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1806: James S. Carter, a Tourist Outfitter, opened...

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1806

James S. Carter , a Tourist Outfitter, opened a shop at 369 Oxford Street, London; among his wares was an Alpine boot for walking outdoors, made for men and women.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
80-1

28 September 1677: During another difficult season at Drury...

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28 September 1677

During another difficult season at Drury Lane Theatre , the manager extracted an agreement from the actors that they would not perform for any other company.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 261
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
2: 1669

1919: Beatrice Kean Seymour published her first...

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1919

Beatrice Kean Seymour published her first novel, Invisible Tides.
The Bookman. Hodder and Stoughton.
57 (1920): 156

1913: Horace Blake: A Novel by Josephine Ward was...

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1913

Horace Blake: A Novel by Josephine Ward was published in London.
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.

Late 1588: A series of anonymous anti-episcopal publications...

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Late 1588

A series of anonymous anti-episcopal publications called the Marprelate Tracts provoked new licensing to restrain the press. The controversy dragged on, and one of the authors, John Penry , was hanged on 29 May 1593...

Ann Bridge

AB was a twentieth-century novelist who began by exploiting the milieu of the British Foreign Office community in Peking in China, where she lived for two years with her diplomat husband. Her novels combine...

5 September 1798: Conscription was introduced in France....

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5 September 1798

Conscription was introduced in France.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv, 335-6

23 September 1790: French painter Adélaide Labille-Guiard, in...

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23 September 1790

French painter Adélaide Labille-Guiard , in a very well reasoned speech,
Mirzoeff, Nicholas. “Revolution, Representation, Equality: Gender, Genre, and Emulation in the Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, 1785-93”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
31
, No. 2, Dec. 1997, pp. 153-74.
161
demanded unrestricted admission of women artists to the Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture in Paris.
Mirzoeff, Nicholas. “Revolution, Representation, Equality: Gender, Genre, and Emulation in the Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, 1785-93”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
31
, No. 2, Dec. 1997, pp. 153-74.
161
Mirzoeff, Nicholas. “Revolution, Representation, Equality: Gender, Genre, and Emulation in the Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, 1785-93”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
31
, No. 2, Dec. 1997, pp. 153-74.
161, 155, 164

By 2 June 1787: Elizabeth Steele published The Memoirs of...

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By 2 June 1787

Elizabeth Steele published The Memoirs of Mrs Sophia Baddeley, an actress famed for her beauty and her singing voice, who had been, intermittently, a long-term friend and associate of Steele and had died the...

4 August 1821: In the USA the Saturday Evening Post began...

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4 August 1821

In the USA the Saturday Evening Post began life as an unillustrated newspaper. By 1839 it had declared itself to be a family paper whose list of values included Pure Literature . . . Science...

1851: Around this date, the advertising policy...

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1851

Around this date, the advertising policy of free trials developed.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
42

1742: A directory of rich women and heiresses was...

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1742

A directory of rich women and heiresses was published at Dublin: The Irish Register: or a List of all the Duchess Dowagers, Countesses, Widow Ladies, Maiden Ladies and Misses of Large Fortunes in England.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
376, n24

April 1963: The Sunday Mirror newspaper began public...

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April 1963

The Sunday Mirror newspaper began publication.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
140
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.

25 April-19 December 1915: The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain...

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25 April-19 December 1915

The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain and its allies to secure the passage of ships through the Dardanelles; since Turkey had allied itself with Germany, the intention was to attack Constantinople.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 936
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
957-8
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
526

1884: The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone...

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1884

The Meisenbach process for photographic half-tone letterpress printing was introduced to the UK by the Meisenbach Company of Germany.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
160

E. Owens Blackburne

A professional writer, who always wrote under her pseudonym, EOB produced novels, short stories, poetry, journalism, and biographical work during the course of her relatively short career in the late nineteenth century. Her fiction and...
E. Owens Blackburne Title page from the first volume of Owens Blackburne's most popular publication, "Illustrious Irishwomen, being Memoirs of some of The Most Noted Irishwomen from the Earliest Age to the Present Century", Tinsley Brothers, 1877. Some of her previous titles are listed. The copy used once belonged to Boston College Library, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

1936: George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control...

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1936

George Allen and Unwin Limited bought control of the Vienna-based Phaidon Press , founded in 1923, and transferred the firm's operations to London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
262-3

6 March 1848: A revolution occurred in Bavaria. Another...

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6 March 1848

A revolution occurred in Bavaria. Another took place in Berlin on the 11th.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
22

14-17 July 1791: The Priestley riots in Birmingham, beginning...

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14-17 July 1791

The Priestley riots in Birmingham, beginning with offence taken over a Bastille Day dinner, caused much destruction and disturbance.
Messenger, Ann. Woman and Poet in the Eighteenth Century: The Life of Mary Whateley Darwall (1738-1825). AMS Press, 1999.
175-6

Kate Chopin

Considered a St Louis writer of local colour for much of her career, KC attracted such notoriety following the publication of her novel The Awakening and its subsequent canonization by feminist critics that this work...
Kate Chopin Sepia head-and-shoulders photo of Kate Chopin, taken from behind but showing her face in profile. Her hair is in ringlets, some pinned to her head, some at her back. She is wearing a necklace and earrings of dark stones, and a dress with lace collar.

1824: John Lizars of Edinburgh performed the first...

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1824

John Lizars of Edinburgh performed the first ovariotomy in Britain; it was later discovered that the patient had been misdiagnosed and the operation was unnecessary.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
136-7
Bynum, William F. Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
205
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Dictionary of American Biography. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929–2026, 1-20.

July 1795-March 1796: The Second Maroon War took place in Jama...

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July 1795-March 1796

The Second Maroon War took place in Jamaica.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 22 (1798): 285-9
“The Jamaican Maroons”. History of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
“The Second Maroon War”. Windsor Research Centre: Cockpit Country.

16 April 2015: A report on diversity in British book publishing,...

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16 April 2015

A report on diversity in British book publishing, Writing the Future (authored by Danuta Kean for Bernardine Evaristo 's agency Spread the Word ), was launched at the London Book Fair .
Flood, Alison. “Publishers accused of losing plot on race”. The Guardian, 16 Apr. 2015, p. 3.
(16 April 2015): 3

1893: The bustle disappeared from fashion; as skirts...

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1893

The bustle disappeared from fashion; as skirts deflated, sleeves expanded to make tightly-belted waists appear thinner.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
225