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11 April 1748: A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated...

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11 April 1748

A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated two years earlier by the Independent Church in Lime Street, London, for being unmarried and pregnant, petitioned for readmission.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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1839: Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) showed the ovum...

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1839

Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) showed the ovum to be a cell; this observation led to the cell-growth theory.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Very early 1136: The Welsh Princess Gwenllian, likely author...

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Very early 1136

The Welsh Princess Gwenllian , likely author of Four Branches of the Mabinogi, died.
Breeze, Andrew. The Origins of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Gracewing, 2009.
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Lloyd, John Edward. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Volume 2. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1967.
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Pierce, Thomas Jones. “GWENLLIAN”. Welsh Biography Online.

1930: A Danish painter, Einar Wegener, who had...

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1930

A Danish painter, Einar Wegener , who had always felt himself to be a woman as well as a man, travelled to Dresden for sex-change or gender reassignment surgery: removal of penis and testicles, insertion...

Katherine Mansfield

KM 's life was short and much of her writing experimental or oriented towards earning. Though contemporary reviewers sometimes condescended to her youth, gender, and magazine publication, she is now seen as one of our...
Katherine Mansfield Black-and-white portrait photo of Katherine Mansfield. She is pictures in profile.

25 November 1689: The House of Commons accepted the final wording...

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25 November 1689

The House of Commons accepted the final wording of the Revolution Settlement, or what became known as the Bill of Rights, the nearest thing to a British constitution.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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1 September 1923: Yokohama, Japan, suffered a devastating earthquake...

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1 September 1923

Yokohama, Japan, suffered a devastating earthquake in which over 200,000 people died.
Bernard, Bruce, editor. Century. Phaidon, 2002.
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May 1876: Russia, Austria and Germany presented the...

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May 1876

Russia, Austria and Germany presented the Berlin Memorandum to the Sultan of Turkey , demanding that he inaugurate reforms in the extensive Ottoman Empire.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1774: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published Die...

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1774

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (translated into English by June 1779 as The Sorrows of Werter. A German Story, Founded on Fact).
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.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
47 (1779)
Waldron, Mary. “A Different Kind of Patronage: Ann Yearsley’s Later Friends”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, AMS Press, 2002, pp. 283-35.
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4 February 1948: Ceylon became self-governing within the British...

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4 February 1948

Ceylon became self-governing within the British Commonwealth.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1937: Margot Ruddock published The Lemon Tree,...

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1937

Margot Ruddock published The Lemon Tree, a collection of her poetry edited by W. B. Yeats .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

1973: The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, setting...

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1973

The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, setting out the reasons for which a marriage could be dissolved, and making arrangements for the distribution of assets and provision of relief with far greater equality than seen...

1950: Grace Robertson, a noted photojournalist...

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1950

Grace Robertson , a noted photojournalist whose work is held by many galleries, began her tenure with Picture Post.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1881: Master Olof, the first major play by August...

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1881

Master Olof, the first major play by August Strindberg , had its first performance in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hawkins-Dady, Mark et al., editors. International Dictionary of Theatre. St James Press, 1992–1996, 3 vols.
II: 927-9
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1889: Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson published...

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1889

Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson published their anti-feminist treatise The Evolution of Sex.
Mosedale, Susan Sleeth. “Science Corrupted: Victorian Biologists Consider ’The Woman Question’”. Journal of the History of Biology, Vol.
11
, No. 1, D. Reidel, 1 Mar.–31 May 1978, pp. 1-55.
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Jann, Rosemary. “Revising the Descent of Woman: Eliza Burt Gamble”. Natural Eloquence: Women Reinscribe Science, edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, pp. 147-63.
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1979: Valerie Gillies contributed the Preface to...

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1979

Valerie Gillies contributed the Preface to a collection of Scottish Short Stories.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1877: The Central Committee of the National Society...

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1877

The Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and the London National Society for Women's Suffrage merged into the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage .
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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About 1760: A newly invented musical instrument, the...

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About 1760

A newly invented musical instrument, the piano, was introduced into London; England soon became the world's leading piano producer.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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December 1851: Emperor Francis Joseph revoked the constitution...

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December 1851

Emperor Francis Joseph revoked the constitution of the Austrian Empire, rendering his rule absolute.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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14 July 2006: The Bow Street Magistrates Court, one of...

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14 July 2006

The Bow Street Magistrates Court , one of London's most famous courts, closed after dispensing justice for 267 years.
“Bow Street Court Closes Its Doors”. BBC News.
“Infamous Names in Bow Street’s Past”. The Mail on Sunday.

1846: Honoré de Balzac published La Cousine Be...

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1846

Honoré de Balzac published La Cousine Bette.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

May 1953: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was...

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May 1953

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by a special bonus on the butter ration: four extra ounces to add to each person's weekly eight ounces.
Spark, Muriel. Curriculum Vitae: Autobiography. Constable, 1992.
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Mona Caird

MC , until recently very little remembered, caused a sensation in 1888 with her articles calling for reform in marriage practices. She was already at that date a published novelist, and went on issuing novels...

21 April 1749: Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks was...

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21 April 1749

Handel 's Music for the Royal Fireworks was first heard; its audience was one of all classes at Vauxhall Gardens, London.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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1975: General practitioners in Britain accepted...

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1975

General practitioners in Britain accepted responsibility for providing family planning services.
Jones, Elise F. Pregnancy, Contraception and Family Planning in Industrialized Countries: A Study of the Alan Guttmacher Insitute. Yale University Press, 1989.
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