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August 1800-March 1804: The Code Napoleon, a new code of law for...

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August 1800-March 1804

The Code Napoleon, a new code of law for France and its territorial possessions, was formulated; it was promulgated in spring 1804.
Sedley, Stephen. “Big Lawyers and Little Lawyers”. London Review of Books, 28 Nov. 1996, pp. 16-17.
16-17

September 1826: The conservative Quarterly Review, discussing...

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September 1826

The conservative Quarterly Review, discussing Sir Walter Scott 's Lives of the Novelists, omitted all mention of any female writer.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
34 (1826): 349ff, 366-7

1896-2 June 1913: Alfred Austin served as poet laureate from...

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1896-2 June 1913

Alfred Austin served as poet laureate from this year until his death. The post had been left vacant since Tennyson's death in October 1892.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
Tennyson, Charles. Alfred Tennyson. MacMillan, 1949.
383

1792: Literary scholar Robert Anderson began publishing...

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1792

Literary scholar Robert Anderson began publishing his Works of the British Poets in Edinburgh.
Eger, Elizabeth. “Fashioning a Female Canon: Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and the Politics of the Anthology”. Women’s Poetry in the Enlightenment, The Making of a Canon 1730-1820, edited by Isobel Armstrong and Virginia Blain, St Martin’s Press, 1998, pp. 201-15.
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1944: Two important and strongly contrasting books...

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1944

Two important and strongly contrasting books on political economy appeared: Friedrich Hayek 's The Road to Serfdom (which later brought him the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) and Karl Polanyi 's The Great Transformation.
Elliott, Larry. “Markets must deliver what people want”. Guardian Weekly, 13–19 Apr. 2000, p. 12.
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10 September 1943: The German occupation of Rome began in response...

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10 September 1943

The German occupation of Rome began in response to the Italian government's surrender to the Allies on 3 September.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
153
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
350

1909-10: The annual sale of picture postcards in Britain...

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1909-10

The annual sale of picture postcards in Britain rose to 866,000,000 this year.
Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard and Its Origins. F. A. Praeger, 1966.
91

1860: A puerperal fever epidemic erupted in London;...

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1860

A puerperal fever epidemic erupted in London; it recurred in 1861.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
154

1755: Maurice-Quentin De La Tour painted Madame...

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1755

Maurice-Quentin De La Tour painted Madame de Pompadour (the Frenchking 's mistress, and a power in the land) sitting at a large (though extremely elegant) desk surrounded by learned folio volumes.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
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15 October 1662: John Evelyn made a presentation to the Royal...

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15 October 1662

John Evelyn made a presentation to the Royal Society on the deforestation of England and the need to plant trees; this was the germ of his Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest Trees, which...

1847: The new Metropolitan Commissioners for Sewers...

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1847

The new Metropolitan Commissioners for Sewers forbade the use of cesspits in homes.
Morrison, Richard. “Victoria’s ’closet’ revolution”. Edmonton Journal, 21 Jan. 2001, p. E6.
E6

1919: The mobile home trailer was invented by American...

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1919

The mobile home trailer was invented by American aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
191

22 May 1685: Titus Oates, the informer in the alleged...

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22 May 1685

Titus Oates , the informer in the alleged Popish Plot, was whipped through the London streets at a cart's tail from Newgate Prison , where he was incarcerated, to Tyburn.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
810
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

21 August 1911: Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda...

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21 August 1911

Leonardo da Vinci 's painting La Gioconda or the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris; it was recovered two years later when the Italian thief tried to return it to the...

May 1854: The Religious Tract Society launched a weekly...

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May 1854

The Religious Tract Society launched a weekly family magazine for Sabbath reading entitled The Sunday at Home. It ran until October 1894, then continued as a monthly.
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13 August 1849: Hungary was reconquered for the Hapsburgs...

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13 August 1849

Hungary was reconquered for the Hapsburgs when the Hungarian army surrendered to the Russian commander.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
27, 32
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
161

3 November 1914: An agreement of alliance between the UK and...

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3 November 1914

An agreement of alliance between the UK and Kuwait gave assurance that the UK would recognize Kuwait as an independent principality under British protection.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 773

September 1883: The Medical Enquirer, the organ of the National...

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September 1883

The Medical Enquirer, the organ of the National Medical Association for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Prostitution, ceased publication in Liverpool.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Late 1951: Florence Horsbrugh was appointed Minister...

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Late 1951

Florence Horsbrugh was appointed Minister of Education without a seat in cabinet by Winston Churchill ; it was the first time an Education Minister . . . [had been] excluded from the Cabinet in twenty...

1 October-15 December 1856: Gustave Flaubert serially published his first...

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1 October-15 December 1856

Gustave Flaubert serially published his first novel, Madame Bovary, in the Revue de Paris.
Steegmuller, Francis. Flaubert and Madame Bovary: A Double Portrait. Macmillan, 1968.
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Berg, William J., and Laurey Kramer Martin. Gustave Flaubert. Twayne, 1997.
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15 November 1910: Parliament reconvened and the Government...

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15 November 1910

Parliament reconvened and the Government refused to guarantee that they would take up consideration of the Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) in that parliamentary session.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
89

By 18 August 1888: Lucy Walford published Four Biographies from...

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By 18 August 1888

Lucy Walford published Four Biographies from Blackwood's.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3173 (1888): 223
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.

19 August 1654: John and Mary Evelyn met an alehouse-keeper...

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19 August 1654

John and Mary Evelyn met an alehouse-keeper in Lincoln: a woman six feet two inches tall; the inn's custom relied chiefly on peoples coming to see her on account of her height.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
350

September 1914: The monthly Pall Mall Magazine ceased publication....

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September 1914

The monthly Pall Mall Magazine ceased publication. The following month it was re-launched as Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
488
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1866: The removal of the tax on timber, following...

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1866

The removal of the tax on timber, following the lifting of other such taxes, meant that most building material was now tax free; it was hoped that this cost reduction would increase the quality of...