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chronology prepared by Lucie Sutherland (University of Nottingham)

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DateAuthor EventsHistorical Events
1854 Sunday Beer Act (Wilson Patten Act)
1854, February d
(to 1855, May 21)		 Northcote-Trevelyan Report on Civil Service Reform
1854, May d Britain declares Monroe Doctrine not binding on European countries
1854, June d Britain separates Colonial and War Secretaryships
1855 Civil Service Commission founded
1855, June 15 Abolition of stamp duty on newspapers in Britain
1855, June 24
(to 1855, July 08)		 Hyde Park Riots against restrictions on Sunday trading
1856 Britain grants self-government to Tasmania and New Zealand
1856 Maxwell theorizes on the nature of Saturn’s rings
1856 Pathetic Fallacy
1856 Sinn Fein founded
1856, January 29 Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross
1857 Bill to Amend the Law on Married Women’s Property
1857 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act
1857, March 04 Peace of Paris ends Anglo-Persian War
1858 First Jewish MP admitted to the House of Commons - Lionel de Rothschild
1858, February 26
(to 1859, June 11)		 The Earl of Derby becomes Prime Minister for the second time
1858, July 23 Act of Parliament removes disabilities of Jews
1859 Solar flares discovered by Richard Carrington
1859 Darwinism in Literature
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Citation:
Sutherland, Lucie. "Author Chronology for Oscar Wilde". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 July 2008.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/newlifeline.php?id_author_0=4718, accessed 22 May 2013.]