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1878: Emma Paterson and the Women's Protective...

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1878

Emma Paterson and the Women's Protective and Provident League established the Women's Halfpenny Bank in London.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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1936: George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control...

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1936

George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control of the Vienna-based Phaidon Press , founded in 1923, and transferred the firm's operations to London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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20 August 1853: The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis)...

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20 August 1853

The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act regulated emissions in London.
Wohl, Anthony S. Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Harvard University Press, 1983.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

10 January 1863: The Metropolitan Railway, the first underground...

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10 January 1863

The Metropolitan Railway , the first underground railway in the world, opened; it ran between Bishop's Road (Paddington) and Farringdon Street in London.
Hoole, Ken et al. Rail 150: The Stockton and Darlington Railway and What Followed. Eyre Methuen, 1975.
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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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Cullwick, Hannah. “Introduction and Notes”. The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant, edited by Liz Stanley, Rutgers University Press, 1984, pp. 1 - 28, passim.
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29 May 1585: Westminster, a small settlement near London...

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29 May 1585

Westminster, a small settlement near London with an Abbey, acquired a civic structure under the Statute of Westminster.
Barker, Felix. “Westminster 1585”. History Today, Vol.
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, No. 6, June 1985, pp. 8-15.
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16 March 1905: The Nursing Times began weekly publication...

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16 March 1905

The Nursing Times began weekly publication in London from the Royal College of Nurses .
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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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.

17 March 1968: In London's biggest anti-Vietnam-War demonstration...

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17 March 1968

In London's biggest anti-Vietnam-War demonstration so far, about 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Trafalgar Square before marching to Grosvenor Square, where violence broke out.
“1968: Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent”. BBC News: On This Day, 17 Mar. 1968.

1 February 1759: William Robertson published at London his...

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1 February 1759

William Robertson published at London his History of Scotland (which became a source for The Recess by Sophia Lee ).
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

25 February 1914: Ethel Moorhead, a Dundee suffragist renowned...

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25 February 1914

Ethel Moorhead , a Dundee suffragist renowned for daring acts of militancy, was released from Calton Gaol in Edinburgh after forcible feeding (the first of suffragists in Scotland) gave her double pneumonia.
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
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November 1835: Théophile Gautier published Mademoiselle...

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November 1835

Théophile Gautier published Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles, vicomte de, and Théophile Gautier. “Bibliographical Notice”. Mademoiselle de Maupin, translated by. I. G. Burnham and I. G. Burnham, G. Barrie, 1897, p. vii - xvi.
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1843: Edgar Allan Poe published The Pit and the...

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1843

Edgar Allan Poe published The Pit and the Pendulum, whose suspense and threatened horror have made it one of his best-known stories.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1854: The British government created an Educational...

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1854

The British government created an Educational Dispatch which was sent to India, proposing financial support for missionary schools as long as they agreed to adhere to British modes of schooling and government inspection.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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1819: A Royal Navy squadron became active off West...

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1819

A Royal Navy squadron became active off West Africa, fighting the continuance of the slave trade, which had been abolished on 1 May 1807.
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
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1968: Shrew, also titled Harpies Bizarre, and Bird,...

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1968

Shrew, also titled Harpies Bizarre, and Bird, began monthly publication from the London Women's Liberation WorkshopUniversity College, University of London; it was the first magazine to come out of the women's liberation movement in Britain.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Noyce, John. The Directory of British Alternative Periodicals 1965-1974. Harvester Press, 1979.
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1833: The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completed,...

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1833

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completed, and Napoleon 's statue was restored to the top of the column in the Place Vendôme.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1812: The Wesleyan Conference split from the Church...

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1812

The Wesleyan Conference split from the Church of England to form the Methodist Church .
Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press, 1994.
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Menella Bute Smedley

MBS published or co-published around fifteen titles in various genres: stories, novels, poetry, and books for children, besides her contribution to parliamentary reports about pauper schools. Her poetry makes accomplished and at times innovative use...

March 1907: On Growing Fat, an article in the US Atlantic...

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March 1907

On Growing Fat, an article in the US Atlantic Monthly, featured the plight of a woman who had gained weight.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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Mrs Alexander

Annie (French) Hector initially wrote anonymously. Later, not long before her husband died, she adapted his given name, Alexander, and wrote as Mrs Alexander.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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.
She published over forty-two novels over the second half of...
Mrs Alexander Portrait of Mrs. Alexander, shown from the waist up. She appears to be wearing a fur coat and a white bonnet.

1906: Josephine Ward published her religious attack...

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1906

Josephine Ward published her religious attack on Modernism, Out of Due Time: A Novel.
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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.

September to November 1929: Book production rose to an unprecedented...

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September to November 1929

Book production rose to an unprecedented sixty titles per day, most of them novels.
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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Lady Hester Pulter

LHP was a seventeenth-century poet of great skill and subtlety, whose work (transcribed into a handsome manuscript volume) remained unknown until recently because she published none of it. Her writing includes verse emblems and a...

6 October 1884: The Metropolitan Inner Circle Line opened...

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6 October 1884

The Metropolitan Inner Circle Line opened in London, the first of the deep tube lines in the London Underground .
Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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1902: The Marine Motoring Association, the first...

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1902

The Marine Motoring Association , the first British motorboating club, was founded.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1786-1787: £20,000 of government money was allocated...

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1786-1787

£20,000 of government money was allocated for the relief of distressed black persons and for transporting some of them to establish a new settlement in Sierra Leone.
Innes, Joanna. “The Domestic Face of the Military-Fiscal State: Government and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain”. An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone, Routledge, 1994, pp. 96-127.
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Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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