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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 ...
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
Signed in 1750, this Spanish-Portuguese agreement, enabled Portugal to claim more holdings in what is now Brazil; Dzungar Khanate is captured by Qing forces in 1755, ultimately transferring Xinjiang into the hands of Han Chinese power – a legacy that continues to this day in modern-day China; A destructive earthquake and tsunami ravages the ...
1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, England, started by a spectacular explosion, killed 53 and leveled substantial property in both towns. 1858 – A large fire in Auckland , New Zealand, destroyed 3 hotels, 20 shops, more than 50 houses, the police station, theater, post office and several other buildings in the centre of town ...
An Act for the more effectual Preservation of the Turnpike Roads, in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for the Disposition of Penalties given by Acts of Parliament relating to the Highways in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for enforcing the Recovery thereof, and for the more effectual preventing the Mischiefs ...
1750 establishments in England (13 P) S. 1750 in English sport (1 C) This page was last edited on 5 April 2022, at 21:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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.