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March 1972: Britain imposed direct rule on Northern ...

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March 1972

Britain imposed direct rule on Northern Ireland.
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
8: 458

By February 1811: The craze for sentiment was extended (not...

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By February 1811

The craze for sentiment was extended (not without irony) to writing for children, in Felissa, or the Life and Opinions of a Kitten of Sentiment written by Charles Lamb .
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 22 (1811): 223
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

September 1876: Following the example of the French, Englishwomen...

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September 1876

Following the example of the French, Englishwomen adopted a style of short curls of entirely natural hair.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
98

1804: The Church Missionary Society sent out its...

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1804

The Church Missionary Society sent out its first two missionaries to Africa.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section IV: Africa Missions. Adam Matthew.

Late 1951: Winston Churchill's Conservative government...

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Late 1951

Winston Churchill 's Conservative government decided to remove the last traces of wartime austerity by ending the rationing system: it took them until 1954 to complete this process with the end of meat rationing.
Roberts, Clayton, and David Roberts. A History of England: 1688 to the Present. Prentice-Hall, 1980.
820
Mount, Ferdinand. “The Doctrine of Unripe Time”. London Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2006, pp. 28-30.
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June 1851: Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the...

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June 1851

Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the Wilderness, adapted from German by Maria Lovell , premiered at Drury Lane .
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
166
Powell, Kerry. Women and Victorian Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
132

1871: Mme Venturi became editor of the anti-Contagious...

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1871

Mme Venturi became editor of the anti-Contagious Diseases Acts publication The Shield.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
120
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
92

By June 1810: Eaton Stannard Barrett (famous for his later...

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By June 1810

Eaton Stannard Barrett (famous for his later parody novel The Heroine) entered the field of commentary on gender issues with Woman, A Poem.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 20 (1810): 223
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
19: 246-50

1907: Oxford University Press sold its last copy...

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1907

Oxford University Press sold its last copy of Wilkins ' Coptic New Testament, printed in 1716 and believed to have been on sale continuously at its original price.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
128

1967: The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Act provided...

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1967

The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Act provided for adoption of legitimate children without parental consent if the child was neglected or abused.
Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
140

By 16 November 1872: Sir Henry Morton Stanley published an account...

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By 16 November 1872

Sir Henry Morton Stanley published an account of his African journey: How I Found Livingstone.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2351 (1872): 626

1928: Artist Pearl Binder held a one-person exhibition...

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1928

Artist Pearl Binder held a one-person exhibition at the Moffat Gallery in London.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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27 March 1766: Oliver Goldsmith published his single, sentimental-humorous...

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27 March 1766

Oliver Goldsmith published his single, sentimental-humorous novel, The Vicar of Wakefield.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
21 (1766): 439-41
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.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
27 March 2008

31 January 1919: The Ministry of Labour stated that 425,000...

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31 January 1919

The Ministry of Labour stated that 425,000 women were unemployed.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
49

1876: George Meredith published his novel Beauchamp's...

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1876

George Meredith published his novel Beauchamp's Career, in three volumes.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
35

: The Statute of Labourers ordered both men...

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Spring 1351

The Statute of Labourers ordered both men and women to work at the same rates which had been current before the plague; it also limited the mobility of labourers.
Honeyball, Simon. Sex, Employment and the Law. Blackwell Law, 1991.
2
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
104

13 November 1942: British troops (having landed, with other...

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13 November 1942

British troops (having landed, with other Allies in French North Africa, and and after the German invasion of so far unoccupied France had ended existing armistice arrangements) regained control of Tobruk.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
118, 119, 121-2

August 1864: The English Woman's Journal, a practical...

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August 1864

The English Woman's Journal, a practical and theoretical source of organized feminism from London, merged into The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal.
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.
under Anna Brownell Jameson
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
1-2

1886: Eleanor Marx, as Eleanor Marx Aveling, published...

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1886

Eleanor Marx , as Eleanor Marx Aveling, published her English translation of Gustave Flaubert 's Madame Bovary from the original French.
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 January 1840: Welsh Chartist leader John Frost was found...

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9 January 1840

Welsh Chartist leader John Frost was found guilty of high treason.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
21, 27, 40
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1561: Gabriele Falloppia (1523-1562) of Modena,...

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1561

Gabriele Falloppia (1523-1562) of Modena, Italy, gave scientific names to the vagina, placenta, and fallopian tubes, and was the first to describe the male contraceptive sheath, meant for prevention of venereal disease.
Talbott, John H. A Biographical History of Medicine: Excerpts and Essays on the Men and Their Work. Grune and Stratton, 1970.
67-8
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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After May 1814: A new Copyright Act was passed, which gave...

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After May 1814

A new Copyright Act was passed, which gave authors protection for twenty-eight years, or their lifetime, whichever was the longer.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1814): 610
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
171

1912: The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was...

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1912

The Jewish League for Women's Suffrage was created.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
241

1918: Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) launched...

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1918

Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) launched a campaign for equal pay for equal work.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
136

1896: Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Aus...

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1896

Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Australia.
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.
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