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1946: Critic Erich Auerbach published, in German,...

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1946

Critic Erich Auerbach published, in German, the influential study which became in its English translation, 1953, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature. He wrote it at Istanbul, as a Jewish refugee...

1834: The Poor Man's Guardian, the virtual organ...

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1834

The Poor Man's Guardian, the virtual organ of the National Union of the Working Classes , was (after publishing for three years) declared legal.
Goodway, David. London Chartism, 1838-1848. Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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3 April 1867: Isaac Baker Brown was expelled from the Obstetrical...

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3 April 1867

Isaac Baker Brown was expelled from the Obstetrical Society of London for failing to obtain patients' consent for performing clitoridectomies.
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
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1978: Anthropologist Mary Douglas continued her...

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1978

Anthropologist Mary Douglas continued her provocative work on systems of classification in The World of Goods.
Fardon, Richard. Mary Douglas: An Intellectual Biography. Routledge, 1999.
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6 October 1794: A London grand jury found twelve accused...

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6 October 1794

A London grand jury found twelve accused radicals guilty of high treason. Lord Chief Justice Eyre had delivered them the charge.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Charlotte Nooth

CN , whose life is extemely obscure, produced three published works: a poetry volume and a remarkable novel (both issued within two years during the early nineteenth century) and the translation of a French work...

November 1853: On the orders of Tsar Nicholas I, a Russian...

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November 1853

On the orders of Tsar Nicholas I , a Russian fleet attacked and destroyed a Turkish squadron of ships at Sinope on the Black Sea, killing 4000 Turkish sailors.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1838: US poet Frances Osgood published A Wreath...

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1838

US poet Frances Osgood published A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

5 December 1821: The first known fatality in a railway accident...

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5 December 1821

The first known fatality in a railway accident occurred when carpenter David Brook was hit by a coal train during a storm.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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9 July 1775: Matthew Gregory Lewis, later famous as the...

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9 July 1775

Matthew Gregory Lewis , later famous as the leading Gothic novelist of horror, was born on the eleventh birthday of Ann Radcliffe , leading Gothic novelist of terror.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...

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23 October 1906

During a demonstration at the opening of Parliament , eleven Women's Social and Political Union supporters were for the first time arrested and imprisoned: for two months in Holloway .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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November 1955: At a time when economic orthodoxy was by...

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November 1955

At a time when economic orthodoxy was by consensus Keynes ian, a deed of trust was signed for setting up the Institute of Economic Affairs , the UK's original free-market think-tank.
“About the IEA”. IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs).
Clarke, Peter. “Knights’ Moves”. London Review of Books, 17 Mar. 2005, pp. 11-14.
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“About the IEA”. IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs).

1878: Emma Paterson and the Women's Protective...

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1878

Emma Paterson and the Women's Protective and Provident League established the Women's Halfpenny Bank in London.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Late July 1889: The trial began in Liverpool of American...

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Late July 1889

The trial began in Liverpool of American Florence Maybrick on a charge of poisoning her English husband with arsenic.
Hartman, Mary S. Victorian Murderesses. Schocken Books, 1977.
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After 18 February 1914: Leonard Woolf published his second novel,...

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After 18 February 1914

Leonard Woolf published his second novel, The Wise Virgins (which he had begun to write on his honeymoon). Quite different in genre from his first, it is a roman à clef reputedly presenting harsh caricatures...

January 2005: The European Union instituted a market trading...

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January 2005

The European Union instituted a market trading in carbon dioxide emissions from large, fixed installations.
MacKenzie, Donald. “The Political Economy of Carbon Trading”. London Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2007, pp. 29-31.
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Dorothea Celesia

DC was an Englishwoman who lived for most of her adult life in Genoa, the native country of her husband. Her published works are a tragedy, staged in 1771, and a long poem of...
Dorothea Celesia Colour photograph of Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick, London, beside the Thames: the scene of Dorothea Celesia's childhood.

Ruth Rendell

RR established herself as a leading crime novelist of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. To the intricacies of plot characteristic of the genre, she adds a capacity to scare her readers, and a sophisticated focus...
Ruth Rendell Colour photograph of Ruth Rendell, seated at a table with a microphone and a glass of water. She is wearing a fawn jacket, white shirt, and brown trousers. Her is short and blonde.

1804: The word romantisme, forerunner of Romanticism,...

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1804

The word romantisme, forerunner of Romanticism, first appeared in French.
Robb, Graham. “Missing Mother”. London Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2000, pp. 21-2.
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1874: Sunday Closing activists lobbied strenuously...

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1874

Sunday Closing activists lobbied strenuously to have their concerns reflected in a Licensing Amendment bill then under debate.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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6 September 1841: Following the general election, Sir Robert...

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6 September 1841

Following the general election, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative) formed the government for a second time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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October 2008: At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism,...

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October 2008

At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism, Amina Wadud (an American academic) became the first woman to lead British Muslims in prayer and deliver a Friday sermon.
“News in brief”. Guardian Weekly, 24 Oct. 2008, p. 15.
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1 November 1790: Edmund Burke published his Reflections on...

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1 November 1790

Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in certain Societies in London relative to that event.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
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1854: The Reformatory Schools Act was passed....

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1854

The Reformatory Schools Act was passed.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
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1833: The Royal Entomological Society of London...

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1833

The Royal Entomological Society of London was founded; it admitted women on the same terms as men.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
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