Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1947: Both the Netherlands and England saw the...
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1947
Both the Netherlands and England saw the initial publication of Anne Frank
's Diary.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
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.
February 1879: The Committee for Securing a Complete Medical...
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
191
By 9 July 1859: George Meredith published his first major...
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By 9 July 1859
George Meredith
published his first major novel, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1654 (9 July 1859): 48
Collie, Michael. George Meredith: A Bibliography. University of Toronto Press, 1974.
19-20
22 May 1915: Britain's worst rail disaster, caused by...
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22 May 1915
Britain's worst rail disaster, caused by a signalling error, occurred near Carlisle, over the Scottish border.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
186
1855: The Metropolis Local Management Act was ...
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1855
The Metropolis Local Management Act was passed.
Hardy, Anne. “Parish Pump to Private Pipes: London’s Water Supply in the Nineteenth Century”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Insititute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 76-93.
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Kearns, Gerry. “Cholera, Nuisances and Environmental Management in Islington 1830-1855”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 94-125.
98
Daunton, Martin. “Health and Housing in Victorian London”. Living and Dying in London, edited by William F. Bynum and Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1991, pp. 126-44.
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Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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Author profile
Phillis Wheatley
Despite her youth at the time she published most of her works, PW
is an interesting and original late eighteenth-century poetic voice. Her poems (dozens published in newspapers, as well as collected) and letters range...
6 October 1802: Isaac Cruikshank depicted, in a print entitled...
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6 October 1802
Isaac Cruikshank
depicted, in a print entitled British Vessels, Described for the use of Country Gentlemen, seven different types of prostitute named after different types of vessel.
McCreery, Cindy. “True Blue and Black, Brown and Fair: prints of British sailors and their women during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 135-52.
136-7
1816: Leigh Hunt published his narrative poem The...
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1816
Leigh Hunt
published his narrative poem The Story of Rimini.
Brewer, Luther A. My Leigh Hunt Library: The First Editions. B. Franklin, 1970.
72-5
1845: Frances Osgood published a poetry book for...
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1845
Frances Osgood
published a poetry book for children, The Flower Alphabet in Gold Colours.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
250
About 1806: Several sources, including some close to...
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About 1806
Several sources, including some close to the event, claim that Joan Watts
, mother of the writer Susanna Watts
, was driven mad by her fear of the new institution of income tax.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
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Author profile
Augusta Ada Byron
AAB
's sole publication is A Sketch of the Analytical Engine, her highly praised explication and illustration of Charles Babbage
's Analytical Engine. Many now claim that her Sketch constitutes the first example of...
December 1894: The monthly Sylvia's Journal (launched on...
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December 1894
The monthly Sylvia's Journal (launched on 31 December 1864 as The Young Englishwoman) ceased publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
217
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1875: The British parliament passed the Public...
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1875
The British parliament passed the Public Worship Regulation Act, which was designed to curb the growing enthusiasm in the Church of England
for ritual.
“Introduction to Overdale by Emma Jane Worboise”. Literary Heritage: West Midlands.
December 1925: White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine,...
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December 1925
White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine, ended monthly publication in London.
1 May 1886: Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped...
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1 May 1886
Robert Louis Stevenson
's novel Kidnapped began serialization in Young Folks magazine. It was an instant and huge hit.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
1 May 2012
January 1817: Publisher Henry Colburn founded another periodical,...
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January 1817
Publisher Henry Colburn
founded another periodical, the Literary Gazette, to go with his New Monthly Magazine.
Vargo, Lisa. “Lodore and the Novel of Society”. Womens Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, 1999, pp. 425-40.
427
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
147
1917: His Majesty's Stationery Office (founded...
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1917
His Majesty's Stationery Office
(founded 1786) obtained its own printing press as a result of increased pressure for the production of government documents during the war.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
174
January 1879-November 1880: Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov...
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January 1879-November 1880
Fyodor Dostoevsky
's novel The Brothers Karamazov was serialized in Russkii vestnik.
Hingley, Ronald. Dostoyevsky: His Life and Work. Paul Elek, 1978.
184
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.
27 November 1655: Cromwell issued an edict prohibiting Church...
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
365
5 October 1978: The Polish-American author Isaac Bashevis...
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5 October 1978
The Polish-American author Isaac Bashevis Singer
(who emigrated to the USA in 1935 but continued to write mainly in Yiddish) was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
5 October 2010
22 November 1921: A treaty between the UK and Afghanistan recognized...
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22 November 1921
A treaty between the UK and Afghanistan recognized the complete independence of Afghanistan.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 770
24 April 1799: A print, Yo Heave Ho, depicted a sailor's...
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24 April 1799
A print, Yo Heave Ho, depicted a sailor's wife and children grieving on the beach while his ship sails and a patriotic ballad expresses his feelings of duty.
McCreery, Cindy. “True Blue and Black, Brown and Fair: prints of British sailors and their women during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 135-52.
148-9
October 1885: Aunt Judy's Magazine ceased publication;...
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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October 1636: The Scottish Privy Council was ordered to...
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October 1636
The Scottish Privy Council was ordered to issue a proclamation compelling the Scottish Kirk
to use the new (Anglican
) Scottish Prayer Book designed by Laud
.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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19 August 1942: German General Paulus launched his offensive...
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19 August 1942
German General Paulus
launched his offensive against Stalingrad.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
111, 126-7
Waal, Thomas de. “Dun-Coloured Dust”. London Review of Books, 15 July 1999, pp. 18-19.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Stalingrad, formerly Tsaritsyn, was renamed in 1925 to commemorate Stalin's victory. In 1961 it was renamed again, and became Volgograd.
