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15 September 1924: The BBC began broadcasting in Belfast, Northern...

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15 September 1924

The BBC began broadcasting in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Cathcart, Rex. The Most Contrary Region: The BBC in Northern Ireland 1924-1984. Blackstaff Press, 1984.
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By May 1733: More than 20,000 children were reported by...

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By May 1733

More than 20,000 children were reported by an article in the Gentleman's Magazine to have attended charity schools in London since the beginning of the century.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Late 1973: Following the Yom Kippur war, Arab oil producers...

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Late 1973

Following the Yom Kippur war, Arab oil producers put an embargo on oil supply to states which supported Israel; prices rose steeply and recession set in around the world.
Anderson, Perry. “Confronting Defeat”. London Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2002, pp. 10-17.
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Frankel, Glenn. “U.S. plan to seize oilfields”. Guardian Weekly, 6–14 Jan. 2003, p. 29.
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Evelyn Underhill

Perhaps more than any other person in the twentieth century, EU was responsible for fanning interest in and shaping the study of mysticism. Most of her works draw on her extensive knowledge of mystical texts...
Evelyn Underhill Black and white head-shot of Evelyn Underhill, in profile with her gaze downcast. Her hair is smoothed back.

September 1920: The civil disobedience campaign against British...

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September 1920

The civil disobedience campaign against British rule in India began; it involved an immense non-cooperation movement, including a boycott of foreign cloth and British imports.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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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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1888: The Central National Society for Women's...

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1888

The Central National Society for Women's Suffrage was founded.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Maria Theresa Kemble

MTK was an actress and playwright who began her acting career in London at the age of eight and her public career as a writer just before the dawn of the nineteenth century. She wrote...
Maria Theresa Kemble Painting of Maria Theresa Kemble by Samuel de Wilde, in character as the male lover, Patie, in a stage version of Allan Ramsay's Scottish pastoral "The Gentle Shepherd" (which she first played in 1796). She stands in a meadow among mountains, holding a shepherd's crook, dressed in white shirt and trousers, with a tartan jacket, cummerbund, and Scots bonnet sporting a large black feather. Garrick Club.

1970: Australian playwright Barbara Vernon published...

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1970

Australian playwright Barbara Vernon published her first novel, Bellbird: The Story of a Country Town, based on her own television scripts.
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.

3 May 1830: The Tyler Hill Tunnel, the first railway...

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3 May 1830

The Tyler Hill Tunnel, the first railway tunnel used for passenger traffic, was opened.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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Historians differ: Hamilton Ellis gives this date; Leonard Bruno gives 4 May.

November 1842: Elizabeth Planché's comedy The Welsh Girl...

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November 1842

Elizabeth Planché 's comedy The Welsh Girl premiered at the Haymarket .
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
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1653: Andrew Sowle finished his apprenticeship...

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1653

Andrew Sowle finished his apprenticeship (to the Nonconformist printer Ruth Raworth ), and began printing Quaker texts from an unknown address.
Bracken, James K., and Joel Silver, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 170. Gale Research, 1996.
249, 250

5 January 1921: The Manchester Guardian reported the summoning...

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5 January 1921

The Manchester Guardian reported the summoning of the first women to serve on the juries of the Central Criminal Court as an event of considerable importance in England's judicial history.
Woman Correspondent, A. “12 January 1921, Women’s new sphere jury service”. Guardian Weekly, 13 Jan. 2012, p. 22.
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21 September 1938: Emlyn Williams's play The Corn is Green,...

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21 September 1938

Emlyn Williams 's play The Corn is Green, set in a Welsh mining town, was presented at the Duchess Theatre in London, starring Williams himself, with Sybil Thorndike as an elderly schoolmistress.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Brownstone, David, and Irene Franck. Timelines of the Arts and Literature. HarperCollins, 1994.
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1843: The Associate Institute, a social purity...

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1843

The Associate Institute, a social purity group, failed in its attempt to form female auxiliaries to assist in their fight against vice and prostitution.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1928: The General Assembly of the Unitarian and...

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1928

The General Assembly of the Unitarian and Free Christian Churches was formed to unite the different political branches of the Nonconformist churches.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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1930: Kingsley Martin took over from Clifford Sharp...

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1930

Kingsley Martin took over from Clifford Sharp as editor of the New Statesman; in the same year it merged with The Nation to form the New Statesman and Nation.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.

1906: Mary MacArthur founded the National Federation...

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1906

Mary MacArthur founded the National Federation of Women Workers in England and Scotland.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Lorwin, Val R., and Sarah Boston. “Great Britain”. Women and Trade Unions in Eleven Industrialized Countries, edited by Alice H. Cook et al., Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 140-61.
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Lawrence, Elizabeth. Gender and Trade Unions. Taylor and Francis, 1994.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Mary MacArthur

9 July 1914: The Representative Church Council voted to...

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9 July 1914

The Representative Church Council voted to allow women to sit on local parish councils.
Heeney, Brian. “The Beginnings of Church Feminism: Women and the Councils of the Church of England, 1897-1919”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 260-84.
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11 November 1911: The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after...

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11 November 1911

The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after a successful trial season run by actor Basil Dean .
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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2 July 1877: John Ruskin wrote a scathing review of Whistler...

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2 July 1877

John Ruskin wrote a scathing review of Whistler 's Nocturne in Black and Gold, accusing the artist of flinging a pot of paint in the public's face; Whistler sued for libel.
Spencer, Robin. The Aesthetic Movement: Theory and Practice. Studio Vista, 1972.
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1899: Charles Fere's Pathology and Emotions: Physiological...

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1899

Charles Fere 's Pathology and Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies argued that constant activity in an anorectic was a desperate attempt to assert . . . good health.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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January 1777: The Magazine à la Mode, or Fashionable Miscellany...

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January 1777

The Magazine à la Mode, or Fashionable Miscellany was published in London for a single issue.
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.

1880s: Artists, musicians, and writers were welcomed...

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1880s

Artists, musicians, and writers were welcomed into fashionable circles as never before.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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1 June 1857: The first exhibition of the Society of Female...

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1 June 1857

The first exhibition of the Society of Female Artists opened at 315 Oxford Street, London.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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July 1203: Constantinople was taken from the Greeks...

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July 1203

Constantinople was taken from the Greeks by Baldwin, Count of Flanders , in the Fourth Crusade.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Nelson, J. L. “Eastern Promises”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2008, pp. 30-2.
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