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1858: German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt began publishing...

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1858

German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt began publishing his influential Beiträge zur Theorie der Sinneswahrnehmung (Contributions to the Theory of Sensory Perception), completed in 1862.
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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1844: The first directory of the British Press...

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1844

The first directory of the British Press was compiled and published.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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6 November 1719: A nineteen-year-old journeyman, John Matthews,...

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6 November 1719

A nineteen-year-old journeyman, John Matthews , was hanged for his part in printing the Jacobite tract Vox Populi, Vox Dei—the only such punishment under the Treason Act, 1707 (Royal Assent 1708).
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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1505: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and...

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1505

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby , endowed Christ's College, Cambridge.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Curtis, Stanley James. Education in Britain since 1900. Greenwood Press, 1970.
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Tibbs, Rodney. The University and Colleges of Cambridge. Terence Dalton Ltd., 1972.
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1752: A pseudonymous M. Ludovicus argued explicitly...

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1752

A pseudonymous M. Ludovicus argued explicitly that poverty drives women to prostitution, and that shelters should be provided to help them leave the trade.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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3 July 1940: A Royal Navy task force destroyed much of...

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3 July 1940

A Royal Navy task force destroyed much of the French navy (at a time when France, recently Britain's ally, was largely German-occupied and governed by Marshall Pétain ) at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of Algeria.
Mackworth, Cecily. I Came Out of France. Labour Book Service, 1941.
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August 1915: Under the management of Mrs Leach, one hundred...

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August 1915

Under the management of Mrs Leach , one hundred female cooks began work at military convalescent camps in Britain.
McLaren, Barbara. Women of the War. Hodder and Stoughton, 1917.
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Jan Struther

JS began to write during the 1920s as a contributor of poems and sketches to journals. She also wrote some still-popular hymns, and edited and wrote for children. She hit the jackpot with her Mrs...
Jan Struther Black-and-white photo of Jan Struther, 28 June 1946. Wearing a patterned dress, she is sitting on the grass and looking down at a small, leashed dog beside her.

Eleanor Farjeon

EF had a particularly long and successful career as an author for children, writing mostly in verse with some prose tales. She also wrote striking memoirs of her childhood and of an unhappy love-affair ended...
Eleanor Farjeon Black-and-white photograph of Eleanor Farjeon sitting on a chair looking left. She is wearing glasses and a dark dress with a white shawl draped over her neck. Her hair is short and wavy, and she is smiling slightly.

8 September 1836: The Transcendental Club (also known as the...

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8 September 1836

The Transcendental Club (also known as the Hedge Club and the Symposium ) was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts; it brought together various thinkers who were at the forefront of Transcendentalism.
Geldard, Richard G., editor. The Essential Transcendentalists. Penguin, 2005.
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The Web of American Transcendentalism. http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/index.html.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.

12 March 1733: George Lyttelton published a poem entitled...

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12 March 1733

George Lyttelton published a poem entitled Advice to a Lady.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Essays and Poems and Simplicity, A Comedy. Editors Halsband, Robert and Isobel Grundy, Oxford University Press, 1993.
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1838: Sir Titus Salt invented alpaca, a fabric...

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1838

Sir Titus Salt invented alpaca, a fabric similar to silk, but much cheaper.
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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Mathilde Blind

MB was one of the leading poets of the later nineteenth century; her burning sense of political and social injustice runs like a unifying thread through her work. Her poetry combines great beauty of sound...
Mathilde Blind Three-quarter-length chalk drawing of Mathilde Blind by Lucy Madox Brown, 1872. Blind is seated, at a three quarter turn, her hands in her lap holding papers and her long, dark hair loose down her back. She is wearing a green dress with fur trim and an orange shawl.

By 24 August 1861: Writing under the pseudonyms Edward Trevor...

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By 24 August 1861

Writing under the pseudonyms Edward Trevor and Neville Temple, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton and Julian Fane published the poem Tannhäuser, inspired by Wagner 's libretto.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
1765 (24 August 1861): 240-1

December 1883: The National League Journal ended publication...

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December 1883

The National League Journal ended publication in Liverpool.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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May 1977: An explosion in a 70-metre shaft sunk in...

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May 1977

An explosion in a 70-metre shaft sunk in the cliff at Dounreay nuclear plant, releasing large quantities of radioactivity.
Guardian Weekly.
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July 1848: Austrian troops restored the Grand Duke to...

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July 1848

Austrian troops restored the Grand Duke to his throne in Tuscany, having successfully suppressed the republic there.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1624: Thomas Heywood published Gynaikeion: or,...

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Thomas Heywood published Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History concerninge Women (on the title-page the first word is printed in Greek letters).
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Catalogue No. 11

Margaret Laurence

ML was a mid-twentieth-century Canadian who began to publish while resident in Africa, putting her gift at the service of preserving oral folk literature through translation and adaptation. Already a journalist, she next turned...
Margaret Laurence Black-and-white portrait photo of Margaret Laurence. She is wearing thick, dark rimmed glasses and has short hair.

1867: The Belfast Ladies' Institute was founded...

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1867

The Belfast Ladies' Institute was founded in support of women's higher education by six women from prominent local families.
Breathnach, Eibhlín. “Charting New Waters: Women’s Experience in Higher Education, 1879-1908”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 55-78.
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Jordan, Alison. “‘Opening the Gates of Learning’: The Belfast Ladies’ Institute, 1867-97”. Coming into the Light: The Work, Politics and Religion of Women in Ulster, 1840-1940, edited by Janice Holmes and Diane Urquhart, The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1994, pp. 33-57.
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O’Connor, Anne V. “The Revolution in Girls’ Secondary Education in Ireland, 1860-1910”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 31-54.
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Emily Lawless

EL published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries across a wide range of forms: the novel, history, fictional autobiography, short story, poetry, and critical biography. Remembered primarily for her work on Irish themes...

19 April 1775: The first shot of the American War of Independence...

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19 April 1775

The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired at the village of Lexington, near Concord, Massachusetts.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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27 September 1996: One day after conquering and occupying Kabul...

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27 September 1996

One day after conquering and occupying Kabul in Afghanistan, Taliban forces expelled 8,000 women students from the university and fired about the same number of women teachers from schools.
Johnson, Chalmers. “Abolish the CIA!”. London Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2004, pp. 25-8.
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15 August 1919: The Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act...

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15 August 1919

The Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act was passed; it forced women employed in traditionally male fields to leave their jobs in favour of soldiers returning from World War I.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
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1889: Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published...

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1889

Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published the first of their series of fairy volumes: The Blue Fairy Book. Other colours followed.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wolf, Abby. The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: An Introduction. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age_text.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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