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1 October 1828: The Cambridge campaign to increase the study...

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1 October 1828

The Cambridge campaign to increase the study of science in universities resulted in the founding of University College, London , which emphasized science; this was the date of the inaugural lecture.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1857: A new walking dress, looped up when worn...

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1857

A new walking dress, looped up when worn over a crinoline, improved freedom of movement and revealed petticoats.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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1968: US feminist Valerie Solanas published her...

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1968

US feminist Valerie Solanas published her feminist SCUM Manifesto, titled from SCUM, the Society for Cutting Up Men (which seems to have existed in name only).
Solanas, Valerie. The SCUM Manifesto. http://replay.web.archive.org/20030308095814/http://www.reactor-core.org/scum.html.

About March 1681: Nahum Tate's re-written version of Shakespeare's...

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About March 1681

Nahum Tate 's re-written version of Shakespeare 's tragedy King Lear was staged in London; it was printed the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

June 1892: The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon...

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June 1892

The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith was published as a book in Bristol, expanded from the serial form which had appeared in Punch in 1888-9.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under George Grossmith

2 September 1752: Falling into line with the rest of Europe,...

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2 September 1752

Falling into line with the rest of Europe, Britain changed from the Julian calendar (developed by the Romans) to the Gregorian calendar, which corrected its accumulated slippage backwards from astronomical time; the next day...

20 March 1863: The executive of the Ladies' London Emancipation...

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20 March 1863

The executive of the Ladies' London Emancipation Society first convened at the home of Mentia Taylor ; the Society aimed to enlist British sympathy for the North in the US Civil War.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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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.

1856: By this date, the cage crinoline was in widespread...

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1856

By this date, the cage crinoline was in widespread use; this dress support looked like an oversized bird cage, and was constructed of steel hoops banded together.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Sutherland, John, b. 1938. “Wife Overboard”. London Review of Books, LRB, 20 Jan. 2000, pp. 35-6.
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1883: Popular baptist preacher William Landels...

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1883

Popular baptist preacher William Landels published The Marriage Ring, emphasizing wives' duty to obey their husbands.
Hammerton, A. James. Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Married Life. Routledge, 1992.
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1895: The Institut International de Bibliographie...

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1895

The Institut International de Bibliographie was founded in Brussels.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1623: William Whately's controversial treatise...

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1623

William Whately 's controversial treatise A Bride-Bush; or, A Direction for Married Persons appeared in a corrected second edition.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 18

1863: Andrew White Tuer and Abraham Field founded...

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1863

Andrew White Tuer and Abraham Field founded Field and Tuer stationers and publishers in London, which became Leadenhall Press in 1892.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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Early 1847: John Mitchell founded the United Irishman,...

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Early 1847

John Mitchell founded the United Irishman, a publication advocating armed rebellion against British rule.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
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Frances Brooke

FB wrote in many genres during the latter half of the eighteenth century: drama and translation as well as an innovative feminist periodical. Best known are her three novels including the first realistic novel in...
Frances Brooke Photograph of the painting of Frances Brooke by Catherine Read, c. 1771. She is seated, with one elbow resting on a table and her head resting on that hand, while her other hand lies on an open book in her lap. She is wearing a dress in yellow and orange, and a green shawl draped around her shoulders.

1793: The Jardin des Plantes, the world's first...

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1793

The Jardin des Plantes , the world's first public zoo, opened in Paris, France.
Rothfels, Nigel. Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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February 1798: John Cary followed his successful New and...

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February 1798

John Cary followed his successful New and Correct English Atlas with Cary's New Itinerary, which listed surveyed distances on all major British roads.
Winchester, Simon. The Map that Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2001.
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18 May-19 July 1899: The First International Peace Conference...

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18 May-19 July 1899

The First International Peace Conference met at The Hague and established a Permanent Court of Arbitration .
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Cambridge Women’s Peace Collective. My Country is the Whole World: An Anthology of Women’s Work on Peace and War. Pandora Press, 1984.
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Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
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, Anchor, 1978.
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Black, Ian. “Dutch furnish ideal home for justice”. Guardian Weekly, 11–17 May 2000, p. 6.
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Jessie White Mario

JWM made her literary debut in Eliza Cook's Journal, but it was her involvement in the Italian Risorgimento (sometimes as a spy) that fostered her career as a journalist, translator, propagandist, lecturer, and biographer...
Jessie White Mario Black and white photograph of Jessie White Mario, standing with one hand on her hip and the other on the back of a carved chair. She is wearing a long skirt with a bold pattern and a simple, solid-coloured jacket with broad sleeves. Her hair is chin-length and her expression challenging.

30 January 1961: The National Health Service announced that...

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30 January 1961

The National Health Service announced that the early contraceptive pill Enovid would become available in Britain in December this year. The birth-control pill had to be bought, but was subsidized to keep its cost to...

1900: Sir Leslie Stephen published The English...

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1900

Sir Leslie Stephen published The English Utilitarians, a three-volume study of Jeremy Bentham , James Mill , and John Stuart Mill .
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878: By the Treaty of Wedmore, King Alfred ceded...

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878

By the Treaty of Wedmore, King Alfred ceded to the Danes that part of England lying north of the Roman road called Watling Street.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.

October 1915: At a meeting of the British Society for the...

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October 1915

At a meeting of the British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology , Stella Browne presented a paper arguing that women's sexual and maternal instincts could be separated.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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1946: Carol Reed directed the film adaptation of...

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1946

Carol Reed directed the film adaptation of the novel by F. L. Green entitled Odd Man Out.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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30 June 1940: Germany invaded the Channel Islands....

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30 June 1940

Germany invaded the Channel Islands.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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