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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 earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
Mansfield, England 53.09 −1.18 VII 4.2 Falling masonry injured several in the church at Mansfield, felt from Blackburn to Hull to Gumley [2] [5] 27 August 1834 Chichester, England 50.82 −0.82 VII 3.3 Last in a sequence of damaging earthquakes starting with an event in September 1833 that caused the death of a quarryman [2] [5] 23 October 1839
1750 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1750th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 750th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1750, the ...
Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. The building was designated Grade I listed in 1952. The large gatehouse tower is much the most striking element to be completed and to survive.
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The new study, published Thursday in the journal Archaeology International, also reveals how Neolithic people may have moved the 13,227-pound (6-metric-ton) block over 435 miles (700 kilometers ...
November 1 – More than 40,000 people are killed by the 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Lisbon, Portuguese Empire. The tremor begins at 9:40 in the morning local time off of the Atlantic coast of Portugal and sends a tsunami that strikes the coasts of Portugal, Spain and Morocco. November 1: Lisbon earthquake kills more than 40,000; November 18