Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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21 July 1845: The Museums Act passed, enabling municipalities...
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21 July 1845
The Museums Act passed, enabling municipalities of ten thousand or more residents to levy taxes to finance the establishment and maintenance of local museums of art and science.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press.
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19 December 1852: George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen,...
30 January 1855: Public outrage against Lord Raglan, who commanded...
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30 January 1855
Public outrage against Lord Raglan
, who commanded Britain's forces in the Crimean War, culminated in a Parliament
ary inquiry that brought down Lord Aberdeen
's government and enabled various reforms.
2 August 1858: Government and military control of India...
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2 August 1858
Government and military control of India was transferred by the Government of India Act from the East India Company
to the British Crown
after the successful suppression of the Indian Mutiny by the British army.
1863: Sir Wilfred Lawson introduced the United...
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1863
Sir Wilfred Lawson
introduced the United Kingdom Alliance
's Permissive Bill to Parliament
in a bid to give two-thirds of the ratepayers of a parish the power to refuse licences for the sale of liquor.
7 June 1866: John Stuart Mill presented to the House of...
1873-1874: The Tichborne Claimant was found guilty,...
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1873-1874
The Tichborne Claimant was found guilty, in a criminal trial, of impersonating heir Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne
, Bart., after he had attempted to claim the Tichborne family estate.
1875: Although institutionally-regulated corporal...
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1875
Although institutionally-regulated corporal punishment for criminals was less frequent as the nineteenth century progressed, a Parliament
ary Report recommended the lash for husbands convicted of wife-beating.
Early March 1875: William Cowper-Temple's Universities of Scotland...