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12 April 1883: The National Liberal Federation passed a...

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12 April 1883

The National Liberal Federation passed a resolution in favour of repealing the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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1476: Abraham Conat, one of the earliest printers...

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1476

Abraham Conat , one of the earliest printers of Hebrew books, printed at MantuaBechinat Olam (Investigation of the World) by Jedaiah Bedersi .
Parker, Deborah. “Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620”. Renaissance Quarterly, Vol.
49
, No. 3, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1996, pp. 509-41.
“Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: Women of Italy”. Jewish Virtual Library.

Cassandra, Lady Hawke

CLH was the author of a single, sentimental, pompously styled novel published in 1788, as well as of unpublished works.
Cassandra, Lady Hawke Large black type against a beige background, giving the book's title, the author's name as "the Right Honourable Lady H***" and its original publication date and publisher.

1881: Sins of the Cities of the Plains, a pornographic...

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1881

Sins of the Cities of the Plains, a pornographic novel, was privately published by William Lazenby ; it may have been the collaborative effort of James Campbell Reddie and Simeon Solomon .
Cook, Matt. London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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1 January 1914: Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalg...

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1 January 1914

Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 689
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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April 1919: The Women's Industrial News, the quarterly...

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April 1919

The Women's Industrial News, the quarterly organ of the Women's Industrial Council , ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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1742: Ludwig Holberg's satirical fantasy A Journey...

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1742

Ludwig Holberg 's satirical fantasy A Journey to the World Under-Ground by Nicholas Klimius was first translated into English; it describes several societies enjoying gender equality.
Coleman, Deirdre. “Claire Clairmont and Mary Shelley: identification and rivalry within the ’tribe of the Otaheite philosophers’”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, 1999, pp. 309-28.
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1837: Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded...

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1837

Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded the Aborigines Protection Society to stop the slave trade and promote the spread of Christianity among the people of Africa.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Spring-summer 1647: A London Baptist girl in her teens, Sarah...

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Spring-summer 1647

A LondonBaptist girl in her teens, Sarah Wight , fell into a months-long trance, the climax of four years of spiritual turmoil about which she later published a pamphlet.
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.

December 1825: Alexander I of Russia died at Taganrog from...

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December 1825

Alexander I of Russia died at Taganrog from malaria.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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8 November 1660: Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened...

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8 November 1660

Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened his own theatre company, the King's , at Gibbons' Tennis Court, Vere Street.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 15
Sutherland, James. English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, 1969.
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24 January 1848: The discovery of gold at Sutter's Creek,...

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24 January 1848

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Creek, California, led to the first gold rush (which is popularly named from the year following this one).
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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12 February 1719: In the second number of The Mirrour (a short-lived...

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12 February 1719

In the second number of The Mirrour (a short-lived periodical whose first number does not survive) the anonymous editor announced his aim of being a Champion for the Fair.
Miegon, Anna E. The Ladies Diary and the Emergence of the Almanac for Women, 1704-1753. Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2008.
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2 February 1835: Thomas Babington Macaulay published his Minute...

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2 February 1835

Thomas Babington Macaulay published his Minute on Indian Education.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1926: Henry Fowler published Modern English Usage,...

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1926

Henry Fowler published Modern English Usage, a reference guide to idiomatic expression which remained authoritative for several generations through a second edition, 1965, and a third, 1996.
Menand, Louis. “Slips of the Tongue”. New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2001, pp. 112-16.
116, 114

11 April 1773: Boswell asked Johnson the reason why women...

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11 April 1773

Boswell asked Johnson the reason why women servants were paid so much less than men, although the opposite would seem to reflect natural justice; Johnson had no answer.
Boswell, James, 1740 - 1795. Boswell’s Life of Johnson. Editors Hill, George Birkbeck and Laurence Fitzroy Powell, Clarendon, 1934, 6 vols.
2: 216-17

Late November 1842: Friedrich Engels arrived in Manchester at...

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Late November 1842

Friedrich Engels arrived in Manchester at his father's behest to study English manufacturing and business practices.
Lucas, John, b. 1937. The Literature of Change. 2nd ed., Harvester Press, 1980.
34, 36-7

10 December 1984: César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina...

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10 December 1984

César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with two colleagues from other countries) for immunology research; another Briton, Sir Richard Stone , received the prize...

10 October 1812: The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was...

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10 October 1812

The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , was opened with a special address by Lord Byron .
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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Wyndham, Henry Saxe. The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre From 1732 to 1897. Chatto and Windus, 1906, 2 vols.
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17 October 2000: A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire...

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17 October 2000

A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire killed a number of people, and revealed that Railtrack , the private company entrusted with upkeep of the railways, had been grossly neglectful.
Prescott, John. “On Track or Off the Rails?”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, 2001–2002, pp. 41-2.
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March 1872: The Dundee and District Domestic Servants...

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March 1872

The Dundee and District Domestic Servants Association was formed in Dundee, Scotland.
Gordon, Eleanor. Women and the Labour Movement in Scotland 1850-1914. Clarendon, 1991, http://University of Toronto (Robarts).
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27 May 1703: Peter the Great founded a fortress at a site...

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27 May 1703

Peter the Great founded a fortress at a site on the Baltic Sea chosen for its strategic importance. This grew into the city of St Petersburg (called not after the tsar but after Saints Peter...

William Allingham

5 May 2016: Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded:...

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5 May 2016

Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded: the edited contents of 148 volumes of handwritten diaries which he and historian Dido Davies found in a skip in Cambridge in 2001, the lifelong labour of a...

Margaret Mead

MM was a United States anthropologist whose works, many of them concerned with sexuality or gender and full of comparisons between the customs of primitive societies and those of the contemporary USA, reached a...
Margaret Mead Black and white head-shot of Margaret Mead. She is wearing a dark jacket and she has dark, curly, jaw-length hair.