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June 1520: Henry VIII met François I in an international...

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June 1520

Henry VIII met François I in an international peace summit at Guines in France, later known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Rehder, Robert. “Realism Again: Flauberts Barometer and The Unfortunate TravellerNarrative Strategies in Early English Fiction, edited by Wolfgang Görtschacher and Holger Klein, Edwin Mellen Press, 1995, pp. 241-58.
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Cameron, Jennifer. A Dangerous Innovator: Mary Ward (1585-1645). St Pauls Publications, 2000.
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Emma Jane Worboise

EJW was a prolific Victorian novelist who wrote didactic and often sensational tales on domestic, courtship, evangelical, ecumenical (within Protestantism), and anti-Catholic themes. Apart from her nearly fifty novels, she published a book of hymns...
Emma Jane Worboise Colour scan of the cover of Clarissa by Emma Jane Worboise, 1800

February 1927: Alice Holland produced the first issue of...

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February 1927

Alice Holland produced the first issue of Working Woman, a monthly Communist Party paper published in London.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Mary Lavin

ML , an Irishwoman with US experience publishing in the mid and later twentieth century, is primarily known as a writer of short stories (nineteen collections published). She also produced some poetry (early), two novels...
Mary Lavin Black and white, three-quarter-length photograph of Mary Lavin, standing with drapery behind her, seen slightly from below. Her hair is short and rough; she wears a short-sleeved, striped dress with bows on the shoulders and fabric roses over the bust.

1932: The philosopher Dorothy Emmet began her career...

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1932

The philosopher Dorothy Emmet began her career with a study of metaphysics and Alfred North Whitehead in her work Whitehead's Philosophy of Organism which is particularly useful for its elucidation of terminology.
Kersey, Ethel M. Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book. Greenwood, 1989.
98

Anna Trapnel

AT was a mid-seventeenth-century prophetic writer who published six tracts having strong sectarian and political import: expressing and even shaping the views of her Fifth Monarchist sect. Some of her printed works were taken down...
Anna Trapnel Line engraving of Anna Trapnel after Richard Gaywood, published by J. Caulfield in 1823. She is shown wearing Quaker dress, including a tall hat, and in conference with a devil. The print is captioned: "Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker, and pretended prophetess. . . . For an account of this extraordinary women, see Heath's Chronicle, Cromwelliana & the High Court of Justice."

1891: The British patent for aluminium litho-plates...

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1891

The British patent for aluminium litho-plates was awarded to Mullaby and Bullock .
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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1881: University College, Dundee, was founded....

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1881

University College, Dundee, was founded.
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.
650-51

7 October 1748: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the War...

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7 October 1748

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the War of the Austrian Succession, known in North America as King George's War.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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1909: The Association of London Married Women Teachers...

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1909

The Association of London Married Women Teachers was established.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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: About a week after the Cuban missile crisis...

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Late autumn 1962

About a week after the Cuban missile crisis eased, a Russian agent, Colonel Oleg Penkovsky , used in a phone call to his MI6 contact the pre-arranged code that signified nuclear attack was imminent.
Rose, David. “The Closest Call”. The Observer, 3 Mar. 2002, p. Review 15.
Review 15

1991: Rabbi Julia Neuberger published a book entitled...

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1991

Rabbi Julia Neuberger published a book entitled Whatever's Happening to Women? Promises, Practices, and Payoffs.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
503

1833-1837: This was the first boom period of railway...

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1833-1837

This was the first boom period of railway promotion.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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Felicia Hemans

A major Romantic poet and the most popular woman poet (or poetess as she and others expressed it) in English during the nineteenth century, FH published nineteen volumes of verse and two dramas. While most...
Felicia Hemans Black and white photograph of a painting of Felicia Hemans, seated with her head turned in profile and her arm resting on a rug draped over her chair, She is wearing a light billowy dress with tight high waist, puffed sleeves, large laced collar, and voluminous skirt. She holds a book or album with clasps.

1826: Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate...

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1826

Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate of nine shillings per pound; this rate decreased over the next decades.
Parssinen, Terry M. Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs in British Society 1820-1930. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
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9 October 1738: The audience at the New Haymarket Theatre...

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9 October 1738

The audience at the New Haymarket Theatre rioted against the appearance of a company of French comedians.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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31 March 1859: Edward FitzGerald published, privately and...

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31 March 1859

Edward FitzGerald published, privately and anonymously in a limited edition on his fiftieth birthday, his free translation in couplet stanzas of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Martin, Robert Bernard. With Friends Possessed: A Life of Edward Fitzgerald. Atheneum, 1985.
210, 218-20
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
31 March 2008
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
31 March 2009

1914: Una Ashworth Taylor released her critical...

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1914

Una Ashworth Taylor released her critical study of Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1903: Woman's World began publication in Londo...

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1903

Woman's World began publication in London.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

November 1898: A magazine entitled Girl's Realm began publication...

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November 1898

A magazine entitled Girl's Realm began publication during a wave of new periodicals addressed to girl readers; it ran until November 1915.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
190, 217
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.

30 March 1730: Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce opened...

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30 March 1730

Henry Fielding 's The Author's Farce opened at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket , which was currently presenting its first season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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1852: Tolstoy's first published work, Childhood,...

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1852

Tolstoy 's first published work, Childhood, appeared in the Russian literary journal entitled Contemporary.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Noyes, George Rapall. Tolstoy. Dover Publications, 1968.
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Karl Marx

Karl Marx Black-and-white photograph of Karl Marx by John Jabez Edwin Mayal, before August 1875. Marx, with bushy hair, beard, and moustache, sits looking directly at the viewer, with his right hand tucked into the breast of his jacket.

1994: The British Arts Council formulated a policy...

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1994

The British Arts Council formulated a policy whereby developers applying for planning permission are requested to spend one or a half percent of their planning gain on art for the development.
Webb, Julia. “Social Sculpture”. The Oxford Times, 3 Nov. 2006, pp. 33-5.