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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 ...
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
People who died in the decade 1750s. See also: Category:1750s births. 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; ... 1750 deaths (268 P) 1751 deaths (1 C, 246 P) 1752 deaths ...
An elderly woman was killed after she fell down the stairs [2] [5] 30 December 1944 Skipton, England 53.86 −2.02 VII 4.8 Generally minor damage [2] [5] 11 February 1957 Derby, England 52.80 −1.33 VII 5.3 Felt across central England. Largest UK post-war earthquake until 1984, and one of the most damaging earthquakes of the twentieth century ...
C. Canassatego; José de Cañizares; Marianna Carlevarijs; Diego Francesco Carlone; John Carnegie (Jacobite) Joseph Cassani; Edmund Castle; Charles de Tubières de Caylus
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Torrential rain and winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) hit the south of England and Wales. 600,000 homes were left without power, and five people were killed. In Europe, another six people were killed by the same storm. 2013: British Isles heatwave: An extra 760 deaths were reported in the UK.