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28 March 1849: The Frankfurt Assembly elected Prussia's...

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28 March 1849

The Frankfurt Assembly elected Prussia's King Frederick William IV as Emperor of Germany.

Late September 1730: The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest...

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Late September 1730

The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest in the question of who would be next Poet Laureate; many despised both leading candidates, Stephen Duck and Colley Cibber .

Harriett Jay

A now largely-forgotten novelist and playwright, HJ was prolific and popular in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. She wrote eight novels, the majority devoted to the contemporary state of Ireland from an Anglo...
Harriett Jay Black and white photograph of Harriett Jay, seated in a chair and leaning her elbow on a desk, with a potted plant behind. She is wearing a long, simple, white dress with lace trim at the sleeves and throat, and a silver bracelet and ring. Her light hair is pulled back, with short curls in front.

Kathleen E. Innes

Although KEI is today a little-known author, some of her works on literary criticism and Hampshire local history remained in print into the 1980s. During and beyond the first half of the twentieth century, she...

7-9 June 1898: The Third International Congress of Publishers...

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7-9 June 1898

The Third International Congress of Publishers was held in London.

22 August 1791: Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the...

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22 August 1791

Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the princesse de Lamballe , persuading the princess to stay away from her for the sake of the safety of both of them.

1882: Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs opened the...

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1882

Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs opened the world's first contraceptive clinic in Amsterdam.

18 November 1904: K. L. Montgomery, the pseudonym of the co-writing...

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18 November 1904

K. L. Montgomery , the pseudonym of the co-writing sisters Kathleen and Letitia , published the historicalnovelMajor Weir.

3 September 1802: William Wordsworth composed his well-known...

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3 September 1802

William Wordsworth composed his well-known sonnetUpon Westminster Bridge, responding to the power of the city, as well as countryside or wilderness, to arouse transcendent feelings.

1808: The County Asylums Act was passed, developing...

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1808

The County Asylums Act was passed, developing a plan for state-subsidized pauper lunatic asylums throughout the provinces.

1748: Dr John Profily published An Easy and Exact...

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1748

Dr John Profily published An Easy and Exact Method of Curing the Venereal Disease.

9 July 1777: Henry Hallam, historian, was born at Windsor...

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9 July 1777

Henry Hallam , historian, was born at Windsor in Berkshire.

After March 1843: Following a controversial trial, judges for...

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After March 1843

Following a controversial trial, judges for the House of Lords formalized the M'Naghten Rules, aimed at regularizing legal procedure for prosecuting defendants showing no criminal intent by virtue of defect of reason.

4 April 1931: Anne Hepple, the new editor of the Religious...

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4 April 1931

Anne Hepple , the new editor of the Religious Tract Society 's Woman's Magazine, wrote that the Society's aim was to divert attention from some of the cheap literature of to-day, which, along with...

16 January 1929: The Listener began publication; it has been...

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16 January 1929

The Listener began publication; it has been said that it did more for the new 'thirties poetry in Britain than any of the specialized poetry magazines.

Mary Basset

MB was a significant member among the band of sixteenth-century women who were classical scholars and translators. Only two of what are said to have been her many translations survive.

By 30 May 1854: William Edmonstoune Aytoun published his...

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By 30 May 1854

William Edmonstoune Aytoun published his parody of the poems of the Spasmodic school, Firmilian, in Blackwood's Magazine.

: Though shell-shocked soldiers had already...

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Autumn1922

Though shell-shocked soldiers had already been receiving treatment in several places for several years, the term shell shock first became familiar to the British public when the government issued a report on its deferred effects.

17 July 1925: The Radio Supplement was first issued by...

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17 July 1925

The Radio Supplement was first issued by the BBC .

1851: Albumen photographic paper became commercially...

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1851

Albumen photographic paper became commercially available.

1887: The New Century Guild for Working Women began...

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1887

The New Century Guild for Working Women began publishing, in London, the Working Woman's Journal, which offered articles about work from the employees' perspective.

21 October 1908: The first suffrage leaflet drop was made...

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21 October 1908

The first suffrage leaflet drop was made on London, by a suffragette who scattered leaflets demanding Votes For Women! over the House of Commons from a hired civilian dirigible.

30 June 1814: A petition against the re-opening of the...

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30 June 1814

A petition against the re-opening of the slave trade by the restored French monarchy was presented to the House of Lords .

March 1946: The inhabitants of the Bikini Atoll (part...

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March 1946

The inhabitants of the Bikini Atoll (part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean) were resettled on a different atoll in order to turn their home into a nuclear testing ground.

February 1925: The first impression of Beatrice Kean Seymour's...

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February 1925

The first impression of Beatrice Kean Seymour 's novelThe Romantic Tradition was published.