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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       Michael Loam

2nd       Joan Gillchrest

3rd       Robert Borlase Smart

4th        Admiral Lord Nelson

5th       Oscar Wilde Entertains Penzance

6th       Richard Carew

7th       Silvanus Trevail

8th       1st Cornwall Artillery Volunteers

9th       Charles Masson Fox

10th     The Wreck of the ‘Blue Jacket’

11th     Selina Cooper

12th     Battle of Brentford

13th     Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor

14th     Jack Cock MM, soccer star

15th     William Murdoch

16th       Rear-Admiral John Pasco

17th       Charles Rashleigh

18th       ‘The Father of the Newlyn School’

19th       William Sydney Graham

20th        Sir Archie Pellow Marshall KC

21st       Sir Rose Price, slave owner

22nd       John Matthews

23rd       Fanny Moody, opera singer

24th       Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye

25th       George Birch Jerrard

26th       Elizabeth Philp

27th       Neville Northey Burnard

28th       Sir William Rawson

29th       Saint Cuthbert Mayne

30th       Compton Mackenzie