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8 February – an earthquake is felt in London. [3] 8 March – a second more powerful earthquake is felt in London. [3] 20 March – Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical The Rambler. [2] 11 April – Jack Slack (a butcher of Norwich) defeats Jack Broughton to become bare-knuckle boxing Champion of England
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...
Very widely felt in Wales and England. See 1990 Bishop's Castle earthquake. [2] 22 September 2002 Dudley, West Midlands, England 52.53 −2.16 V 4.7 Widely felt in England and Wales. [9] 21 October 2002 Manchester, England 3.9 Largest in an earthquake swarm of 116 earthquakes, 36 of which were felt [2] 28 April 2007 Folkestone, Kent 51.10 1.17 ...
Westminster Bridge (1750), depicted by Joseph Farrington, 1789, with Westminster Hall and Westminster Abbey beyond. 1750 8 February: An earthquake is felt in London. [172] 8 March: A second, more powerful earthquake is felt in London, making this the last to have an epicentre here. [172]
Pages in category "1750s earthquakes" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Watch The Independent’s live video coverage of the tragic earthquake in Morocco that has claimed over 2,000 lives and left more than 1,000 seriously injured, of the total 2,059 injuries that ...
Earthquakes detected around largest active volcano in ...
January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which had changed New Year's Day to January 1 in 1600) adopts today as the first day of the year as part of adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which is completed in September: today is the first day of the New Year under the terms of last year's Calendar Act of the British Parliament. [52]