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July 1800: A new Combination Act, modifying that of...

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July 1800

A new Combination Act, modifying that of 12 July 1799, outlawed trade unions and strikes.
Cook, Bernard A. “Strikes”. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia, edited by Sally Mitchell, Garland Press, 1988, pp. 764-6.
764-5
Goldman, Harold. Emma Paterson: She Led Woman into a Man’s World. Lawrence and Wishart, 1974.
58

1841: The death penalty for rape was changed to...

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1841

The death penalty for rape was changed to transportation for life.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
711
Adler, Zsuzsanna. Rape on Trial. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
21

1880: French microbiologist Charles Laveran discovered...

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1880

French microbiologist Charles Laveran discovered the parasite which was later understood to cause malaria.
Bynum, William F. Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
150

1838: The first temperance hall was built in Bradford,...

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1838

The first temperance hall was built in Bradford, where the first temperance organization had arisen earlier in the decade.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
159-61

October 1999: The worst rail disaster in Britain for many...

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October 1999

The worst rail disaster in Britain for many years happened at Ladbroke Grove, just outside Paddington Station in London.
Network Rail. http://www.railtrack.co.uk/.
Harper, Keith. “Rail users face winter of disruption”. Guardian Weekly, 6–12 Sept. 2001, p. 9.
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Autumn 1924: Educator A. S. Neill, who had been running...

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Autumn 1924

Educator A. S. Neill , who had been running a progressive school at Hellerau in Germany, then in Austria, opened a school of the same kind called Summerhill (from the name of the...

18 June 1922-19 July 1924: The Kurds, seeking autonomy, rose in rebellion...

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18 June 1922-19 July 1924

The Kurds, seeking autonomy, rose in rebellion against the British Mandate over Iraq, their homeland.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 850-1
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1095
Buchan, James. “Miss Bell’s fateful lines in the sand”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
168
, No. 13, 20–26 Mar. 2003, p. 20.
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July 1915: The Women's Social and Political Union organised,...

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July 1915

The Women's Social and Political Union organised, with government help, a Women's Right to Serve demonstration in support of their call for national conscription of women as well as men, and their support of the...

1963: The tri-cycle oral contraceptive, which improved...

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1963

The tri-cycle oral contraceptive, which improved on earlier progestational agents, was introduced by Joseph Goldzieher and his research team.
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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23 July 1840: An Act of Union politically united Upper...

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23 July 1840

An Act of Union politically united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the single Province of Canada.
Lower, Arthur R. M. Colony to Nation: A History of Canada. Longmans, Green, 1946.
255-8
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 462
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
833

1932: Woman's Own, a mass weekly directed at middle-class...

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1932

Woman's Own, a mass weekly directed at middle-class women, began publication in London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
166
Ferguson, Marjorie. Forever Feminine: Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Femininity. Heinemann, 1983.
17
Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
6955

29 May 1660: Charles II entered London as the restored...

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29 May 1660

Charles II entered London as the restored king; the date became one of annual celebration for royalists.
Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82.
167

Probably 1911: Ernst Mach published The History and Root...

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Probably 1911

Ernst Mach published The History and Root of the Principle of Conservation of Energy.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

14 July 1958: Iraq became a republic after a bloody military...

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14 July 1958

Iraq became a republic after a bloody military coup against the British-backed monarchy; Faisal II and his family were killed.
Glass, Charles. “Iraq Must Go!”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 12-13.
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5 May 1911: The Conciliation Bill on suffrage, revised...

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5 May 1911

The Conciliation Bill on suffrage, revised this parliamentary session, passed its second Commons reading by a wider majority than before: 255 for, 88 against.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
104-5

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.

1803: The year after Mary Hays's Female Biography,...

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1803

The year after Mary Hays 's Female Biography, there appeared Eccentric Biography: or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern.
Guest, Harriet. Small Change: Women, Learning, Patriotism, 1750-1810. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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13 September 1890: William James published Principles of Psychology,...

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13 September 1890

William James published Principles of Psychology, a key text in its own discipline, whose chief importance for literature may have been its originating the term stream of consciousness.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
13 September 2012

April 1878: London publisher Edward Truelove was convicted...

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April 1878

London publisher Edward Truelove was convicted after the Society for the Suppression of Vice raided his premises and seized literature on birth control.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
167-9

7 July 1978: The Solomon Islands became independent from...

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7 July 1978

The Solomon Islands became independent from Britain.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
268

January 1823: Charles Lamb published the first volume of...

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January 1823

Charles Lamb published the first volume of his Essays of Elia, which had been appearing regularly since August 1820 in the London Magazine.
Lamb, Charles, 1775 - 1834, and Mary, 1764 - 1847 Lamb. The Letters of Charles Lamb. Editor Lucas, Edward Verrall, J. M. Dent, 1935, 3 vols.
2: 560
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
317, 330-1

August 1651: Christopher Love, a clergyman, was executed...

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August 1651

Christopher Love , a clergyman, was executed by order of Parliament for disobeying its dictates, in spite of the campaign of petitions organized by his wife, Mary .
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.

24 July 1886: An Anglo-Chinese Agreement recognized the...

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24 July 1886

An Anglo-Chinese Agreement recognized the British protectorate over Burma.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1753: The History of the Female Shipwright purported...

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1753

The History of the Female Shipwright purported to be the autobiography of Mary Lacy , the facts of whose life are borne out by Admiralty records.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
63: 20

Margaret Roberts

MR wrote from youth until old age, mostly during the later nineteenth century. She usually remained anonymous, though she did eventually give permission to the firm of Tauchnitz to put her name on some of...