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30 October 1981: The British Nationality Act reached the statute...

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30 October 1981

The British Nationality Act reached the statute book, having received the royal assent. It introduced restrictive qualifications for the acquiring of British nationality which were widely felt to be racist in motivation.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
61070 (31 October 1981): 2

1979: St Anne's College became the first women's...

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1979

St Anne's College became the first women's college at Oxford University to go mixed (that is to admit men).
Howarth, Janet. “Women”. The History of the University of Oxford: The Twentieth Century, edited by Brian Harrison, Clarendon, 1994, pp. 345-76.
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Thackrah, John Richard. The University and Colleges of Oxford. Dalton, 1981.
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17 July 1888: Dr Fridtjof Nansen set off to lead an exploring...

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17 July 1888

Dr Fridtjof Nansen set off to lead an exploring party of five others across Greenland (east to west) on snowshoes.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Hope Mirrlees

Much of the sparse information currently available on HM focuses on her lasting personal relationship with eminent scholar Jane Harrison rather than her own body of writing, which includes poetry, novels, and biographies (published and...

18 February 1954: Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the US Army,...

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18 February 1954

Robert T. Stevens , Secretary of the US Army , ordered two generals subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy to ignore their summons.
“1954: McCarthy hunts ’army Communists’”. BBC News: On This Day, 18 Feb. 1954.

December 1913: The Society of Scottish Artists exhibited...

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December 1913

The Society of Scottish Artists exhibited post-Impressionist works by Cézanne , Gauguin , Matisse and Van Gogh , as well as Duncan Grant and John Duncan Fergusson .
Hardie, William. Scottish Painting, 1837 to the Present. Studio Vista, 1990.
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MacMillan, Duncan. Scottish Art, 1460-1990. Mainstream Publishing, 1990.
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March 1919: The General Nursing Council for England and...

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March 1919

The General Nursing Council for England and Wales was established to maintain a registry of nurses, who could declare themselves Registered Nurses.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
102
“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
(January-March 1919): 482
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Around 1915: Voluntary Aid Detachment volunteers (known...

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Around 1915

Voluntary Aid Detachment volunteers (known as VADs) began to be paid and housed by the military authorities.
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Ouditt, Sharon. Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War. Routledge, 1994.
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Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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: Peter Brook directed at Stratford upon Avon...

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Spring 1970

Peter Brook directed at Stratford upon Avon a production of Shakespeare 's Midsummer Night's Dream which redefined the possibilities of theatre.
Callow, Simon. “A Prospero for our time”. Guardian Unlimited, 2 Apr. 2005.

11 November 1975: The Labour Government was dismissed in A...

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11 November 1975

The Labour Government was dismissed in Australia.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
266

14 December 1650: Anne Greene was hanged for felony. Once taken...

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14 December 1650

Anne Greene was hanged for felony. Once taken down, her body (destined for the Anatomie lecture)
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon Press, 1955, 6 vols.
4: 57
was revived by William Petty , a self-made Oxford physician and scientist.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon Press, 1955, 6 vols.
4: 56-7, 57n1
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.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1290: King Edward I expelled all remaining Jews...

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1290

King Edward I expelled all remaining Jews from England. According to Michelene Wandor 's The Music of the Prophets, they were to be gone by All Saints' Day, November the first.
Collins Dictionary of British History. Collins, 2002.
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Wandor, Michelene. The Music of the Prophets. Arc Publications, 2006.
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: Shakespeare probably completed the story...

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Winter 1598-9

Shakespeare probably completed the story of his two Henry IV history plays by writing Henry V, in which the charismatic but formerly undisciplined prince makes good as national military hero.
Dobson, Michael. “A Furtive Night’s Work”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 7-8.
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January 1837: The London Working Men's Association prepared...

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January 1837

The London Working Men's Association prepared a Six Point petition for submission to the House of Commons .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1720: The Declaratory Act spelled out the dependence...

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1720

The Declaratory Act spelled out the dependence of the Dublinparliament on the English one at Westminster.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
Curley, Thomas. “Johnson and the Irish: A Post-Colonial Survey of the Irish Literary Renaissance in Imperial Great Britain”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
12
, AMS Press, 2001, pp. 67-197.
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7 March 1793: Revolutionary France declared war on Spa...

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7 March 1793

Revolutionary France declared war on Spain.
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
218

1931: The Courtauld Institute of Art, the first...

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1931

The Courtauld Institute of Art , the first institute for the study of art history, was established at the University of London through an endowment by Samuel Courtauld .
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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23 March 1899: The first paper presented to the Institution...

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23 March 1899

The first paper presented to the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) by a woman was read by Hertha Ayrton , who was later admitted as the Institution's first female member.
Jones, Claire. “Women’s History Month: Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923): scientist yet ’in every way a woman’”. Women’s History Network Blog, 23 Mar. 2010.

16 January 1646: London Aldermen petitioned Parliament against...

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16 January 1646

London Aldermen petitioned Parliament against the Independent sects on the grounds of their women preaching.
Gillespie, Katharine. “A Hammer in Her Hand: The Separation of Church from State and the Early Feminist Writings of Katherine Chidley”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1998, pp. 213-33.
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1985: The 1984 Verity Bargate Award Short Plays,...

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1985

The 1984 Verity Bargate Award Short Plays, edited by Barrie Keeffe , contains two award-winning plays: Coming Apart by Melissa Murray ; as well as Mickey Mahoney 's Up for None.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1930: The Ivriah School for Girls was established...

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1930

The Ivriah School for Girls was established in Manchester, increasing the opportunities for girls to be educated in the Jewish faith and culture.
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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Maude Royden

Maude Royden , famous as an early twentieth-century campaigner for women's status in the ministry of the Church of England , was also a preacher, suffragist, feminist, and anti-war activist. She published at least fifty...
Maude Royden Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Maude Royden by Ellliott and Fry. She sits with her body in profile but her face turned towards the camera, with chin lifted. She has dark hair with a short fringe, and she wears a light top with flowing collar. Her name is printed below the photo.

August 1770: The Lady's Magazine; or, Entertaining Companion...

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August 1770

The Lady's Magazine; or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex began publication in London, mixing fiction and articles, angled towards women as a separate audience.
The Lady’s Magazine. J. Wheble.
title page
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
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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.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1895: William Thomas Stead established the Review...

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1895

William Thomas Stead established the Review of Reviews Circulatory Library in London to make available books for all adults and children regardless of class.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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1705: The German-born entomologist Maria Sibilla...

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1705

The German-born entomologist Maria Sibilla Merian (1647-1717) published at Amsterdam her handsome folio titled in Latin Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium and illustrated by herself.
Her second name is variously spelled. The British Library Catalogue records Sibylla...