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31 May 1838: Philosopher Henry Sidgwick was born in Skipton,...

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31 May 1838

Philosopher Henry Sidgwick was born in Skipton, Yorkshire.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

August 1854: Austrian troops replaced Russian ones in...

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August 1854

Austrian troops replaced Russian ones in the Danubian Principalities, and Austria recommended Four Points to be accepted as terms for peace (in the Crimean War).
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Ivy Compton-Burnett

ICB published twenty novels: the first while she was in her twenties, in 1911, but the first one to use her mature and startlingly original style when she was forty, in 1925. From the beginning...
Ivy Compton-Burnett Black-and-white close-up photograph, circa 1957, of Ivy Compton-Burnett looking off-camera.

1872: The Obstetrical Association of Midwives,...

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1872

The Obstetrical Association of Midwives , an autonomous body, precursor to the Royal College of Midwives , was developed to campaign for better standing for female midwives.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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12 October 1854: W. H. Russell began reporting in The Times...

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12 October 1854

W. H. Russell began reporting in The Times on army medical service in the Crimean War, specifically on the confusion, mismanagement, and maladministration which he saw at the scene of action.
Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, 1965, http://U of G.
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Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, 1965, http://U of G.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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25 July 1658: Sir William Davenant's masque The Cruelty...

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25 July 1658

Sir William Davenant 's masque The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, Exprest by instrumentall and vocall musick, and by the art of perspective in scenes, etc., was published; it had been performed...

22 July 1949: The house in the village of Chawton in Hampshire...

Women writers item

22 July 1949

The house in the village of Chawton in Hampshire where Jane Austen lived with her mother and sister from 1809 until her death was opened to the public, having been bought for three thousand pounds...

William Congreve

13 June 1716: After the early death of Mary Monck, her...

Women writers item

13 June 1716

After the early death of Mary Monck , her grieving father, Robert, Viscount Molesworth , published Marinda: Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions, which contains writing by her and others.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.

Early hours, 29 February 1976: Some women were assaulted by men at a women-only...

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Early hours, 29 February 1976

Some women were assaulted by men at a women-only disco at the Moulin Rouge, Bristol, in connection with the National Lesbian Conference in that city.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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7 February 1683: John Locke wrote to Mary Clarke about the...

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7 February 1683

John Locke wrote to Mary Clarke about the education of her daughter, saying that since I acknowledge no difference of sex in your mind relating . . . to truth, virtue and obedience,
Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989, 8 vols.
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1790s-1820s: Farmers in Great Britain cultivated opiu...

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1790s-1820s

Farmers in Great Britain cultivated opium.
Berridge, Virginia, and Griffith Edwards. Opium and the People: Opiate Use in Nineteenth-Century England. St Martin’s Press, 1981.
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1908: Kenneth Grahame published his now-famous...

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1908

Kenneth Grahame published his now-famous book of children's stories The Wind in the Willows, to unenthusiastic reviews.
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.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
6 July 2011

Mid 1950s: John William Money, US psychologist and pioneer...

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Mid 1950s

John William Money , US psychologist and pioneer in the field of sexual identity studies, established the optimal gender of rearing protocol, according to which what are now called intersex babies, born with ambiguous genitalia...

1 April 1905: The Nursing Mirror and Midwives' Journal...

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1 April 1905

The Nursing Mirror and Midwives' Journal began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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Summer 1780: The Royal Academy's first annual exhibition...

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Summer 1780

The Royal Academy 's first annual exhibition to be held in the new Somerset House (built by Sir William Chambers ) topped all records, with attendance of 61,381 and receipts of £3,074.6s.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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12 June 1843: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part...

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12 June 1843

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part of the theatre-going public when they visited the Drury Lane Theatre in state.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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1937: Karen Horney published The Neurotic Personality...

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1937

Karen Horney published The Neurotic Personality of our Time.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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October 1916: The Dilution of Labour Bulletin, an illustrated...

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October 1916

The Dilution of Labour Bulletin, an illustrated (and favourable) report on the role of women as replacements for men in munitions work, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Lady Mary Walker

Writing in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, LMW was a didactic novelist who cared for social issues and for personal morality, privileging the discussion of such issues and the communication of information over...
Lady Mary Walker Title-page of vol.2 of the novel Lady Mary Walker wrote in French. The original bore her legal name as "Walker"; this edition, claiming to be published at Vienna, "La Famille du Duc de Popoli, Mémoires de M. de Castelmo son frère", 1818, calls her "Lady Mary Hamilton".

12 April 1874: The second of a series of plays attributed...

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12 April 1874

The second of a series of plays attributed to Sarah Lane opened at the Britannia Theatre for the Easter holiday.
Davis, Jim. “Sarah Lane: questions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 125-47.
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18 April 1874: Woman's Opinion ended publication in Lon...

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18 April 1874

Woman's Opinion ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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17 November 1955: The first live television programme from...

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17 November 1955

The first live television programme from Northern Ireland was broadcast.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1952: The Soviet Union space programme successfully...

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1952

The Soviet Union space programme successfully sent twelve animals in eighteen separate launches up to heights of a hundred kilometres.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1609: British sailors were stranded by a storm...

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1609

British sailors were stranded by a storm on Bermuda.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 557
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
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