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Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United KingdomCrappy Old Books
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2025
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Good condition set of four. Events 1890 4 January ? First edition of the Daily Graphic, the first British ?picture paper? 11 January ? The British government delivers an ultimatum to Portugal forcing the retreat of Portuguese military forces from land between Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola. 6 February ? An underground explosion at Llanerch Colliery, Abersychan in Monmouthshire kills 176. 15 February ? Kent Coalfield located. 4 March ? The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Bridge (1,710 ft) in Scotland, is opened. 27 March ? Preston North End finish the second season of the Football League as title winners once again. 29 March ? Blackburn Rovers win their fourth FA Cup with a 6-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in the final at Kennington Oval, London. 12 May ? The first official County Championship cricket match begins in Bristol. Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets. 15 May ? New elected county councils in Scotland, created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, take up their powers. The County of Edinburgh formally adopts the title Midlothian; the formerly administratively separate counties of Ross and Cromarty are merged; and the Shetland county council formally adopts the spelling Zetland. 28 June ? The Baseball Ground is opened in Derby to serve one of eight teams competing in a new national baseball league. 1 July ? Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany; Britain cedes Heligoland to Germany in return for Pemba and Zanzibar. 21 July ? Battersea Bridge over the River Thames opens in London. 8 September ? The future Edward VII becomes involved in the Royal Baccarat Scandal. September ? Southampton Dock Strike. 22 October ? Colony of Western Australia granted self-governing status. November ? Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, moves to a building on London?s Victoria Embankment, as New Scotland Yard. 4 November ? London?s City & South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, opens. It runs a distance of 5.1 km (3.2 mi) between the City of London and Stockwell. 17 November ? Captain Willy O?Shea divorces his wife, Kitty, for adultery; Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, is named as co-respondent. 21 November ? Edward King, Anglican bishop of Lincoln, is convicted of using ritualistic practices. 18 December ? British East Africa Company takes control of Uganda.…
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- 1890
- Author
- Times Newspapers
- Publisher
- Times Newspapers
- Publication year
- 1890
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Crappy Old Books
Barry, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2025
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Crappy Old Books aims to be the online version of our much endangered high street second hand book stores. Here you will find all sorts of junk that you just couldnt imagine. Crappy Old Books also aims to provide all of these books at great rates. The site was concieved on Monday 23rd Novemeber 2009, and is slowly growing. Hopefully over years it'll have much more to offer and will be a joy to browse through, just like our musty second hand book stores of yore.
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