On this Day in History in 1726: “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift is published by Benjamin Motte in London.
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On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1814: A Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1837: Euston railway station opens in London as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR), the city’s 1st intercity railway station.
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1747: Astronomer James Bradley presents his discovery of the wobbling motion of the Earth on its axis to the Royal Society, London.
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1807: London’s Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight.
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1863: 1st underground railway opens in London.
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