30 October – A fire at the Tower of London destroys its Grand Armoury and causes a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage.[17]
13 November – Surgeon James Braid attends his first demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
The Jewish Chronicle launched; the first Jewish newspaper in the UK,[8] it will be the oldest continuously published in the world when it ceases publication in 2020 (12 November).[20]
↑ Blake, Richard. The Book of Postal Dates, 1635–1985. Caterham: Marden. p.10.
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