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The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of humans. Continuous occupation started around 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age .
Thomas Hardy's drama The Queen of Cornwall (1923) is a version of the Tristan story; the second act of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde takes place in Cornwall, as do Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas The Pirates of Penzance and Ruddigore. Clara Vyvyan was the author of various books about many aspects of Cornish life such as Our ...
1814: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall founded; 1815: The Davy lamp containing a candle is devised by Sir Humphry Davy. 1818: Royal Institution of Cornwall; 1832: Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society founded in Falmouth. 1834: Augustus Smith obtains the Isles of Scilly, and evicts the inhabitants of some of the smaller islands.
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall (1554) Boston Grammar School (1555) Gresham's School (1555) Ripon Grammar School (refounded 1555, although thought to date from the 7th century) Hampton School (1556) Oundle School (1556) Tadcaster Grammar School (1557) Repton School (1557) Hampton School (1557)
18 February – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to the King's daughter, who will become queen regnant Mary I of England, at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich. [15] August – construction of the Manchester Grammar School is completed. 23 September – Royal College of Physicians founded in London. [5]
Duke of Cornwall (Cornish: Duk a Gernow) [1] is a title in the Peerage of England, traditionally held by the eldest son of the reigning British monarch, previously the English monarch. The Duchy of Cornwall was the first duchy created in England and was established in a royal charter in 1337 by King Edward III . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "History of Cornwall" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
St German's Priory Church, St Germans Truro Cathedral from St Mary's Street Henry Martyn, missionary to India and Persia. Christianity in Cornwall began in the 4th or 5th century AD when Western Christianity was introduced as in the rest of Roman Britain. Over time it became the official religion, superseding previous Celtic and Roman practices.