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5 June 1883: The first European train de luxe made its...

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5 June 1883

The first European train de luxe made its appearance with a service operating between Paris and Vienna. In October this year it was extended to Constantinople. The name Orient Express came later.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
129, 184

1872: The French army was reorganized under Louis...

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1872

The French army was reorganized under Louis Thiers , and conscription was introduced.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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November 1940: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (wife of Charles A....

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November 1940

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (wife of Charles A. Lindbergh and already a published author) issued The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith, a pamphlet urging the USA to stay out of the second...

20 August 1853: The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis)...

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20 August 1853

The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act regulated emissions in London.
Wohl, Anthony S. Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Harvard University Press, 1983.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

October 1900: The last issue of the Scottish Review was...

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October 1900

The last issue of the Scottish Review was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Susan Du Verger:

SDV published between 1639 and 1653 two translations of fiction (the first a collection of early novels or romances) and an unusual critique of a work by Margaret Cavendish, then Marchioness of Newcastle .
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Caroline Norton

Publishing over forty years of the nineteenth century, professional woman of letters CN produced poetry and songs, four novels, stories, and a few unsuccessful plays. She edited annuals and periodicals, where she also published work...
Caroline Norton Photograph of a painting of Caroline Norton by Sir George Hayter, 1832. She is seated at a desk with her chin resting pensively on her left hand while she pauses in writing with a quill pen in a large open book. Behind her is red drapery, a large column, and a nighttime scene. Her bare shoulders emerge from a white gauzy bodice with puffed, bound sleeves, gold trim at the neckline, and a gold mantle over it. She has gold bracelets on both her wrists; her black hair, parted in the middle, is coiled over her

1907: Helen Wallace published through Cassell her...

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1907

Helen Wallace published through Cassell her novel The Coming of Isobel, using her own name.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

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.

1879: Edwin Arnold published his life of the Buddha,...

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1879

Edwin Arnold published his life of the Buddha , told in narrative verse, entitled Light of Asia.
Chaudhuri, Amit. “Two Giant Brothers”. London Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2006, pp. 27-30.
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5-7 August 1939: The first British transatlantic air service...

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5-7 August 1939

The first British transatlantic air service from England to Canada was initiated by Imperial Airways .
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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10 May 1941: During the final, most destructive raid of...

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10 May 1941

During the final, most destructive raid of the Blitz, Queen's Hall was completely demolished by bombs and the BBC studios at Maida Vale received a direct hit from a high-explosive bomb.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
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3 June 1829: Publisher Henry Colburn went into partnership...

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3 June 1829

Publisher Henry Colburn went into partnership with Richard Bentley (1794 - ­1871) (who, in order to do this, had just dissolved the partnership between himself and his brother Samuel Bentley as printers).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Richard Bentley, 1794-1871

28 October 1871: Henry Stanley of the New York Herald had...

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28 October 1871

Henry Stanley of the New York Herald had his famous encounter with explorer David Livingstone at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 584
Levey, Judith S., and Agnes Greenhall, editors. The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia. Columbia University Press, 1983.
804

1978: Philosopher Philippa Foot's most important...

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1978

Philosopher Philippa Foot 's most important essays from 1957 to 1976 were collected in Virtues and Vices.
Kersey, Ethel M. Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book. Greenwood, 1989.
103-5

18 November 2017: A group of poets and academics calling itself...

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18 November 2017

A group of poets and academics calling itself FIRED! , formed to protest the absence of women from the new Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets, held its first event, at an arts centre in Belfast.
Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon. Jan. 2018, http://awomanpoetspledge.com/about-us/.

By early November 1973: Experimental novelist B. S. Johnson prefaced...

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By early November 1973

Experimental novelist B. S. Johnson prefaced his short-story volume Aren't You Rather Young To Be Writing Your Memoirs? with a polemical critique listing only sixteen serious contemporary British writers.
Gordon, Giles. “Reading Ann Quin’s Berg”. Context: A Forum for Literary Arts and Culture, 2001.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
3740 (9 November 1973): 1361

July 1979: The Movement for the Ordination of Women...

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July 1979

The Movement for the Ordination of Women was founded.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
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Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
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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.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 1999–28 Feb. 2000, pp. 168-9.
168
“British Politics”. History Learning Site.
Devolution and Scotland

April 1838: The National Gallery moved into its new facility...

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April 1838

The National Gallery moved into its new facility at Charing Cross.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
204-5

January 1763: Parliamentary investigation of London madhouses...

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January 1763

Parliamentary investigation of London madhouses substantiated charges of improper confinement.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Margaret Forster

Margaret Forster 's tally of books, which began to appear in the later twentieth century, neared forty. They run the gamut from novels at one end to history and biography at the other, emphasising the...
Margaret Forster Black-and-white portrait photo of Margaret Forster, looking at the camera and leaning on what could be the back of a couch, 30 January 1964.

1789: A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous...

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1789

A pamphlet said to be written by anonymous Swedenborgians , A Plan for a Free Community upon the Coast of Africa, was panned by the Critical Review.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
70 (1790): 220
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.

From 1830: Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely...

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From 1830

Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely available.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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