The British Newspaper, 1701-1750

Farley's Bath Journal 18 October 1756
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The British Newspaper, 1701-1750

The Edinburgh Courant 17-19 December 1705
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• 1701 - Sept 6 : Estimated first issue of the Norwich Post: probably the first provincial newspaper.
• 1702 - March 11 : Daily Courant founded, first daily paper. Ceased publication in 1735.
• 1704 : Weekly Review founded by Daniel Defoe.
• 1704 - Aug 12 : Earliest surviving copy of a provincial newspaper: William Bonny's Bristol Post-Boy (No. 91).
• 1705 : Edinburgh Courant founded.
• 1706 : Evening Post, first evening newspaper, founded.
• 1709 : First Copyright Act.
• 1709 : Tatler founded by Steele and Addison.
• 1709 : Worcester Post-Man founded. Became Berrow's Worcester Journal in 1753. Britain's oldest surviving non-official newspaper.
• 1710 : Examiner founded, with Swift briefly as editor.
• 1711 : Spectator founded by Steele and Addison.
• 1712 - Aug : Stamp duty imposed on newspapers and advertisements.
• 1713 : Stamford Mercury founded, second oldest surviving provincial newspaper.
• 1719 : Daily Post founded, with Defoe as contributor.
• 1727 : London Evening Post founded. Ceased publication in 1797.
• 1730 - Feb 3 : Daily Advertiser founded. Ceased publication in 1798.
• 1731 : Gentleman's Magazine founded by Edward Cave. Ceased publication in 1914.
• 1734 : Lloyd's List founded.
• 1737 : Belfast Newsletter, the world's oldest surviving general daily newspaper, founded.
• 1738 : All parliamentary reporting suppressed.
• 1747 - Dec 29 : Aberdeen Journal founded, later Press and Journal, the oldest surviving Scottish newspaper.

Stamford Mercury 6 September 1722
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