30 October – a fire at the
Tower of London destroys its Grand Armoury and causes a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage.[17]
13 November – surgeon
James Braid attends his first demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
The Jewish Chronicle launched; the first Jewish newspaper in the UK,[8] it will be the oldest continuously published in the world when it ceases publication in 2020 (12 November).[20]
^Heathcote, B. V. & Heathcote, P. F. (1979). "Richard Beard: an ingenious and enterprising patentee". History of Photography. 3 (4): 313–329.
doi:
10.1080/03087298.1979.10441125.
^
abcPalmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 264–266.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^
abcPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.
30 October – a fire at the
Tower of London destroys its Grand Armoury and causes a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage.[17]
13 November – surgeon
James Braid attends his first demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
The Jewish Chronicle launched; the first Jewish newspaper in the UK,[8] it will be the oldest continuously published in the world when it ceases publication in 2020 (12 November).[20]
^Heathcote, B. V. & Heathcote, P. F. (1979). "Richard Beard: an ingenious and enterprising patentee". History of Photography. 3 (4): 313–329.
doi:
10.1080/03087298.1979.10441125.
^
abcPalmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 264–266.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^
abcPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.