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Late 1822: German bookseller Rudolph Ackermann published...

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Late 1822

German bookseller Rudolph Ackermann published the first illustrated English annual or gift book, the Forget-Me-Not.
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
239, 279

George Bradshaw

By 5 October 1984: Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly...

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By 5 October 1984

Martin Amis published a virtuoso, highly self-referential novel entitled Money: A Suicide Note.
Korn, Eric. “Frazzled yob-gene lag-jag”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 4253, 5 Oct. 1984, p. 1119.
1119

1 October-31 December 1909: Conductor Thomas Beecham established the...

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1 October-31 December 1909

Conductor Thomas Beecham established the Beecham Symphony Orchestra . They performed in the Thomas Beecham Grand Opera Season at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
8: 339

17 May 1954: In Brown vs Board of Education, the US Supreme...

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17 May 1954

In Brown vs Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racially segregated schools and schooling were unconstitutional: a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
256
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 241
Culley, Margo. “The courage of their convictions”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xvii
, No. 8, May 2000, pp. 1-4.
3
“Desegregation: Introduction”. Old Dominion University Libraries: Special Collections: Manuscripts.

21 October 1950: A ceremony at Buckingham Palace marked the...

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21 October 1950

A ceremony at Buckingham Palace marked the official end of the Women's Land Army .
Twinch, Carol. Women on the Land: Their Story During Two World Wars. Lutterworth, 1990.
134-5
Tyrer, Nicola. They Fought in the Fields: The Women’s Land Army: The Story of a Forgotten Victory. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996.
233-6

22 September 1902: Stanley Spencer (not the painter of the same...

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22 September 1902

Stanley Spencer (not the painter of the same name) became the first Briton to fly a powered airship (dirigible) over England. He took off from the Crystal Palace, south of London, and made a...

5 May 2016: Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded:...

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5 May 2016

Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded: the edited contents of 148 volumes of handwritten diaries which he and historian Dido Davies found in a skip in Cambridge in 2001, the lifelong labour of a...

1 March 1845: The popular working-class London Journal:...

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1 March 1845

The popular working-class London Journal: and Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art began publication, boasting elaborately illustrated romantic, historical, and gothic fiction.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
381
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

10 or 11 February 1806: Following the death of William Pitt, Lord...

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10 or 11 February 1806

Following the death of William Pitt , Lord Grenville , a Whig, formed a government which was called the Ministry of all the Talents, because it reached across party lines.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Kidd, Colin. “Coalition Monsters”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 5, 6 Mar. 2014, pp. 27-8.
27

1 April 1905: The Nursing Mirror and Midwives' Journal...

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1 April 1905

The Nursing Mirror and Midwives' Journal began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
23
Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
4673

1880: Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage...

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1880

Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association was a major speaker at the Trade Union Congress in Dublin.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
272

18 October 1998: Ten days before Poet Laureate Ted Hughes...

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18 October 1998

Ten days before Poet Laureate Ted Hughes died, the Sunday Times carried his poem entitled The Offers, which he had excluded from both his books published this year, Birthday Letters (his last major collection)...

December 1880: The last issue of the University Magazine...

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December 1880

The last issue of the University Magazine 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.
4: 211, 370

15 March 1773: Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer...

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15 March 1773

Oliver Goldsmith 's She Stoops to Conquer (second of his two comedies) had its first performance.
Goldsmith, Oliver. Collected Works. Editor Friedman, Arthur, Clarendon, 1966, 5 vols.
5: 89

1853: The publication of Elements of Psychological...

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1853

The publication of Elements of Psychological Medicine by Daniel Noble marked a turn in Victorian psychiatry away from phrenology and moral management.
Cooter, Roger. “Phrenology and British Alienists, ca. 1825-1845”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 58-104.
85

1835: Alexis de Tocqueville published the first...

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1835

Alexis de Tocqueville published the first part of La démocratie en Amérique.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
986

1 June 1872: Charles Lever, novelist and editor, died...

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1 June 1872

Charles Lever , novelist and editor, died at Trieste, Italy.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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8 February 1932: Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of...

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8 February 1932

Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of Montalk went to trial (and was later convicted) for obscene libel for having tried to get printed for private circulation five short poems.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
85-9
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
306, 521

9 October 2009: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President...

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9 October 2009

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President Barack Obamafor his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples, especially as regards nuclear weapons.
“The Nobel Peace Prize 2009”. Nobelprize.org, 9 Oct. 2009.

Mary Frances Billington

MFB established her reputation as a journalist by holding a number of prominent posts on English newspapers and reporting on major social concerns and events, roles that were typically unavailable to women at the turn...

1746: The Whitehall Evening-Post was launched to...

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1746

The Whitehall Evening-Post was launched to join the select group of leading London newspapers in the field of publishers' book advertising.
Tierney, James E. “Advertisements for Books in London Newspapers, 1760-1785”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
30
, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
154-5
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.

25 October 1810: George III suffered the onset of a fifth...

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25 October 1810

George III suffered the onset of a fifth attack of porphyria.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
143-4

1 May 1925: British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was...

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1 May 1925

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was forced by the coal-miners to reverse his decision that, to aid postwar recovery, workers must accept pay reduction.
Hattersley, Roy. “The Legacy of Black Friday”. Guardian Unlimited, 15 July 2006.

By September 1800: The high price of wheat produced hardship...

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By September 1800

The high price of wheat produced hardship and scarcity in Britain and Ireland.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
158
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 30 (1800): 116-7, 458
A hundredweight (a measure of 112 pounds weight or one cwt) must be meant here...