1791 – In Britain, the first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published by entrepreneur W S Bourne.
1829 – Defying fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who facilitates suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. Suttee was the practice of a widow sacrificing herself by sitting atop her deceased husband’s funeral pyre
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Back Home1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought in Scotland between the French-supported Jacobites and British Hanoverian forces commanded by the Duke of Cumberland. The Scots lose.
1847 – The unintentional shooting of a Maori by an English sailor results in the commencement of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
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A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
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Darius I, King of Persia
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“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publilius Syrus (85BC to 43BC) Syrian writer, best known for his sententiae. Brought as a slave to Italy, by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.
Russian general. He acted as general for both the Imperial Russian Army and the counter-revolutionary army fighting the Bolsheviks. He is most famous for attempting a military coup against the Russian Government while serving as its commander-in-chief.
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