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June 1772: Boston radicals agitated for the dismissal...

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June 1772

Boston radicals agitated for the dismissal of Thomas Hutchinson , Governor of Massachusetts, after confidential letters by him were leaked.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
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30 November 1829: Douglas Jerrold's play Thomas à Becket was...

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30 November 1829

Douglas Jerrold 's play Thomas à Becket was performed at the Surrey Theatre .
Emeljanow, Victor. Victorian Popular Dramatists. Twayne, 1987.
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Alice Oswald

AO is a contemporary poet, the first to hold the historic position of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University . Her work includes multimedia and performance poetry.
Alice Oswald Cover of Weeds and Wild Flowers by Alice Oswald. The cover is blue with a white floral pattern, and the title written on it in black letters, with the author's and artist's names.

1 March 1929: Opium smoking was made illegal in China....

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1 March 1929

Opium smoking was made illegal in China.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 812

1901: The publication of George Douglas Brown's...

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1901

The publication of George Douglas Brown 's novel The House with the Green Shutters marked the first attack on the Scottish school of fiction that was afterwards known as Kailyard.
Campbell, Ian. Kailyard. Ramsay Head, 1981.
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Blake, George. Barrie and the Kailyard School. Arthur Barker, 1951.
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Dickson, Beth. “Annie S. Swan and O. Douglas: Legacies of the Kailyard”. A History of Scottish Women’s Writing, edited by Douglas Gifford et al., Edinburgh University Press, 1997, pp. 329-46.
329, 340
Hart, Francis Russell. The Scottish Novel: From Smollett to Spark. Harvard University Press, 1978.
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10 January 1661: A Royal Proclamation forbade meetings to...

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10 January 1661

A Royal Proclamation forbade meetings to be held under cover of worshipping; this made life impossible for sects which met to worship in places other than churches.
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
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29 January 1728: John Gay's The Beggar's Opera opened at Lincoln's...

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29 January 1728

John Gay 's The Beggar's Opera opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . It was published on 14 February.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 931, 956-7
A Register of Books 1728-1732, extracted from the Monthly Chronicle. Gregg Press, 1964.
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May 1877: Sarah Swift enrolled in the training programme...

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May 1877

Sarah Swift enrolled in the training programme for nurses at the Dundee Royal Infirmary .
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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8 January 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson made his famous...

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8 January 1918

US President Woodrow Wilson made his famous Fourteen Points for Peace declaration.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Between May 1803 and 1804: William Cowper's Life and Posthumous Writings...

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Between May 1803 and 1804

William Cowper 's Life and Posthumous Writings were published in three volumes.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1802) 73: 433

About 1136: The obscure figure known as Geoffrey of Monmouth,...

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About 1136

The obscure figure known as Geoffrey of Monmouth , who was probably Bishop of St Asaph (though many other roles have been assigned him), finished writing his History of the Kings of Britain, or...

Mary Howitt

Between them, Mary Howitt and her husband William wrote and published over 180 books. Hers alone, at her death, occupied forty pages of the British Museum printed catalogue.
Dunicliff, Joy. Mary Howitt: Another Lost Victorian Writer. Excalibur Press of London, 1992.
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Bearing the expenses of a...
Mary Howitt Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of the aged Mary Howitt. She is dressed in black: a dark hood covers her grey hair and white cap; her black, patterned cloak, tied with dark ribbons, covers a dark dress buttoned in front. Her eyes are cast down.

October 1848-December 1850: Henry Mayhew's eighty-two letters to the...

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October 1848-December 1850

Henry Mayhew 's eighty-two letters to the Morning Chronicle painted a powerful portrait of working-class life and reported widespread prostitution among female slopworkers.
Gagnier, Regenia. Subjectivities: A History of Self-Representation in Britain, 1832-1920. Oxford University Press, 1991.
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1560: The complete Geneva Bible appeared, translated...

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1560

The complete GenevaBible appeared, translated by English Protestant exiles from the reign of Mary : the first accessible or mass-circulation edition of the Bible in English, with small format and roman (not gothic) print.
Bible. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “How good is it?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 3, 3 Feb. 2011, pp. 20-2.
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1866: A group of ten black American minstrels in...

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1866

A group of ten black American minstrels in Sam Hague 's troupe toured Britain.
Toll, Robert C. Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America. Oxford University Press, 1974.
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14 May 1842: The first issue of the Illustrated London...

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14 May 1842

The first issue of the Illustrated London News appeared, with a large number of illustrations and advertisements.
Richards, Thomas. The Commodity Culture of Victorian England: Advertising and Spectacle, 1851-1914. Stanford University Press, 1990.
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Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopædia Britannica, 1966, 24 vols.
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University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

Autumn 1872: Physician James Hobson Aveling published...

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Autumn 1872

Physician James Hobson Aveling published English Midwives: Their History and their Prospects, arguing for governmental regulation and registration of midwives.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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2 January 1783: The Daily Advertiser printed a spoof account...

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2 January 1783

The Daily Advertiser printed a spoof account that George Washington was really a cross-dressed woman, on the supposed model of the chevalier d'Éon.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
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By 11 October 1976: More people in Britain held licences for...

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By 11 October 1976

More people in Britain held licences for colour television sets than for black and white: the licence fee continued, to fund the BBC .
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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21 August 1715: Louis XIV died; a Regency was established...

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21 August 1715

Louis XIV died; a Regency was established (under the second duc d'Orleans ) for the underage Louis XV .
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Michaud, Joseph François, and Louis Gabriel Michaud. Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne. Michaud frères, 1811–1857, 84 vols.
This date was 1 September in France.

1857: Ellen Ranyard's employment of Bible-Women...

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1857

Ellen Ranyard 's employment of Bible-Women in charitable work was the first instance of paid social work.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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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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2 August 1898: The first recording sessions took place in...

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2 August 1898

The first recording sessions took place in a London basement at 31 Maiden Lane; gramophones had been shipped to Europe from Eldridge Johnson manufacturers (Camden, New Jersey) to coincide with this event.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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1854: A Hero of Our Times, a novel by Russian Romantic...

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1854

A Hero of Our Times, a novel by Russian Romantic poet Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov (who died in 1841), was published in English translation.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich. “Introduction and Notes”. A Hero of Our Times, translated by. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov and Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov, Doubleday, 1958.
xii, Notes
Lavrin, Janko. Lermontov. Bowes and Bowes, 1959.
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In his 1958 translation, Vladimir Nabokov claims that...

January 1780: Evangelicalism received a boost when the...

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January 1780

Evangelicalism received a boost when the Rev. John Newton moved from Olney in Buckinghamshire to London at the invitation of businessman John Thornton .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.