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HMS Minotaur at Sea in 1865
She was the flagship for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Fleet Review at Spithead, Portsmouth in 1887
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The history of Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum and Jumbo the Elephant
He was famously responsible for the origin of terms such as 'jumbo jet' and 'jumbo sausage'!
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Five warships launched into the River Lea in 15 minutes!
On this day April 5th. in 1856 the Illustrated London News carried the above wood-block engraving of the launch of HMS Vigilant.
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Philip Astley - the father of the Circus
A Sergeant Major in the Fifteenth Light Dragoons, Astley was a brilliant cavalry horseman who on leaving the army decided to open a riding school
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The Worshipful Company of Drapers
Formally known as "The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London"
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The Birth Flower for April Fools' Day
The 'daisy' is a prolific European flower with over 4,000 species
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The Hall of the Worshipful Company of Skinners
Situated on Dowgate Hill, in the City of London ward of Dowgate, Skinners' Hall survived the 'blitz', although suffering some damage
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Launch of HMS Duncan at the Thames Ironworks Blackwall in 1901
Duncan was named with a bottle of South Australian wine by Mrs A. F. Hills
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Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall
Originally to be named the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences
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Britain and France declare war on Russia
The Ottoman and Russian Empires were forbidden a naval presence in the Black Sea
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The 'Bright star' of nineteenth-century Radical Liberalism
Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843 until his death in 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom
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Exeter College and the death of its founder
As for its founder, Walter de Stapledon, he met a rather tragic end.