The British Newspaper, 1751-1800

The British Newspaper, 1751-1800

The Leedes Intelligencer 19 May 1761
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• 1754 : Leedes Intelligencer founded, later the Yorkshire Post.
• 1755 - Oct 18 : Bath Advertiser, Bath's second newspaper, founded to include 'Lists of the Nobility and Gentry resorting to the BATH; with an Account of Plays perform'd at both the Theatres'.
• 1760 - Jan 12 : Public Ledger founded: oldest British periodical with continuous daily publication.
• 1763 : First open reporting of Parliament since June 1738, in the North Briton under John Wilkes, who was prosecuted for seditious libel.
• 1770 : Morning Chronicle founded. Ceased publication in 1862.
• 1771 : Press wins the right to report Parliamentary proceedings.
• 1772 : Morning Post founded by John Bell. Merged with Daily Telegraph in 1937.
• 1779 : First London Sunday newspaper: (Mrs) E. Johnson's British Gazette and Sunday Monitor. Ceased publication in 1829.
• 1780 - Nov 1 : Morning Herald founded. Ceased publication in 1869.
• 1785 - Jan 1 : Daily Universal Register founded by John Walter I. Became the Times on 1 January 1788. Britain's oldest surviving newspaper with continuous daily publication.
• 1788 - May 3 : Star and Evening Advertiser launched: the first daily evening newspaper.
• 1790 - June 20 : Sunday Chronicle announces 4 a.m. Sunday morning publication, instead of Saturday night. All Sunday papers adopt the practice about this time.
• 1791 - Dec 1 : Observer founded: oldest surviving Sunday newspaper.
• 1794 - Feb 8 : Morning Advertiser founded by the Licensed Victuallers Association. In 1815 it became the first daily published in Fleet Street.
• 1796 - May 1 : Bell's Weekly Messenger founded. Ceased publication in 1896.

The Bath Advertiser 15 November 1755
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