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1893: British singer and composer Clara Kathleen...

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1893

British singer and composer Clara Kathleen Rogers published The Philosophy of Singing.
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.

6 March 1812: Daniel Isaac Eaton was tried in the Court...

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6 March 1812

Daniel Isaac Eaton was tried in the Court of King's Bench for publishing the final part of Thomas Paine 's Age of Reason.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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Anna Brassey

Anna Brassey 's writing arose out of her husband's professional travels, and began as private letters to her father covering intimate details of her family life at sea. On publication it made her a celebrated...
Anna Brassey Black and white photograph of Anna Brassey, shown from the side. She is wearing a dress with a large bustle and ruffles at the edge of the sleeves, and she has a ruffled scarf around her neck. Her hair is pinned at the back of her head.

Frances Isabella Duberly

FID was a letter-writer and diarist of considerable talent, who reached print in both these forms when she was the only officer's wife to remain with the British army throughout the Crimean war. Her letters...
Frances Isabella Duberly Black-and-white photo of Frances Isabella Duberly on a horse in front of her husaband Captain Henry Duberly during the Crimean War, 1855.

1841: The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain...

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1841

The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was established in London.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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15 November-18 December 1920: The first League of Nations Assembly met...

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15 November-18 December 1920

The first League of Nations Assembly met.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
476
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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By June 1897: 900 women were serving as poor law guardians...

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By June 1897

900 women were serving as poor law guardians in England.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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Daphne Du Maurier

DDM , who published throughout the middle years of the twentieth century, was primarily a novelist, though she wrote non-fiction—biography, plays, and screenplays—as well. Her work was adapted into film and television by such esteemed...
Daphne Du Maurier Sepia toned, head and shoulders photograph of the young Daphne Du Maurier. She is wearing a light dress and long string of pearls. Her wavy hair is bobbed, just reaching her jaw, and she has a heavy fringe.

1019: Knut or Canute united the kingdoms of England...

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1019

Knut or Canute united the kingdoms of England (whose army had chosen him ruler) and the Danelaw (that part of northern England which had been under Danish rule).
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
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1714: British female literacy rates at this date...

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1714

British female literacy rates at this date have been estimated as 25%, against a male rate of 45%.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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May 1819: John Lingard, a Roman Catholic priest, published...

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May 1819

John Lingard , a Roman Catholic priest, published the first three volumes of his influential History of England.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
21 (1819): 560
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
574
Monthly Magazine. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.
47: 446

7 December 1683: Months after the execution of William, Lord...

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7 December 1683

Months after the execution of William, Lord Russell (husband of Lady Rachel ), Algernon Sidney met the same fate (after a search of his private papers), charged with Protestant extremism and plotting against the crown.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

By 12 June 1880: Irish writer Nina Kennard published the first...

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By 12 June 1880

Irish writer Nina Kennard published the first of her rather wooden
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.
novels, There's Rue for You.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2746 (1880): 757

1855: The Haymarket Theatre became known as the...

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1855

The Haymarket Theatre became known as the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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January 1927: The Hogarth Press published Freud's The Ego...

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January 1927

The Hogarth Press published Freud 's The Ego and the Id.
Woolmer, J. Howard, and Mary E. Gaither. A Checklist of the Hogarth Press, 1917-1946. Woolmer/Brotherson, 1986.

1993: The Irish government decriminalized homo...

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1993

The Irish government decriminalized homosexuality.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
515

1 February 1791: Thomas Paine published Rights of Man, written...

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1 February 1791

Thomas Paine published Rights of Man, written in answer to Burke 's Reflections on the Revolution in France.
Butler, Marilyn, editor. Burke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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Scheuermann, Mona. “Ferocious Countenance: The Upper Classes Look at the Poor”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 53-79.
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Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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May 1910: The Woman Journalist, the organ of the Society...

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May 1910

The Woman Journalist, the organ of the Society of Women Journalists , began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
510

1734-5: William Hogarth's second print series, A...

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1734-5

William Hogarth 's second print series, A Rake's Progress, depicted the downward spiral of a young man.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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15 April 1736: The Porteous Riots occurred in Edinburgh...

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15 April 1736

The Porteous Riots occurred in Edinburgh.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
338
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
984

17 June 1911: The Women's Coronation Procession was attended...

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17 June 1911

The Women's Coronation Procession was attended by 40,000 women from at least twenty-eight women's suffrage organisations, including both the Women's Social and Political Union and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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1900: Agnes Shakespear or Shakespeare Higginson,...

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1900

Agnes Shakespear or Shakespeare Higginson , later Skrine, published (as Moira O'Neill) her Songs of the Glens of Antrim.
O Lochlainn, Colm. “Anglo-Irish Song-writers since Moore”. The Bibliographical Society of Ireland Publications, Vol.
vi
, No. 1, 1950, pp. 1-22.
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1911: At an international congress held in Paris,...

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1911

At an international congress held in Paris, international time zones each of fifteen degrees longitude were agreed on for the world.
Daston, Lorraine. “Language of Power”. London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2001, p. 3, 6.
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1806: Pioneering missionary Henry Martyn moved...

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1806

Pioneering missionary Henry Martyn moved to Calcutta to continue his proselytising work.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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28 February 1860: Nathaniel Hawthorne published Transformation:...

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28 February 1860

Nathaniel Hawthorne published Transformation: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni in three volumes.
Clark, C. E. Frazer. Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Descriptive Bibliography. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978.
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