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December 1895: The Women's National Liberal Association...

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December 1895

The Women's National Liberal Association began publishing a quarterly review in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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November 1095 to mid-July 1099: The First Crusade was fought: the preaching...

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November 1095 to mid-July 1099

The First Crusade was fought: the preaching of Peter the Hermit , under the aegis of Pope Urban II (who visited France himself to appeal to men to enlist), raised an army of 300,000 Europeans...

1 December 1752: The Public Advertiser was launched in London,...

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1 December 1752

The Public Advertiser was launched in London, appearing daily except Sundays; from 1 March 1794 until 8 September 1798 it ran under a new title, The Oracle and Public Advertiser.
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.

Late 1845 to 1850: During the Great Famine caused by the failure...

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Late 1845 to 1850

During the Great Famine caused by the failure of the potato crop, nearly a million Irish people died of starvation or disease.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
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Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
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9-27 July 1575: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite...

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9-27 July 1575

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester , favourite of Queen Elizabeth , threw a particularly magnificent entertainment for her at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
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January 1756: Britain broke with the Old System by allying...

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January 1756

Britain broke with the Old System by allying itself with Frederick II 's Prussia instead of Maria Theresa 's Austria (which it had supported in the War of the Austrian Succession). The stage was now...

1934: Oxford University ceased to insist on having...

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1934

Oxford University ceased to insist on having a woman demonstrator and separate laboratory space for women doing human anatomy practicals.
Howarth, Janet. “Women”. The History of the University of Oxford: The Twentieth Century, edited by Brian Harrison, Clarendon, 1994, pp. 345-76.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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Patricia Beer

PB was a poet who also published, during the later twentieth century, autobiography, two novels (also autobiographical in scope), literary criticism, reviews, and topographical writing. Her collected essays and one of her novels appeared posthumously.
Patricia Beer Black-and-white-photo of Patricia Beer sitting in a chair reading her poetry at a festival held at the Royal Court Theatre, London, July 1963.

Late 1753: William Hogarth published The Analysis of...

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Late 1753

William Hogarth published The Analysis of Beauty, addressed to ladies as well as gentlemen of unprejudiced judgement.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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January 1933: The first number appeared of the periodical...

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January 1933

The first number appeared of the periodical New Verse, edited by Geoffrey Grigson ; it ran until May 1939.
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.

28 July 1683: Prince George of Denmark, brother of the...

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28 July 1683

Prince George of Denmark , brother of the Danish king, married Princess Anne (the future queen) at the Palace of Whitehall, London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1989: Margaret Thatcher blocked a study into the...

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1989

Margaret Thatcher blocked a study into the sex life of 20,000 adults that had been set up to assist in preventing the spread of HIV.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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7 July 1990: Martina Navratilova won the women's singles...

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7 July 1990

Martina Navratilova won the women's singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the ninth time, beating the record of eight wins set by Helen Wills Moody between 1927 and 1938.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1892: Jane Payne became the first woman member...

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1892

Jane Payne became the first woman member of the London Society of Compositors .
Cockburn, Cynthia. Brothers: Male Dominance and Technological Change. Pluto Press, 1983.
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Mary Penington

Written expression in connection with her religious life was vital to MP from her childhood. She wrote prayers and letters, and began amassing by stages a series of autobiographical writings in the Quaker tradition. She...

December 1984: The feminist publisher Virago Press, under...

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December 1984

The feminist publisher Virago Press , under its editor Carmen Callil , launched its own bookshop in Covent Garden, London; the opening was performed by Rosamond Lehmann .
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
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10 August 1832: The last man to be hanged in chains for murder...

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10 August 1832

The last man to be hanged in chains for murder suffered this fate at Leicester.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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1627: An anonymous book appeared at London entitled...

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1627

An anonymous book appeared at London entitled A Mothers Teares over Hir Seduced Sonne (seduced not sexually but by the Catholic faith away from the Protestant).
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1948: George Westover invented the Rotofoto, the...

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1948

George Westover invented the Rotofoto, the first British filmsetting machine to be placed on the market.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1677: Samuel Lee published a directory of London...

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1677

Samuel Lee published a directory of London merchants: A Collection of the Names of the Merchants . . ..
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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22 March 1857: The death by arsenic poisoning of her lover,...

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22 March 1857

The death by arsenic poisoning of her lover, shipping clerk Emile L'Angelier , led to the prominent trial for murder of Madeleine Smith , daughter of an affluent Glasgow architect.
Hartman, Mary S. Victorian Murderesses. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Catherine Talbot

CT was a member of the eighteenth-century Bluestocking group. Most remarkable among her poetry and prose (essays and other non-fiction pieces, a fairy story and letters) are the poems of love and loss which have...
Catherine Talbot Colour photograph of an oval miniature of Catherine Talbot by Christian Friedrich Zincke. She is seen from the shoulders up, against a pale blue background. She is wearing a white bodice with a lace-trimmed square neckline, blue lacing, and two blue bows. Her curly dark hair is pulled loosely back and decorated with a blue bow or flower. On the back is inscribed "Catherine Talbot. / celebrated / for her genius and piety. / died unmarried. / 1770./ Zincke."

1896: The Ludgate Magazine printed Arabella Kenealy's...

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1896

The Ludgate Magazine printed Arabella Kenealy 's A Beautiful Vampire, the story an ageing woman, Lady Deverish, who lives by feeding off the energies of young men.
Swenson, Kristine. “The Menopausal Vampire: Arabella Kenealy and the boundaries of true womanhood”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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October 1860: Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn; or, The...

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October 1860

Dion Boucicault 's The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen opened at the Adelphi Theatre .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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1868: A pamphlet entitled The Confessional Unmasked—Shewing...

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1868

A pamphlet entitled The Confessional Unmasked—Shewing the Depravity of the Romish Priesthood was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act of 25 August 1857.
Hirsch, Afua. “How to police popslash”. The Guardian, 4 July 2009, pp. 28-9.
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