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1967: William Tunnicliffe of the Canadian Government...

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1967

William Tunnicliffe of the Canadian Government Printing Office took a first step towards electronic encoding of text when he spoke on the separation of text content from format.
Goldfarb, Charles. The SGML Handbook. Editor Rubinsky, Yuri, Clarendon, 1990.
567

March 1663: The American colony of Carolina was granted...

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March 1663

The American colony of Carolina was granted a Charter.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
188
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xi
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
553

1882: Edith Shove graduated from the University...

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1882

Edith Shove graduated from the University of London, becoming the first female doctor educated in Britain.
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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Later 1914: After responding in kind to the German declaration...

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Later 1914

After responding in kind to the German declaration of war, Britain initiated a blockade of German ports, cutting off access to natural resources such as food, textiles, coal, and iron.
Scheck, Raffael. “Feature Articles: German Responsibility for the Outbreak of the War”. First World War.com: The War to End All Wars.
“World War I: Neutral Rights and Submarine Warfare”. U-S-History.com.
“The Blockade of Germany”. The National Archives (UK): The First World War 1914-18: Spotlights on History.

1954: The first four live births resulting from...

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1954

The first four live births resulting from impregnation with frozen sperm were recorded in the United States.
Chen, Serena H., and Edward E. Wallach. “Five Decades of Progress in Management of the Infertile Couple”. Fertility and Sterility, Vol.
62
, No. 4, Oct. 1994, pp. 665-85.
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August 1598: Full-scale revolt against English rule (that...

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August 1598

Full-scale revolt against English rule (that is, rule over the Roman Catholic Church majority by a newly-settled Anglican elite) broke out in Ireland in the form of Tyrone's Rebellion, led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone .
Jones, Harrie Stuart Vedder. A Spenser Handbook. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1930.
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Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
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1894: Sydney C. Grier (Hilda Caroline Gregg) published...

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1894

Sydney C. Grier (Hilda Caroline Gregg) published her first novel, In Furthest Ind: The Narrative of Mr Edward Carlyon of the Honourable East India Company's Service.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
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.

1683: William Dockwra, a merchant in metals, received...

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1683

William Dockwra , a merchant in metals, received a patent for establishing a penny post within the confines of London (an idea first mooted three years earlier).
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Dockwra

5 May 1956: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked...

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5 May 1956

Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked its 25th anniversary by presenting a suite of dances choreographed by Frederick Ashton and entitled Birthday Offering.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
411

From late 1851: The trend of established drapers to expand...

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From late 1851

The trend of established drapers to expand into department stores began after the Great Exhibition.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
142-3

1940: Mary Corsellis organized the London Women's...

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1940

Mary Corsellis organized the London Women's Parliament as a venue for women to meet to discuss wages, work safety, hours, working conditions, and other issues.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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May 1793: The British Critic: a new review, a leading...

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May 1793

The British Critic: a new review, a leading conservative periodical, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

: The Paris Review launched Feminize Your Canon,...

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2018-06-13

The Paris Review launched Feminize Your Canon, a monthly column that explores the lives of underrated and underread female authors.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Olivia Manning”. The Paris Review, 13 June 2018.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Violette Leduc”. The Paris Review, 8 Sept. 2018.
Garman, Emma. “Feminize Your Canon: Rosario Castellanos”. The Paris Review, 17 Sept. 2018.

20 November 1753: The Royal Society conferred its gold medal...

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20 November 1753

The Royal Society conferred its gold medal on Benjamin Franklin for his experiments with electricity.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
23 (1753): 587

9 July 1816: The port city of Buenos Aires formally declared...

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9 July 1816

The port city of Buenos Aires formally declared its independence from Spain, which it had been striving for since the upheaval of the Peninsular War. A constitution for a federal nation of Argentina did not...

November 1867: Émile Zola published Thérèse Raquin, a naturalistic...

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November 1867

Émile Zola published Thérèse Raquin, a naturalistic novel treating adultery, murder, and poetic justice.
Hemmings, Frederick William John. The Life and Times of Emile Zola. Elek, 1977.
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17 February 1856: Heinrich Heine, German-Jewish lyric poet,...

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17 February 1856

Heinrich Heine , German-Jewish lyric poet, died after intense suffering from tuberculosis of the spine.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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19 June 2006: Book collector Pierre Berès donated a corrected...

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19 June 2006

Book collector Pierre Berès donated a corrected manuscript of Stendhal 's The Charterhouse of Parma to the French nation, allaying fears that this unique text would be bought at auction and taken out of the country.
“Collector donates rare text to France”. Arthur Rimbaud: News 2006, 19 June 2006.

Between 1972 and 1976: Four hundred rape crisis centres opened across...

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Between 1972 and 1976

Four hundred rape crisis centres opened across the USA.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
252

11 January 1943: A British treaty with China renounced the...

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11 January 1943

A British treaty with China renounced the UK's extra-territorial rights and special privileges there.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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November 1862: American Richard Jordan Gatling developed...

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November 1862

American Richard Jordan Gatling developed the first machine gun.
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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By 4 March 1871: Charles Darwin published another important...

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By 4 March 1871

Charles Darwin published another important scientific work, The Descent of Man.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2262 (1871): 275
Rosser, Sue V., and A. Charlotte Hogsett. “Darwin and Sexism: Victorian Causes, Contemporary Effects”. Feminist Visions: Toward a Transformation of the Liberal Arts Curriculum, edited by Diane L. Fowlkes and Charlotte S. McClure, University of Alabama Press, 1984.
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27 August 1841: US author James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer,...

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27 August 1841

US author James Fenimore Cooper 's The Deerslayer, the last of the Leather-Stocking Tales, appeared in print.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
724 (1841): 708
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
27 August 2010

1853: Following the British Navy Medical Report's...

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1853

Following the British NavyMedical Report's recommendations, the hospital at Portsea devised a lock hospital for women.
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.
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1694: Publisher John Dunton issued The Ladies Dictionary;...

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1694

Publisher John Dunton issued The Ladies Dictionary; Being a General Entertainment For the Fair Sex: A Work Never attempted before in English.
Dunton, John. The Ladies Dictionary. Printed for John Dunton, 1694.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
48 (2000): 98