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12 November 1900: The Marquess of Salisbury was re-appointed...

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12 November 1900

The Marquess of Salisbury was re-appointed Prime Minister (Conservative/Unionist) after the Khaki general election of the previous month, so called because of the dominance of the Boer War issue.
Smith, Paul. “Refuge for the Aristocracy”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2001, pp. 30-1.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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13 February 1790: The French National Assembly decreed that...

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13 February 1790

The FrenchNational Assembly decreed that French law would no longer recognise monastic vows.
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

By 7 October 1882: Walter Besant published the best-selling...

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By 7 October 1882

Walter Besant published the best-selling novel All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible Story.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Weiner, Deborah E. B. Architecture and Social Reform in Late-Victorian London. Manchester University Press, 1994.
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8 July 1618: Michael Dalton had entered in the Stationers'...

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8 July 1618

Michael Dalton had entered in the Stationers' Register his book The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions, designed to raise the level of local administration...

By the 1860s: Devices designed for viewing moving pictures,...

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By the 1860s

Devices designed for viewing moving pictures, such as the magic lantern and the Zoetrope, became popular forms of home entertainment.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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1909: Riccardi Press was founded in London by Herbert...

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1909

Riccardi Press was founded in London by Herbert P. Horne to publish works for the Medici Society .
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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December 1958: Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize...

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December 1958

Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He initially accepted the prize, but was quickly forced by the Soviet government to decline it.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

1667: The Quakers established Monthly Meetings...

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1667

The Quakers established Monthly Meetings to direct the business and lives of their members.
Lloyd, Arnold. Quaker Social History 1669-1738. Longman’s, Green, 1950.
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Lloyd, Arnold. Quaker Social History 1669-1738. Longman’s, Green, 1950.
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21 October 1908: The first suffrage leaflet drop was made...

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21 October 1908

The first suffrage leaflet drop was made on London, by a suffragette who scattered leaflets demanding Votes For Women! over the House of Commons from a hired civilian dirigible.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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24 August 1839: The Metropolitan Police Act included penalties...

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24 August 1839

The Metropolitan Police Act included penalties for abuses by the burgeoning advertising trade.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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1903: The Association of Shorthand Writers and...

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1903

The Association of Shorthand Writers and Typists was formed in London.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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August 1874: The National Union of Working Women was founded...

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August 1874

The National Union of Working Women was founded in Bristol.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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January 1872: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his...

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January 1872

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his first major work, Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy).
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Holligdale, Reginald John. Nietzsche: The Man and His Philosophy. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.
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10 March 1993: Gynaecologist Dr David Gunn was shot dead...

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10 March 1993

Gynaecologist Dr David Gunn was shot dead in Pensacola, Florida, by anti-abortion terrorists.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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29-30 June 1934: This was Hitler's Night of the Long Knives,...

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29-30 June 1934

This was Hitler'sNight of the Long Knives, during which about 100 rivals or enemies, the left-wing element within the Nazi Party , were killed. The sinister name came from a popular Nazi song.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1909: The Women's Labour League gained affiliation...

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1909

The Women's Labour League gained affiliation with the Labour Party in London.
Madsen, Axel. Chanel: A Woman of Her Own. Henry Holt, 1990.
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Thane, Pat. “The Women of the British Labour Party and Feminism, 1906-1945”. British Feminism in the Twentieth Century, edited by Harold L. Smith, Edward Elgar, 1990, pp. 124-43.
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1851: The Anglican Evangelical Church Missionary...

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1851

The Anglican Evangelical Church Missionary Society moved into Palestine.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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1877: The Rescue Society of London reported that...

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1877

The Rescue Society of London reported that most prostitutes were in their late teens, and that they quickly became diseased.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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19 March 1944: Germany invaded Hungary, its former ally...

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19 March 1944

Germany invaded Hungary, its former ally.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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7 August 1830: Louis-Philippe ascended the throne in France,...

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7 August 1830

Louis-Philippe ascended the throne in France, and revised the Charter to abolish the power of the monarch to issue ordinances and suspend laws.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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December 1961: A Handful of Time, a novel by Helen Foley,...

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December 1961

A Handful of Time, a novel by Helen Foley , was published.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.

Kate Marsden

A nurse and explorer, KM published a small but widely-circulated body of travel writing that at once documented her search for treatments for leprosy and served as tools for her to raise funds and awareness...
Kate Marsden Black and white photo of Kate Marsden, 1906, shown from the waist up, wearing a dark dress speckled with ornament, with her dark hair pulled up and topped by a white headdress and long veil pushed back. She holds a bouquet. Her name is written in a top corner: "Marsden, July 13. 1906."

20 September 1932: In London, the Methodist Church formally...

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20 September 1932

In London, the Methodist Church formally united its different groups under one body.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Davies, Rupert E., and E. Gordon Rupp, editors. A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain. Epworth, 1965–2026.
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August 1918: The Central Board of the Co-operative Union...

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August 1918

The Central Board of the Co-operative Union unconditionally restored its annual grant to the Women's Co-operative Guild .
Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
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Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
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August 1884: The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, removing...

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August 1884

The Matrimonial Causes Act was passed, removing penal provisions for enforcing cohabitation.
Chandra, Sudhir. Enslaved Daughters: Colonialism, Law, and Women’s Rights. Oxford University Press, 1998.
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