusive boarding school at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. For some years this school filled the function of a University...

15 October 1874: James Stansfeld gave a speech at Bristol...

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15 October 1874

James Stansfeld gave a speech at Bristol strongly in favour of the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. Hyperion Press, 1989.
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1 April 1841: Graham's Magazine, published in Philadelphia...

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1 April 1841

Graham's Magazine, published in Philadelphia (which had Edgar Allan Poe on its staff and published much of his work), carried his The Murders in the Rue Morgue, often called the first detective story.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
1 April 2008

17 July-2 August 1945: The Potsdam Conference convened to plan the...

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17 July-2 August 1945

The Potsdam Conference convened to plan the Allied occupation of Germany and the enactment of principles agreed on at the Yalta Conference.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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24 December 1925: A story in the London Evening News by A....

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24 December 1925

A story in the London Evening News by A. A. Milne , We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Stories Begin, later became the opening of the children's book Winnie the...

19 September 1819: Keats, walking in the fields near Winchester,...

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19 September 1819

Keats , walking in the fields near Winchester, composed his Ode to Autumn.
Chandler, James. England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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Keats, John. Letters of John Keats to his Family and Friends. Editor Colvin, Sir Sidney, Macmillan, 1891.
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April 1797: The Critical gave a bad review to a book...

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April 1797

The Critical gave a bad review to a book on midwifery by a woman: The Pupil of Nature, by Martha Mears , Practitioner in Midwifery.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 22 (1797): 462-3

25 August 1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to...

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25 August 1932

Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the United States in a non-stop flight.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1994: The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act...

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1994

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act extended police powers; its opponents felt that it unjustly targeted alternative cultures and direct action protest movements.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
It also, however, legislated the illegality of marital rape.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1983: The Avon Touring Company produced Melissa...

Women writers item

1983

The Avon Touring Company produced Melissa Murray 's drama The Crooked Scythe.
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.

1930: Alfred Garvie published The Christian Ideal...

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1930

Alfred Garvie published The Christian Ideal for Human Society, a critique of society from a Nonconformist perspective.
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
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13 July 1863: The Bakehouse Regulation Act was passed,...

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13 July 1863

The Bakehouse Regulation Act was passed, improving both working and sanitary conditions.
Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

June 1554: An eighteen-year-old servant, Elizabeth Croft,...

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June 1554

An eighteen-year-old servant, Elizabeth Croft , confessed in front of a crowd gathered at St Paul's Cross in London that she had taken part in a hoax, playing a supernatural voice that spoke from a...

28 November 1727: After elections and the dissolution of the...

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28 November 1727

After elections and the dissolution of the previous parliament on 5 August, the new parliament (obligatory on the accession of a new sovereign ) was called for this date.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
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