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14 June 1604: John Cawdrey entered in the Stationers' Register...

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14 June 1604

John Cawdrey entered in the Stationers' Register the first dictionary not involving Latin: A Table Alphabeticall . . . of Hard Unusual English Words, for the benefit & help of Ladies, gentlewomen or any...

6 June 1391: A hostile mob of armed Christians mounted...

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6 June 1391

A hostile mob of armed Christians mounted an attack on the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain.
Nirenberg, David. “Unrenounceable Core”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 14, 23 July 2009, pp. 16-17.
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22 April 1834: Daniel O'Connell introduced in the British...

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22 April 1834

Daniel O'Connell introduced in the British Parliament debate on Repeal of the Union between Ireland and England.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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1920s: In the first years of regular airline services,...

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1920s

In the first years of regular airline services, government contracts (especially with the Royal Mail ) helped subsidize passenger service.
Hudson, Kenneth. Air Travel: A Social History. Adams and Dart, 1972.
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Hudson, Kenneth. Air Travel: A Social History. Adams and Dart, 1972.
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1904-1912: Romain Rolland published Jean-Christophe...

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1904-1912

Romain Rolland published Jean-Christophe in fifteen parts in Cahiers de la quinzaine.
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.

Frances Cornford

Frances Cornford published nine books of poetry and three translations between 1910 and 1960. Her poems usually address the subjects of female lives lived by forced necessity apart from the busy, noisy main stream. Her...

1811: Publisher John Murray in London began working...

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1811

Publisher John Murray in London began working with William Blackwood in Edinburgh.
Bracken, James K., and Joel Silver, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 154. Gale Research, 1995.
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5 December 2005: Not quite forty years after homosexuality...

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5 December 2005

Not quite forty years after homosexuality ceased to be illegal in Britain, the Civil Partnerships Act came into force, offering same-sex couples most of the same benefits (in state recognition, taxation, pensions, etc.) as marriage...

1980: Elisabeth Bond wrote The Partition Wallahs...

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1980

Elisabeth Bond wrote The Partition Wallahs for its performance on television.
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.

994: Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of...

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994

Abbot Ælfric translated the Capitulary of Theodulf of Orleans, which advocated the co-education of girls and boys at the elementary level.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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13 June 1981: The Queen was fired upon by a teenage boy...

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13 June 1981

The Queen was fired upon by a teenage boy named Marcus Sarjeant .
“The Queen at 80: Timeline”. BBC News.

1 July 1999: The devolved Scottish parliament held its...

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1 July 1999

The devolved Scottish parliament held its opening ceremony. Devolution for Scotland (a transfer of some governmental powers from Westminster to Edinburgh) had been an election promise of the British Labour Party in 1997.
Brown, Jenny. “Keep the Anarchy”. The Author, Vol.
cx
, No. 4, 1 Dec. 1999–28 Feb. 2000, pp. 168-9.
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“British Politics”. History Learning Site.
Devolution and Scotland

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.

George Bernard Shaw

GBS was a drama critic who called for reform of theatrical practice, and a dramatist who attached to his plays on publication, lengthy prefaces expounding the social and dramatic issues opened by the play itself...
George Bernard Shaw Sepia head-and-shoulders photograph of George Bernard Shaw by Bains News Service, 8 November 1909. He is seen full-face, with a neat beard, gazing a little to the right with a faint smile. He wears a wool jacket and waistcoat with thin stripes, and a bowler hat slightly tilted.

1922: Argus Press, of 12-18 Paul Street, London,...

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1922

Argus Press , of 12-18 Paul Street, London, launched two monthly magazines of romantic fiction: True Romance and True Story.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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4 December 1961: As announced at the beginning of this year,...

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4 December 1961

As announced at the beginning of this year, the contraceptive pill became available on the National Health Service .
Bowes, Claire. Email to the Women’s Library about a fiftieth anniversary BBC program. 17 Nov. 2011.

1870: The German archaeologist Herman Schliemann...

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1870

The German archaeologist Herman Schliemann began to dig at Hissarlik in Turkey, on the site of Mycenean Troy (which he believed to be the Troy of Homer 's Iliad).
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
under Schliemann; Mycenae
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

15-18 September 1914: The British Expeditionary Force and their...

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15-18 September 1914

The British Expeditionary Force and their allies succeeded in crossing the River Aisne in the battle of that name, only to have their advance halted on the far side.
Cannan, May, and Bevil Quiller-Couch. The Tears of War. Editor Fyfe, Charlotte, Cavalier Books, 2000.
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October 1885-February 1886: Sigmund Freud worked with Jean-Martin Charcot...

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October 1885-February 1886

Sigmund Freud worked with Jean-Martin Charcot at La Salpêtrière in Paris.
Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.
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Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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Owen, Alan Robert George. Hysteria, Hypnosis and Healing: The Work of J.-M. Charcot. Garrett Publications, 1971, http://HSS.
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Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel. “Gentlemen’s Spleen”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 16, 27 Aug. 2009, pp. 25-7.
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1845: The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Association...

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1845

The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Association was founded.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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McCandless, Peter. “Liberty and Lunacy: The Victorians and Wrongful Confinement”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 339-62.
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1907: Florence Warden published her mystery The...

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1907

Florence Warden published her mystery The Man with the Amber Eyes.
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.

9 August 1945: The US dropped a second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki:...

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9 August 1945

The US dropped a second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki: up to 80,000 people (by early twenty-first century estimates) were killed on the spot, with thousands more seriously injured.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Adam, David. “The day the sky exploded”. Guardian Weekly, 7–13 Aug. 2003, p. 24.
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1785: Dialogues Concerning the Ladies, a celebration...

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1785

Dialogues Concerning the Ladies, a celebration of famous women, was anonymously published; it borrows from Ballard 's Memoirs of Eminent Ladies.
Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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9 November 1911: The Women's Social and Political Union ended...

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9 November 1911

The Women's Social and Political Union ended its unoffical truce with the Government in reaction to the exclusion of women from the proposed Reform Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Edmund Curll