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21 May 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to...

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21 May 1683

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to house the collection of rarities of Elias Ashmole (and thus the first purpose-built museum in the world), was dedicated.
Kiessling, Nicolas K. “The Library of Anthony Wood from 1681 to 1999”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
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, No. 6, Oct. 1999, pp. 470-98.
478

January 1852-April 1853: Charles Kingsley's Hypatia, Or Old Foes with...

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January 1852-April 1853

Charles Kingsley 's Hypatia , Or Old Foes with New Faces was serialised in Fraser's Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
316, 355

17 November 1989: Peaceful mass protests and strikes produced...

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17 November 1989

Peaceful mass protests and strikes produced the resignation of the Czech Communist Party , which had held power in what was then Czechoslovakia since 1948.
“Velvet Revolution: 15th Anniversary: November 17, 1989 - 15 years after”. Radio Praha (Radio Prague: The International Service of Czech Radio).

After 11 August 1902: British forces fenced in a camp for displaced...

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After 11 August 1902

British forces fenced in a camp for displaced civilians at Standerton in the Transvaal, in response to a Boer raid on it.
Netz, Reviel. “Barbed Wire”. London Review of Books, 20 July 2000, pp. 30-5.
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Pandita Ramabai

PR was a tireless advocate for the importance of education (both secular and religious) for women, and Indian self-reliance. Fifty-five years after her death, A. B. Shah called her the greatest woman produced by modern...
Pandita Ramabai Black and white photograph of Pandita Ramabai, shown from the shoulders up, looking earnestly to the left of the viewer, wearing a white hijab. "Ramabai" is signed below.

1849: The weekly magazine Family Friend began ...

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1849

The weekly magazine Family Friend began publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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1841-1845: A further uprising in Italy against the Austrians...

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1841-1845

A further uprising in Italy against the Austrians failed.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
129

Eva Mary Bell

EMB 's fourteen books, published between 1910 and 1931, are mostly novels, and most of them appeared under the pseudonym of John Travers. She is remembered, if at all, for those set in British...

3-30 April 1735: Sir John Barnard's bill for regulating the...

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3-30 April 1735

Sir John Barnard 's bill for regulating the theatres and limiting the number of companies failed to pass the House of Commons , but generated much heated debate over theatre reform.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: xlix-l, 411-12

2005: Six South London prostitutes, members of...

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2005

Six South London prostitutes, members of a theatre group called Rise , performed a play entitled Can You See Me?, written by themselves and Emma Bernard , freelance director.
“Woman’ Hour”. BBC Radio 4.

30 July 1932: The Independent Labour Party, increasingly...

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30 July 1932

The Independent Labour Party , increasingly disillusioned with the Labour Party 's movement towards the centre, took a decision to disaffiliate from its own larger and more successful offspring.
Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.

1874: Physician Henry Maudsley published Responsibility...

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1874

Physician Henry Maudsley published Responsibility in Mental Disease, which discussed eugenic control and the law in relation to mental disease.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
104, 118, 266n11

29 October 1656: Sir William Davenant published his operatic...

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29 October 1656

Sir William Davenant published his operatic entertainment The Siege of Rhodes.
Sutherland, James. English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, 1969.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1571: John de Beauchesne published the first copybook...

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1571

John de Beauchesne published the first copybook in English (translated from French): A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands, designed for teaching children to write.
Whyman, Susan E. The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800. Oxford University Press, 2009.
25 and n54

1996: The University College of Swansea became...

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1996

The University College of Swansea became the University of Wales, Swansea .
“About Us: History”. Swansea University.

14 June 1800: In the War of the Second Coalition, Napoleon...

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14 June 1800

In the War of the Second Coalition, Napoleon (recently appointed First Consul of France) defeated the Austrian Empire at the battle of Marengo in Northern Italy.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

August 1961: Four years after the Wolfenden report recommended...

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August 1961

Four years after the Wolfenden report recommended legalizing homosexuality, and six before its principal recommendations became law, the pioneering film Victim featured Dirk Bogarde as a married barrister blackmailed for a homosexual relationship.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com.
Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), 2001.
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1874: The novel By Still Waters: A Story for Quiet...

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1874

The novel By Still Waters: A Story for Quiet Hours was published; it was attributed to Edward Garrett, the pseudonym of Isabella Fyvie Mayo .
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.

July 1975: The illustrious Cornhill Magazine ceased...

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July 1975

The illustrious Cornhill Magazine ceased publication after a hundred and fifteen years in print.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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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.

1752: Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender)...

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1752

Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) made his second top-secret visit to England, sounding out support for another potential bid for the throne.
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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15 October 1937: The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette...

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15 October 1937

The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette de Valois with music by Arthur Bliss , was first performed in London by the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
383

Matthew Arnold

September 1793: Effigies of anti-slavery leader William Wilberforce...

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September 1793

Effigies of anti-slavery leader William Wilberforce and radical Thomas Paine were burned together at Kingston, Jamaica: Anna Maria Falconbridge witnessed this on her roundabout voyage from Africa to England.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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November 1762: At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,...

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November 1762

At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, Pitt was vociferously welcomed, while Bute , who was thought to be too soft in the peace negotiations, was nearly mauled by the crowd.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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Nell Dunn

ND became known in the mid-twentieth century for her documentary-style fiction about the lives of working-class women in London. Her ear for dialogue (the rhythms of working-class speech in particular) and her forthright treatment...