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1928: Artist Pearl Binder held a one-person exhibition...

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1928

Artist Pearl Binder held a one-person exhibition at the Moffat Gallery in London.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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By 14 April 1561: Sir Thomas Hoby's The Courtyer, translated...

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By 14 April 1561

Sir Thomas Hoby 's The Courtyer, translated from Baldassare Castiglione 's Il Cortegiano, was entered at the Stationers' Company ; it was published the same year.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

22 July 1878: The Metropolitan Management and Building...

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22 July 1878

The Metropolitan Management and Building Acts Amendment Act was passed, authorizing the new Metropolitan Board of Works to preside over the construction of places of entertainment within London.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. David and Charles, 1974.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

By June 1762: Arthur Murphy anonymously published An Enquiry...

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By June 1762

Arthur Murphy anonymously published An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1697-9: In a decade including too many lean years,...

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1697-9

In a decade including too many lean years, Scotland was devastated by famine: the last one to occur on the British mainland, though conditions were bad again in Scotland in 1783-4.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
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Jack, Ian. “A Country Emptied”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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Jack, Ian. “A Country Emptied”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 5, 7 Mar. 2019, pp. 19-22.
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Journalist and editor of the newspaper The Provincial Freeman in the northern US and Canada during the mid nineteenth century, MASC also wrote a short book advocating emigration to Canada for free blacks living in...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary Somewhat blurry black and white photograph of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. She is wearing a top buttoned waistcoat, with the details of her hair not able to be seen, however it seems to be braided back.

1785-1814: Esther Tuke, a Quaker, ran a school for girls...

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1785-1814

Esther Tuke , a Quaker, ran a school for girls in Trinity Lane, York.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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By 24 November 1888: Margaret Hungerford, still writing under...

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By 24 November 1888

Margaret Hungerford , still writing under her former married name of Margaret Argles, published Under-Currents, another successful novel.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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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.

30 June-1 October 1926: Alan Cobham made the first flight from England...

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30 June-1 October 1926

Alan Cobham made the first flight from England to Australia and back.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1869: Dmitry Mendeleev published his Periodic ...

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1869

Dmitry Mendeleev published his Periodic Table.
Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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February 1916: The Standing Joint Committee of Working Women's...

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February 1916

The Standing Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations was formed in London.
Middleton, Lucy et al. “Women in Labour Politics”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 22-37.
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1879: British firms on the Niger River amalgamated...

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1879

British firms on the Niger River amalgamated into the United Africa Company .
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
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March 1917: With war raging and Russian revolution imminent,...

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March 1917

With war raging and Russian revolution imminent, the Cambridge University Senate met to map out a B.A. degree in English.
Hawkes, Terence. “Dr Blair, the Leavis of the North”. London Review of Books, 18 Feb. 1999, pp. 23-4.
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1908: The British government entertained a scheme...

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1908

The British government entertained a scheme to prevent the access of married women to employment; it was, however, abandoned.
Raitt, Suzanne. May Sinclair: A Modern Victorian. Clarendon Press, 2000.
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Early November 2012: A merger was proposed between the publishers...

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Early November 2012

A merger was proposed between the publishers Penguin and Random House , that would create a mega-company with worldwide revenues of 4.1 billion dollars US.
Sabbagh, Dan. “Amazon fears underlie books merger”. Guardian Weekly, 2 Nov. 2012, p. 17.

1769: Eleanor Coade (1733-1821) began commercial...

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1769

Eleanor Coade (1733-1821) began commercial production of Coade stone, a material made to a secret recipe, used for garden ornaments and said to be both more workable and more durable than natural stone.
Brown, Jane. The Pursuit of Paradise: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening. HarperCollins, 2000.
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“Women in Trade”. John Johnson Collection Exhibition 2001. Bodleian Library, 2001.

1859: The London Post Office Street Directory of...

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1859

The London Post Office Street Directory of this year listed two businesses designating themselves as Servants' Bazaars, stores catering exclusively to the servant classes.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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1833: This year's Keepsake had a printed jacket:...

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1833

This year's Keepsake had a printed jacket: the earliest known such book jacket to survive.
Barcham, Maureen. “Letter”. Guardian Weekly, 5–11 July 2001, p. 18.
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1875: Matilda Browne began publishing Myra's Journal...

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1875

Matilda Browne began publishing Myra's Journal of Dress and Fashion in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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9 August 1946: The Arts Council of Great Britain received...

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9 August 1946

The Arts Council of Great Britain received its royal charter; its purpose was to make fine arts more accessible to the public by organizing exhibitions and preserving art.
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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White, Eric W. The Arts Council of Great Britain. Davis-Poynter, 1975.
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1 July 2007: British publisher Tank Books released a series...

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1 July 2007

British publisher Tank Books released a series of classic books, Tales to Take Your Breath Away, designed to mimic cigarette packets—the same size, packaged in flip-top cartons with silver foil wrapping and sealed in cellophane.
TankBooks: Tales to Take Your Breath Away. http://web.archive.org/web/20090620103236/http://www.tankmagazine.com/tankbooks/.
Campbell, Duncan, journalist. “Battle ahead for ’cigarette pack’ books”. Guardian Unlimited Books, 16 Jan. 2008.
TankBooks: Tales to Take Your Breath Away. http://web.archive.org/web/20090620103236/http://www.tankmagazine.com/tankbooks/.

By 26 April 2006: A novel issued in March in the USA, How Opal...

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By 26 April 2006

A novel issued in March in the USA, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, was withdrawn after the author, Kaavya Viswanathan , admitted unconscious plagiarism from Megan McCafferty .
Goldenberg, Suzanne. “Star young author admits ’unconscious’ plagiarism”. Guardian Unlimited, 26 Apr. 2006.

1868: The earliest observed and recorded epidemic...

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1868

The earliest observed and recorded epidemic of poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, or polio, took place near Oslo in Norway.
Poliomyelitis: A Brief History. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/poliohistory.htm.

June 2014: Xiaolu Guo, a self-exiled Chinese novelist...

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June 2014

Xiaolu Guo , a self-exiled Chinese novelist and film-writer (now a British citizen, who writes in two languages, English and Mandarin, and was one of Granta magazine's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013), published...

March 1942: The German Nazi Party banned Jews from buying...

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March 1942

The GermanNazi Party banned Jews from buying flowers.
Powers, Thomas. “’A Thousand Mosquito Bites’”. London Review of Books, 21 Sept. 2000, pp. 3-7.
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