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July 1978: Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement...

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July 1978

Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award for her book on butterfly conservation, Butterflies on My Mind: Their Life and Conservation in Britain Today, with illustrations by Brian Hargreaves and a...

James Anthony Froude

1938: Edith Summerskill, feminist and medical reformer,...

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1938

Edith Summerskill , feminist and medical reformer, was instrumental in the year that also saw her first election to parliament in establishing the Married Women's Association with the purpose to researching the welfare of married...

1899-1907: Sir Arthur Evans carried out excavations...

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1899-1907

Sir Arthur Evans carried out excavations at Knossos in Crete, the palace famed in Greek myth as the site of Theseus' victory over the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
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Beard, Mary. “Builder of Ruins”. London Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2000, pp. 26-7.
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October 1839-August 1841: Samuel Warren's Ten Thousand A Year was serialised...

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October 1839-August 1841

Samuel Warren 's Ten Thousand A Year was serialised in Blackwood's Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.

17 November 1750: Westminster Bridge was opened: only the second...

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17 November 1750

Westminster Bridge was opened: only the second bridge over the Thames in London.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1871-1872: During this period, the South Kensington...

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1871-1872

During this period, the South Kensington Museum acquired substantial holdings in Oriental design and applied art.
Spencer, Robin. The Aesthetic Movement: Theory and Practice. Studio Vista, 1972.
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Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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1891: Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway...

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1891

Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1646: Sir John Suckling's poetry volume Fragmenta...

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1646

Sir John Suckling 's poetry volume Fragmenta Aurea (Golden Fragments) appeared in print five years after his death.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

10 October 2006: Kiran Desai won the Man Booker Prize for...

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10 October 2006

Kiran Desai won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.
“The Man Booker Prize: Prize Archive 2006”. The Man Booker Prize.
McConville, Brigid. “Born to write”. Mslexia, No. 32, Jan. 2007, pp. 9-12.
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“Tears, tiffs and triumphs”. Guardian Unlimited, 6 Sept. 2008.

1915: Elinor Glyn lost her suit for infringement...

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1915

Elinor Glyn lost her suit for infringement of copyright against the producer of a film parodying her 1907 bestseller Three Weeks.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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Later 1885: In the wake of the white slavery scandal,...

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Later 1885

In the wake of the white slavery scandal, Anglican bishops, freethinkers, and socialists formed a short-lived coalition to work against the sexual abuse of children.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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1779: Numbers of Irish Volunteers (unofficial paramilitaries...

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1779

Numbers of Irish Volunteers (unofficial paramilitaries replacing British troops withdrawn from Ireland to fight in America) rose steeply, from fifteen thousand to fifty thousand.
Curley, Thomas. “Johnson and the Irish: A Post-Colonial Survey of the Irish Literary Renaissance in Imperial Great Britain”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
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, AMS Press, 2001, pp. 67-197.
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1873: Sigmund Freud enrolled in medical school...

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1873

Sigmund Freud enrolled in medical school at the University of Vienna .
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
457

22 July 1822: The New Marriage Act (short for the Act for...

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22 July 1822

The New Marriage Act (short for the Act for the Better Prevention of Clandestine Marriages) was passed, reforming the requirements as to parental consent.
Laws, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Respecting Marriage; including an abstract of the New Marriage Act. Briscoe, 1822.

10 February 1949: Arthur Miller's tragedy Death of a Salesman,...

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10 February 1949

Arthur Miller 's tragedy Death of a Salesman, directed by Elia Kazan , opened on Broadway to great enthusiasm from critics.
Solman, Paul. “Interview with Arthur Miller”. PBS: Online Newshour: An American Classic, 10 Feb. 1999.
Ratcliffe, Michael. “Obituary: Arthur Miller”. Guardian Weekly, 18–24 Feb. 2005, p. 29.
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Hurwitt, Robert. “Arthur Miller: 1915-2005”. SFGate.com: San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2005, p. A 1.

May 1839: Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed...

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May 1839

Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed coup in Paris; Blanqui was jailed for eight years.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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1918: Guests of the Heart, a short collection of...

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1918

Guests of the Heart, a short collection of essays and speeches, was published by Peggy Webling .
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.

1823: Dr James Blundell first suggested that women...

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1823

Dr James Blundell first suggested that women undergoing a Caesarian birth should be sterilized immediately to forestall the likelihood of a second Caesarian.
Wood, Clive. Vasectomy and Sterilization. Temple Smith, 1974.
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1768: The Countess of Huntingdon opened Trevecca...

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1768

The Countess of Huntingdon opened Trevecca College , for the training of evangelical Dissenting ministers, at Trevecca, Brecknockshire, Wales.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Staves, Susan. “Church of England Clergy and Women Writers”. Reconsidering the Bluestockings, edited by Nicole Pohl and Betty Schellenberg, Huntington Library, 2003, pp. 81-103.
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By 19 October 1814: The Episcopal Church in India was founded,...

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By 19 October 1814

The Episcopal Church in India was founded, with Thomas Fanshaw Middleton installed as the subcontinent's first Anglican bishop.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Evelyn Sharp

ES , whose career occupied the end of the nineteenth century and the first several decades of the twentieth, wrote books for children, journalism, polemic (on behalf of suffragist, internationalist, pacifist, and other movements), novels...
Evelyn Sharp Black-and-white photo of Evelyn Sharp at her home, standing in front of a bookcase and holding a book open in front of her, 16 February 1951.

April 1978: A number of punk and rock bands performed...

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April 1978

A number of punk and rock bands performed at the large-scale Rock Against Racism concert in Victoria Park in East London.
Sweeting, Adam. “Poly Styrene”. The Guardian, 27 Apr. 2011, p. 37.
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1929: J. C. Du Plessis (writing in Afrikaans) made...

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1929

J. C. Du Plessis (writing in Afrikaans) made the first use of the term apartheid to be recorded in the OED.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

15 March 1672: Charles II promulgated a Declaration of Indulgence,...

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15 March 1672

Charles II promulgated a Declaration of Indulgence, repealing all penal laws in force against nonconformist s or recusants in England. This was, however, withdrawn after a year.
“The Declaration of Indulgence, 1672”. Humanities Web: History.