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A Cornish Almanack

When Cornwall Shook the World

This volume comprises a day-to-day calendar for a Cornish year but extending over more than 800 years.

It records major events or the birth or death of someone who made an impact in Cornwall or elsewhere.

A Cornish Almanack recounts financial and sexual scandals, political intrigue as well as the births and deaths of artists, scientists and politicians who had close connections to Cornwall.

There is one event, birth or death for every day of the Cornish year.

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Month

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1st       John Divane VC

2nd       William Curnow

3rd       Robert Stephen Hawker

4th        J. C. Trewin

5th       Frank Bodilly

6th       The ‘Electric Fairyland’ in Penzance

7th       Report on the loss of the S.S. Trevessa

8th       The result of The Great Storm

9th       Slaves arrive in Hayle on The Perle

10th     Thomas Cooper ‘T.C.’ Gotch

11th     Sir William Lemon

12th     Marconi’s trans-Atlantic transmission

13th     William Chapman

14th     Caroline Burland Gotch

15th     Adrian Ryan

16th     Jack Hillman

17th       Henry Pierce Bone RA

18th       Thomas Bond

19th       Loss of The Solomon Browne

20th        Albert Chevallier Tayler

21st       Winter Solstice

22nd       Charles Fox

23rd       Adrian Stokes

24th       Nine Lessons and Carols Service

25th       William Gregor

26th       Dolly Pentreath

27th       Admiral William Bligh

28th       Phillip Rashleigh

29th       Elizabeth Forbes

30th       Sir David Willcocks

31st       Lt-Cdr Steven Mackenzie DSC