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: The Female School of Design was abruptly...

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Summer 1848

The Female School of Design was abruptly moved to 330 The Strand, near Drury Lane.
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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1861: Testifying before a Select Committee on Poor...

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1861

Testifying before a Select Committee on Poor Relief, Louisa Twining noted of poor females that service . . . is the only occupation they can follow in life.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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29 September 1348: The first outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain...

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29 September 1348

The first outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain (later called the Black Death) reached London.
Griffiths, Ralph Alan. “The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 166-22.
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Kennedy, Maev. “Scholar rats out the humans”. Guardian Weekly, 2 Sept. 2011, p. 44.
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31 January 1707: Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions...

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31 January 1707

Matthew Prior 's Poems on Several Occasions were published illicitly, through Edmund Curll .
Bracken, James K., and Joel Silver, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 154. Gale Research, 1995.
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Baines, Paul, and Pat Rogers. Edmund Curll, Bookseller. Clarendon Press, 2007.
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1992: US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted...

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1992

US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted a poll of her readers and found that fully 95% of gay or lesbian respondents said they were happy with their sexuality.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, pp. 6-7.
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20 September 1870: The Italian army entered Rome; on 2 October...

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20 September 1870

The Italian army entered Rome; on 2 October the army declared Rome the capital of the newly unified kingdom of Italy.
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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Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
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1594: The statutes of the Grammar School at Bunbury...

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1594

The statutes of the Grammar School at Bunbury in Cheshire allowed for the admission of a number of girls.
Adamson, John William. ’The Illiterate Anglo-Saxon’ and Other Essays on Education, Medieval and Modern. Cambridge University Press, 1946.
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12 November 1977: Women in more than twenty British towns held...

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12 November 1977

Women in more than twenty British towns held women-only Reclaim the Night marches on the model of one organised in Chapeltown, Leeds, this night by Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group .
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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: A National Victim Fund was established to...

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Summer 1848

A National Victim Fund was established to deal with the effects of increased government intolerance of Chartism.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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1870: The Vaudeville Theatre was opened in Lon...

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1870

The Vaudeville Theatre was opened in London.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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George Bernard Shaw

GBS was a drama critic who called for reform of theatrical practice, and a dramatist who attached to his plays on publication, lengthy prefaces expounding the social and dramatic issues opened by the play itself...
George Bernard Shaw Sepia head-and-shoulders photograph of George Bernard Shaw by Bains News Service, 8 November 1909. He is seen full-face, with a neat beard, gazing a little to the right with a faint smile. He wears a wool jacket and waistcoat with thin stripes, and a bowler hat slightly tilted.

1857: The first spiritualist circle in England,...

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1857

The first spiritualist circle in England, the Charing Cross Spirit-Power Circle of London, was established.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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This group is currently the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain .

15-22 July 1933: Wiley Post made the first solo flight around...

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15-22 July 1933

Wiley Post made the first solo flight around the world.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard. Aviation: An Historical Survey from its Origins to the end of World War II. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
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January 1642: A tract entitled No Pamphlet, but a Detestation...

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January 1642

A tract entitled No Pamphlet, but a Detestation against all such Pamphlets as are printed, concerning the Irish Rebellion alleged that the atrocity stories electrifying the press were untrue.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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By the 1860s: Devices designed for viewing moving pictures,...

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By the 1860s

Devices designed for viewing moving pictures, such as the magic lantern and the Zoetrope, became popular forms of home entertainment.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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1868: The report of the Schools Inquiry or Taunton...

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1868

The report of the Schools Inquiry or Taunton Commission supported the view of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon , Emily Davies , and others that girls' education required reform.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 25th ed., G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1911.
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Spender, Dale, editor. The Education Papers. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
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Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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Janet Hamilton

JH was a self-taught Scots working-class poet who produced four volumes of verse and essays in the later nineteenth century. Using vivid and direct language, she treats topics ranging from problems of working-class life such...

1839-41: The standard translation of the Arabian Nights,...

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1839-41

The standard translation of the Arabian Nights, made by Edward William Lane and issued in instalments, appeared in three massive volumes.
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.
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.

5 November 1885: W. T. Stead published his defence, which...

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5 November 1885

W. T. Stead published his defence, which had been deemed inadmissible in court, of his motives for abductingEliza Armstrong for his Pall Mall Gazette exposé of July.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
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1772: Henry Dagge argued in Considerations on Criminal...

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1772

Henry Dagge argued in Considerations on Criminal Law, against the whole spirit of the times, that the law was morally wrong to make property, not defilement, the measure of damage in cases of abduction.
Schwarz, Joan I. “Eighteenth-Century Abduction Law and Clarissa”. Clarissa and Her Readers, edited by Carol Houlihan Flynn and Edward Copeland, AMS Press, 1999, pp. 269-08.
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1934: Architect Giles Gilbert Scott designed Cambridge...

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1934

Architect Giles Gilbert Scott designed Cambridge University Library, which was completed this year.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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28 July 1995: The official name of Bombay in India changed...

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28 July 1995

The official name of Bombay in India changed to Mumbai (of which the Hindi form is Bambai).
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1920: P. Sainsbury founded the Favil Press in ...

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1920

P. Sainsbury founded the Favil Press in London.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1834: Edward Churton, junior partner in the publishing...

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1834

Edward Churton , junior partner in the publishing firm Bull and Churton , succeeded to the business and founded E. Churton and Company at 26 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 118

May 1876: Russia, Austria and Germany presented the...

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May 1876

Russia, Austria and Germany presented the Berlin Memorandum to the Sultan of Turkey , demanding that he inaugurate reforms in the extensive Ottoman Empire.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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