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July 1890 to January 1926: A weekly at first entitled The Gentlewoman:...

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July 1890 to January 1926

A weekly at first entitled The Gentlewoman: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Gentlewomen was published in London; at the end of its run it was called Gentlewoman and Modern Life.
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.
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10 December 1988: Sir James W. Black from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1988

Sir James W. Black from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Black's co-honourees were Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings , and all three were awarded the prize for...

Mary Collier

MC , writing during the earlier eighteenth century, is the first of the known proletarian women poets. Her best-known work is a powerful modern georgic; she also published occasional poems, some of them proto-feminist, and...
Mary Collier A painting that depicts just one aspect of the gruelling women's work that Mary Collier wrote of: "The Washerwoman" byJean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin.

1866: Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded...

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1866

Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded the Liverpool Ladies' Educational Society to provide a serious course of lectures for women.
Borer, Mary Cathcart. Willingly to School: A History of Women’s Education. Lutterworth Press, 1976.
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McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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February 1862: The launch of London Society, an illustrated...

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February 1862

The launch of London Society, an illustrated monthly magazine, marked the inception of one of the most popular periodicals of its time.
London society : an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation. Vol. 1, William Clowes and Sons, p. title page.
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.
Cooke, Simon. “London Society”. The Victorian Web, 26 Mar. 2013.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
381

4 May 1904: Rolls-Royce Limited was founded for the manufacture...

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4 May 1904

Rolls-Royce Limited was founded for the manufacture of cars by Frederick Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
336

18 December 1941: Military conscription for women was introduced...

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18 December 1941

Military conscription for women was introduced in Britain when the National Service (Number 2) Act completed its rapid passage through parliament.
Smith, Harold L. “The Effects of the War on the Status of Women”. War and Social Change: British Society in the Second World War, edited by Harold L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 1986.
214
Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
286
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
444
Goldman, Harold. Emma Paterson: She Led Woman into a Man’s World. Lawrence and Wishart, 1974.
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1902: The Victory Kiffer Printing Machine Company...

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1902

The Victory Kiffer Printing Machine Company built a two-page-wide press known as the Victory arched-frame tandem for the Wiltshire Times.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
167

March 1848: Germany and Denmark clashed over Schlesw...

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March 1848

Germany and Denmark clashed over Schleswig-Holstein.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
135
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
175

1895-1910: William John Courthope published A History...

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1895-1910

William John Courthope published A History of English Poetry.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

13 July 1756: East Hoathley in Sussex was shaken by the...

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13 July 1756

East Hoathley in Sussex was shaken by the death of Elizabeth Elless, a destitute single woman who was about to give birth.
Connors, Richard. “Poor women, the parish and the politics of poverty”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 126-47.
126ff

26 January 1950: India was inaugurated as a republic....

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26 January 1950

India was inaugurated as a republic.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
254

9 March 1888: Emperor William I of Germany died; his son...

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9 March 1888

Emperor William I of Germany died; his son William Frederick succeeded him. William Frederick died only three months later, on 15 June, and was in turn succeeded by his son, William II .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
317
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

March 1914: The Little Review, edited by Margaret Anderson...

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March 1914

The Little Review, edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap , began irregular publication.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
11, 60, 100
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1821: Mary Anne Carlile, sister of Richard Carlile...

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1821

Mary Anne Carlile , sister of Richard Carlile (who had published Thomas Paine ), was charged twice with blasphemous libel.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
203

1878: The sensation novel Beneath the Wave by Dora...

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1878

The sensation novel Beneath the Wave by Dora Russell (not, obviously, Dora Russell 1894-1986) appeared in three volumes following serial publication in newspapers.
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.
Maunder, Andrew, and Sally Mitchell, editors. Varieties of Women’s Sensation Fiction, 1855-1880. Vol. 6 vols., Pickering and Chatto.
6: prelims

1855: A halfpenny postal rate was introduced for...

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1855

A halfpenny postal rate was introduced for printed circulars; for letters the penny post remained in force.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
92

1728: An Act of Parliament laid down acceptable...

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1728

An Act of Parliament laid down acceptable levels of wages: a live-in woman servant in her twenties would receive two pounds ten shillings annually, as against her male counterpart's three pounds ten shillings.
Korshin, Paul J. “Johnson’s Life Experience with Poverty”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 3-20.
6

1 January 1785: The Daily Universal Register began publication...

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1 January 1785

The Daily Universal Register began publication in London; it became The Times, or Daily Universal Register, and then on 18 March 1788 simply the Times.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

1980: The Women's Playhouse Trust was founded to...

Women writers item

1980

The Women's Playhouse Trust was founded to improve opportunities in the theatre for women writers, directors, designers, administrators, technicians and actresses,
Page, Louise. Beauty and the Beast. Methuen in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust, 1986.
between 22 and 23
building on feminist fringe activity but within the mainstream.
Carlson, Susan. Women and Comedy: rewriting the British theatrical tradition. University of Michigan Press, 1991.
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Frances Ridley Havergal

FRH was a late Victorian religious poet, children's author, and hymn-writer. Her publications during her lifetime were sporadic, but a flood of her works reached print after her death. She composed more than seventy hymns...
Frances Ridley Havergal Low resolution black and white three-quarter-length photo of Frances Ridley Havergal sitting on a chair, Her hair is braided in a crown on top of her head. She is wearing a dark, long-skirted dress and jacket with white at the throat and wrists. She sits at a table with two drawers, with a basket like a jewel box on the table and a fat book in her lap. Underneath the image her signature is reproduced: "Frances R. Havergal".

1872: The French army was reorganized under Louis...

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1872

The French army was reorganized under Louis Thiers , and conscription was introduced.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
289

1878: Thomas Edison developed the prototype for...

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1878

Thomas Edison developed the prototype for the incandescent filament lamp.
Debeir, Jean-Claude et al. In the Servitude of Power: Energy and Civilization through the Ages. Translator Barzman, John, Zed Books, 1991.
115
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
255

8 July 1874: Edmund Yates and Grenville Murray launched...

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8 July 1874

Edmund Yates and Grenville Murray launched a weekly they called The World, A Journal for Men and Women. It ran until 1922.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Yates
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.

20 November 1945 - 1 October 1946: The first set of Nuremberg trials, called...

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20 November 1945 - 1 October 1946

The first set of Nuremberg trials, called the Trial of the Major War Criminals, took place before the International Military Tribunal.
Linder, Doug. “Charter of the International Military Tribunal (IMT), Indictments, Verdicts and Sentencing of Major War Figures”. Famous Trials: The Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
under Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
Linder, Doug. “Chronology”. Famous Trials: The Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949.