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1842: Pentonville Prison, based on the American...

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1842

Pentonville Prison , based on the American model of convict isolation, opened.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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1817: The Scotsman newspaper began publication...

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1817

The Scotsman newspaper began publication at Edinburgh.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
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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.

1830: By this date, there is evidence that some...

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1830

By this date, there is evidence that some articles of dress were being sold part-made to drapers and dressmakers.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
124-5

22 July 1822: The New Marriage Act (short for the Act for...

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22 July 1822

The New Marriage Act (short for the Act for the Better Prevention of Clandestine Marriages) was passed, reforming the requirements as to parental consent.
Laws, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Respecting Marriage; including an abstract of the New Marriage Act. Briscoe, 1822.

: John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen...

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Autumn 1706

John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen Swiny , appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 129

1863: Luman Chapman patented in the USA what was...

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1863

Luman Chapman patented in the USA what was probably the first bra: his breast puffs worked differently from a corset by supporting breasts from elastic shoulder straps.
Farrell-Beck, Jane, and Colleen Gau. Uplift: The Bra in America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
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30 January 1826: A wrought-iron suspension bridge opened across...

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30 January 1826

A wrought-iron suspension bridge opened across the Menai Straits, linking Anglesey to mainland Wales by road.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Henry, Dorothy, and Jack Jerome. Modern British Bridges. C. R. Books, 1965.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

September 1785: The Society for the Support and Encouragement...

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September 1785

The Society for the Support and Encouragement of Sunday Schools (Sunday School Society) was founded in London.
Laqueur, Thomas. Religion and Respectability. Yale University Press, 1976.
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Laqueur, Thomas. Religion and Respectability. Yale University Press, 1976.
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Curtis, Stanley James. History of Education in Great Britain. Seventh, University Tutorial Press, 1967.
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January 1939: The IRA (Irish Republican Army) declared...

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January 1939

The IRA (Irish Republican Army) declared war on Britain in protest against the continuing partition of Ireland. A hundred bombing incidents followed.
Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins, 2002.
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Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
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Summer 1625: England experienced an outbreak of bubonic...

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Summer 1625

England experienced an outbreak of bubonic plague.
Hill, Christopher. The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714. Sphere Books, 1969.
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10 August 1866: Another Industrial Schools Act allowed the...

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10 August 1866

Another Industrial Schools Act allowed the removal of children from mothers twice convicted of crimes.
Zedner, Lucia. Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England. Clarendon, 1991, http://U of A HSS.
148
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

1536: In an early example of legislation on poverty,...

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1536

In an early example of legislation on poverty, an Act directed town officials to employ the able-bodied poor, while collecting charity as relief for those incapable of working.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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20 August 1853: The London Hackney Carriage Act introducted...

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20 August 1853

The London Hackney Carriage Act introducted restrictions on advertising.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
59, 127
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

Sarah Macnaughtan

Sarah Macnaughtan began her writing career in 1894 with a short story in the London magazine Temple Bar, and published her first novel in 1898. She went on to publish further short stories and...

October 1925: The Home Secretary publicly referred to people...

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October 1925

The Home Secretary publicly referred to people recently arrested as notorious Communists, contrary to the principle of presumed innocence until proved guilty.
Porter, Bernard. “How the Judges Stood in the Way of Socialism”. London Review of Books, 1 June 2000, pp. 27-8.
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September 1992: The Oxford and Cambridge Club in London rejected...

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September 1992

The Oxford and Cambridge Club in London rejected a motion to admit women as members instead of as lady associates: a majority of those voting were in favour, but not the required majority of...

1828: The East London Theatre reopened as the Brunswick...

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1828

The East London Theatre reopened as the Brunswick Theatre , only to collapse completely three days later.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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December 1686: A case brought by one London married couple...

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December 1686

A case brought by one London married couple against another (with one wife accusing the other of business cheating) illuminates the conditions of women's work.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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Henrietta Camilla Jenkin

HCJ was the author of eleven novels published over three and a half decades of the mid nineteenth century. They draw on her wide European and—perhaps most powerfully in her unflinching depiction of slavery—her Jamaican...

1658: Aurangzeb seized the Mughal (or Mogul) throne,...

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1658

Aurangzeb seized the Mughal (or Mogul) throne, becoming Emperor of a territory including most of present-day India and parts of what are now other countries. His near fifty-year rule was less than half over at...

9-16 May 1916: The UK, France, and Russia secretly agreed...

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9-16 May 1916

The UK, France, and Russia secretly agreed to partition Asiatic Turkey amongst them, liberate non-Turkish Ottoman subjects, and place Palestine under an international regime.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 774, 879
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Anderson, Perry. “Kemalism”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 17, 11 Sept. 2008, pp. 3-12.
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By 4 January 1868: William Blake: A Critical Essay by Algernon...

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By 4 January 1868

William Blake : A Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne appeared.
“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.

1 May 1843: Richard Redgrave exhibited his painting The...

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1 May 1843

Richard Redgrave exhibited his painting The Poor Teacher at the Royal Academy .
Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
812 (1843): 492
McMaster, Juliet. That Mighty Art of Black-and-White. Linley Sambourne, Punch, and the Royal Academy. Ad Hoc Press, 2009.
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1806: Brislington House, the first purpose-built...

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1806

Brislington House , the first purpose-built lunatic asylum in England, designed for upper-class clients, three miles from Bristol, was completed for Edward Long Fox .
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
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March 1855: Tsar Nicholas I died, and was succeeded by...

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March 1855

Tsar Nicholas I died, and was succeeded by his son Alexander II .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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