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1881: The spiritualist newspaper Light was founded;...

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1881

The spiritualist newspaper Light was founded; it lasted more than a century.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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1875-1878: The Royal Commission on Copyright was formed...

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1875-1878

The Royal Commission on Copyright was formed to consolidate domestic and international copyright law.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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Whitaker, David. “Heresy!”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2001–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 160-1.
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9 December 1789: The French National Assembly began to abolish...

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9 December 1789

The French National Assembly began to abolish old provinces and create new départements or regions.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
214,

Lady Anne Barnard

LAB , in her twenties a notable contributor to the Scots ballad revival, became during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a memoirist, political letter-writer, diarist, and travel-writer, as well as a fine illustrator.
Lady Anne Barnard Black and white photo of a miniature of Lady Anne Barnard. She sits writing with a quill on a sheet of paper, but pauses to look up and to her right with a half-smile. She wears a loose open jacket over a white high-necked blouse, and a large, soft hat in several dark and white layers, with dark feathers on top. Her hair, too, is dark.

12 March 1930: Gandhi began his campaign of civil disobedience...

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12 March 1930

Gandhi began his campaign of civil disobedience (peaceful resistance to British rule in India) with the 240-mile Salt March, heading for the sea coast of Gujarat.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
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Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 847
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Meek, James. “If they’re ill, charge them extra”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, pp. 3-5.
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28 January 1843: Frances Calderon de la Barca published Life...

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28 January 1843

Frances Calderon de la Barca published Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that Country in two parts, published at least a couple of weeks apart.
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.
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.
769 (28 January 1843): 78-81, 798 (11 February 1843): 131-3

25 April-19 December 1915: The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain...

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25 April-19 December 1915

The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain and its allies to secure the passage of ships through the Dardanelles; since Turkey had allied itself with Germany, the intention was to attack Constantinople.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 936
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
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January 1850: A Royal Commission was established to administer...

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January 1850

A Royal Commission was established to administer the Great Exhibition.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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1824: Self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning,...

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1824

Self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning , a friend of Elizabeth Philpot , discovered a skeleton of the Plesiosaurus dinosaur and sold it to the Duke of Buckingham for £200.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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1954: New Hall, the third women's college of Cambridge...

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1954

New Hall , the third women's college of Cambridge University, was founded.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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15 March 2011: Street demonstrations in Syria began to escalate...

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15 March 2011

Street demonstrations in Syria began to escalate into revolutary action, then brutal repression, then full-scale civil war. At six years old the war was still going strong, with cities like Aleppo bombed into ruins, thousands...

1-27 May 2005: The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same...

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1-27 May 2005

The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same dates in 2000) statistics from their four-week survey of nineteen major daily and weekly papers. The proportion of book reviews either devoted to or written by women was...

1916: The first report of the National Birth Rate...

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1916

The first report of the National Birth Rate Commission , set up by the National Council of Public Morals , advocated birth control in the UK.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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20 July 1922: The Infanticide Act reduced the charge from...

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20 July 1922

The Infanticide Act reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter if it were shown that a woman killed her new-born child while psychologically unbalanced after giving birth.
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1922): 396-7

July 2010: BPP University College of Professional Studies...

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July 2010

BPP University College of Professional Studies was awarded the status of a university or degree-granting body: only the second private or for-profit organization of this kind in the UK.
Hotson, Howard. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 2 June 2011, p. 19.
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From November 1914: The Actresses' Franchise League, led by Lena...

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From November 1914

The Actresses' Franchise League , led by Lena Ashwell , organised entertainment for troops, first at English army bases and later in France; these eventually became known as Concerts at the Front.
Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990.
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24 April 1848: The People's League was founded....

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24 April 1848

The People's League was founded.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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Susanna Haswell Rowson

SHR , who was active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, has some claim to be regarded as both an English and an American writer, though her American allegiance came to predominate with...
Susanna Haswell Rowson Title-page of New York edition, 1814, of "Charlotte Temple, A Tale of Truth" by Susanna Haswell Rowson, first published in 1791. An oval portrait represents Charlotte, not Rowson. Up the left side runs a signature: "Mary L. Hyde.".

8 May 1660: Charles II was officially proclaimed king,...

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8 May 1660

Charles II was officially proclaimed king, in London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1821: The British government bought two steamships—Royal...

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1821

The British government bought two steamships—Royal Sovereign and Meteor—to improve mail service across the Irish Channel.
Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
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29 March 1917: The Life and Liberty Movement, founded and...

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29 March 1917

The Life and Liberty Movement , founded and led by William Temple , met for the first time at St Martin's Vicarage in London.
Heeney, Brian. “The Beginnings of Church Feminism: Women and the Councils of the Church of England, 1897-1919”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 260-84.
264, 275
Wilkinson, Alan. The Church of England and the First World War. SPCK, 1978.
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Iremonger, Frederic. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury: His Life and Letters. Editor Somervell, David Churchill, Abridged ed., Oxford University Press, 1963.
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1596: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, was founded...

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1596

Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge, was founded under the terms of the will of Lady Frances Sidney, Dowager Countess of Sussex .
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
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27 October 1931: In the general election, the National Coalition...

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27 October 1931

In the general election, the National Coalition Government won a landslide victory (a majority of nearly five hundred seats over the combined opposition) but became much more Conservative in tone than it had been. Most...

1593: The Testament of Cresseid by Robert Henryson...

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1593

The Testament of Cresseid by Robert Henryson (one of the Scottish Chaucerians) was printed nearly a century after his death; it redraws the character of Chaucer 's fallen heroine.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
His name has sometimes been given as Henderson.