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March 1795: According to Peter Cockburn, one eighth of...

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March 1795

According to Peter Cockburn , one eighth of the population of Edinburgh were too poor to buy food, and were being supported by charity.
Macleod, Emma Vincent. “A city invincible? Edinburgh and the war against Revolutionary France”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 153-66.
158

December 1860: Following on the heels of the successful...

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December 1860

Following on the heels of the successful Cornhill Magazine, publisher John Maxwell created Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 386-7

1845: Robert William Thomson first invented the...

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1845

Robert William Thomson first invented the pneumatic tire.
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.
313
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
94

1957: Elizabeth Cadell's Bridal Array was first...

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1957

Elizabeth Cadell 's Bridal Array was first published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

July 1913: Lily Boulanger, a French composer, made headline...

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July 1913

Lily Boulanger , a French composer, made headline news when she became the first woman awarded the Prix de Rome, for her cantata Faust et Hélène.
Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan, 1994.
xxvii, 77

By 25 October 1862: Victor Hugo completed the publication in...

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By 25 October 1862

Victor Hugo completed the publication in successive parts of his novel Les Misérables.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1826 (1862): 531
Petit Larousse, illustré, 1980. Librairie Larousse, 1980.
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.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
312

Eliza Dunlop

ED was a poet publishing in magazines (and in a cousin's novel) in the 1830s. Her first publications were uncontrovsial, but not long after emigrating to Australia in 1838 she printed in The Australian a...

1831: The Magazine of the Beau Monde, or Monthly...

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1831

The Magazine of the Beau Monde, or Monthly Journal of Fashion began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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Ann Yearsley

AY became famous at the outset of her career as a primitive or untaught poet: a role she herself rejected in the course of a bitter row with her patron Hannah More . She went...
Ann Yearsley Sepia version of engraving of Ann Yearsley by Wilson Lowry, 1787, from an unknown artist. She is turned 3/4 to the left and wears a large shady hat, jacket, and dress. The portrait has an oval frame embellished with flowers, ribbons, and an urn. Underneath is written "Ann Yearsley. The Bristol Milk Woman & Poetess."

22 November 1957: The Passionate Pianist, part of Barbara Vernon's...

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22 November 1957

The Passionate Pianist, part of Barbara Vernon 's The Growing Year dramatic trilogy, was first performed.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

1609: The Vagrancy Act set out to control rogues,...

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1609

The Vagrancy Act set out to control rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars (prostitutes, in particular). This was the first in a long series of such Acts.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
90, 92

15 October 1874: James Stansfeld gave a speech at Bristol...

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15 October 1874

James Stansfeld gave a speech at Bristol strongly in favour of the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
117
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
97
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
96-7
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
117
Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. Hyperion Press, 1989.
68

1777: Henry Mackenzie published his sentimental...

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1777

Henry Mackenzie published his sentimental novel Julia de Roubigné, whose heroine is poisoned by the jealous husband she has married to please her father.
Manning, Susan. “Julie de Roubigné: Last Gasp, or First Fruits?”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
24
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2001, pp. 161-73.
163

October 1975: USA feminist Susan Brownmiller published...

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October 1975

USA feminist Susan Brownmiller published her influential study of sexual violence, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape.
Baxandall, Rosalyn. “Wide World of Women”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 9, June 2002, pp. 7-8.
7
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
223

March 1960: In response to an appeal from the African...

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March 1960

In response to an appeal from the African National Congress (and following Harold Macmillan 's famous winds of change speech of 3 February), a Boycott Committee against South African produce was established in Britain...

March 1865: Algernon Charles Swinburne published his...

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March 1865

Algernon Charles Swinburne published his well-received poetic drama Atalanta in Calydon, based on Greek myth.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1839: Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) showed the ovum...

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1839

Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) showed the ovum to be a cell; this observation led to the cell-growth theory.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

1 September 1899-10 February 1920: During this period Somalis under their leader...

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1 September 1899-10 February 1920

During this period Somalis under their leader Mohammed bin Abdullah , nicknamed the Mad Mullah, were at war with British and Abyssinian troops.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 710-12
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
872

1838: The Public Record Office was founded by Act...

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1838

The Public Record Office was founded by Act of Parliament, to preserve in one place records from every government department that were deemed to have potential historical interest.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
(Autumn 2000): 134

January 1846: An Anglican newspaper titled The Guardian...

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January 1846

An Anglican newspaper titled The Guardian began publication in London, supporting the Tractarian movement in the Church of England.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1 June 1874: The East India Company's 1854 charter ran...

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1 June 1874

The East India Company 's 1854 charter ran out, and the company was dissolved.
Gardner, Brian. The East India Company: A History. Hart-Davis, 1971.
296
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.

By late Ocrober 1982: The Gay Men's Press of London published Alan...

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By late Ocrober 1982

The Gay Men's Press of London published Alan Bray 's scholarly, ground-breaking study Homosexuality in Renaissance England.
Davidson, James. “Mr and Mr and Mrs and Mrs”. London Review of Books, 2 June 2005, pp. 13-18.
13-15
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
4152 (29 (October 1982): 1187

5 May 2016: Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded:...

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5 May 2016

Alexander Masters published A Life Discarded: the edited contents of 148 volumes of handwritten diaries which he and historian Dido Davies found in a skip in Cambridge in 2001, the lifelong labour of a...

1725: Allan Ramsay established a circulating library...

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1725

Allan Ramsay established a circulating library in Edinburgh which may have been the first in Britain. Another opened in Bath the same year.
Nicholson, Colin. “"Of Eminent Significancy": Allan Ramsay’s ‘British’ Poetics and Post-Union Construction of Cultural Space”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
25
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2002, pp. 203-16.
203
Feminist Companion Archive.

1864: Strikes were made legal in France....

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1864

Strikes were made legal in France.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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