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15 November 1942: Church bells (which quite recently had stood...

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15 November 1942

Church bells (which quite recently had stood ready to signal invasion) were rung all over Britain, in the wake of the battle of El Alamein, to celebrate the defeat of Rommel .
Martin, Richard, 1934 -. Ink in Her Blood: The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham. UMI Research Press, 1988.
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May 1838: The People's Charter (after which the Chartist...

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May 1838

The People's Charter (after which the Chartist movement was named) was published.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution. Pantheon, 1984.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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Goodway, David. London Chartism, 1838-1848. Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
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4 May 1970: Members of the Ohio National Guard opened...

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4 May 1970

Members of the OhioNational Guard opened fire on students of Kent State University demonstrating peacefully against the Vietnam War (specifically, against Nixon 's sending ground troops to Cambodia). Four students (two of each...

April 1975: Pol Pot was installed by his Communist guerilla...

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April 1975

Pol Pot was installed by his Communist guerilla Khmer Rouge forces as totalitarian ruler of Cambodia (which had already suffered severe bombing by the USA in 1969 and invasion by Vietnam in 1970).
“Cambodia: History”. Lonely Planet World Guide.
Kurlantzick, Joshua. “In Pol Pot Time”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 15, 6 Aug. 2009, pp. 9-11.
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Agnes Strickland

AS , writing in the middle nineteenth century, won renown as a historian and biographer, particularly of the British royal family and particularly of its female members. In fact all of these books were co-authored...
Agnes Strickland Photograph of a painting of Agnes Strickland by John Hayes, 1846. She is seated with her elbow resting on a wooden table. She is wearing a black velvet dress that laces at the front, over a cream coloured shirt that is trimmed with ruffles. Her sleeves are trimmed with cream coloured lace and pearls, and she is wearing a matching pearl bracelet. Her dark hair is curly, and partly pulled back. She holds a small paper scroll with early-period writing on it, and perhaps a seal. National Portrait Gallery.

March 1963: The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at...

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March 1963

The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at Joan Littlewood 's Theatre Royal, Stratford East . It transferred to Wyndham's in the West End on 29 June, and went on to become a landmark hit.
“Oh! What a Lovely War”. The Guide to Musical Theatre.

1806: An Italian invented the prototype of carbon...

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1806

An Italian invented the prototype of carbon paper, for making copies simultaneously with writing.
Winchester, Simon. The Meaning of Everything. Oxford University Press, 2003.
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14 December 1542: James V of Scotland died, and his infant...

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14 December 1542

James V of Scotland died, and his infant daughter assumed the throne as Mary Queen of Scots .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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22 May 1980: The London Review of Books began independent...

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22 May 1980

The London Review of Books began independent publication; it had been appearing since October the previous year as a pull-out insert in The New York Review of Books.
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.
Wilmers, Mary-Kay. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 19, 9 Oct. 2014, p. 45.

May 1941: The German Luftwaffe bombed Dublin (capital...

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May 1941

The German Luftwaffe bombed Dublin (capital of neutral Ireland), destroying hundreds of houses and killing thirty-four civilians: a warning of the price to be paid for giving up neutrality.
Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
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1946: The Report from the Equal Pay Commission...

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1946

The Report from the Equal Pay Commission argued that equal pay was appropriate only in certain cases.
Wilson, Elizabeth. Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968. Tavistock, 1980.
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Mackie, Lindsay, and Polly Pattullo. Women at Work. Tavistock, 1977.
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18 September 1714: George I landed in England to claim the ...

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18 September 1714

George I landed in England to claim the throne.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
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18 December 1902: Balfour's Education Act was passed; it dissolved...

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18 December 1902

Balfour 's Education Act was passed; it dissolved the School Boards and replaced them with Local Education Authorities , which were empowered to provide secondary education.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1902 vol. XL: 126-39
Martin, Christopher. A Short History of English Schools, 1750-1965. Wayland, 1979.
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Borer, Mary Cathcart. Willingly to School: A History of Women’s Education. Lutterworth Press, 1976.
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7 June 1929: Margaret Bondfield became the first female...

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7 June 1929

Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in Britain, serving as Minister of Labour in Ramsay MacDonald 's Labour government.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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United Kingdom Parliament. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/.

1904: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (grandson of Sir...

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1904

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott ) began work on the Anglican Cathedral of Liverpool, a late masterpiece of Victorian Gothic which, however, was not completed until 1978.
Saint, Andrew. “The Danger of Giving In”. London Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2002, pp. 30-1.
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1869: German physician Paul Langerhans dissected...

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1869

German physician Paul Langerhans dissected a pancreas and discovered the small group of cells now called islets of Langerhans, later identified as the source of insulin.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
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1715: The Society of Ancient Britons (that is,...

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1715

The Society of Ancient Britons (that is, of people of Welsh descent) was founded among the flourishing Welsh community of London—the beginning of a movement of antiquarian nationalism.
Shippey, Tom. “Bardism”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 13, 9 July 2009, pp. 27-9.
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“Iolo’s People. The London-Welsh Societies”. Iolo Morganwg.

27 February 1970: Women's Liberation member Marilyn Webb founded...

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27 February 1970

Women's Liberation member Marilyn Webb founded the women's newspaper off our backs.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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By 8 June 1878: Sir Henry Morton Stanley published Through...

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By 8 June 1878

Sir Henry Morton Stanley published Through the Dark Continent, an account of his explorations in Africa.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2641 (1878): 723

19 May 1536: Anne Boleyn, mother of the future Queen Elizabeth,...

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19 May 1536

Anne Boleyn , mother of the future Queen Elizabeth , was executed in London for alleged high treason.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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1847: Factions of the teetotal movement began to...

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1847

Factions of the teetotal movement began to agitate against smoking.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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2 October 2016: An Italian journalist, Claudio Gatti, in...

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2 October 2016

An Italian journalist, Claudio Gatti , in an article in the New York Review of Books, used financial and publishers' records to unmask the best-selling pseudonymous novelist known as Elena Ferrante as a professional...

January 1891: The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine...

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January 1891

The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine began publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

8 April 1992: The humour magazine Punch ceased publication...

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8 April 1992

The humour magazine Punch ceased publication after more than a century and a half (since July 1841).
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1854-1870: Between these years, women managed at least...

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1854-1870

Between these years, women managed at least 20% of all licensed insane asylums throughout the country.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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