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1761: Joseph Priestley published The Rudiments...

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1761

Joseph Priestley published The Rudiments of English Grammar; adapted to the use of schools. With observations on style.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

24 September 2001: US author Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections...

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24 September 2001

US author Jonathan Franzen 's novel The Corrections was named as a selection by Oprah Winfrey in Oprah's Book Club . He caused a furore by declining to participate.
“The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen”. The Complete Review.

23 November 1963: The first episode was broadcast of what became...

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23 November 1963

The first episode was broadcast of what became the immensely popular British television series Doctor Who.
Turner, Jenny. “Across the Tellyverse”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2006, pp. 8-10.
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1868-1880: Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated...

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1868-1880

Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated more than 250,000 obscene prints and photographs.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1755: In France a pocket dictionary of the latest...

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1755

In France a pocket dictionary of the latest fashionable terms was advertised for sale: it covered costume, furnishing, and dining.
Hellman, Mimi. “Furniture, Sociability, and the Work of Leisure in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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9 September 1835: The Municipal Corporations Act introduced...

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9 September 1835

The Municipal Corporations Act introduced major reforms to local governance, including the establishment of regular, paid police forces in large settlements. By it, however, women lost the vote at municipal level.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Mingay, Gordon Edmund. The Transformation of Britain 1830-1939. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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15 September 1964: The Sun began publication by Odham Press...

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15 September 1964

The Sun began publication by Odham Press of London, calling itself an independent daily newspaper and aimed at a working-class audience.
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.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
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9 November 1989: Popular action began pulling down the Berlin...

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9 November 1989

Popular action began pulling down the Berlin Wall (erected in August 1961, which divided the city into eastern and western sectors).
Lagassé, Paul, editor. The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed., Columbia University Press, 2000.

1944: Hodder and Stoughton, along with Alan Bott...

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1944

Hodder and Stoughton , along with Alan Bott of the Book Society , founded Pan Books Limited , with Aubrey Forshaw as the managing director.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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July 1830: Uprisings occurred in Central Italy, but...

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July 1830

Uprisings occurred in Central Italy, but were soon put down by Austria.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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July 1940: Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed...

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July 1940

Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed to two ounces per week, and the government called a stop to the sale of timber for furniture.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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5 September 1935: Michael Joseph Limited was registered under...

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5 September 1935

Michael Joseph Limited was registered under the directorship of Joseph , Norman Collins , and Victor Gollancz , who also provided space at his publishing house at 14 Henrietta Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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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.

Wendy Cope

WC is a late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century poet who treats everyday concerns, often in demanding forms, such as the sonnet or the villanelle. Her tone is colloquial and she makes these difficult forms look...
Wendy Cope Colour photograph of Wendy Cope outdoors at the Times Cheltenham Literary Festival, 14 October 2011.

1868: Parliament required all British railways...

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1868

Parliament required all British railways to provide at least one smoking vehicle in every train consisting of more than one vehicle of each class.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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27 January 1916: An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed...

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27 January 1916

An amendment to the Munitions Act allowed the Minister of Munitions to fix wage rates for females and semi-skilled men performing skilled munitions work.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Home Front: A Mirror to Life in England During the First World War. Hutchinson, 1932.
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1874: Charles Bosanquet, first Secretary of the...

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1874

Charles Bosanquet , first Secretary of the Charity Organization Society , published A Handy-Book for Visitors of the Poor in London.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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5 June 1929: James Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, formed...

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5 June 1929

James Ramsay MacDonald , Labour leader, formed a minority government in the UK for the second time, following the first general election with full women's suffrage.
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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1859: Albert Napper founded the first rural charity...

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1859

Albert Napper founded the first rural charity hospital named the Cranleigh Cottage (or Village) Hospital ; by the end of the century there were approximately 300 such hospitals.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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March 1882: The Kilmainham Treaty was struck between...

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March 1882

The Kilmainham Treaty was struck between Irish Home Rulers, led by Charles Stewart Parnell , and Gladstone 's government; the agreement extended rent protection to Irish leaseholders, while Parnell agreed to cooperate with the Liberal...

15 February 1793: The feminist Condorcet submitted his plan...

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15 February 1793

The feminist Condorcet submitted his plan for a new Constitution for France; it was rejected.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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: The Female School of Design was abruptly...

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Summer 1848

The Female School of Design was abruptly moved to 330 The Strand, near Drury Lane.
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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Harriett Mozley

HM 's writings, published over about a decade of the mid-nineteenth century, are deeply involved with the sectarian struggles within the Church of England to which her brother, later Cardinal Newman , largely contributed. She...

March 1909: The Scottish Typographical Journal published...

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March 1909

The Scottish Typographical Journal published an anonymous news item deploring the employment in Edinburgh of women typographers while male typographers had no work.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
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1891: Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway...

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1891

Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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