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c. 1864
 
    
Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presents to the Royal Society his discoveries in the field of electromagnetics, now known collectively as Maxwell's Equations       
1865
 
    
Gregor Mendel reads a paper to the Natural History Society in Brno describing his discoveries in the field of genetics       
1866
 
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The Argentine Rural Society is founded as the exclusive preserve of Argentina's oligarchy      
1869
 
    
Dmitry Mendeleyev reads to the Russian Chemical Society in St Petersburg his formulation of the periodic table       
1869
 
    
English author Matthew Arnold publishes Culture and Anarchy, an influential collection of essays about contemporary society       
Matthew Arnold, by Watts, 1880
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1875
 
    
Madame Blavatsky founds in New York the Theosophical Society, preaching universal brotherhood with a strong dash of mysticism       
1884
 
     
English socialists, including Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb, found the Fabian Society as part of a long-term political strategy        
1884
 
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The newly founded Fabian Society publishes Manifesto by George Bernard Shaw       
1889
 
     
The Fabian Society publishes Essays in Socialisman influential volume of essays edited by Bernard Shaw        
1890
 
    
9-year-old Daisy Ashford imagines an adult romance and high society in The Young Visiters