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2 April 1720: Handel and the Royal Academy of Music opened...

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2 April 1720

Handel and the Royal Academy of Music opened the first season of Italian opera in several years at the Haymarket . The Royal Academy of Music continued offering opera there until 1728.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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17 July 1959: While her husband Louis was in bed with the...

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17 July 1959

While her husband Louis was in bed with the flu, Mary Leakey discovered the 1.75-million-year-old skull of australopithicus boisei, better known as Nutcracker Man, in Olduvai (or properly Oldubai) Gorge, Tanzania.
Europeans wrongly...

6 November 1910: Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists...

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6 November 1910

Roger Fry organised the Manet and Post-Impressionists exhibition at the Grafton Galleries , which presented the art of Cézanne , Gauguin , Matisse , and Picasso to London for the first time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
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Woolf, Virginia. Roger Fry. Hogarth Press, 1940.
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Anscombe, Isabelle. Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts. Thames and Hudson, 1981.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1958: Nuffield College in Oxford received its charter,...

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1958

Nuffield College in Oxford received its charter, as the university's first entirely postgraduate college and the first to take both sexes.
Walker, J. P. “Think tank”. Oxford Today, Vol.
13
, No. 3, 2001, pp. 32-3.
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29 October-13 November 1929: The Dow Jones Industrial Index plummeted...

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29 October-13 November 1929

The Dow Jones Industrial Index plummeted down as investors made a run on the New York stock exchange, till it crashed: more than thirty billion US dollars were lost on Wall Street.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

19 July 1870: Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, initiating...

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19 July 1870

Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
92, 97
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
257
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Millman, Richard. British Foreign Policy and the Coming of the Franco-Prussian War. Clarendon, 1965.
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Raymond, Dora Neill. British Policy and Opinion During the Franco-Prussian War. AMS, 1967.
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Carr, William. The Origins of the Wars of German Unification. Longman, 1991.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
292, 294
Dupuy, R. Ernest, and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present. 2nd ed., Jane’s, 1986.
832, 837

By 1761: Harris's List of Covent-garden Ladies: Or,...

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By 1761

Harris's List of Covent-garden Ladies: Or, New Atlantis, a directory of prostitutes, was being printed annually under this title.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber, 2003.
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11 January 1902: At a convention held at Cassel,a constitution...

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11 January 1902

At a convention held at Cassel,a constitution was drawn up for the Anti-Duelling League (proposed at Frankfort-on-Main almost a year before).
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

1885: A proponent of the rational dress movement,...

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1885

A proponent of the rational dress movement, Mrs Ada Ballin , published The Science of Dress.
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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September 1966: Martha Gellhorn published in The Guardian...

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September 1966

Martha Gellhorn published in The Guardian (formerly the Manchester Guardian) six articles about the civilian angle in the Vietnam War: at that time something no one had thought to cover.
Fox, Lorna Scott. “No Intention of Retreating”. London Review of Books, 2 Sept. 2004, pp. 26-8.
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Gellhorn, Martha. The Face of War. Virago, 1986.
prelims, 216n

April 1877: A Times editorial pronounced, if lunacy continues...

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April 1877

A Times editorial pronounced, if lunacy continues to increase as at present, the insane will be in the majority, and freeing themselves, will put the sane in asylums.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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August 1791: Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill:...

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August 1791

Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill: Sierra Leone in West Africa (where an attempt to establish free black settlers had failed) was designated an asylum for emancipated slaves, organized by British Evangelicals.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
61 (1791): 735

1840: The transportation of British convicts to...

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1840

The transportation of British convicts to New South Wales ended.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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30 March 1790: An advertisement appeared in The World inviting...

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30 March 1790

An advertisement appeared in The World inviting benevolent persons to subscribe for the benefit of a recent widow of a major in the British Army , left with Seven Children without any means of support.
Behrendt, Stephen C. “Women without Men: Barbara Hofland and the Economics of Widowhood”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
17
, No. 3, Apr. 2005, pp. 481-08.
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1865: Arthur Munby published Verses New and Ol...

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1865

Arthur Munby published Verses New and Old.
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.

Harriet E. Wilson

HEW , the first black woman to publish a novel—Hannah Crafts may have written the first one,—in the USA, created the form for such novels by subverting the form of fiction offered her...

22 December 1884: The British Gynaecological Society was f...

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22 December 1884

The British Gynaecological Society was founded.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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1857: J. F. Hope of London published the two volumes...

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1857

J. F. Hope of London published the two volumes of Mrs Robert Cartwright's third novel, The Royal Sisters; or Pictures of a Court.
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.

June 1886-September 1886: During these months, Belfast was subjected...

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June 1886-September 1886

During these months, Belfast was subjected to several bloody disturbances by Ulster Unionists .
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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30 January 1948: Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi...

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30 January 1948

Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi by a Hindu who claimed to be acting in retribution for Gandhi's part in the partition of India.
“Obituary: Mr. Gandhi, Apostle of Independence”. Times, 31 Jan. 1948, p. 6.
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9 July 1902: The first motorboat to cross the Atlantic...

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9 July 1902

The first motorboat to cross the Atlantic arrived at Falmouth in Cornwall.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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September 1828: Catherine McAuley opened in Baggot Street,...

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September 1828

Catherine McAuley opened in Baggot Street, Dublin, her first House of Mercy , a centre for charity and teaching.
Atkinson, Norman. Irish Education: A History of Educational Institutions. Allen Figgis, 1969.
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1826: Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum...

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1826

Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum in the USA at Millbury, Massachusetts. This was a volunteer centre for adult education, which ran meetings, discussion groups, and lectures. Other such institutions quickly sprang up, and...

Late 1940: During heavy bombing of London by Hitler's...

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Late 1940

During heavy bombing of London by Hitler 's airforce, film-maker Sydney Box reported anti-semitism in the British Air Ministry , who wanted someone to make a propaganda film but won't do business with Jews.
Box, Muriel. Odd Woman Out. Leslie Frewin, 1974.
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April 1927: Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas, began...

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April 1927

Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas , began irregular publication in Paris.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
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