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1837-1838: The Select Committee on Transportation, known...

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1837-1838

The Select Committee on Transportation , known also as the Molesworth Commission, heard reports on the appalling treatment of convicts in Australia; transportation continued for another twenty years, virtually unreformed.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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About 1621: Thomas Middleton wrote his tragedy Women...

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About 1621

Thomas Middleton wrote his tragedy Women Beware Women; it was not published till 1657.
Middleton, Thomas, 1580 - 1627. The Selected Plays of Thomas Middleton. Editor Frost, David L., Cambridge University Press, 1978.
xvi, 187-8

Catharine Amy Dawson Scott

CADS was first a poet; then after a long break in her publishing career she produced almost twenty novels, including works that make her a significant regional novelist of the Cornish coast. She also wrote...
Catharine Amy Dawson Scott Black and white photograph of Catharine Amy Dawson Scott, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a cardigan over a black and white dress, a black beaded necklace, and a puffy hat made of a shiny material, over top of dark curly hair.

December 1848: Arthur Hugh Clough published The Bothie of...

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December 1848

Arthur Hugh Clough published The Bothie of Tober-na-Fuosich, later reprinted as The Bothie of Tober-na Vuolich.
Clough, Arthur Hugh. The Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough. Editor Norrington, Arthur L. P., Oxford University Press, 1968.
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Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
207

January-December 1865: Charles Kingsley's last novel Hereward the...

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January-December 1865

Charles Kingsley 's last novel Hereward the Wake, was serialised as Hereward, The Last of the English in Good Words.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
293, 335

Summer 1792: In Easter Ross in Scotland, for the first...

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Summer 1792

In Easter Ross in Scotland, for the first and virtually the last time . . . an effort was made to raise the entire Highlands against the invasion of sheep and the disruption of...

30 January 1685: John Evelyn observed Charles II, a week before...

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30 January 1685

John Evelyn observed Charles II , a week before he died, sitting and toying with three of his mistresses, listening to a french boy singing love songs, while courtiers played basset (a card game) for...

10 July 1553: Lady Jane Grey (who descended through her...

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10 July 1553

Lady Jane Grey (who descended through her mother from Henry VIII 's sister Mary ) acceded to the throne of England.
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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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Around 1878: The Albemarle Club was formed with the plan...

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Around 1878

The Albemarle Club was formed with the plan of admitting equal numbers of men and women.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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October 1875: Roller skating mania swept through Engla...

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October 1875

Roller skating mania swept through England.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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1855: David Weatherhead founded the Yorkshire Spiritual...

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1855

David Weatherhead founded the Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph to circulate among Northern Owenite groups.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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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.

1 December 1942: Sir William Beveridge, long-time head of...

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1 December 1942

Sir William Beveridge , long-time head of the London School of Economics, released through His Majesty'ss Stationery Office the Beveridge Report (titled Social Insurance and Allied Services), which has been called the foundation...

22 November 1963: American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated...

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22 November 1963

American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at Dallas, Texas.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
258
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 242

1941: Equal pay for equal work without distinction...

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1941

Equal pay for equal work without distinction of sex became a recognized aim of the Trades Union Congress .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1856: The Children's Aid Society was founded....

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1856

The Children's Aid Society was founded.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1961: The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was...

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1961

The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was taken into special relation with the University of London until 1963.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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1976: Penelope Gilliatt published another study...

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1976

Penelope Gilliatt published another study of a French filmmaker: Jacques Tati.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

21 April 1896: Sigmund Freud read The Aetiology of Hysteria...

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21 April 1896

Sigmund Freud read The Aetiology of Hysteria before the Society for Psychiatry and Neurology in Vienna.
Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff. The Assault on Truth: Freud’s Suppression of the Seduction Theory. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984.
3, 9, 251

: Karen Horney, after completing one year of...

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Summer 1910

Karen Horney , after completing one year of her medical degree at the University of Berlin , was distressed to discover she was pregnant.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
I: 147

From about 1840: Advertisements first appeared on omnibus...

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From about 1840

Advertisements first appeared on omnibuses.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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1832: Anglican bishop Daniel Wilson arrived in...

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1832

Anglican bishop Daniel Wilson arrived in India; his twenty-five year rule was the most influential of the century.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
228

10 December 1984: César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina...

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10 December 1984

César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with two colleagues from other countries) for immunology research; another Briton, Sir Richard Stone , received the prize...

24 May 1689: The Toleration Act (or Act of Toleration)...

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24 May 1689

The Toleration Act (or Act of Toleration) declared that statutes against Protestant Dissenters would no longer be enforced; it did not, however, take them off the books.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Cecil Frances Alexander

CFA wrote both hymns and verse, the latter also usually adaptable for music. Her work was mainly directed towards young audiences, as she excelled
Julian, John, editor. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Dover Publications, 1957, 2 vols.
at writing for children.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
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.
Over the course of her career in...
Cecil Frances Alexander Black and white photograph of Cecil Frances Alexander, seated at a desk. There are writing supplies on the desk and she clasps a book on her lap with one hand. The other elbow rests on the desk, with that hand to the side of her head.

1886: Annie Leigh Browne, Caroline Biggs and others...

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1886

Annie Leigh Browne , Caroline Biggs and others formed the Local Electors Association to support a woman candidate for a vestry position.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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