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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Compact (Tabloid) |
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| Owner | {{{owners}}} |
| Editor | Dominique Searle MBE |
| Founded | 1801 |
| Headquarters | Gibraltar |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
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| Website: www.chronicle.gi | |
The Gibraltar Chronicle is a national newspaper published daily in Gibraltar since 1801. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A compact newspaper is a Broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a Tabloid format especially in the United Kingdom. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar It is Gibraltar’s oldest established daily newspaper and the world’s second oldest English language newspaper to have been in print continuously. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [1]
The Gibraltar Chronicle archive is currently housed in the Garrison Library. The Garrison Library was founded in Gibraltar in 1793 by Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune and officially opened in 1804 by the Duke of Kent
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History
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Casualty lists and news were slow in the 18th century and when five regiments from the Garrison of Gibraltar were promptly shipped to Egypt in 1801, the news was posted on a notice board in the Gibraltar Garrison Library. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Egypt was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517 Egypt was always a difficult province for the Ottoman Sultans to control The Garrison Library was founded in Gibraltar in 1793 by Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune and officially opened in 1804 by the Duke of Kent It was soon decided that the information should be made available to the public. A bulletin headed, "Continuation of the INTELLIGENCE FROM EGYPT received by His Majesty's ship Flora in three weeks from Alexandria," was printed at the Garrison Library press on May 4, 1801 and sold by H. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday and T. Cowper. The report consisted of four pages, three of which were in English and French. The news of Nelson's victory at Copenhagen appeared on the fourth page as well as the names of officers who had died since they had landed in Egypt. The second edition was printed on May 8, 1801. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday The first editor was a Frenchman named Charles Bouisson, who had settled in Gibraltar in 1794. [2]
The last of the Gibraltar Chronicle to be numbered in Roman numerals was number 160 (CLX) of September 22, 1804. Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Publication then ceased for five months owing to the yellow fever epidemic until number 161 appeared on March 23, 1804, and it afterwards continued to be published weekly in editions bearing Arabic numerals. Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The arabic numerals (often capitalized are the ten Digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 which—along with the system
The first 160 editions carried verbatim extracts from The London Gazette, Spanish, French (in original or translation) and Russian, Court papers, Parliamentary debates, and proclamations, military and naval dispatches, local regulations, rates of exchange and reports culled from foreign newspapers. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Parliamentary Debate is an academic Debate event Most University level institutions in English speaking nations sponsor parliamentary debate teams but the format A proclamation (Lat proclamare, to make public by announcement is an official declaration In Finance, the exchange rates (also known as the foreign-exchange rate, forex rate or FX rate) between two currencies specifies how They carried few letters, advertisements or details of social occasions except those connected with the Royal Court and the activities of the members of the Garrison. The Chronicle was sold at a price of 1½ reals, and the readership was mostly made up of serving officials. [3]
News of Trafalgar
Five days after the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805, Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood sent news of the victory to Lieutenant Lapenotiere, commander of a small schooner Pickle, which was en route to England. The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood ( 26 September 1748 &ndash 7 March 1810) was an Admiral of the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Prime Minister, William Pitt, and King George III did not have news of the victory until the early hours of November 6, consequently delaying publication in The Times until November 7. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The British fleet had met with a fishing boat a day after the battle that brought a report to Gibraltar from Admiral Collingwood. The Gibraltar Chronicle published the news of the victory on October 23, in English and French, and included a letter from Admiral Collingwood to the Governor of Gibraltar Henry Edward Fox, giving an account of the battle. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom 's overseas territory of Gibraltar. [4][5]
Notes and references
- ^ Birmingham UK International Directory – Gibraltar Fact File
- ^ Gibraltar costasur.com – The Gibraltar Chronicle
- ^ Some diverse observations on the Character and Style of the Early Gibraltar Chronicle by Diane Sloma, publ. in the Gibraltar Heritage Journal No. 2 (1994) ISBN 0 9524808 0 8
- ^ The Battle of Trafalgar
- ^ Faith Matters The Parish Church of ST. FAITH in HAVANT newsletter