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Adelaide O'Keeffe

AOK was first heard of by name in 1804 as a writer of highly successful verse for children; she had already in all probability edited her father 's dramatic works. She went on to do...

8 July 1874: Edmund Yates and Grenville Murray launched...

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8 July 1874

Edmund Yates and Grenville Murray launched a weekly they called The World, A Journal for Men and Women. It ran until 1922.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Yates
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.

September 1607: Hugh O'Neill's rebellion in Ireland came...

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September 1607

Hugh O'Neill 's rebellion in Ireland came to a final end with the Flight of the Earls: this was the last stand of Gaelic Ireland against the colonising English.
Boylan, Henry, editor. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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April 1883: The Church of England Purity Society was...

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April 1883

The Church of England Purity Society was founded at Lambeth Palace in London; its first president was Archbishop Benson .
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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5 March 1824: On the threat of a Burmese invasion of India,...

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5 March 1824

On the threat of a Burmese invasion of India, Britain declared war on Burma.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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1949: George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded...

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1949

George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded Weidenfeld and Nicolson in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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April 1943: The British Cabinet Committee on Refugees,...

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April 1943

The British Cabinet Committee on Refugees , discussing the situation in Poland, expressed disquiet about the high proportion of Jews, even though less than a quarter of Polish Jews still survived.
Guttenplan, D. D. “Visa Requirement”. London Review of Books, 6 July 2000, pp. 28-9.
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1821: Mary Anne Carlile, sister of Richard Carlile...

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1821

Mary Anne Carlile , sister of Richard Carlile (who had published Thomas Paine ), was charged twice with blasphemous libel.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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1935: Lilian Barker (later Dame Lilian) was appointed...

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1935

Lilian Barker (later Dame Lilian) was appointed the first woman Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, in charge of all female prisoners.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1851: Around this date, the advertising policy...

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1851

Around this date, the advertising policy of free trials developed.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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7 June 1946: The BBC television service resumed after...

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7 June 1946

The BBC television service resumed after the war.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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15 August 1838: The Irish Tithe Commutation Act was passed;...

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15 August 1838

The Irish Tithe Commutation Act was passed; a dubious victory at best for the peasantry.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

30 September 1770: Charismatic evangelist George Whitefield...

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30 September 1770

Charismatic evangelist George Whitefield died at Newburyport, near Boston, Massachusetts.
Wheatley, Phillis, and Henry Louis, Jr Gates. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. Editor Shields, John C., Oxford University Press, 1988.
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Joanna Baillie

JB is best known for her stylistically and thematically innovative drama, published from 1798 and through the first two decades of the nineteenth century. Her poetry is now also beginning to be appreciated and a...
Joanna Baillie Engraving of Joanna Baillie, circa 1800, seated against a draped background. Her white headscarf contrasts with the dark background.

Maria Grey

MG wrote during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her early productions were literary: she collaborated with her sister on a narrative and a novel, and then produced a second novel independently. Her later...
Maria Grey Low-resolution black-and-white photo of Maria Grey sitting in a chair,holding a book. She has a white cap tied round her head and she is wearing glasses. Her dress is buttoned up the front and topped by a short jacket.

22 August 1885: The day after the age of sexual consent was...

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22 August 1885

The day after the age of sexual consent was raised by the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, a huge demonstration against criminal vice was held in Hyde Park.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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1913: Horace Blake: A Novel by Josephine Ward was...

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1913

Horace Blake: A Novel by Josephine Ward was published in London.
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.

1909: The Guild of St Matthew (set up by Stewart...

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1909

The Guild of St Matthew (set up by Stewart Headlam in 1877 to promote Christian socialism) was dissolved.
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
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Burfield, Diana. “Theosophy and Feminism: Some Explorations in Nineteenth Century Biography”. Women’s Religious Experience, edited by Pat Holden, Croom Helm, 1983, pp. 27-56.
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Gilley, Sheridan. “The Church of England in the Nineteenth Century”. A History of Religion in Britain, edited by Sheridan Gilley and William J. Sheils, Blackwell, 1994, pp. 291-05.
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31 August 1861: With the founding of the first Sunday Closing...

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31 August 1861

With the founding of the first Sunday Closing Association in Hull, Yorkshire, temperance activists were united with religious reformers in an unprecedented way.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1993: The annual Turner Prize for art went to Rachel...

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1993

The annual Turner Prize for art went to Rachel Whiteread for her model of the space enclosed by the walls of a house.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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By late October 1920: Flora Murray wrote about her war experience...

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By late October 1920

Flora Murray wrote about her war experience in Women as Army Surgeons: Being the History of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919.
“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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1793: William Freind argued in Peace and Union...

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1793

William Freind argued in Peace and Union Recommended to the Associated Bodies of Republicans and Anti-Republicans against the union of Church and state.
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.

1850: From this date, female visitors gained ever...

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1850

From this date, female visitors gained ever greater access to workhouses.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1878: Around this time, the Professional Beauty...

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1878

Around this time, the Professional Beauty came into being as a recognizable category of person.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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