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1856: Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des...

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1856

Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des Hôspitaux de Paris at La Salpêtrière .
Owen, Alan Robert George. Hysteria, Hypnosis and Healing: The Work of J.-M. Charcot. Garrett Publications, 1971, http://HSS.
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3 January 1854: British and French fleets sailed for the...

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3 January 1854

British and French fleets sailed for the Black Sea to support the Turks against Russia in the looming Crimean War.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1852: Victoria Stuart-Wortley (later Welby), future...

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1852

Victoria Stuart-Wortley (later Welby ), future philosopher, published her first book (which she wrote and illustrated) at the age of twelve: A Young Traveller's Journal of a Tour in North and South America During the...

2 June 1780: The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic...

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2 June 1780

The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic mobs encouraged by Lord George Gordon (leader of the Protestant Association ) attacked and burned churches and other buildings and terrorised the populace.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

3 June 2006: Following a May referendum on statehood,...

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3 June 2006

Following a May referendum on statehood, the Montenegrin Parliament proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Montenegro.
Government of the Republic of Montenegro. http://web.archive.org/web/20090628194131/http://www.vlada.cg.yu/eng/index.php.
“List of Member States”. United Nations.

Marion Reid

MR published her only known work, a tract entitled A Plea for Woman, in 1843. She is credited as one of the founders of the feminist movement, although unfortunately little is known about her...

1880: Émile Zola published The Experimental No...

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1880

Émile Zola published The Experimental Novel.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

1725: Allan Ramsay established a circulating library...

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1725

Allan Ramsay established a circulating library in Edinburgh which may have been the first in Britain. Another opened in Bath the same year.
Nicholson, Colin. “"Of Eminent Significancy": Allan Ramsay’s ‘British’ Poetics and Post-Union Construction of Cultural Space”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2002, pp. 203-16.
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Feminist Companion Archive.

2 July 1801: Following the Act of Union between England...

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2 July 1801

Following the Act of Union between England and Ireland at the beginning of this year, England's Copyright Act of 1710 was extended to Ireland.
Cole, Richard Cargill. Irish Booksellers and English Writers 1740-1800. Mansell; Humanities Press International, 1986.
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15 September 1856: Marie Wilton made her London stage debut...

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15 September 1856

Marie Wilton made her London stage debut at the Lyceum Theatre , aged seventeen.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
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About June 1891: George Gissing published New Grub Street,...

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About June 1891

George Gissing published New Grub Street, a novel portraying the development of writing into a trade and authors into tradesmen.
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.

1840: The Schools of Design at Somerset House in...

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1840

The Schools of Design at Somerset House in London were established.
Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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Jane Marcet

JM was a prolific early-nineteenth-century scientific populariser and later a children's writer. Her textbooks on specialised fields of science and on political economy (designed for school-age girls, but much used by professional men) take the...
Jane Marcet Photograph of a drawing of Jane Marcet, seated, wearing a dress with a broad skirt and wide sleeves. She has a scarf wrapped around her head and tied at her neck, and her hair is middle-parted and tightly curled in ringlets.

9 October 1915: Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst,...

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9 October 1915

Christabel Pankhurst , Emmeline Pankhurst , Flora Drummond , and Annie Kenney edited the first issue of Britannia, a weekly suffragette periodical and organ of the Women's Social and Political Union formerly known as The Suffragette.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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8 December 1980: Mark David Chapman gunned down singer and...

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8 December 1980

Mark David Chapman gunned down singer and song-writer John Lennon (one of the former Beatles ) on Central Park West, New York.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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After February 1815: The Gaol Fees Abolition Act was passed following...

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After February 1815

The Gaol Fees Abolition Act was passed following its second reading on February 22.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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June 1916: The General Service Scheme broadened Voluntary...

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June 1916

The General Service Scheme broadened Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) employment for women to include medical workers such as x-ray and laboratory attendants, as well as clerks, cooks, telephone operators, and store keepers.
Ouditt, Sharon. Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War. Routledge, 1994.
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Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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October 1963: The editors of the Australian satire magazine...

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October 1963

The editors of the Australian satire magazine Oz (parent of a London-edited successor) were fined on the charge of producing an obscene publication.
Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books, 1999.
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By 4 August 1866: Algernon Charles Swinburne published his...

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By 4 August 1866

Algernon Charles Swinburne published his first series of Poems and Ballads; it included Dolores.
Wise, Thomas J. A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Dawsons, 1966.
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“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.

1869: A fictitious Miss Echo began The Girl of...

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1869

A fictitious Miss Echo began The Girl of The Period Miscellany, which appealed to young girls who preferred balls and beaux
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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to campaigning for women's rights.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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1946: Secretary, deserted single mother, and entrepreneur...

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1946

Secretary, deserted single mother, and entrepreneur Margery Berney (later Hurst) established the Brook Street Bureau , which provided companies with temporary secretaries.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1 January 1999: In the countries of the European Community...

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1 January 1999

In the countries of the European Community (except Britain) traditional currencies were replaced by the common currency of the euro.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.

1925: The Complete Poems were posthumously published...

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1925

The Complete Poems were posthumously published of Marjorie Pickthall , born in England but a resident of Canada, who had died in 1922, aged thirty-nine.
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.

1231: Cambridge University was granted its first...

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1231

Cambridge University was granted its first charter, by Henry III .
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Leach, Arthur Francis. Educational Charters and Documents, 598-1909. AMS Press, 1971.
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Cobban, Alan B. The Medieval Universities: Their Development and and Organization. Methuen, 1975.
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