History
Britain Applies Poor Law Act to Ireland 1838
Poor Law 1834 is applied to Ireland
Read MoreVolunteer Rifle Corps 1859
Formation of the Volunteer Rifle Corps 1859
Read MorePrice of bread falls 1887
The price of bread, an important economic factor in 1887 and no less in 2012
Read MoreSchool Meals Act 1906
School Meals Act 1906, what impact did it have on the lives of children at the turn of the 20th century. Did it benefit society overall?
Read MoreHealth of the population 1904
In 1904, the Interdepartmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, wrote a report to look at the overall health of the UK population, particularly in respect of nutrition. The report was written following a document from the Director General of the Army Medical Services, in which he states his concern, that recruitment for troops for the Boer…
Read MoreFirst Lyons tea shop opens 1894
Lyons Tea Shops
Read MoreMarks and Spencers opens 1894
Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open the first of their ‘Penny Bazaars’, at Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Marks arrived in Britain from Poland, penniless, illiterate and did not speak English. Spencer befriended him and lent him £5, which he used to start selling from market stalls. Their stores sold a range of household goods ‘don’t ask…
Read MoreDiamonds discovered South Africa 1869
Discovery South African diamonds 1869
Read MoreMacau reverts to Chinese rule from the Portuguese 1999
Macau reverts to Chinese rule in 1999
Read MoreGold is discovered in california 1848
On 24th January 1848, a man called James Marshall from New Jersey, was helping to build a sawmill on the America River for a man called Johann Sutter. He went to free the wheel in the millrace and saw, in the shallow pool that formed, a nuggett of gold, just over the size of a…
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