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26 October 1872: The weekly Lady's Own Paper ceased publication;...

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26 October 1872

The weekly Lady's Own Paper ceased publication; it had begun on 24 November 1866.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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January 1894: James Tochatti edited the first issue of...

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January 1894

James Tochatti edited the first issue of Liberty, A Journal of Anarchist Communism, published in London.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
48, 54-56
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Kamila Shamsie

KS is best known for her novels, which engage with political and aesthetic complexities of Pakistani culture. She also contributes short stories to anthologies of both British and Pakistani fiction. Her writing frequently examines topics...
Kamila Shamsie Colour photo of Kamila Shamsie, standing and holding her book Burnt Shadows during the Orange Prize for Fiction event at the Royal Festival Hall in London, 3 June 2009.

1882: An act of parliament was passed granting...

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1882

An act of parliament was passed granting the Charing Cross and Waterloo Electric Railway permission to build the first deep-level railway with electric traction.
Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
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1878: Two years after the first microphone (a telephone...

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1878

Two years after the first microphone (a telephone transmitter made for Alexander Graham Bell ), David Edward Hughes invented the carbon microphone, forerunner of those which revolutionised sound recording around 1925.
Bellis, Mary. “The History of Microphones”. About.com: Inventors.

October 1942: The German Nazi Party prohibited Jews from...

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October 1942

The GermanNazi Party prohibited Jews from buying white bread or meat (in an economy in which every kind of food was becoming scarce).
This information comes from the diaries of Victor Klemperer , first...

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Journalist and editor of the newspaper The Provincial Freeman in the northern US and Canada during the mid nineteenth century, MASC also wrote a short book advocating emigration to Canada for free blacks living in...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary Somewhat blurry black and white photograph of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. She is wearing a top buttoned waistcoat, with the details of her hair not able to be seen, however it seems to be braided back.

29 May 1913: The London premiere of Igor Stravinsky's...

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29 May 1913

The London premiere of Igor Stravinsky 's ballet The Rite of Spring, starring Nijinsky , caused an uproar.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
29 May 2013

15 February 1675: John Crowne's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph...

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15 February 1675

John Crowne 's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph was performed at Court.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 228-9

2 July 1969: Newpapers reported that (following the Abortion...

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2 July 1969

Newpapers reported that (following the Abortion Act of October 1967) abortion trips to England were being organized by the Danish Association for the Individual and Society .
Hindell, Keith, and Madeleine Simms. Abortion Law Reformed. Peter Owen, 1971.
219-20
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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30 October 1981: The British Nationality Act reached the statute...

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30 October 1981

The British Nationality Act reached the statute book, having received the royal assent. It introduced restrictive qualifications for the acquiring of British nationality which were widely felt to be racist in motivation.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
61070 (31 October 1981): 2

1880: Bradbury and Evans's periodical Once a Week...

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1880

Bradbury and Evans 's periodical Once a Week ceased publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
79, 479-80

11 July 1921: Fighting in Ireland between British forces...

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11 July 1921

Fighting in Ireland between British forces and the Irish Republican Army ended in a truce: the next step was to negotiate a new constitutional status for Ireland.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Michael Collins

August 1946: The Women's Timber Corps disbanded....

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August 1946

The Women's Timber Corps disbanded.
Twinch, Carol. Women on the Land: Their Story During Two World Wars. Lutterworth, 1990.
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17 March 1858: The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was...

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17 March 1858

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was established on St Patrick's Day in Dublin by James Stephens . It was popularly known for more than a decade as the Fenians. Later this year John O'Mahony

1893: The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) held...

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1893

The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) held its first independent Congress at Leicester.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
146-8
Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
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1770 or 1771: Scottish painter George Romney did a portrait...

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1770 or 1771

Scottish painter George Romney did a portrait of English painter Mary Moser which shows her using the medium of oils, mark of the professional rather than the amateur.
“Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings”. National Portrait Gallery.

30 March 1851: G. H. Lewes and Thornton Hunt launched a...

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30 March 1851

G. H. Lewes and Thornton Hunt launched a progressive weekly called The Leader; it ran until 31 December 1859.
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.

August 1756: Frederick II of Prussia invaded neutral Saxony,...

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August 1756

Frederick II of Prussia invaded neutral Saxony, finally precipitating the Seven Years' War.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
31
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
643

30 April 1709: A proclamation against gambling and acting...

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30 April 1709

A proclamation against gambling and acting at the traditional, popular, rowdy May Fair (held annually north of Piccadilly in London) caused the event to collapse and the custom to wither.
Rogers, Pat. “The Maypole in the Strand”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
28
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2005, pp. 83-95.
84-5

5 January 1836: The sale of liquor to Native persons was...

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5 January 1836

The sale of liquor to Native persons was prohibited in Upper Canada.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 458

By July 1661: Spring Gardens in London (the pleasure grounds...

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By July 1661

Spring Gardens in London (the pleasure grounds later known as Vauxhall) opened south of the river. There were already mature trees on the site.
Vickery, Amanda. “Venice-on-Thames”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 3, 7 Feb. 2013, pp. 31-2.
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1832: England, France and Russia signed a second...

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1832

England, France and Russia signed a second Treaty of London (two years after the first), which recognized Greece's complete independence from Turkey.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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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.
106: 171-2

17 October 1854: This was the day, according to Frances Isabella...

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17 October 1854

This was the day, according to Frances Isabella Duberly , that after weeks of preparation culminating in continuous firing, the siege of Sebastopol (in the Crimean war) began in earnest.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
207, 209
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
69
Duberly, Frances Isabella. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6. Editor Kelly, Christine, Oxford University Press, 2007.
85, 88