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16 December 1927: The Malthusian League disbanded....

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16 December 1927

The Malthusian League disbanded.
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
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Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
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December 1709-February 1710: During a great frost of three months, fairs...

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December 1709-February 1710

During a great frost of three months, fairs were held on the frozen Thames at London.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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By June 1927: Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, The...

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By June 1927

Ernest Hemingway 's first major novel, The Sun Also Rises, which had appeared in the USA the previous October under its enduring title, was issued in Britain as Fiesta.
“New Novels: Fiesta”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1326, 30 June 1927, p. 454.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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28 February 1874: Ellen Terry returned to the stage in The...

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28 February 1874

Ellen Terry returned to the stage in The Wandering Heir.
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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14 August 1778: A Relief Act for Irish Catholics received...

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14 August 1778

A Relief Act for Irish Catholics received the royal assent: though it granted Catholics far less than full civil rights, it generated fierce popular opposition.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
48 (1778): 480, 324, 387

994: Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of...

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994

Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of Theodulf of Orleans, which advocated the co-education of girls and boys at the elementary level.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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Up to 5 August 1962: Nelson Mandela travelled round many African...

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Up to 5 August 1962

Nelson Mandela travelled round many African countries raising support for the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa. On this date he was arrested, charged with leaving the country illegally, and imprisoned.
Johnson, Richard William. “An Unreliable Friend”. London Review of Books, 19 Aug. 1999, pp. 27-8.
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Ratnikas, Algis. TimelinesDb. 2007, http://www.timelinesdb.com/.

1916: Special clinics were set up in England for...

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1916

Special clinics were set up in England for the investigation and treatment of venereal disease.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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Kennedy, Meegan. “Syphilis and the Hysterical Female: the limits of realism in Sarah Grands The Heavenly TwinsWomens Writing, Vol.
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, No. 2, 2004, pp. 259-80.
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10 January 1880: The first issue of The Modern Review: A Quarterly...

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10 January 1880

The first issue of The Modern Review: A Quarterly Magazine was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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1765: Thirty-eight women (as against fifty-seven...

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1765

Thirty-eight women (as against fifty-seven men) were officially licensed this year as merchants or retailers in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
VanBurkleo, Sandra F. “Declarations of independence”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 9, June 2001, p. 10.
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: John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen...

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Autumn 1706

John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen Swiny , appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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1 January 1600: Scotland, by decree of its Privy Council...

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1 January 1600

Scotland, by decree of its Privy Council and a century and half before England, changed the official date of New Year from 25 March to 1 January.
GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy. http://www.genuki.org.uk/.

26 January 2009: Cambridge University announced that Anne...

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26 January 2009

Cambridge University announced that Anne Jarvis , former Sub-Librarian, had been appointed its first woman University Librarian .
“Cambridge appoints first female University Librarian”. Cambridge University. News and Events, 26 Jan. 2009.

28 May 1777: William Robertson published at London and...

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28 May 1777

William Robertson published at London and Edinburgh his History of America, which is in effect a history of European colonization.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

4 August 1944: The Dutch Jewish family of Otto Frank, including...

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4 August 1944

The Dutch Jewish family of Otto Frank , including fifteen-year old Anne Frank , were betrayed to the Gestapo after more than two years of hiding in their secret annexe above the offices at 263...

1917: The Secondary School Examinations Council...

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1917

The Secondary School Examinations Council was set up and the School Certificate Examination established as a qualification for school leavers.
Gordon, Peter et al. Education and Policy in England in the Twentieth Century. Woburn, 1991.
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4 October 1911: The first electric escalators in the UK were...

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4 October 1911

The first electric escalators in the UK were installed, at Earl's Court underground station, London.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Trotter, David. “Savage Rush”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 20, 22 Oct. 2010, pp. 30-1.
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Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
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By July 1794: William Godwin published his best-known novel,...

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By July 1794

William Godwin published his best-known novel, Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 11 (1794): 290-6
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
6 (1758): 170-1
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.
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.

1915: The International Association of Women Police...

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1915

The International Association of Women Police was founded under the leadership of Alice Stebbings-Wells , a matron of the Los Angeles police force.
Carrier, John. The Campaign for the Employment of Women as Police Officers. Avebury; Gower, 1988.
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1926: The Hadow Report (The Education of the Adolescent)...

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1926

The Hadow Report (The Education of the Adolescent) was published; it recommended the division of schools into primary (up to age eleven) and secondary (up to age fifteen) levels; barriers between school and...

21 April 1509: King Henry VII died; the next day Henry VIII...

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21 April 1509

King Henry VII died; the next day Henry VIII assumed the throne of England. He began his reign by marrying Catherine of Aragon , widow of his brother Arthur.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Duffy, Eamon. “The Unlikeliest Loophold”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 15, 28 July 2011, pp. 17-18.
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1824: The Jamaica Assembly, as representatives...

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1824

The Jamaica Assembly, as representatives of the people (that is, of the white plantation owners), declared their determination to resist attempts by the British Parliament to implement abolition of slavery.
Almeida, Joselyn M. “Locating Romanticism’s Transatlantic Song”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
10
, No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1999, pp. 401-23.
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1850s: During this decade of rapid economic expansion,...

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1850s

During this decade of rapid economic expansion, many successful female retailers sold their businesses to men.
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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1801: Thomas Spence, a radical bookseller, published...

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1801

Thomas Spence , a radical bookseller, published a pamphlet to advocate easy divorce, which he thought one of the first issues that would be tackled in the case of political revolution.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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6 June 1904: A. H. Bullen founded the Shakespeare Head...

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6 June 1904

A. H. Bullen founded the Shakespeare Head Press at 21 Chapel Street, Stratford upon Avon, two doors away from New Place, Stratford upon Avon, the house which Shakespeare bought in 1597.
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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Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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