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London Daily News 1850
The London Daily News is published on 21st January 1850. It is the first cheap newspaper to be produced on the streets of London and so news becomes more accessible to the working class and poor citizens of London. It is established by the architect Joseph Paxton and the paper’s first editor is Charles Dickens.
Read MoreSir Robert Walpole 1721
Sir Robert Walpole becomes Englands first Prime Minister in April 1721
Read MoreCholera District of Bermondsey 1849
Cholera outbreak London 1849
Read MoreSt George The Martyr Southwark
The church of St George The Martyr has been documented since 1122 but the present church was built between 1734 and 1736 by the architect, John Price. In the middle ages Borough High Street ran south from London Bridge and at it’s end stood the church of St George with fields lying beyond. In 1951…
Read MoreThe first telephone conversation 1876
The first wire telephone conversation took place between Alexander Graham Bell and his colleague Thomas Watson, over a distance of 3km between Boston and Cambridge US.
Read MoreAlexander Graham Bell Patent 1876
Alexander Graham Bell was issued with a patent from the US Patent Office on 7th March 1876 for ‘a method of and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds, telegraphically’.
Read MoreIsambard Kingdom Brunel born 1806
Isambard Brunel born in Portsmouth UK 1806, after the battle of Trafalger and the death of Nelson…
Read MoreCharles II marries 1662
On the 21st May 1662, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, Charles II married Catherine of Braganza, the daughter of the King of Portugal.
Read MoreThe first railway terminus at Euston 1837
Euston station was the first mainline station to be built in London. In July 1837, the London and Birmingham Railway opened it’s first terminus. It was to have been built at Camden at Chalk Farm but it was proposed that that it should be brought closer to the metropolis and an Act of parliament in…
Read MoreThe new London Bridge opened 1831
The old London bridge was a bridge like no other bridge in the world. It was a thoroughfare, jammed full of houses and shops and passable only with caution and if you had time to spare. The old bridge was not able to cope with growing demands of an expanding city A new bridge was…
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