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5 May 1821: Napoleon died in confinement on the island...

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5 May 1821

Napoleon died in confinement on the island of St Helena.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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2 August 1914: The World Alliance for Promoting International...

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2 August 1914

The World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was founded at a conference in Constance, Switzerland.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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By 22 May 1755: George Colman and Bonnell Thornton edited...

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By 22 May 1755

George Colman and Bonnell Thornton edited and published an anthology entitled Poems by Eminent Ladies.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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Eger, Elizabeth. “Fashioning a Female Canon: Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and the Politics of the Anthology”. Women’s Poetry in the Enlightenment, The Making of a Canon 1730-1820, edited by Isobel Armstrong and Virginia Blain, St Martin’s Press, 1998, pp. 201-15.
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Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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1 August 1774: After some years experimenting with nitrous...

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1 August 1774

After some years experimenting with nitrous oxide, Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen (which he called dephlogisticated air).
Priestley, Joseph. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air. Thomas Pearson, 1790.

July 1969: Mary Douglas published another influential...

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July 1969

Mary Douglas published another influential work of social anthropology, Natural Symbols.
Fardon, Richard. Mary Douglas: An Intellectual Biography. Routledge, 1999.
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25 September 1808: Novelist Captain Philip Meadows Taylor was...

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25 September 1808

Novelist Captain Philip Meadows Taylor was born in Liverpool.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

July 1835: The first issue of The British and Foreign...

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July 1835

The first issue of The British and Foreign Review; or, European Quarterly Journal was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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11 May 1963: The Committee of 100 (a disarmament group...

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11 May 1963

The Committee of 100 (a disarmament group with which Pat Arrowsmith was associated, offshoot of CND ) held a demonstration at the RAF base at Marham in Norfolk.
Committee of 100. Mail Interception and Telephone Tapping in Britain. Hampstead Group, Committee of 100 and Housmans Bookshop, 1965.
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July 1770: A Paris newspaper advertised the new invention...

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July 1770

A Paris newspaper advertised the new invention of steel pens as flexible as goose quills.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
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1934: Evangeline Cora Booth, daughter of Salvation...

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1934

Evangeline Cora Booth , daughter of Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth , was elected Commander of the Salvation Army worldwide.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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1889: Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the...

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1889

Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the Central Committee of the Women's Co-operative Guild .
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
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: Interest in books for children increased...

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Spring 1970

Interest in books for children increased sharply in Britain: two journals were launched, Signal: Approaches to Children's Literature, edited by Nancy Chambers , and Children's Literature in Education.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
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February 1987: Mirror Image, a novel by Dulcie Gray, ap...

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February 1987

Mirror Image, a novel by Dulcie Gray , appeared.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.

1816: The Peace Society was founded by Quakers;...

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1816

The Peace Society was founded by Quakers; the society wished to replace war with diplomacy in international relations.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
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9 March 1935: The German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) was...

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9 March 1935

The German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) was formed, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1858: English Baptist Alfred Saker settled in the...

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1858

English Baptist Alfred Saker settled in the Cameroons to establish a mission.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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1888: Britain united the colonies of Trinidad and...

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1888

Britain united the colonies of Trinidad and Tobago.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.

1794: In his General View of the County of Westmorland,...

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1794

In his General View of the County of Westmorland, Andrew Pringle reported that although generally horse work was men's work, in Westmorland women often drove teams of three or four harnessed to ploughs or...

12 July 1799: The Combination Act prohibited all combinations...

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12 July 1799

The Combination Act prohibited all combinations (of employers as well as of workers); those accused under it were deprived of the right to trial by jury.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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1940: Women in Quebec finally gained the right...

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1940

Women in Quebec finally gained the right to vote in provincial elections; most other Canadian women had enjoyed voting rights since 1918.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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10 December 2004: Linda B. Buck and Richard Axel, both based...

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10 December 2004

Linda B. Buck and Richard Axel , both based in the USA, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

September 1950: In the USA the Internal Security Act (also...

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September 1950

In the USA the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act or McCarran Wood Act from the chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee ) placed various legal restrictions on Communist Party membership and...

1880: The Ulster Head Schoolmistresses' Association...

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1880

The Ulster Head Schoolmistresses' Association was founded in Belfast, mainly under the influence of Isabella Tod .
O’Connor, Anne V. “The Revolution in Girls’ Secondary Education in Ireland, 1860-1910”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 31-54.
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1888: Attesting to the importance of the newly...

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1888

Attesting to the importance of the newly booming mail order trade, Marshall and Snelgrove 's department store reported receiving approximately 1,000 orders daily by post.
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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27 March 1680: According to an early advertisement, the...

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27 March 1680

According to an early advertisement, the London offices of the Penny Post were opened by upholsterer Robert Murray and metals merchant William Dockwra . This challenged the government monopoly , and advertisements were thought to...