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11 Jan
The Birth of Harry Gordon Selfridge
- 11 January 1858 -
6thJanuary 2013 nearly 8 million people watched the first series of Mr Selfridge – an ITV series that lasted 3 series with another in the pipeline. What many may not have known is...
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07 Nov
Dr. David Livingstone meets Henry Morton Stanley
- 10th November 1871 – Modern day Tanzania -
I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, - walked deliberately to him,...
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25 Oct
The Battle of Balaclava
The Charge of the Light Brigade
- October 25th1854 -
The decline of the powerful Ottoman Empire led to a struggle for supremacy between the Russians on the one side and the British and French on the other –...
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16 Oct
The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson
- 21stOctober 1805 -
After the French Revolution (1789) there was a power vacuum in France that a certain man was to fill. His name was Napoleon. Initially Britain, with William Pitt the Younger as Prime...
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16 Aug
The Peterloo Massacre
- 16th August 1819 -
The end of the Napoleonic War brought economic hardship to many in the UK. This was especially so in the North-West area of England, home to many of the cotton mills, weavers, spinners and the...
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