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1742: At a boarding school for girls in Covent...

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1742

At a boarding school for girls in Covent Garden, London, the curriculum included English, arithmetic, geography, drawing, and domestic science.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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1939 (before September): Britain passed the Military Training Bill,...

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1939 (before September)

Britain passed the Military Training Bill, which introduced a system of compulsory military training.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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1856: O'Donovan Rossa established the nationalist...

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1856

O'Donovan Rossa established the nationalist Phoenix Society in Skibbereen, Ireland.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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1838 - 1849: Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber) published...

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1838 - 1849

Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber) published her edition and translation into English of the most famous Welsh epic: The Mabinogion: from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest, and other ancient Welsh manuscripts.
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.
The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
620 (14 September 1839): 694

1946: Lilian Lindsay became the first female president...

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1946

Lilian Lindsay became the first female president of the British Dental Association at its annual meeting in Edinburgh.
British Dental Association. The Advance of the Dental Profession: A Centenary History, 1880-1980. British Dental Association, 1979.
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Margaret Emily Shore

MES , who died in her twentieth year in 1839, became known for precocious writing in several genres: poetry, short fiction, science writing, and—the best-known of her works and almost all that survives—the diary of...
Margaret Emily Shore Half-length engraving, c. 1838, of Margaret Emily Shore, seated with a bird on her lap (perhaps the cuckoo she published on). Only her face and the bird are rendered in detail. Below, her name and age (nineteen) are given in capitals. National Portrait Gallery.

9 November 1938: Jewish citizens of Germany were attacked...

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9 November 1938

Jewish citizens of Germany were attacked and murdered, their property and synagogues looted and burned; the evening of destruction became known as Kristallnacht, from the broken glass in the streets.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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7 April 1908: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal) became the...

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7 April 1908

Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal ) became the British Prime Minister following the resignation of Campbell-Bannerman .
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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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Sramek, Joseph. “Lloyd George’s ’People’s Budget’, and the Parliamentary Act of 1911, 12 June 1998”. History and Politics: Modern British History.

27 December 1943: As the Allied invasion of Italy progressed,...

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27 December 1943

As the Allied invasion of Italy progressed, Canadian troops seized Ortona after particularly fierce street fighting.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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18 April 1906: San Francisco suffered a major earthquake:...

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18 April 1906

San Francisco suffered a major earthquake: 8.25 on the Richter scale. A three-minute shock at about 5 a.m. was followed by lesser shocks.
Bernard, Bruce, editor. Century. Phaidon, 2002.
66, 141
“19 April 1906. Earthquake in San Francisco”. Guardian Weekly, 19 Apr. 2013, p. 22.

16 February 1923: Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen's Tomb in Egypt...

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16 February 1923

Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen's Tomb in Egypt was opened by Howard Carter , revealing astonishing ancient treasures.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 594

1977: The Women's Press was founded in London....

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1977

The Women's Press was founded in London.
Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
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U. A. Fanthorpe

The poetry of UAF was hailed with some enthusiasm when it began to appear in print in the later twentieth century. She was a late starter but once started was consistently prolific. She published verse...
U. A. Fanthorpe Black and white, head-and-shoulders photo of U. A. Fanthorpe. She has short hair, and wears large-rimmed glasses, and a dark jacket or sweater with a dog brooch over a white shirt.

1856: The National Portrait Gallery was founded,...

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1856

The National Portrait Gallery was founded, largely through the advocacy of Lord Stanhope , who was president of the Society of Arts at the time.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp.

4-5 February 1889: During anti-foreign riots at Chin-Kiang in...

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4-5 February 1889

During anti-foreign riots at Chin-Kiang in China, the British consulate and foreigners' houses were burnt.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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19 April 1928: The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary...

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19 April 1928

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary reached completion with the publication of the final volume. (The first had appeared on 1 February 1884.)
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
19 April 2013

1775: Richard Arkwright's latest, duly patented...

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1775

Richard Arkwright 's latest, duly patented machine proved capable of itself carrying through the entire process of yarn manufacture.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1769: Edward Bancroft published his Essay on the...

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1769

Edward Bancroft published his Essay on the Natural History of Guiana, which includes arguments for the moral justification of slavery.
London, April. Women and Property in the Eighteenth-Century Novel. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
87-8, 90

2 August 1270: Louis IX of France (also called St Louis)...

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2 August 1270

Louis IX of France (also called St Louis) died at Carthage on the final crusade (the second of his reign).
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

3 May 1951: King George VI opened the Festival of Britain...

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3 May 1951

King George VI opened the Festival of Britain (designed to showcase the modern, postwar, post-imperial nation) from the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. He also opened the Royal Festival Hall .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Hacking, Ian. “Gabble, Twitter and Hoot”. London Review of Books, 1 July 1999, pp. 15-16.
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11 June 1713: Daniel Defoe issued the last number of his...

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11 June 1713

Daniel Defoe issued the last number of his periodical, A Review.
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.

May 1918: The Cape to Cairo Railroad was substantially...

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May 1918

The Cape to Cairo Railroad was substantially completed; this made it possible to travel by rail and steamer (with the exception of approximately three hundred miles) from the southern tip of Africa to the north...

1885: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...

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1885

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge published the comedic novel A Woman of Business by Mary Bramston , with illustrations by W. H. Overend .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

30 September 1774: Thomas Warton, having issued volume one of...

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30 September 1774

Thomas Warton , having issued volume one of A History of English Poetry this year (with an essay prefixed, Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe, was nearly ready to go to press...

1864: Strikes were made legal in France....

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1864

Strikes were made legal in France.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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