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January 1975: Britain lifted its direct rule from Northern...

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January 1975

Britain lifted its direct rule from Northern Ireland, only to re-impose it in May.
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
8: 464-5, 466

1875: The Illustrated London News dramatically...

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1875

The Illustrated London News dramatically changed the advertising industry when it published the first full-page advertisement, for Pulvermacher's Galvanic Chain Bands and Belts.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
66

1799: The first continuous-paper machine was set...

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1799

The first continuous-paper machine was set up in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Frances Burney

FB , renowned as a novelist in her youth and middle age, outlived her high reputation; her fourth and last novel (published in 1814) was her least well received. Her diaries and letters, posthumously published...
Frances Burney Photo of the painting of Frances Burney by her cousin Edward Francisco Burney, c. 1784-5. She is turned to the viewer's left with lowered gaze, wearing a long-sleeved pale pink gown with a pink bow and a dark shawl; but the portrait is dominated by her huge hat with puffed-up crown and bow of broad ribbon. National Portrait Gallery

26 July 1945: The postwar general election put the Labour...

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26 July 1945

The postwar general election put the Labour Party in power with a landslide victory. Clement Attlee became Prime Minister; prominent in his Cabinet were Herbert Morrison , Ernest Bevin , Hugh Dalton , and Sir...

13 February 1689: James II having fled the kingdom the previous...

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13 February 1689

James II having fled the kingdom the previous December, and his place been taken by his elder daughter and her husband, they assumed the throne jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II ...

1842: Jane Loudon's Ladies' Magazine of Gardening...

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1842

Jane Loudon 's Ladies' Magazine of Gardening appeared in its first and only collected volume.
Brown, Jane. The Pursuit of Paradise: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening. HarperCollins, 2000.
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October 1972: Elaine Morgan published her most famous book,...

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October 1972

Elaine Morgan published her most famous book, a treatise on evolution, which she titled, constrasting with Darwin 's The Descent of Man, The Descent of Woman.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1973

1919: Dr Madlener devised tubal ligation, the first...

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1919

Dr Madlener devised tubal ligation, the first of the widely used sterilizing operations.
Wood, Clive. Vasectomy and Sterilization. Temple Smith, 1974.
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August 1715: Isaac Watts published Divine Songs Attempted...

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August 1715

Isaac Watts published Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.

September 1974: The Women's Struggle Notes began bi-monthly...

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September 1974

The Women's Struggle Notes began bi-monthly publication from Sheffield; it was aimed at working-class women.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Noyce, John. The Directory of British Alternative Periodicals 1965-1974. Harvester Press, 1979.
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1907: The Association of Medical Women in India...

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1907

The Association of Medical Women in India was established by Dr Annette Benson .
Bell, E. Moberly. Storming the Citadel. Constable, 1953.
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1770: The Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion or Venedotian...

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1770

The Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion or Venedotian Society was founded in London as a literary and social club, whose meetings had the goal of fostering Welsh literature and reviving the tradition of the eisteddfod or contest...

By mid-August 1927: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov published his seminal...

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By mid-August 1927

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov published his seminal study Conditioned Reflexes.
Gleitman, Henry et al. Psychology. 6th ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2004.
125-127, B66
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(18 August 1927): 562

7 June 1594: Dr Roderigo Lopez, a Portuguese Jew who had...

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7 June 1594

Dr Roderigo Lopez , a Portuguese Jew who had lived thirty-five years in England, most of them at the head of the medical profession, was executed for his alleged part in a plot to...

4 or 6 October 1809: Spencer Perceval assumed office as Prime...

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4 or 6 October 1809

Spencer Perceval assumed office as Prime Minister. He was a Tory, an Evangelical, and an abolitionist, strongly committed to the war against France.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Barrell, John. “Shoot first, ask questions later”. The Guardian, 12 May 2012, p. Review 6.
Review 6

1885: Breaking with established department store...

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1885

Breaking with established department store practice, Harrods began to offer credit to select customers.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Mary Augusta Ward

Best known for her influential loss-of-faith novel Robert Elsmere, MAW was among the more prolific and popular novelists of the later Victorian and Edwardian periods. Her fifty-year career spanned an era of enormous transformation...
Mary Augusta Ward Black and white photograph of Mary Augusta Ward sitting in an upholstered chair, her hair in a bun, hands folded in her lap, and face turned to be seen in profile. She wears a long, full skirt and a gauzy blouse with a high collar, loose sleeves, and patterned panels in front.

August 1526: Erasmus published his De Matrimonio Christiano,...

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August 1526

Erasmus published his De Matrimonio Christiano, an account of the kind of marriage relation (with the wife as partner, but junior partner) later favoured by the Puritans.
Halkin, Léon-Ernest. Erasmus: a critical biography. Translator Tonkin, John, Blackwell, 1993.
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1550: Giovan Francesco Straparola published the...

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1550

Giovan Francesco Straparola published the first volume of Pleasant Nights.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.

Mary Ann Kelty

MAK 's first publications were novels issued in the 1820s (intelligent, pious but not totally unworldly), which had considerable success in Britain, the USA, and Continental Europe. Later the religious element became dominant in her...

1989: Jan Shinebourne's short story This is Modern...

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1989

Jan Shinebourne 's short story This is Modern Times was included in a collection of Caribbean stories, Her True-True Name, edited by Pamela Mordecai and Betty Wilson .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

January 1849-April 1851: Robert Smith Surtees' fox-hunting novel Mr...

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January 1849-April 1851

Robert Smith Surtees ' fox-hunting novel Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour was serialised in the New Monthly Magazine; it appeared in one volume in 1853.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.

1735: Robert Dodsley, a man from the lower classes...

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1735

Robert Dodsley , a man from the lower classes who had worked as a footman, opened his publisher's shop in Pall Mall, London.
Tierney, James E. “Advertisements for Books in London Newspapers, 1760-1785”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
30
, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
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19 April 1928: The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary...

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19 April 1928

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary reached completion with the publication of the final volume. (The first had appeared on 1 February 1884.)
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
19 April 2013