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Fanny Kingsley

Fanny Kingsley 's literary activity centres around the life of her husband, the writer and clergyman Charles Kingsley. She edited his letters for publication after his death, as well as several volumes of his...

After May 1814: A new Copyright Act was passed, which gave...

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After May 1814

A new Copyright Act was passed, which gave authors protection for twenty-eight years, or their lifetime, whichever was the longer.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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31 July 1797: The London Corresponding Society's final...

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31 July 1797

The LondonCorresponding Society 's final public meeting was dispersed as illegal by magistrates.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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1920: The Golden Cockerel Press was founded at...

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1920

The Golden Cockerel Press was founded at Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, by Harold Midgely Taylor and Gay Taylor .
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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1808: The Catholic Board was established in England...

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1808

The Catholic Board was established in England with the purpose of replying to printed material that opposed or criticized the institution of Roman Catholicism.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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1 January 1785: The Daily Universal Register began publication...

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1 January 1785

The Daily Universal Register began publication in London; it became The Times, or Daily Universal Register, and then on 18 March 1788 simply the Times.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

Julia Ward Howe

JWH , nineteenth-century American woman of letters, is chiefly remembered for having composed The Battle-Hymn of the Republic, and for her highly popular lecture tours. She also published poetry, travel writings, journalism including powerful...
Julia Ward Howe Black and white half-length photograph of Julia Ward Howe, seated and turning a little towards the camera. She wears an ample dark dress with white ruffles at the throat and front, and a white cap over her ears and her grey hair.

December 1709-February 1710: During a great frost of three months, fairs...

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December 1709-February 1710

During a great frost of three months, fairs were held on the frozen Thames at London.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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May 1937: S. W. Smedley of Wisbech Canners sold the...

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May 1937

S. W. Smedley of Wisbech Canners sold the UK's first frozen fruits and vegetables.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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1885-1915: Some historians see in these three decades...

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1885-1915

Some historians see in these three decades uniquely rapid techological change: craft skills, advance in knowledge, and promotional savvy conceived, built, and familiarized a host of machines still recognisable today.
Tenner, Edward. “A Place for Hype”. London Review of Books, 10 May 2007, pp. 33-4.
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1909: The Women's Social Services opened a new...

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1909

The Women's Social Services opened a new maternity hospital in Hackney near London.
Higginbotham, Ann R. “Respectable Sinners: Salvation Army Rescue Work with Unmarried Mothers, 1884-1914”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 216-33.
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February 1673: The Third Dutch War broke out; it lasted...

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February 1673

The Third Dutch War broke out; it lasted until the following year, to be ended partly by the unwillingness of the parliament to provide Charles II with further funds.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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Late 1752: A cargo of newly captured Africans on the...

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Late 1752

A cargo of newly captured Africans on the slave ship Marlborough mutinied off the African coast; this detonated a chain of adventures which left them all, at least for the time being, free.
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
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, 2000, pp. 37-51.
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December 1883: The National League Journal ended publication...

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December 1883

The National League Journal ended publication in Liverpool.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1647: Abraham Cowley's The Mistress, a collection...

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1647

Abraham Cowley 's The Mistress, a collection of love-poems, was published, but not by the intention of its author.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
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1710: Anne Oldfield, leading actress, was viciously...

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1710

Anne Oldfield , leading actress, was viciously attacked as promiscuous and power-hungry in a pamphlet, A Justification of the Letter to John Stanley.
Crouch, Kimberly. “The public life of actresses: prostitutes or ladies?”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 58-78.
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Margaret Harkness

MH wrote late Victorian novels, mostly set in the East End slums of London, that express her political ideas. She was an ardent socialist in the 1880s and 1890s and was also a journalist...
Margaret Harkness Black and white, head-and-shoulders print of Margaret Harkness full face, wearing a high-necked blouse or dress, hair back behind her ears.

Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger

EOB , a writer of the Romantic period, remains best-known for her precocious yet astonishingly mature Female Geniad (a poem celebrating women writers); but her other works in poetry, fiction, history, and memoirs show a...
Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger

December 1915: Henry Ford's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left...

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December 1915

Henry Ford 's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left harbour at Hoboken, New Jersey, with one hundred and sixty people on board; they were sailing to Europe to promote mediation in the hope of...

1850: Charles Kingsley anonymously published Alton...

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1850

Charles Kingsley anonymously published Alton Locke, A Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

8 November 2016: The American people, offered the opportunity...

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8 November 2016

The American people, offered the opportunity to elect their first female President in the person of Hillary Clinton , chose instead to confer the presidency on Donald Trump , a developer, former reality tv host...

By September 1735: The gardens of Lord Cobham at Stowe in Buckinghamshire...

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By September 1735

The gardens of Lord Cobham at Stowe in Buckinghamshire were complete enough to be written up in The Daily Gazetteer.
Zeitz, Lisa M. “Constructing the Past, Construing the Future: Time and History in the Garden Space of Stowe”. Lumen, Vol.
xviii
, 1999, pp. 201-13.
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1 January 1660-31 May 1669: Samuel Pepys kept the Diary which was published...

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1 January 1660-31 May 1669

Samuel Pepys kept the Diary which was published long after his death.
Pepys, Samuel. Diary. Editor Wheatley, Henry B., G. Bell and Sons, 1952, 8 vols.
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Jane Collier

JC was a remarkably innovative and experimental prose-writer of the mid-eighteenth century. She produced one anti-conduct-book, one collaborative novel (written together with Sarah Fielding ), a remarkable commonplace-book (only recently discovered), and trenchant literary-critical comments...
Jane Collier Jane Collier's commonplace-book page 78: "Sallys and Jennys Emblem (1751) concerning the Cry", an allegory in which she and Sarah Fielding collaborate on a dressmaking project -- that is, on the experimental novel "The Cry", 1754. Hilda Londry Collection.

November 1896: The Publishers Council sent a letter cautioning...

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November 1896

The Publishers Council sent a letter cautioning the press—especially editors of literary periodicals—not to publish unauthorized quotations of excessive extracts from copyright books in articles purporting to be reviews.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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