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Elizabeth De la Pasture

EDP had a successful career as a popular playwright (few of whose dramas reached print) and novelist. She also wrote short stories for periodicals, and a single story for children which had great success a...
Elizabeth De la Pasture Black and white photograph of Elizabeth De la Pasture, seated outside and flanked by two large dogs. She is wearing a long white dress, with a black band around her waist and artificial flowers on the shoulders, and trailing down one side. A hat with matching flowers is perched on top of her dark hair.

17 June 1843: Julia Charlotte Maitland published, as a...

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17 June 1843

Julia Charlotte Maitland published, as a Lady, her Letters from Madras: during the years 1836-1839.
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.
The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
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1968: Maggie Ross, the pseudonym of Maurine Jewel...

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1968

Maggie Ross , the pseudonym of Maurine Jewel Lufkin (Bright) Bermange , published her disturbing and suspenseful first novel The Gasteropod.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Elizabeth Mary Parker

EMP is among the few working-class women writers of the Victorian period to have reached print in volume form, with a romance novel.

27 February 1730: Colonel Francis Charteris was convicted for...

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27 February 1730

Colonel Francis Charteris was convicted for raping a servant.
Battestin, Martin C., and Ruthe Battestin. Henry Fielding: A Life. Routledge, 1989.
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Schwarz, Joan I. “Statutory and Case Rape Law and Women’s Representation”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, Providence, RI, 1993.

28 May 1911: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...

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28 May 1911

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard was first performed in England (in Constance Garnett 's translation): by the Incorporated Stage Society at the Aldwych Theatre in London.
Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Taylor, John Russell, editor. The Penguin Dictionary of Theatre. 3rd ed., Penguin, 1993.
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Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
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Tomalin, Clare. “Constance Garnett (1861 - 1946)”. Breaking Bounds. Six Newnham Lives, edited by Biddy Passmore, Newnham College, 2014, pp. 14-25.
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1690 or 1691: One of the earliest Societies for the Reformation...

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1690 or 1691

One of the earliest Societies for the Reformation of Manners was founded in Tower Hamlets on the outskirts of London, by a group of Anglican gentlemen.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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1858: Jews in Britain first received full political...

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1858

Jews in Britain first received full political rights.
Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000.
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Between 1355 and 1366: The first surviving road-map of Great Britain,...

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Between 1355 and 1366

The first surviving road-map of Great Britain, now known as the Gough Map after the antiquarian Richard Gough , was produced.
Millea, Nick. “Britain’s First Road Map”. Oxford Today, Vol.
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, No. 2, 2006, pp. 28-30.
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Heaney, Michael. “Bodleian Items Inscribed on UNESCO Register”. Bodleian Library Friends’ Newsletter, 2011, p. 3.
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1988: Peepal Tree published the novel The Last...

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1988

Peepal Tree published the novel The Last English Plantation by Jan Shinebourne .
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

27 January 1913: The Cabinet decided to withdraw the Franchise...

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27 January 1913

The Cabinet decided to withdraw the Franchise Bill which had been introduced in the House of Commons three days previously.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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December 1825: The banking firm of Sir Peter Poole failed,...

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December 1825

The banking firm of Sir Peter Poole failed, dragging down seven other banks with it.
Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
274

1 November 1879: The Lyceum Theatre produced a successful...

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1 November 1879

The Lyceum Theatre produced a successful revision of The Merchant of Venice starring Henry Irving and Ellen Terry .
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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Mary Barber

MB is a domestic, small-scale, early eighteenth-century poet of charm and intelligence (remembered particularly for her writing about her children), but also an incisive, often satirical commentator on social and gender issues. Her single collection...
Mary Barber Conclusion of dedication to Lord Orrery of Mary Barber's "Poems on Several Occasions", 1735, written for her by Jonathan Swift.

14 October 1768: The Duke of Grafton formed the government...

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14 October 1768

The Duke of Grafton formed the government in succession to William Pitt , following an election in March.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
1: 535

1972: The United Reformed Church was formed by...

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1972

The United Reformed Church was formed by the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England .
Eliade, Mircea, and Charles J. Adams, editors. The Encyclopedia of Religion. Macmillan, 1987, 16 vols.
11: 525

1863: Parliament approved the purchase of twelve...

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1863

Parliament approved the purchase of twelve acres of land at South Kensington (formerly part of the Exhibition site) as the site of the Natural History Museum .
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
410

7 May 1622: The Changeling, a tragedy by Thomas Middleton...

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7 May 1622

The Changeling, a tragedy by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley , was licensed for performance.
Middleton, Thomas, 1580 - 1627. The Selected Plays of Thomas Middleton. Editor Frost, David L., Cambridge University Press, 1978.
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1859: Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation...

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1859

Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation ArmyCatherine Booth published the pamphlet Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
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.
Willett, Perry, and Perry Willett, editors. “Victorian Women Writers Project”. Indiana University.

19 August 1977: The comedy Once a Catholic by Mary O'Malley...

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19 August 1977

The comedy Once a Catholic by Mary O'Malley opened at the Royal Court Theatre ; it transferred to the West End later this year and won a string of awards.
Wandor, Michelene. Understudies. Methuen, 1981.
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8-9 November 1985: The National Childbirth Trust held a conference...

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8-9 November 1985

The National Childbirth Trust held a conference at Wembley Conference Centre, London: The Promotion of Breastfeeding.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
86 and note

21 July-10 August 1944: After fierce fighting, US Marines captured...

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21 July-10 August 1944

After fierce fighting, US Marines captured Guam.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
653

1905: Vaccines against typhus became available...

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1905

Vaccines against typhus became available.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
297

1 August 1895: Anti-missionary violence in China (including...

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1 August 1895

Anti-missionary violence in China (including the deaths of 8 ladies and 2 children) led to the arrival of a British admiral and the punishment of those responsible.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 787

1875: An edition of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel...

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1875

An edition of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was published with illustrations by Gustave Doré .
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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