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23 August 1866: Following the Austro-Prussian or Seven Weeks'...

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23 August 1866

Following the Austro-Prussian or Seven Weeks' War, Austria and Prussia signed the Treaty of Prague, which dissolved the existing German Confederation.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
251
Clark, Christopher. “I could bite the table”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 7, 31 Mar. 2011, pp. 15-16.
15

1758: An anonymous Lady published Female Rights...

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1758

An anonymous Lady published Female Rights Vindicated: or The Equality of the Sexes Morally and Physically Proved, a vigorous plea that society should educate women equally with men and offer them a share in...

5 May 1921: Gabrielle Coco Chanel introduced the perfume...

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5 May 1921

Gabrielle Coco Chanel introduced the perfume Chanel No. 5 in Paris.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Perennial Library, 1987.
243

26 July 1845: The Great Britain, the first propeller-driven...

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26 July 1845

The Great Britain, the first propeller-driven steam liner to cross the Atlantic, left Liverpool for New York.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
95
Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
85

After June 1936: Under the Tithe Act, the British government...

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After June 1936

Under the Tithe Act, the British government paid the Church of England something over seventy-two million pounds in lieu of the tithes it would have received over the next sixty years. But payment of tithes...

22 August 1934: Gertrude Jennings's popular family drama...

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22 August 1934

Gertrude Jennings 's popular family drama Family Affairs opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.
Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996.
219, 117-19

1891-1902: Miss Kate Lewtas worked as the librarian...

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1891-1902

Miss Kate Lewtas worked as the librarian of Blackpool; she was one of Britain's first female chief librarians.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
223-4
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
178-9, 203

1834: The German Customs Union was established...

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1834

The German Customs Union was established among the various German states.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
47

1911: Jane Brownlow wrote the Women's Local Government...

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1911

Jane Brownlow wrote the Women's Local Government Society handbook, Women's Work in Local Government.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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1656: Pictures of instruments employed in mastectomies...

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1656

Pictures of instruments employed in mastectomies were used to illustrate Armamentarium chirurgicum by Johannes Scultetus the younger.
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.

2 June 2002: Caroline Hamilton and Ann Daniels completed...

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2 June 2002

Caroline Hamilton and Ann Daniels completed their trek to the North Pole, two years after successfully reaching the South Pole.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

November 1896: The Lady's Realm began publication in London;...

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November 1896

The Lady's Realm began publication in London; while much concerned with fashion, it also published contemporary fiction.
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.

22 March 1947: Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in Delhi as...

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22 March 1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in Delhi as the last Viceroy of India, with a brief to end British rule by June 1948. He accelerated this timetable, and Independence was dated 15 August 1947.
Jack, Ian, and Jawaharlal Nehru. “Foreword”. A tryst with destiny, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-6.
5-6

1760: A French conduct book, Traité du maintien...

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1760

A French conduct book, Traité du maintien du corps et de la maniere de se présenter avec grace, offered detailed advice on getting up gracefully from a chair.
Hellman, Mimi. “Furniture, Sociability, and the Work of Leisure in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 415-45.
442n31

25 July 1978: Louise Brown, the first clinically conceived...

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25 July 1978

Louise Brown , the first clinically conceived test tube baby, was born to Lesley and John Brown in London.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
27, 165-6
Spallone, Patricia. Beyond Conception: The New Politics of Reproduction. Bergin and Garvey, 1989.
8
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Williams, Zoe. “When there’s no baby to take home”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Oct. 2013, pp. 30-1.

13 August 1670: The British government declared that in Scotland...

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13 August 1670

The British government declared that in Scotland attendance at conventicles (the services conducted in fields or barns by ejected Presbyterian ministers) was punishable by death.
The Covenanters: The Fifty Years Struggle 1638-1688. http://www.sorbie.net/covenanters.htm.

1818: Thomas Nelson established himself as a publisher...

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1818

Thomas Nelson established himself as a publisher in Edinburgh; he became known for his popular reprints of classics.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 218

1816: The Peace Society was founded by Quakers;...

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1816

The Peace Society was founded by Quakers; the society wished to replace war with diplomacy in international relations.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
109

15 April 1644: The Globe Theatre in London, once the home...

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15 April 1644

The Globe Theatre in London, once the home of Shakespeare 's company, was demolished as part of the ongoing parliamentarian campaign against the theatres.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
300-1

5 July 1946: Micheline Bernardi modelled the first bikini,...

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5 July 1946

Micheline Bernardi modelled the first bikini, designed by Louis Réard , at a Paris fashion show.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
246
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Perennial Library, 1987.
322

1958: The Ford Motor Company introduced the Ed...

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1958

The Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
273

16 February 1742: The Earl of Wilmington, Spencer Compton (Whig),...

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16 February 1742

The Earl of Wilmington, Spencer Compton (Whig), became Prime Minister following Walpole 's resignation; he lasted only eighteen months.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
280
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
113
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

Henry Green

HG 's unusually spare novels, which experiment with a steadily increasing proportion of dialogue to narrative, appeared during the mid twentieth century. He also published an autobiography.
Henry Green Henry Green's futuristic novel Concluding, Hogarth Press, 1948, in its dark blue cover.

May 1876: Russia, Austria and Germany presented the...

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May 1876

Russia, Austria and Germany presented the Berlin Memorandum to the Sultan of Turkey , demanding that he inaugurate reforms in the extensive Ottoman Empire.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
344

Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys wrote a number of novels and short stories focusing on her own geographical and emotional alienation, as well as an unfinished autobiography. Her fiction from between the two world ward was largely forgotten...
Jean Rhys Jean Rhys (left, in hat) with Mollie Stoner.