Regency Events: Shrewsbury Earthquake

The Annual Register: World Events …. 1838 (1839). (1839). (n.p.): ProQuestrel. The British Geological Survey seemed to miss this minor quake in their compiled list of earthquakes from Continue

The Annual Register: World Events …. 1838 (1839). (1839). (n.p.): ProQuestrel. The British Geological Survey seemed to miss this minor quake in their compiled list of earthquakes from Continue

Drakard’s Stamford News – Friday 10 April 1818 On April 1, 1818 Lord Palmerston, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer, walked up Continue

I found this delightful anecdote that I wanted to share from The Morning Post, Monday, 05 July, 1819: According to our free resource, the Regency Continue

On August 25, 1803, Toussaint Louverture was imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France. Toussaint Louverture was leader of the Haitian independence movement. Born a Continue