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on Edward Jenner and smallpox
date:
14 May
Edward Jenner conducts his first Inoculation against smallpox
- May 14th 1796 -
May 14th 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against the deadly disease, smallpox.
Smallpox was the greatest killer of Jenner's time...
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on types of gas and protection
date:
22 Apr
The Gas Attack at Ypres in World War One
- 22nd April 1915 -
NB: Image shown is of victims of gas in 1918
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned...
date:
14 Apr
The Publication of the ‘Dictionary of the English Language’ by Dr. Samuel Johnson
- 15th April 1755 -
There are several seminal works in the English language – The Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People, The Canterbury...
date:
25 Mar
The Landings on Gallipoli
- April 25th1915 -
The plan seemed sound enough. With stalemate on the Western Front in the form of trench warfare another ploy was needed. The one put forward was knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war, open up...
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on Football in the Victorian times
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16 Mar
1stFootball Association Challenge Cup Final
Kennington Oval
Wanderers 1 Royal Engineers 0
- 16thMarch 1872 -
At a meeting in the offices of the Sportsman in London on 20thJuly 1871 a proposal by Charles Alcock, the honorary...
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