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September 1714: There was published A Collection of Queen...

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September 1714

There was published A Collection of Queen Anne 's Speeches, Messages . . . from her Accession to the Throne to her Demise.
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.

1932: The BBC adopted a policy restricting their...

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1932

The BBC adopted a policy restricting their employment of married women.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1866: The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme...

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1866

The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme (believed to be the first in the world) for setting up commemorative plaques on buildings associated with famous people.
Quinn, Ben. “Plaque blues. Cuts hit heritage scheme”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Jan. 2013, p. 16.

4 April 1931: Anne Hepple, the new editor of the Religious...

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4 April 1931

Anne Hepple , the new editor of the Religious Tract Society 's Woman's Magazine, wrote that the Society's aim was to divert attention from some of the cheap literature of to-day, which, along with...

September-November 2005: An exhibition at the National Theatre in...

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September-November 2005

An exhibition at the National Theatre in London, Flogging the Jewels, celebrated thirty years of the company now called Sphinx (formerly the Women's Theatre Group).
de Angelis, April. “Riddle of the Sphinx”. Guardian Unlimited, 10 Sept. 2005.

1 March 1843: The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including...

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1 March 1843

The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including Feargus O'Connor , began at Lancaster.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1868-1880: Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated...

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1868-1880

Over this period, the Vice Society confiscated more than 250,000 obscene prints and photographs.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1883: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became dean of...

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1883

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became dean of the London School of Medicine for Women , a position she held for a decade.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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20 January 1672: Dorothy Calthorpe began the remarkable manuscript...

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20 January 1672

Dorothy Calthorpe began the remarkable manuscript book of poetry and prose which was acquired by Yale University in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
May, James E. “Scribleriana Transferred: Recent Listings and Acquisition”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
40
, No. 1-2, 2007, pp. 193-9.
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1797: Erasmus Darwin's A Plan for the Conduct of...

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1797

Erasmus Darwin 's A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools was published.
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731 - 1802. A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools. J. Johnson, 1797.
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Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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1913: Edwin Landseer Lutyens was appointed to join...

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1913

Edwin Landseer Lutyens was appointed to join Herbert Baker as architects to design from scratch the city of New Delhi as capital of colonial India.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Eliza Haywood

EH was the most prolific novelist by number of titles (even ignoring those doubtfully ascribed) between Aphra Behn and Charlotte Smith . She also wrote poems, plays, periodicals, conduct books, translation, and theatre history. Her...
Eliza Haywood Black and white engraving of Eliza Haywood by George Vertue after a painting by James Parmentier. It has an oval frame tied with a ribbon at the top and set within a rectangular from. Haywood's hair is tied back, with a lock of it showing on her left shoulder. She is wearing a dress with a deep decolletage and lace at the bosom. This engraving was used as frontispiece to vol. i of her "Secret Histories, Novels and Poems", of which the second (and perhaps only) edition appeared in 1725.

February 1916: The East London Federation of Suffragettes...

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February 1916

The East London Federation of Suffragettes changed its name to the Workers' Suffrage Federation .
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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17 November 1871: The National Union for the Education of Girls...

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17 November 1871

The National Union for the Education of Girls of all Classes above the Elementary was founded by Maria Grey , with her sister Emily Shirreff and others.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
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Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
11, 80
Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
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23 April 1966: The Daily Worker, newspaper of the British...

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23 April 1966

The Daily Worker, newspaper of the British Communist Party , issued its last number under this title; the next, of 25 April, was entitled the Morning Star.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

October 1918: The League of Free Nations Association merged...

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October 1918

The League of Free Nations Association merged with the League of Nations Society to form the League of Nations Union .
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
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11 August 1592: Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Russell, hosts Elizabeth I at Bisham.

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11 August 1592

Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Russell, hosts Elizabeth I at Bisham.
Kolkovich, Elizabeth Zeman. “Lady Russell, Elizabeth I, and Female Political Alliances through Performance”. English Literary Renaissance, Vol.
39
, No. 2, 2009, pp. 290-14.
290, 293

20 July 1841: An article in The Times described the mesmeric...

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20 July 1841

An article in The Times described the mesmeric abilities of Charles Lafontaine , which included inducing a young man to stick pins in his cheeks.
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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27 September 1939: Warsaw fell to Hitler's invading army after...

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27 September 1939

Warsaw fell to Hitler 's invading army after twenty days' siege and bombardment.
“Poland 1939”. University of San Diego: World War II Timeline: 1939.
Brittain, Vera. Testament of a Peace-Lover: Letters from Vera Brittain. Editors Eden-Green, Winifred and Alan Eden-Green, Virago, 1988.
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Elizabeth Helme

EH began publishing in the 1780s to supplement her family's income. She issued ten novels with her name or some other means of (at least later) identification, three translations, and a number of didactic and...
Elizabeth Helme Elizabeth Helme, title-page of "St Margaret's Cave; or, The Nun's Story", 1801, vol. 4.

December 1930: N. C. W. News, from the National Council...

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December 1930

N. C. W. News, from the National Council of Women of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ended publication.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1848: The Society of Arts annual exhibition attracted...

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1848

The Society of Arts annual exhibition attracted 70,000 visitors.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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Mary Cary

Among the pamphleteers for the Parliament side in the English Civil War, MC stands out, not only for productivity but for her literary style, her sinewy argument, and her attention to setting the anti-monarchist party...

18 March 1766: The Stamp Act was repealed....

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18 March 1766

The Stamp Act was repealed.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
247, 218, 227

17 December 1958: The United States announced that its piloted...

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17 December 1958

The United States announced that its piloted satellite program run by NASA would be known as Project Mercury.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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