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10 April 1871: The Paris Commune, besieged by the national...

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10 April 1871

The Paris Commune, besieged by the national army, published its agenda for social justice. On the same day the guillotine, instrument of judicial capital punishment, was burned.
Marlière, Philippe. “Globalisation before Globalisation”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 13, 2 July 2015, pp. 21-2.
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1944: Two important and strongly contrasting books...

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1944

Two important and strongly contrasting books on political economy appeared: Friedrich Hayek 's The Road to Serfdom (which later brought him the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) and Karl Polanyi 's The Great Transformation.
Elliott, Larry. “Markets must deliver what people want”. Guardian Weekly, 13–19 Apr. 2000, p. 12.
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After 25 March 1754: Following Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act,...

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After 25 March 1754

Following Lord Hardwicke 's Marriage Act, solemnization of marriages ceased at the Fleet Chapel in London (chapel of the Fleet Prison).
Gillis, John R. For Better, For Worse: British Marriages, 1600 to the Present. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1856-1862: Charles Knight published The Popular History...

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1856-1862

Charles Knight published The Popular History of England.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

18 May 1866: The Labouring Classes Dwellings Act allowed...

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18 May 1866

The Labouring Classes Dwellings Act allowed for philanthropic organizations to borrow capital costs from the Public Works Loan Commissioners for the construction of working-class housing.
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
384
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

1821: Pierre Bretonneau described symptoms of a...

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1821

Pierre Bretonneau described symptoms of a disease he named diphtheria.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
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1857: The Obstetrical Society was reborn, with...

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1857

The Obstetrical Society was reborn, with membership open to any male medical professional.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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20 July 1915: The second and final issue of Wyndham Lewis's...

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20 July 1915

The second and final issue of Wyndham Lewis 's Vorticist magazine, Blast, included artwork and literary pieces by Helen Saunders , Jessie Dismorr , and Dorothy Shakespear , along with poems by Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot .
Wees, William C. Vorticism and the English Avant-Garde. University of Toronto Press, 1972.
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1854: A Select Committee was assembled to investigate...

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1854

A Select Committee was assembled to investigate medical relief after the annual national expenditure reached £4,000,000.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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1939: Oxford University Press published the first...

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1939

Oxford University Press published the first edition of Theodore Besterman 's A World Bibliography of Bibliographies.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
183

17 August 1943: Simone Weil, philosopher and author of The...

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17 August 1943

Simone Weil , philosopher and author of The Need for Roots and Gravity and Grace, died at the Grosvenor Sanatorium in Ashford, Kent.
Kersey, Ethel M. Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book. Greenwood, 1989.
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22 August 1837: The British government was the first to contract...

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22 August 1837

The British government was the first to contract for the carrying of mail by steamship.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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27 October 2009: In Washington, DC, the National Museum of...

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27 October 2009

In Washington, DC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Washington Shakespeare Company together launched a Sort-of-Jane-Austen Play Reading Festival presenting women playwrights.
“Sort-of-Jane Austen Play Reading Festival”. Washington Shakespeare Company.

1845: The Hospital for the Diseases of Women became...

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1845

The Hospital for the Diseases of Women became the Hospital for Women.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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1 February 1886: William Gladstone (Liberal) formed the UK...

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1 February 1886

William Gladstone (Liberal ) formed the UK government for the third time.
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.
491

Alice Walker

AW is an African-American writer and activist, who began publishing in the late 1960s and is best known for her novel The Color Purple. As well as other novels, she publishes or has published...
Alice Walker Photograph of Alice Walker, standing behind a podium and speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a blue jacket, dangling leaf-shaped earrings, and wire-rimmed glasses.

1838: The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House...

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1838

The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House of Commons but was rejected by the House of Lords .
Huddleston, Joan, and Caroline Norton. “Introduction”. Caroline Norton’s Defense, Academy Chicago, 1982, p. I - XIII.
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James Joyce

Irish exile JJ , hailed by Yeats as a new kind of novelist even before his first novel was published, became one of the leading practitioners of modernism. As well as poems, a play, and...

1758: At about the date of the founding of the...

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1758

At about the date of the founding of the Warrington Academy , the Dissenter William Eyres set up a family printing press at Warrington in Lancashire.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
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23 June 1981: The Family Law (Protection of Spouses and...

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23 June 1981

The Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act of Ireland was passed. This Act gave increased protections to abused or threatened spouses and children.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2026.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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February 1921: Car manufacturer Henry Ford published two...

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February 1921

Car manufacturer Henry Ford published two antisemitic essays in his company newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, about the supposed control exercised by Jews over the movie industry.
Hoberman, James. “Moguls”. London Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2002, pp. 25-6.
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21 June 1984: Midsummer was celebrated at Stonehenge in...

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21 June 1984

Midsummer was celebrated at Stonehenge in Wiltshire by 70,000 people at the tenth annual Stonehenge Free Festival : by early twenty-first century no bigger free festival than this had been held in Britain.
Hawkes, Steve. “Revisiting Britain’s Biggest Free Festival”. BBC News, 19 June 2004.

13 April 1955: The BBC television show For Deaf Children...

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13 April 1955

The BBC television show For Deaf Children was first aired.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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15 February 1675: John Crowne's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph...

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15 February 1675

John Crowne 's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph was performed at Court.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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