Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1697: Legislation removed the status of several...
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1697
Legislation removed the status of several London districts (dating from the middle ages) as sanctuaries for debtors; only the Mint retained this status, until 1723.
Stirk, Nigel. “Fugitive Meanings: The Literary Construction of a London Debtors’ Sanctuary in the Eighteenth Century”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
24
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2001, pp. 175-88.
175
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
473
1876: Elizabeth Blackwell found a publisher for...
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1876
Elizabeth Blackwell
found a publisher for her recently completed manuscript, but only after altering the title to emphasize her authority as a doctor.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
111
1877: Seventy-nine people died in the largest outbreak...
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1877
Seventy-nine people died in the largest outbreak of rabies in English history.
Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate : The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age. Harvard University Press, 1987.
169-170
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Ann Wall
AW
, evidently a writer of some ability, is remarkable chiefly for the sensational nature of her single known text, which is the apparently autobiographical (though just possibly fictional) record of her survival of physical...
10 January 1840: The national penny post was introduced, drastically...
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10 January 1840
The national penny post was introduced, drastically reducing the cost of and greatly improving postal service.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
380
Browning, Robert, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. “Editorial Materials”. The Brownings’ Correspondence, edited by Philip Kelley et al., Wedgestone Press, 1984–2026, p. Various pages.
4: xiii
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
620
November 1940: Three out of every five Londoners were sleeping...
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November 1940
Three out of every five Londoners were sleeping in homes threatened or damaged by bombing; yet a census this month showed that 60 per cent did not leave home for shelter when air-raid sirens sounded...
11 February 1929: Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat...
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11 February 1929
Mussolini
signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat with the Pope
: this gave sanction to the Fascist
regime in Italy, and set up the independent microstate of Vatican City in Rome.
Johnson, Richard William. “I’m all for it”. London Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2000, pp. 11-12.
11
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
“12 February 1929. Fascism and the Vatican”. Guardian Weekly, 12 Feb. 2016, p. 22.
26 October 1951: At the general election the postwar reforming...
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26 October 1951
At the general election the postwar reforming Labour government of Clement Attlee
polled the highest number of votes it had ever received, but fewer seats than before: it was ousted by the Conservatives under Winston Churchill
31 May 1844: Natal was annexed to the Cape Colony....
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31 May 1844
Natal was annexed to the Cape Colony.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 681
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
885
1827: Henry Hallam published The Constitutional...
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1827
Henry Hallam
published The Constitutional History of England, his influential history extending to the death of George II
.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
19 April 1928: The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary...
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19 April 1928
The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary reached completion with the publication of the final volume. (The first had appeared on 1 February 1884.)
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
19 April 2013
22 March 1620: The first English translation of Boccaccio's...
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22 March 1620
The first English translation of Boccaccio
's cycle of tales generally known as the Decameron was entered in the Stationers' Register
; it was printed this year, possibly the work of John Florio
.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
1980: Elisabeth Bond wrote The Partition Wallahs...
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1980
Elisabeth Bond
wrote The Partition Wallahs for its performance on television.
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.
By March 1756: Joseph Warton published An Essay on the Writings...
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By March 1756
Joseph Warton
published An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
1 (1756): 226-40
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.
Gordon, Linda. “A Passion for Equality”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
57-9, 102
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1593
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
22 and n20
Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.
12 November 1833: Julia Glover caused a sensation when she...
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12 November 1833
Julia Glover
caused a sensation when she appeared as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Haymarket
.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
98
28-30 October 1922: Mussolini, leader of Italy's Fascists, stayed...
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28-30 October 1922
Mussolini
, leader of Italy's Fascists
, stayed in the background during his party's so-called March on Rome, then arrived in Rome to speak with the king, Victor Emmanuel III
.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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.
