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1538: Royal Injunctions appeared: a radical, Erasmian...

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1538

Royal Injunctions appeared: a radical, Erasmian document whose first provision was that an English bible should be made available in every parish church.
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
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MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “How good is it?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 3, 3 Feb. 2011, pp. 20-2.
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Smyth, Adam. “23153.8; 19897.7; 15635”. London Review of Books, Vol.
37
, No. 16, 27 Aug. 2015, pp. 37-9.
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25 December 1898: Imperial Penny Postage was proclaimed to...

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25 December 1898

Imperial Penny Postage was proclaimed to most of the British Empire.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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21 March 1960: Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed...

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21 March 1960

Sixty-seven black demonstrators were killed when South African police fired into an unarmed Pan-African demonstration against pass laws in the Transvaal; this event became known as the Sharpeville Massacre.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Slovo, Gillian. Ties of Blood. Michael Joseph, 1989.
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June 1876: The London Anti-Vivisection Society and the...

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June 1876

The London Anti-Vivisection Society and the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection were founded.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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1968: 19, a monthly fashion magazine for teenagers,...

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1968

19, a monthly fashion magazine for teenagers, began publication from Stamford Street, London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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5 May 1816: John Keats appeared (anonymously) in print...

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5 May 1816

John Keats appeared (anonymously) in print with a sonnet entitled O Solitude in Leigh Hunt 's Examiner.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
5 May 2011

1798: The Annual Register Chronicle announced the...

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1798

The Annual Register Chronicle announced the invention, by a Frenchman and a German, of the printing process known as stereotype or stereotyping.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

By June 1997: Anne Michaels, Canadian author of two poetry...

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By June 1997

Anne Michaels , Canadian author of two poetry collections, won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her first novel, Fugitive Pieces, 1996.
“Anne Michaels Wins Orange Prize for Fiction”. PR Newswire, 5 June 1997.

18 June 1788: The Slave-Trade Regulation Bill was passed,...

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18 June 1788

The Slave-Trade Regulation Bill was passed, which for the first time applied controls to the slave trade.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Henry Grattan
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
58 (1788): 1146

1886: Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and...

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1886

Alexander Graham Bell , Chichester Bell , and Charles Tainter , vastly improved the sound recording ability of Thomas Edison 's phonograph with their invention of the graphophone.
Millard, Andre J. America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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22 August 1795: The new French constitution created a legislature...

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22 August 1795

The new French constitution created a legislature with two chambers; a five-man Directory held executive power.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Popkin, Jeremy D. “Race, Slavery, and the French and Haitian Revolutions”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2003, pp. 113-22.
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Richard Francis Burton

Victorian explorer and diplomat RFB published more than forty volumes of travel writing, as well as folklore and poetry. He is best remembered for his translations of erotic works.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

25 September-20 November 1819: The Briton, a radical weekly, began a month...

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25 September-20 November 1819

The Briton, a radical weekly, began a month after the Peterloo Massacre and appeared each Saturday for two months.
Keen, Paul, and Kevin Gilmartin, editors. The Popular Radical Press in Britain 1817-1821. Pickering and Chatto, 2003, 6 vols.

Autumn 1952: The annual conference of the Labour Party...

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Autumn 1952

The annual conference of the Labour Party (now out of office) confirmed its commitment to comprehensive education (i.e. nonselective schools at secondary level).
Simon, Brian. The State and Educational Change: Essays in the History of Education and Pedagogy. Lawrence and Wishart, 1994.
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1542: David Clapham translated Henry Cornelius...

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1542

David Clapham translated Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim 's treatise De Nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus, 1529, as Treatise on the Nobility of Womankind.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 2
Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius Agrippa von. Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex. Translator Rabil, Albert, University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1880s: The Party of Individual Liberty was founded...

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1880s

The Party of Individual Liberty was founded by Auberon Herbert .
Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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March 1961: Jane Duncan's autobiographical book My Friend...

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March 1961

Jane Duncan 's autobiographical book My Friend Annie, treating her often rocky relationship with her stepmother, was published.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.

February 1778: Franz Anton Mesmer, inventor of animal magnetism,...

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February 1778

Franz Anton Mesmer , inventor of animal magnetism, arrived in Paris to promote his theory.
Darnton, Robert. Mesmerism: and the End of the Enlightenment in France. Harvard University Press, 1968.
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1964: The Public Libraries and Museums Act provided...

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1964

The Public Libraries and Museums Act provided for the setting up and staffing of free public libraries all over England and Wales, centrally controlled by the Secretary of State.
Public Libraries and Museums Act. HMSO, 1964.

1902: It was announced that Britain was free of...

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1902

It was announced that Britain was free of rabies for the first time.
Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate : The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age. Harvard University Press, 1987.
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1700: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...

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1700

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge founded a High School for Girls at St Martin in the Fields, London.
Turner, Barry. Equality for Some: The Story of Girls’ Education. Ward Lock Educational, 1974.
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1841: Joseph Cundell established his own publishing...

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1841

Joseph Cundell established his own publishing firm in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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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.
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1263: Balliol College, Oxford, was founded by Sir...

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1263

Balliol College , Oxford, was founded by Sir John de Balliol , with the eventual help of his wife, Dervorguilla .
The World of Learning. 47th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1997.
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Whitaker’s Almanack. 119th ed., J. Whitaker, 1987.
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