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15 January 1997: During a visit to Angola, Princess Diana...

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15 January 1997

During a visit to Angola, Princess Diana caused a minor political scandal at home by calling for an international ban on landmines, a position seen as out of step with current British government policy.
“1997: Princess Diana sparks landmines row”. BBC News: On This Day, 15 Jan. 1997.
“The Treaty”. International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

10 May 1940: Germany launched its invasion of Belgium...

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10 May 1940

Germany launched its invasion of Belgium and Holland.
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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1889: Pierre Janet published Psychological Automatisms,...

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1889

Pierre Janet published Psychological Automatisms, his philosophy doctorate.
Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.
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Early 1831: The London Temperance Society was founde...

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Early 1831

The London Temperance Society was founded.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1943: The Amalgamated Engineering Union in England...

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1943

The Amalgamated Engineering Union in England first admitted women members.
Lawrence, Elizabeth. Gender and Trade Unions. Taylor and Francis, 1994.
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2 November 1908: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited at 3 Adam Street,...

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2 November 1908

Sidgwick and Jackson Limited at 3 Adam Street, Adelphi, London was incorporated by Frank Sidgwick and Robert Cameron Jackson .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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1858: The Hogarth Club, a social and exhibiting...

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1858

The Hogarth Club , a social and exhibiting club for Pre-Raphaelite artists, was founded in London.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1968: Mary Daly, an academic at the Jesuit-run...

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1968

Mary Daly , an academic at the Jesuit-run Boston College , published the first of her works in feminist theology, The Church and the Second Sex, an analysis of Roman Catholic and, more broadly,...

February 1938: The Spinster, which campaigned for pensions...

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February 1938

The Spinster, which campaigned for pensions for unmarried working women at the age of fifty-five, began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Alice Dixon Le Plongeon

Alice Dixon Le Plongeon was a writer, lecturer, photographer, and amateur archaeologist working from the 1870s. Her writings include field notes, a travel diary, a book of articles, two epic poems, several smaller poems and...
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon Black and white photograph of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, seated, holding a caliper compass against a large piece of paper or fabric. She is wearing a long dress, decorated with buttons and ruffles, and tied with a bow at the neckline. Her hair is partially pulled back and partially left down in dark curls.

1843: Tight-lacing à la paresseuse was introduced...

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1843

Tight-lacing à la paresseuse was introduced in France; instead of having to be re-inserted at each wearing, the lace remained in the corset and slipped through loops, allowing for easier adjustment of fit.
Kunzle, David. Fashion and Fetishism: A Social History of the Corset, Tight-Lacing and Other Forms of Body-Sculpture in the West. Rowman and Littlefield, 1982.
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By December 1830: Before the death of the South American patriot...

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By December 1830

Before the death of the South American patriot Simón Bolívar , the republic he had created, of the present Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, fell apart into separate states.
Collier, Simon. “Old Iron-Arse”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 30-1.
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23 March 2019: More than a million people gathered in London...

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23 March 2019

More than a million people gathered in London from all over Britain and beyond for a demonstration called the Put it to the People March, demanding a second referendum on Brexit: on how and even...

Andrea Levy

AL was a Black British novelist with roots in Jamaica, who began publishing towards the end of the twentieth century. Her five novels (in 2015) centre on the attainment of satisfactory mixed-race and mixed-nationality...
Andrea Levy Portrait photo of Andrea Levy. She has curly black hair and a white cardigan. Behind her is a tree trunk and to her left is a smattering of foliage.

12 June 1638: By the thinnest margin of 7-5, the Court...

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12 June 1638

By the thinnest margin of 7-5, the Court of the Exchequer ruled in favour of King Charles I and against John Hampden on the latter's defiant refusal to pay ship-money, establishing one of the most...

Between 900 and 1000: King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered...

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Between 900 and 1000

King Eadgar founded eight nunneries and ordered a translation of the Benedictine Rule into English.
Gardiner, Dorothy Kempe. English Girlhood at School: A Study of Women’s Education Through Twelve Centuries. Oxford University Press, 1929.
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October 1886: Freedom, a popular anarchist newspaper, was...

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October 1886

Freedom, a popular anarchist newspaper, was founded in London by Charlotte M. Wilson and Peter Kropotkin .
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
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29 September 1939: The British Government began implementing...

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29 September 1939

The British Government began implementing its wartime National Registration programme, and identity cards were issued as proof of citizenship.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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4 September 1867: The first volume of Karl Marx's analysis...

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4 September 1867

The first volume of Karl Marx 's analysis of social and economic history, Das Kapital, was published.
Draper, Hal. The Marx-Engels Chronicle: A Day-by-Day Chronology of Marx and Engels’ Life and Activity. Schocken Books, 1985.
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1997: The actor John Gielgud, well into his nineties,...

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1997

The actor John Gielgud , well into his nineties, appeared in three films this year.
“Sir John Gielgud: Master of the Bard onstage - and barbs off it”. National Post, 23 May 2000, p. A16.
(23 May 2000): A16

1 July 1960: The newly independent British Somaliland...

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1 July 1960

The newly independent British Somaliland joined with Somalia as an independent republic.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1 January 1856: The McGlashan and Gill publishing house was...

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1 January 1856

The McGlashan and Gill publishing house was established when Michael Henry Gill bought the prosperous house of James McGlashan at 50 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
Upper Sackville Street later became O'Connell Street.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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1921: Margaret Llewelyn Davies resigned as General...

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1921

Margaret Llewelyn Davies resigned as General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild .
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
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November 1939: British Summer Time or Daylight Savings was...

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November 1939

British Summer Time or Daylight Savings was extended for an extra month, as a wartime measure. Having resumed Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the country switched back again a month early in February 1940.
Figes, Eva. Little Eden. Faber and Faber, 1978.
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Fanny Holcroft

For most of her life FC (who began publishing her poems in 1797) was driven in her writing by the urgent need for financial survival, but she shared fully in the hopes of the previous...
Fanny Holcroft Opening page, with dramatis personae, of Fanny Holcroft's unpublished two-act drama, "Goldsmith".