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1901: The first wireless telegraphy between ships...

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1901

The first wireless telegraphy between ships took place between the British ship Lake Champlain and the Cunard liner Lucania.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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June 1866: Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female...

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June 1866

Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female medical practitioner, an apothecary qualified since the previous October) established St Mary's Dispensary for Women in Seymour Place, Marylebone, London.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
69-71, 149
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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30 January 1948: Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi...

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30 January 1948

Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi by a Hindu who claimed to be acting in retribution for Gandhi's part in the partition of India.
“Obituary: Mr. Gandhi, Apostle of Independence”. Times, 31 Jan. 1948, p. 6.
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By April 1818: Thomas Bowdler published The Family Shakespeare,...

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By April 1818

Thomas Bowdler published The Family Shakespeare, in fact a further extension of a project begun by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler .
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
19 (1818): 283
Price, Leah. “The Poetics of Pedantry from Thomas Bowdler to Susan Ferrier”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 1, 2000, pp. 75-88.
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17 December 1959: The threat of nuclear war was powerfully...

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17 December 1959

The threat of nuclear war was powerfully dramatised in a film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer : On the Beach, from a novel of the same title by Nevil Shute.
Bergan, Ronald. “Obituary: Stanley Kramer”. Guardian Weekly, 8–14 Mar. 2001, p. 26.
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com.

5 May 1914: The House of Lords voted down a suffrage...

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5 May 1914

The House of Lords voted down a suffrage bill which would give votes to women who were on the municipal register.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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20 August 1968: An uprising in Prague (sometimes later referred...

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20 August 1968

An uprising in Prague (sometimes later referred to as the Prague Spring) was suppressed by the military power of the USSR, whose tanks crossed the border on this day.
“Europe Remembering the Prague Spring”. BBC News, 21 Aug. 1998.

August 1870: The National Association for the Repeal of...

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August 1870

The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts moved its headquarters to London.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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By February 1818: Byron published Beppo, a light-hearted narrative...

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By February 1818

Byron published Beppo, a light-hearted narrative poem in stanzas.
Santucho, Oscar José, and Clement Tyson, Jr Goode. George Gordon, Lord Byron: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Secondary Materials in English, 1807-1973. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
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18 December 1941: Military conscription for women was introduced...

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18 December 1941

Military conscription for women was introduced in Britain when the National Service (Number 2) Act completed its rapid passage through parliament.
Smith, Harold L. “The Effects of the War on the Status of Women”. War and Social Change: British Society in the Second World War, edited by Harold L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 1986.
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Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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Goldman, Harold. Emma Paterson: She Led Woman into a Man’s World. Lawrence and Wishart, 1974.
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1735-October 1736: An island-wide African rebellion occurred...

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1735-October 1736

An island-wide African rebellion occurred in Antigua; many executions followed.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
7 (1737): 59
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
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May 1819, May 1820: These months were scheduled for the removal...

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May 1819, May 1820

These months were scheduled for the removal of thousands of subsistence farmers and their families from the Highland estates of Lord and Lady Stafford (later the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ) in the Sutherland...

1681-5: Of 217 Catholic estates sequestered during...

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1681-5

Of 217 Catholic estates sequestered during the last four years of Charles II 's reign, over half were worth less than £100.
Rowlands, Marie B. English Catholics of Parish and Town, 1558-1778. Catholic Record Society, 1999.
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1806: The Last Man, or Omegarus and Syderia, a...

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1806

The Last Man, or Omegarus and Syderia, a Romance in Futurity appeared anonymously (twenty years before Mary Shelley 's novel with the same main title): it was translated from Jean-Baptiste François-Xavier Cousin de Grainville 's...

1943: Beatrice Frederika Wright became the first...

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1943

Beatrice Frederika Wright became the first Member of Parliament to be pregnant while in office.
Harrison, Brian. “Women in a Men’s House: The Women M.P.s, 1919-1945”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
29
, No. 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 623-54.
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Stenton, Michael, and Stephen Lees, editors. Who’s Who of British Members of Parliament. Harvester Press, 1976–1981, 4 vols.
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Rosalind Coward

RC is the author or co-author of nine books and many articles, ranging in subject from critical and feminist theory through cultural analysis to biography. Her important works of the late 1970s and the 1980s...

May 1756: The Literary Magazine: or, Universal Review...

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May 1756

The Literary Magazine: or, Universal Review (often known as the Literary Review) began publication in London; Samuel Johnson was a contributor and, for the first four issues, the editor.
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.
Hudson, Nicholas. “Discourse of Transition: Johnson, the 1750s, and the Rise of the Middle Class”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, 2002, pp. 31-51.
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1891: The weekly magazine Hearth and Home began...

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1891

The weekly magazine Hearth and Home began publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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7 April 1944: Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler escaped from...

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7 April 1944

Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz in Poland. They headed for Slovakia, where by the end of the month they submitted a report on the Nazi death-camp to the Slovak Judenrat

1844: The Hungarian Diet abolished the official...

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1844

The Hungarian Diet abolished the official use of Latin in Hungary, establishing Magyar as the kingdom's sole language.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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November 1791: The Sheffield Constitutional Society, a working-class...

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November 1791

The SheffieldConstitutional Society , a working-class reform association, was formed.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
159, 167

18 June 1771: Tobias Smollett published his last novel,...

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18 June 1771

Tobias Smollett published his last novel, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.
Preston, Thomas R., and Tobias Smollett. “Introduction and Notes”. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, edited by O M, Jr Brack and O M, Jr Brack, University of Georgia Press, 1990.
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1909: Josephine Ward published her novel Great...

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1909

Josephine Ward published her novel Great Possessions.
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.

3 November 1640: The Long Parliament was reluctantly convened...

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3 November 1640

The Long Parliament was reluctantly convened in London by Charles I : it included a majority of Puritans, and set about reforms such as abolishing the Court of the Star Chamber , which, among other...

29 July 1877: Samuel Warren, novelist, died at 16 Manchester...

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29 July 1877

Samuel Warren , novelist, died at 16 Manchester Square, London.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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