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14 June 1839: Thomas Attwood and John Fielden presented...

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14 June 1839

Thomas Attwood and John Fielden presented to Parliament a petition for universal suffrage.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
132

1628: William Harvey published at Frankfurt Exercitatis...

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1628

William Harvey published at FrankfurtExercitatis Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

March 1922: The Labour Party Conference declared that...

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March 1922

The Labour Party Conference declared that women still in wartime jobs should be paid at trade union rates and that all trade unions should support this aim.
Braybon, Gail. Women Workers in the First World War: The British Experience. Croom Helm; Barnes and Noble, 1981.
198

1949: Monica Baldwin published I Leap Over the...

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1949

Monica Baldwin published I Leap Over the Wall, an account of her life in, and successful leaving of, a strictly enclosed Roman Catholic religious order.
British Book News. British Council.
(1950): 202
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Late January-March 1944: London suffered a kind of mini-blitz: a thousand...

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Late January-March 1944

London suffered a kind of mini-blitz: a thousand Londoners died in February, though the worst single night was that of 14-15 March, with a hundred bombers over the capital.
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
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1831: Catherine McAuley created the Order of the...

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1831

Catherine McAuley created the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland to care for the sick.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
58, 63-4

1928: The seventh volume of Havelock Ellis's Studies...

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1928

The seventh volume of Havelock Ellis 's Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Eonism and Other Supplementary Studies was published.
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5 November 1605: A group of Catholic plotters, led by Guy...

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5 November 1605

A group of Catholic plotters, led by Guy Fawkes , made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
607
Neill, Michael. “Glimpsed in the Glare”. London Revew of Books, Vol.
37
, No. 24, 17 Dec. 2015, pp. 39-41.
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16 April 1853: The first Indian railway opened, between...

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16 April 1853

The first Indian railway opened, between Bombay and Tannah.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 822
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
901

By June 1831: Giuseppe Mazzini founded the Young Italy...

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By June 1831

Giuseppe Mazzini founded the Young Italymovement.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
273
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
51

26 October 1795: Just before the opening of parliament, the...

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26 October 1795

Just before the opening of parliament , the London Corresponding Society held a large open-air meeting at Copenhagen House in Islington.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
384-5

By December 1760: Canal building was in progress in Lancashire,...

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By December 1760

Canal building was in progress in Lancashire, following the passing of the third Duke of Bridgewater 's Canal Act.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
30 (1760): 623

March 1967: In one of the earliest such large-scale disasters,...

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March 1967

In one of the earliest such large-scale disasters, the oil tanker Torrey Canyon split on rocks off Land's End in Cornwall, spilling its entire cargo of oil.
Wesley, Mary, and Kim Sayer. Part of the Scenery. Bantam, 2001.
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1819: American doctor John Scudder journeyed to...

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1819

American doctor John Scudder journeyed to Ceylon to volunteer in a long-term medical capacity; he was a pioneer in medical missionary work.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
217

2 August 1788: The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the...

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2 August 1788

The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the age of sixty-two; he was buried beside his friend Joshua Kirby (father of Sarah Trimmer ) in Kew churchyard.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

17 July 1917: George V informed the Privy Council that...

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17 July 1917

George V informed the Privy Council that the royal family (all his subjects descended from Queen Victoria) would take the surname of Windsor.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1 July 1847: A British government enquiry into the state...

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1 July 1847

A British government enquiry into the state of education in Wales by commissioners R. R. W. Lingen , Jellynger C. Symons , and H. R. Vaughan Johnson presented a report in three massive volumes.
“The Blue Books of 1847”. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.

31 May 1933: A meeting of women's organizations (sponsored...

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31 May 1933

A meeting of women's organizations (sponsored by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ) in the House of Commons condemned the Nazi policy of barring women from employment in the German government.
Harrison, Brian. “Women in a Men’s House: The Women M.P.s, 1919-1945”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
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, No. 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 623-54.
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22 November 1951: Syntex, of Mexico City, patented norethisterone,...

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22 November 1951

Syntex , of Mexico City, patented norethisterone, an oral progestational agent, which became the basis of later oral contraceptives.
Asbell, Bernard. The Pill: A Biography of the Drug that Changed the World. Random House, 1995.
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Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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29 June 1871: The UK's Trade Union Act legalized labour...

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29 June 1871

The UK's Trade Union Act legalized labour unions but denied workers the right to picket.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
293
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
213-14

May 1953: The British submarine Andrew made its first...

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May 1953

The British submarine Andrew made its first underwater crossing of the English Channel.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
264

7 July 1990: Martina Navratilova won the women's singles...

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7 July 1990

Martina Navratilova won the women's singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the ninth time, beating the record of eight wins set by Helen Wills Moody between 1927 and 1938.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
501

1946: Rosalind Wade published her novel As the...

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1946

Rosalind Wade published her novel As the Narcissus.
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9 December 1909: The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of...

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9 December 1909

The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of forcible feeding of suffragists, arguing that it was the duty of the prison medical officer to prevent prisoners from committing suicide.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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19 June 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed...

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19 June 1953

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in Sing Sing Prison, New York State, on charges of passing atomic secrets to the USSR.
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