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10 December 1806: Charles Lamb's farce Mr H— opened at Drury...

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10 December 1806

Charles Lamb 's farce Mr H— opened at Drury Lane . Its dashing coxcomb protagonist cuts a swathe through the ladies at Bath until it comes out that his name is Hogsflesh, when they drop him hurriedly.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
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1833: Following the 1832 Reform Act, the Whig government...

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1833

Following the 1832 Reform Act, the Whig government put through (as well as a Factory Act and abolition of slavery, both August 1833) an Education Act which provided a parliamentary grant to provide or improve...

1902: Canadian Joanna Ellen Wood set her final...

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1902

Canadian Joanna Ellen Wood set her final novel, Farden Ha', on the Scottish borders.
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.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

October 1910: Margaret Llewelyn Davies and Eleanor Barton,...

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October 1910

Margaret Llewelyn Davies and Eleanor Barton , as representatives of the Women's Co-operative Guild , gave evidence to the Royal Commission on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes .
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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19 February 1910: The opera Elektra by Richard Strauss was...

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19 February 1910

The opera Elektra by Richard Strauss was first performed in London: at Covent Garden , conducted by Thomas Beecham .
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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After about 1760: The term middle class began increasingly...

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After about 1760

The term middle class began increasingly to be used for that section of society formerly known as the middle ranks or middling sort.
Hudson, Nicholas. “Discourse of Transition: Johnson, the 1750s, and the Rise of the Middle Class”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, 2002, pp. 31-51.
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2 March 1667: Dryden's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen...

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2 March 1667

Dryden 's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen had its first performance at Drury Lane Theatre , with Nell Gwyn in the cast and Samuel Pepys , Charles II , and the future James II in the audience.
Pepys, Samuel. Diary. Editor Wheatley, Henry B., G. Bell and Sons, 1952, 8 vols.
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1 November 1872: A famous London music hall, The Oxford, was...

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1 November 1872

A famous London music hall, The Oxford , was destroyed by fire.
Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. David and Charles, 1974.
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1884: American historian Henry Brooks Adams published...

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1884

American historian Henry Brooks Adams published the second of his two novels, Esther, under the pseudonym Frances Snow Compton. His first, Democracy, 1880, had been anonymous.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

20 March 1869-20 June 1870: Jules Verne serially published in French...

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20 March 1869-20 June 1870

Jules Verne serially published in French his science-fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Gallagher, Edward Joseph et al. Jules Verne: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. G. K. Hall, 1980.
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Charlotte Godley

CG is remembered for her only book: a posthumously published collection of travel letters about the early (mid-nineteenth-century) social life and landscape of New Zealand. Brief excerpts from her journals also survive.
Charlotte Godley Photograph of a head-and-shoulders sketch of Charlotte Godley, 1877, reproduced in "Letters from Early New Zealand", 1950. She is wearing a high-collared shirt, a bow round her neck fastened with a brooch (perhaps a cameo), and simple round earrings . Her hair is brushed back under a light lace cap.

About 5 August 1890: A British protectorate over Zanzibar was...

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About 5 August 1890

A British protectorate over Zanzibar was declared.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 588, 759-60
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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By 1866: Female pre-millennialist preachers abounded;...

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By 1866

Female pre-millennialist preachers abounded; middle-class women spoke urgently to large assemblies about the second coming of Christ.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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1925: Modern Woman, a magazine directed at lower...

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1925

Modern Woman, a magazine directed at lower and middle-class women, began publishing in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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3 October 1929: The Dow Jones Industrial Index of share prices...

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3 October 1929

The Dow Jones Industrial Index of share prices began to drop, after reaching an unprecedented high: this was the first sign of the coming Wall Street crash.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

23 July 1920: British East Africa, renamed Kenya, became...

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23 July 1920

British East Africa, renamed Kenya, became a Crown Colony.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 658
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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January 1974: Collins published The Property of a Gentleman,...

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January 1974

Collins published The Property of a Gentleman, a novel by Catherine Gaskin .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.

15-21 June 1772: A series of London banking firms collapsed...

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15-21 June 1772

A series of London banking firms collapsed after the bank associated with Alexander Fordyce stopped payment; ensuing panic brought the biggest stock-market crash since the South Sea Bubble burst in late 1720.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
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1786-1787: £20,000 of government money was allocated...

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1786-1787

£20,000 of government money was allocated for the relief of distressed black persons and for transporting some of them to establish a new settlement in Sierra Leone.
Innes, Joanna. “The Domestic Face of the Military-Fiscal State: Government and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain”. An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone, Routledge, 1994, pp. 96-127.
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Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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1978: US feminist theologian Mary Daly published...

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1978

US feminist theologian Mary Daly published her best-known work, Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism, which among other things addresses the misogynist assumptions ingrained within language.
Sturgis, Susanna J. “Mary Daly, Revolting Hag”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
27
, No. 3, May–June 2010, pp. 30-1.
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December 1945: The Committee on the Juvenile Employment...

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December 1945

The Committee on the Juvenile Employment Service (chaired by Sir Godfrey Ince ) recommended that juvenile employment service should be established to assist boys and girls in their passage from school into the working world.
Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
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Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
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1985: The Matrimonial Causes Procedure Committee...

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1985

The Matrimonial Causes Procedure Committee submitted its report on the current workings of the divorce laws in Britain.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

27 June 1900: The Tuppeny Tube, the central London underground...

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27 June 1900

The Tuppeny Tube, the central London underground railway (now the Central Line) opened, running from Shepherd's Bush to the Bank; it charged a flat fare of twopence.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Bradley, Simon. “Coldbath Fields”. London Review of Books, 21 June 2007, p. 31.
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1841: In the British Census, 278 women classified...

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1841

In the British Census, 278 women classified themselves as professional artists.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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May 1752: The Gentleman's Magazine printed a recuperative...

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May 1752

The Gentleman's Magazine printed a recuperative Memoirs of Mrs Ellen Gwynn: it praises talent, excuses sexual licence, and suggests that only circumstances prevented her from being virtuous.
Turley, Hans. “‘A Masculine Turn of Mind’: Charlotte Charke and the Periodical Press”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, 1998, pp. 180-99.
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