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11 February 1660: General Monck, having marched on London from...

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11 February 1660

General Monck , having marched on London from Scotland, dissolved the Parliament by military threat and convened a new one.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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12 May 1888: The UK proclaimed a formal protectorate over...

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12 May 1888

The UK proclaimed a formal protectorate over North Borneo.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 949

28 October 1774: News reached London of the Suffolk County...

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28 October 1774

News reached London of the Suffolk County Resolves , which called for recent legislation to be disobeyed as the attempts of a wicked administration to enslave America.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776. Clarendon, 1991.
158

July 1877: The Malthusian League was re-established...

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July 1877

The Malthusian League was re-established in London with Charles R. Drysdale as president.
Chandrasekhar, Sripati et al. "A Dirty Filthy Book": The Writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie Besant on Reproductive Physiology and Birth Control and an Account of the Bradlaugh-Besant Trial. University of California Press, 1981.
49-51

1947: The first transistor was produced, rendering...

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1947

The first transistor was produced, rendering vacuum tubes obsolete in computer construction. This transition was of great importance in enabling the manufacture of smaller and less fragile computers.
Moschovitis, Christos et al. History of the Internet. ABC-CLIO, 1999.
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1850s: The North London Repository attempted to...

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1850s

The North London Repository attempted to run a shop on a barter system, exchanging goods in terms of labour expenditure; the experiment failed.
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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6 December 1718: Nicholas Rowe, playwright, translator, and...

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6 December 1718

Nicholas Rowe , playwright, translator, and editor of Shakespeare , died after four years in the post of Poet Laureate.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1831-1846: Pope Gregory XVI established a framework...

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1831-1846

Pope Gregory XVI established a framework for organized Jesuit activity, formally creating a huge number of vicariates across the world.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
338, 342-3

2 October 1600: Another influential poetry anthology, entitled...

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2 October 1600

Another influential poetry anthology, entitled Englands Parnassus, was entered in the Stationers' Register ; it appeared this year.
Sidney, Sir Philip. “Critical Materials”. The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney, edited by William A., Jr Ringler, Clarendon Press, 1962, p. various pages.
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Sarah Fyge

SF 's career as a feminist poet began when she was very young, in the late seventeenth century, and continued into the eighteenth century. Her letters, although they were printed, seem not to have been...

1836: Chromolithography was invented by Gottfried...

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1836

Chromolithography was invented by Gottfried Engelmann .
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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30 January 1990: Surgeons at Guy's Hospital in London performed...

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30 January 1990

Surgeons at Guy's Hospital in London performed the first surgical operation on a baby still in the womb.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
499

7 July 1892: In the British general election of this month,...

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7 July 1892

In the British general election of this month, James Keir Hardie and two other candidates became the first independent Labour Members of Parliament.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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1893: Pierre Janet published his medical dissertation...

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1893

Pierre Janet published his medical dissertation The Mental State of Hystericals, which discussed hysteria as a mental disorder as opposed to a physical affliction.
Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.
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1 July 1960: The newly independent British Somaliland...

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1 July 1960

The newly independent British Somaliland joined with Somalia as an independent republic.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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15 April 1971: The British coinage went decimal: from twenty...

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15 April 1971

The British coinage went decimal: from twenty shillings to the pound (and twelve pence to the shilling) to one hundred pence to the pound.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.

June 1907: Womanhood, an improving magazine, ended monthly...

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June 1907

Womanhood, an improving magazine, ended monthly publication from 5 Agar Street, London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Bogenschneider, Duane R., editor. The Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983, 3 vols.
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Late August 1968: Two poets, John Moat and John Fairfax, launched...

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Late August 1968

Two poets, John Moat and John Fairfax , launched the Arvon Foundation with a poetry course at Beaford Arts Centre (in a Victorian house in rural north Devon). Ted Hughes was guest reader on...

May 1856: Lord Chancellor Cranworth presented a second...

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May 1856

Lord Chancellor Cranworth presented a second divorce bill, to which there were several successful amendments affecting married women's property.
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
38-40, 44-5
Atkinson, Diane. The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton. Preface Publishing, 2012.
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23 October 1835: George Baxter was granted a patent for reproducing...

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23 October 1835

George Baxter was granted a patent for reproducing paintings in colour.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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December 1937: US physicist John Atanasoff, after years...

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December 1937

US physicist John Atanasoff , after years of working on machines to facilitate elaborate calculations, had a brainwave which enabled him successfully to build a desk-size electronic calculating machine (not strictly a computer, since it...

1853: A treaty on copyright stipulations and conditions...

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1853

A treaty on copyright stipulations and conditions was signed between UK and US, but it failed to be ratified by the American government.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Sarah Chapone

SC was not only an active networker in the cause of women during the earlier half of the eighteenth century; she also published two works (both hard to categorise because of their originality and their...
Sarah Chapone Title-page of Sarah Chapone's "The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives. With an Explanation of the Original Curse of Subjection . . . ", published anonymously in 1735. The extended title is followed by texts from the Old Testament, the publisher's colophon, and the price (one shilling).

3 April 1708: Arthur Maynwaring mentioned to Sarah, Duchess...

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3 April 1708

Arthur Maynwaring mentioned to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough , having used a letter from her as the basis for his Advice to the Electors of Great Britain.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
269-70 and nn102, 103

By December 1913: Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall published a...

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By December 1913

Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall published a light treatment of domestic life entitled The Book of Martha, with a frontispiece by Augustus John .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.