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1895: The Kiel Canal in Germany was completed....

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1895

The Kiel Canal in Germany was completed.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1643: Mrs Perwich founded an academy for girls...

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1643

Mrs Perwich founded an academy for girls in Hackney.
Smith, Hilda L. Reason’s Disciples: Seventeenth-Century English Feminists. University of Illinois Press, 1982.
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Reynolds, Myra. The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760. Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
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1848: The Society of Arts annual exhibition attracted...

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1848

The Society of Arts annual exhibition attracted 70,000 visitors.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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11 October 1962: Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican...

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11 October 1962

Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Stanford, Peter. “How the Catholic Church Differs from Other Denominations”. BBC: Society and Culture: Religion and Ethics: Christianity: Subdivisions: The Catholic Church, pp. 1-3.
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6 October 1891: Charles Parnell, Irish patriot, died at Brighton...

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6 October 1891

Charles Parnell , Irish patriot, died at Brighton in Sussex; Virginia Woolf used his death to date the second section in her novel The Years, 1937.
Woolf, Virginia. The Years. Hogarth Press, 1979.
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30 May 1771: A letter to the Gazetteer attributed all...

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30 May 1771

A letter to the Gazetteer attributed all the faults of French absolutist government to the influence of madame Du Barry (1746-93, mistress to the former monarch Louis XV) and to Marie Antoinette .
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Mary Martin

MM produced during her short, mid-nineteenth-century career, two novels and a few pieces of journalism. Her novel Julia Howard conveys her love of Ireland and a powerfully rendered sense of dispossession and persecution resulting from...

22 May 1915: Britain's worst rail disaster, caused by...

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22 May 1915

Britain's worst rail disaster, caused by a signalling error, occurred near Carlisle, over the Scottish border.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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January 1979: The Feminist Review, an academic and theoretical...

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January 1979

The Feminist Review, an academic and theoretical journal, began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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25 November 1689: The House of Commons accepted the final wording...

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25 November 1689

The House of Commons accepted the final wording of the Revolution Settlement, or what became known as the Bill of Rights, the nearest thing to a British constitution.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Atkyns

13 July 1793: Charlotte Corday, a Royalist from Normandy,...

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13 July 1793

Charlotte Corday , a Royalist from Normandy, assassinated Marat as he lay in his bath.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
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Craciun, Adriana, and Kari E. Lokke, editors. “The New Cordays: Helen Craik and British Representations of Charlotte Corday, 1793-1800”. Rebellious Hearts: British Women Writers and the French Revolution, State University of New York Press, 2001, pp. 193-32.
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25 July 1907: Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout...

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25 July 1907

Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout movement. Its purpose was to teach outdoor survival and character building through an approach which moved its learners through successive levels of skills.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

1863: Luman Chapman patented in the USA what was...

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1863

Luman Chapman patented in the USA what was probably the first bra: his breast puffs worked differently from a corset by supporting breasts from elastic shoulder straps.
Farrell-Beck, Jane, and Colleen Gau. Uplift: The Bra in America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
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9 March 1857: The Penal Servitude Act of 1853 link to 1853...

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9 March 1857

The Penal Servitude Act of 1853 was amended.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

28 September 1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, poet, critic, and...

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28 September 1824

Francis Turner Palgrave , poet, critic, and anthologist, was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1927: Victor Gollancz established his own publishing...

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1927

Victor Gollancz established his own publishing house at 14 Henrietta Street, London.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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19 April 1791: Wilberforce's motion to abolish the slave-trade...

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19 April 1791

Wilberforce 's motion to abolish the slave-trade (put on 18 April) was defeated in the House of Commons .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

15 June 1215: King John signed the Magna Carta or Great...

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15 June 1215

King John signed the Magna Carta or Great Charter at Runnymede (near Egham, Surrey) at the behest of powerful barons.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Gillingham, John. “The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 104-65.
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23 January 1806: The death of William Pitt after a long term...

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23 January 1806

The death of William Pitt after a long term as Prime Minister and war leader altered the face of English politics.
Caplan, Clive. “Jane Austen’s Banker Brother: Henry Thomas Austen of Austen and Co., 1801-1816”. Persuasions, Vol.
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, 1998, pp. 69-90.
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September 1914: The Women's Volunteer Reserve was established...

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September 1914

The Women's Volunteer Reserve was established by the Hon. Evelina Haverfield as a branch of the Women's Emergency Corps .
Gould, Jenny. “Women’s Military Services in First World War Britain”. Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars, Yale University Press, 1987, pp. 114-25.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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1979: St Vincent and the Grenadines became independent...

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1979

St Vincent and the Grenadines became independent from Britain.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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1993: Twice in a Blue Moon, a detective novel from...

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1993

Twice in a Blue Moon, a detective novel from Irish-born, cosmopolitan writer Patricia Moyes , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

28 July 1995: The official name of Bombay in India changed...

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28 July 1995

The official name of Bombay in India changed to Mumbai (of which the Hindi form is Bambai).
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1840s: Advertisers packed London streets with large...

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1840s

Advertisers packed London streets with large models of various products; fantastic items such as seven-foot-tall top hats and sides of bacon were frequently seen as they were pulled through the roadways mounted on carts.
Fenstermaker, John J. “Thomas Carlyle, Popular Advertising, and the Commerical Spirit in Victorian England”. Studies in Popular Culture, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1992, pp. 25-36.
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1918: The University College of Leicester was founded;...

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1918

The University College of Leicester was founded; it became the University of Leicester in 1957.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Curtis, Stanley James. History of Education in Great Britain. Seventh, University Tutorial Press, 1967.
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