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1863: Turnham's Music Hall opened in Edgware Road,...

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1863

Turnham's Music Hall opened in Edgware Road, London; it was renamed The Metropolitan Music Hall the following year.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
513

24 October 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia brought to an end...

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24 October 1648

The Treaty of Westphalia brought to an end the Thirty Years' War, a religious conflict that had devastated Germany and eastern Europe since May 1618.
“Treaty of Westphalia; October 24, 1648”. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School, 14 Apr. 2004.

February 1848: Tuscany was granted a constitution by its...

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February 1848

Tuscany was granted a constitution by its Grand Duke.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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January 1763: Parliamentary investigation of London madhouses...

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January 1763

Parliamentary investigation of London madhouses substantiated charges of improper confinement.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
33 (1763): 25, 612

By 8 June 1878: Sir Henry Morton Stanley published Through...

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By 8 June 1878

Sir Henry Morton Stanley published Through the Dark Continent, an account of his explorations in Africa.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2641 (1878): 723

26 September 1907: New Zealand was given the status of Dominion...

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26 September 1907

New Zealand was given the status of Dominion by royal proclamation.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 943
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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31 March 1920: The Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which disestablished...

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31 March 1920

The Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which disestablished the Anglican Church in Wales, came into effect.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
347, 359

18 June 1984: Ninety-five people picketing in support of...

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18 June 1984

Ninety-five people picketing in support of the miners' strike (by members of the National Union of Mineworkers ) clashed with police at Orgreave near Sheffield, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in...

1759: Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem...

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1759

Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem in Staffordshire (where he had begun as a worker twenty years before), and began production.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1647: The first traceable English-language newspaper,...

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1647

The first traceable English-language newspaper, Nathan Tyler 's Intelligencer, appeared; circulated only to shipping companies, its announcements of docking times for particular ships, with separate listings of goods expected, arguably constitute the earliest real advertising.
Wicke, Jennifer. Advertising Fictions: Literature, Advertisement and Social Reading. Columbia University Press, 1988.
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14 May-28 October 1900: Women were first admitted to the Olympic...

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14 May-28 October 1900

Women were first admitted to the Olympic Games , held this year in Paris.
Tierney, Helen, editor. Women’s Studies Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 1989–1991, 3 vols.
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“Chronology of the Olympic Games”. United States Olympic Team.

23 May 1618: Religious conflict began in Germany and central...

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23 May 1618

Religious conflict began in Germany and central Europe which became known the Thirty Years' War: it originated in acts of violence by Protestants against Catholics.
Sobel, Dava. Galileo’s Daughter. Viking, 1999.
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Cameron, Jennifer. A Dangerous Innovator: Mary Ward (1585-1645). St Pauls Publications, 2000.
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1677: At a boarding school in Oxford, a John Waver,...

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1677

At a boarding school in Oxford, a John Waver , Master in the art of dancing, offered instruction in dancing, singing, music, writing, and all manner of works.
Reynolds, Myra. The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760. Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
258

1959: The Gala cosmetics firm in England introduced...

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1959

The Gala cosmetics firm in England introduced face powder in shades of mink or subtle browns, as part of a trend towards lighter shades in make-up.
Angeloglou, Maggie. A History of Make-up. Studio Vista, 1970.
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10 December 1963: Zanzibar became independent within the C...

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10 December 1963

Zanzibar became independent within the Commonwealth.
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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16 September 1919: This Side of Paradise, the first novel by...

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16 September 1919

This Side of Paradise, the first novel by the not yet twenty-four-old F. Scott Fitzgerald (titled from a poem by Rupert Brooke ), was accepted for publication by Scribner's .
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
16 September 2010, 16 September 2011

3 June 1647: Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell's...

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3 June 1647

Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell 's New Model Army at Holmby in Northamptonshire.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
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1672: A Quaker committee set up by the first Yearly...

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1672

A Quakercommittee set up by the first Yearly Meeting began the work which resulted in decisions about members' publications: to vet them for acceptability, to finance, edit and distribute them, and to archive them.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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December 1664: The Second Dutch War broke out, following...

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December 1664

The Second Dutch War broke out, following Puritan antimonarchical conspiracies of the previous year.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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Seaward, Paul. “The Restoration 1660-1688”. Stuart England, edited by Blair Worden, Phaidon, 1986, pp. 147-75.
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20 November 1947: Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh;...

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20 November 1947

Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh ; BBC radio broadcast the wedding service, and BBC television covered the procession as well.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
380

July 1898: The Pioneer, the organ of the Social Purity...

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July 1898

The Pioneer, the organ of the Social Purity Alliance and the Moral Reform Union , ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Adelaide O'Keeffe

AOK was first heard of by name in 1804 as a writer of highly successful verse for children; she had already in all probability edited her father 's dramatic works. She went on to do...

By Autumn 1975: Carmen Callil's new Virago Press issued its...

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By Autumn 1975

Carmen Callil 's new Virago Press issued its first title, Mary Chamberlain 's Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village, an indictment of rural poverty as it bears on women.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(25 September 1975): 13

1895-1910: William John Courthope published A History...

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1895-1910

William John Courthope published A History of English Poetry.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

1790s-1820s: Farmers in Great Britain cultivated opiu...

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1790s-1820s

Farmers in Great Britain cultivated opium.
Berridge, Virginia, and Griffith Edwards. Opium and the People: Opiate Use in Nineteenth-Century England. St Martin’s Press, 1981.
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