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1894: Eragny Press was founded in London by Esther...

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1894

Eragny Press was founded in London by Esther and Lucien Pissarro .
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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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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1952: With transatlantic air travel a commonplace...

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1952

With transatlantic air travel a commonplace and space programmes in operation, ocean liners continued a popular mode of travel. The United States set a record by crossing the Atlantic in three days, ten hours and...

29 August 1949: The Soviet Union tested a plutonium implosion...

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29 August 1949

The Soviet Union tested a plutonium implosion weapon; its development of nuclear capacity this year dislodged the United States from its position as the world's only nuclear power.
Sayle, Murray. “Why the bastards wouldn’t stand and fight”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 3-11.
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Johnson, Chalmers. “Big Bucks, Big Bangs”. London Review of Books, 20 July 2006, pp. 19-21.
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Early 1874: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected to...

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Early 1874

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected to the British Medical Association , where she remained for nineteen years the only female member.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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September 1914: The Women's Volunteer Reserve was established...

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September 1914

The Women's Volunteer Reserve was established by the Hon. Evelina Haverfield as a branch of the Women's Emergency Corps .
Gould, Jenny. “Women’s Military Services in First World War Britain”. Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars, Yale University Press, 1987, pp. 114-25.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Ann Jebb

During the last quarter of the eighteenth century AJ was an intellectual journalist and controversialist, publishing on both theological and political topics. Most of her printed writing is epistolary, and she also wrote letters then...

1858: The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical,...

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1858

The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical, began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1847: Evangelical H. F. Lyte composed one of the...

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1847

Evangelical H. F. Lyte composed one of the most popular Victorian hymns, Abide with Me.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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1691: William Walsh published anonymously A Dialogue...

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1691

William Walsh published anonymously A Dialogue Concerning Women, Being a Defence of the Sex, Written to Eugenia.
Walsh, William, d. 1708. A Dialogue Concerning Women. Printed for R. Bentley and J. Tonson, 1691.
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Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
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1902: The Times Literary Supplement began publication,...

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1902

The Times Literary Supplement began publication, largely as a home for book reviews which The Times itself could not accommodate.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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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.
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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May 1844: Irish Catholic barrister Daniel O'Connell...

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May 1844

Irish Catholic barrister Daniel O'Connell was tried and found guilty of conspiracy against British rule and incitement to violence. Although he was sentenced to one year in prison with fines, the verdict was reversed four...

Bernardine Evaristo

Since the late twentieth century, BE has written novels both in prose and, unusually, in verse. Her topics range from the romantic history of her own family, to Roman London thousands of years in the...
Bernardine Evaristo Close-up colour photograph of Bernardine Evaristo, during the Booker Prize Winner event at Guildhall, London, 14 October 2019. She wears a colorful patterned headband, silver hoop earings, and a bright pink blazer jacket.

1857: Louis Pasteur published his paper Memoire...

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1857

Louis Pasteur published his paper Memoire sur la fermentation appelée lactique, on bacteria and fermentation.
Yarwood, Doreen. Five Hundred Years of Technology in the Home. B. T. Batsford, 1983.
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Dubos, René J., and Gerald L. Geison. Pasteur and Modern Science. Editor Brock, Thomas D., New illustrated ed., Science Tech Publishers; Springer-Verlag, 1988.
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By 27 July 1912: During the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the...

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By 27 July 1912

During the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the British women's relay swimming team won a gold medal for the four-times-hundred-metres freestyle. This was the first year the event was open to women, and the first...

During the 1750s: A Mrs Dennis ran a school at 31 Queen's Square,...

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During the 1750s

A Mrs Dennis ran a school at 31 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, which was called the Ladys' Eton.
Feminist Companion Archive.

Kamila Shamsie

KS is best known for her novels, which engage with political and aesthetic complexities of Pakistani culture. She also contributes short stories to anthologies of both British and Pakistani fiction. Her writing frequently examines topics...
Kamila Shamsie Colour photo of Kamila Shamsie, standing and holding her book Burnt Shadows during the Orange Prize for Fiction event at the Royal Festival Hall in London, 3 June 2009.

1978: Toxic shock syndrome, a sometimes fatal bacterial...

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1978

Toxic shock syndrome, a sometimes fatal bacterial infection most common in menstruating women, was first recognized.
Pollitt, Katha. “Fourteen million Americans can’t be wrong”. London Review of Books, 6 Sept. 2001, pp. 13-14.
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Autumn 1929: About the time of the Wall Street crash,...

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Autumn 1929

About the time of the Wall Street crash, fashion designers dropped the hemline: this is often popularly ascribed to the fall in the stockmarket.
Hill, Rosemary. “Frock Consciousness”. London Review of Books, 20 Jan. 2000, pp. 22-3.
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1932: Art historian Kenneth Clark commissioned...

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1932

Art historian Kenneth Clark commissioned from the Omega Workshops a set of dinner plates painted by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant bearing portrait heads of famous women, including Elizabeth I and other queens, Greta Garbo

Christmas Day 1989: In Romania, Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu,...

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Christmas Day 1989

In Romania, Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu , whose regime was hideously oppressive in social policies, particularly those of gender, were shot by army firing squad after being removed from office by popular uprising.
Murphy, Dervla. Transylvania and Beyond. Penguin, 1998.
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15 May 1957: The Conservative government went ahead with...

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15 May 1957

The Conservative government went ahead with the explosion (over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific) of Britain's first thermonuclear bomb.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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“Britain drops its first H-bomb”. BBC News: On This Day, 15 May 1957.

13 July 1793: Hoarding was made a capital crime in Fra...

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13 July 1793

Hoarding was made a capital crime in France.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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1947: A performance of Ponchielli's La Giocanda...

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1947

A performance of Ponchielli 's La Giocanda introduced the singer Maria Callas to the world.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Flannery O'Connor

FOC 's writing career began in the mid twentieth century and was interrupted far too soon by her illness and premature death. Her short stories (two volumes) and two novels or novellas spring from an...

1969: The National Union of Teachers joined the...

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1969

The National Union of Teachers joined the Trades Union Congress .
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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