Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1823: The new Spanish liberal regime was overthrown...
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1823
The new Spanish liberal regime was overthrown by a French invasion supported by reactionary European forces; this restored Ferdinand VII
to the Spanish throne.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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June 1810: The dual-action or pedal harp was invented...
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June 1810
The dual-action or pedal harp was invented by Sébastien Erard
: it quickly became a drawing-room success, and is still in use in concert halls.
CBC Arts Report. CBC Radio 2.
“A History of Sebastian Erard, Piano and Harp Maker”. U. K. Piano Page: Piano History.
Christmas Day 1950: Four Scottish Nationalist students removed...
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Christmas Day 1950
Four Scottish Nationalist
students removed from Westminster Abbey in London the Stone of Scone, on which Scottish kings had been crowned until Edward I
seized it in 1296.
“The Stone of Destiny”. Brigadoonery Canada.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
402
2 November 1917: The Balfour Declaration announced the UK's...
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2 November 1917
The Balfour Declaration announced the UK's support for creation of a national homeland for Jews in Palestine (now the state of Israel).
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 231
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
466
1860: French physician Louis-Victor Marce (1828-1864)...
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1860
French physician Louis-Victor Marce
(1828-1864) published another early observation of what later became known as anorexia nervosa.
Hof, Sonja van ’t. Anorexia Nervosa: The Historical and Cultural Specificity: Fallacious Theories and Tenacious "Facts". Swets and Zeitlinger, 1994.
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6 November 1947: Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first...
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6 November 1947
Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal
was first aired on BBC
television.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
380
15 May 1830: The Anti-Slavery Society in London accepted...
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15 May 1830
The Anti-Slavery Society
in London accepted an amendment switching its aims from gradual to immediate abolition.
Corfield, Kenneth. “Elizabeth Heyrick: Radical Quaker”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Croom Helm, 1986, pp. 41-67.
