The Times of London Founded
1788
John Walter, a bankrupt coal merchant experimenting with a new 'logotype' printing method, retitled his Daily Universal Register as The Times. It would take a generation, but his paper - sober, accurate, and politically independent - became the global standard of newspapers. The words 'Thunderer' and 'Fourth Estate' were still to come.
In context
Also in 1788 (6 other events on record)
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- U.S. Constitution Ratified · North America · Politics
- Mozart's Last Three Symphonies · Europe · Culture
- Kant's Critique of Practical Reason · Europe · Culture
- Onset of George III's Madness · Europe · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Culture
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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