Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1 March 1843: The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including...
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1 March 1843
The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including Feargus O'Connor
, began at Lancaster.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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10 December 1884: The Representation of the People Act, sometimes...
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10 December 1884
The Representation of the People Act, sometimes called the Third Reform Act, extended the male-only franchise.
Craig, Fred W. S. British Electoral Facts 1832-1987. 5th ed., Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
179
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
61
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
309
1893: Clara Collet was appointed to the Board of...
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
289
1840: The first Railway Inspectors (or Inspecting...
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1840
The first Railway Inspectors (or Inspecting Officers) were appointed from among members of the Royal Corps of Engineers
: this was an important step towards promoting safety.
Binyon, Jane. “Delays that Kill”. London Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2000, pp. 14-16.
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15 February 1675: John Crowne's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph...
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15 February 1675
John Crowne
's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph was performed at Court.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 228-9
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
June 1920: The British Government began recruiting ex-servicemen,...
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June 1920
The British Government began recruiting ex-servicemen, who came to be known as the Black and Tans, to suppress insurrection in Ireland by means of terror and brutality.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
26-7
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
711-12
Hynes, Samuel. A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture. Bodley Head, 1990.
355
January 1716: A great frost of three weeks in London produced...
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January 1716
A great frost of three weeks in London produced the usual carnival atmosphere, but was bad for the poor.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
533
1912: Sydney C. Grier's novel One Crowded Hour...
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1912
Sydney C. Grier
's novel One Crowded Hour was published the year before her mother died.
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.
31 May 1721: The Haymarket Theatre, or Opera House, shifted...
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31 May 1721
The Haymarket
Theatre, or Opera House, shifted from the general opening time of 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 591, 632
16 May 1840: Frederick Lucas founded a Roman Catholic...
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16 May 1840
Frederick Lucas
founded a Roman Catholic journal entitled The Tablet, a vehicle for radical Irish Catholic politics.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
192-3, 212
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
14 July 2015: Harper Lee's first-written but rejected novel,...
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14 July 2015
Harper Lee
's first-written but rejected novel, Go Set a Watchman, reached print from HarperCollins
. It is set later in the lives of characters in her wildly successful and so far only novel,...
February 1993: Two eleven-year-old boys, Robert Thomson...
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
257
March 1873: A Times correspondent reported that Sir Bartle...
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March 1873
A Times correspondent reported that Sir Bartle Frere
(father of the folklorist Mary Frere
) had received a flat refusal from the Sultan of Zanzibar in his attempt negotiate an end to the Zanzibarian slave trade.
“12 March 1873. Zanzibar’s slaving sultan gets lesson”. Guardian Weekly, 13 Mar. 2009, p. 22.
January 1704: Volume one of Antoine Galland's Les mille...
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January 1704
Volume one of Antoine Galland
's Les mille et une nuit, was published at Paris; the first English version appeared in 1706, as Arabian Nights Entertainments: later usually Arabian Nights.
Mack, Robert L., editor. Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. Oxford University Press, 1998.
xxx
18 August 1823: A rebellion of enslaved blacks began in Demerara,...
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18 August 1823
A rebellion of enslaved blacks began in Demerara, partly as a consequence of the hostility of local authorities to the activities which the Church Missionary Society
was undertaking among slaves.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
85
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xii
da Costa, Emilia Viotti. Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823. Oxford University Press, 1994.
1 October 1880: Mason College or Mason Science College in...
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1 October 1880
Mason College
or Mason Science College in Birmingham, founded at a cost of more than £200,000 by Sir Josiah Mason
, who had made his fortune out of nibs for pens, opened its doors...
4 August 1914: Germany invaded neutral Belgium. Britain...
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4 August 1914
Germany invaded neutral Belgium. Britain and all its Commonwealth countries declared war on Germany; President Woodrow Wilson
announced a policy of US neutrality.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
612
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
350
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.
Harding, Jeremy. “The Uninvited”. London Review of Books, 3 Feb. 2000, pp. 3-25.
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13 July 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish...
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13 July 1713
The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession, known in North America as Queen Anne's War.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
345, 503, 660, 670
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
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31 December 1920: The Royal Academy of Dancing was founded...
Day, John R. The Story of the London Bus: London and Its Buses from the Horse Bus to the Present Day. London Transport Executive, 1973.
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Isabella Bird
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, well-known Victorian lady traveller, is remembered primarily for her adventures in Canada, America, the Near East, and Asia. During her many travels she kept diaries and wrote letters to her sister Henrietta...
