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16 August 1780: Lord Cornwallis inflicted the most crushing...

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16 August 1780

Lord Cornwallis inflicted the most crushing defeat suffered by the Americans in a major battle of the Revolutionary war.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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9 November 1938: Jewish citizens of Germany were attacked...

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9 November 1938

Jewish citizens of Germany were attacked and murdered, their property and synagogues looted and burned; the evening of destruction became known as Kristallnacht, from the broken glass in the streets.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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May 1829: A Ladies' Bazaar to benefit Spanish refugees,...

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May 1829

A Ladies' Bazaar to benefit Spanish refugees, held at the Hanover Square Rooms in London, patron the Duke of Wellington , raised the remarkable sum of £2,000.
“Deaprtments. Travel. Stanhope, Lady Caroline”. Bernard Quaritch Ltd.

March 1847: Benjamin Disraeli published his novel Ta...

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March 1847

Benjamin Disraeli published his novel Tancred.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

November 1761: The Lady's Magazine, or polite companion...

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November 1761

The Lady's Magazine, or polite companion for the fair sex printed a correspondent's letter remarking, The greatest reproach of an old maid . . . is her ill humour.
Italia, Iona. Philosophers, Knights-Errant, Coquettes and Old Maids. Cambridge University, 1997.
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2 December 1960: Pope John XXIII met Dr Fisher, Archibishop...

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2 December 1960

Pope John XXIII met Dr Fisher , Archibishop of Canterbury, at the Vatican.
Allen, John L., Jr. “The Word from Rome”. New Catholic Reporter, 10 Oct. 2003.

By mid-July 1956: Robert Conquest edited a poetry anthology...

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By mid-July 1956

Robert Conquest edited a poetry anthology entitled New Lines; it put forward the work of a group of young poets who were beginning to be called the Movement.
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.
Collini, Stefan. “Self-Positioning”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 12, 25 June 2009, pp. 17-19.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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6 February 1756: A national fast day was held in Britain,...

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6 February 1756

A national fast day was held in Britain, to pray for success in the Seven Years War.
Steele, Anne. The Works of Mrs. Anne Steele. Munroe, Francis and Parker, 1808, 2 vols.
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30 May 1972: The trial opened at the Old Bailey Court...

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30 May 1972

The trial opened at the Old Bailey Court No. 1 in London of the Stoke Newington Eight (anarchists and libertarians including several women), accused of conspiring as the Angry Brigade in various bombing incidents.
“Angry Brigade Chronology”. Spunk Library.

14 October 1942: The International Red Cross decided against...

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14 October 1942

The International Red Cross decided against publicly announcing its evidence about Nazi death camps.
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
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630: Saint Eanswida founded a convent for women...

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630

Saint Eanswida founded a convent for women at Folkestone in Kent.
Leibell, Sister Helen Dominica. Anglo-Saxon Education of Women: From Hilda to Hildegarde. B. Franklin, 1971.
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11 May 1654: John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable...

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11 May 1654

John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable women were beginning to paint themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing and us'd only by prostitutes.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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20-21 September 1586: Anthony Babington and six other Roman Catholics...

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20-21 September 1586

Anthony Babington and six other Roman Catholics were executed for high treason (plotting to murder Queen Elizabeth with the intention of putting Mary, Queen of Scots , on the throne).
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1855: The Metropolitan Board of Works, an indirectly...

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1855

The Metropolitan Board of Works , an indirectly elected body, was set up to supervise public infrastructure in London.
Hunt, Tristram. “Bus Lane Strategy”. London Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2002, pp. 20-1.
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Una Troubridge

Twentieth-century translator and biographer UT is best remembered for her numerous translations from the French and Italian, and for her biography of her lover of twenty-eight years, the writer Radclyffe Hall . UT also published...
Una Troubridge Colour photo of Una Troubridge from the waist up, wearing a black suit-jacket, white high-necked shirt, cravat, and red lipstick. Her brown hair is cropped, but her fringe is quite long. She has a monocle in one eye.

Maria Grey

MG wrote during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her early productions were literary: she collaborated with her sister on a narrative and a novel, and then produced a second novel independently. Her later...
Maria Grey Low-resolution black-and-white photo of Maria Grey sitting in a chair,holding a book. She has a white cap tied round her head and she is wearing glasses. Her dress is buttoned up the front and topped by a short jacket.

1785: John Pendred published the first guide to...

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1785

John Pendred published the first guide to English publishing, The London and Country Printers, Booksellers and Stationers Vade Mecum.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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November 1971: Erin Pizzey founded Chiswick Women's Aid...

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November 1971

Erin Pizzey founded Chiswick Women's Aid at 2 Belmont Terrace, the first shelter for battered women.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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Early 1820: In Spain a revolt of Liberals along with...

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Early 1820

In Spain a revolt of Liberals along with a troop uprising resulted in a defeat of supporters of absolute monarchy.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
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, Anchor, 1978.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
90 (1820): i: 167

July 1773: The Westminster Magazine printed, along with...

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July 1773

The Westminster Magazine printed, along with its account of Oxford University 's annual degree-giving, an article by L. P.On the Propriety of Bestowing Academical Honours on the Ladies.
Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990.
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3 February 1966: At its fifth attempt, the USSR achieved the...

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3 February 1966

At its fifth attempt, the USSR achieved the first-ever landing on the moon, of an unmanned space-craft, the Luna 9. It was equipped with cameras to take the first close-ups of the moon's surface.
Tucker, Anthony. “4 February 1966. Moon landing for Russian probe”. Guardian Weekly, 4 Feb. 2011, p. 22.
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5 October 1795: A Royalist insurrection in Paris was crushed...

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5 October 1795

A Royalist insurrection in Paris was crushed by troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte .
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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19 May 1662: The Act of Uniformity made use of the revised...

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19 May 1662

The Act of Uniformity made use of the revised Book of Common Prayer compulsory in England and Wales; it came into use within three months.
Collinson, Patrick. “Holy-Rowly-Powliness”. London Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2001, pp. 33-4.
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1942: The Anglican Church relaxed its expectation...

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1942

The Anglican Church relaxed its expectation that women should invariably wear hats in church.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1 June 1704: The habit of ladies' attending the theatre...

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1 June 1704

The habit of ladies' attending the theatre in masks was satirised in a song performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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