Chronology

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1780

William Gill is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1781

William Owen is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1782

Thomas Caslon is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1783

John Boydell is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1784

Thomas Harrison is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1785

Robert Gyfford is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1785

Thomas Wright, a member of Stationers' Company and previous Master, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

Daily Universal Register.

1785

The Daily Universal Register is founded in London.

1786

William Fenner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1787

Thomas Greenhill is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1788

Thomas Hooke is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1788

William Gill, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

The front page of the London Times for December 4, 1788.

1788

The Times newspaper is created: The newspaper changes its name from the Daily Universal Register.

1789

Thomas Field is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1790

John March is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1790

John Boydell, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

1791

Thomas Pote is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1791

The Observer is first published by W. S. and it is the world's first Sunday newspaper.

1792

Henry Baldwin is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1793

John Townsend is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1794

Henry Clarke is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1795

William Chapman is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1796

Thomas Pote is elected Master of Stationers' Company

Portrait of Alois Senefelder

1796

Lithography is the process by which high-quality images can be printed, using a means of image transfer from a flat suBRFace. It is developed by Alois Senefelder.

1797

Henry Sampson Woodfall is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1798

Thomas Cadell is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1799

James Bate is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1800

William Stephens is elected Master of Stationers' Company

1800

Henry Rivington is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.

1800

The external façade of Stationers' Hall is remodelled, looking as it does in the present day. The work begins in 1776 and costs over £1,300.

Stanhope Press (1824) et matériel connexe dans imprimerie artisanale

1800

Stanhope press invented: The press uses an iron frame instead of a wooden one and can produce many more impressions per hour.

1800

United the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland.

1801

Henry Parker is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1802

Charles Dilly is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1803

William Domville is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1803

First English paper machine installed at Frogmore.

1804

John Nichols is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1805

Francis Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1806

Matthew Bloxham is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1807

Thomas Vallance is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1808

Henry Woolsey Byfield is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1809

Samuel Hawksworth is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

The Burning of Drury Lane Theatre from Westminster Bridge

1809

The Drury Lane Theatre in Covent Garden burns down on 24 February.

1810

John Crickitt is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1811

Josiah Bydell is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1812

Thomas Smith is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833), inventor of the high-speed printing press

1812

Johann Friedrich Gottlob Koening and Andreas Friedrich Bauer build their first cylinder press.

1813

(Baronet) Sir William Domville, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

1813

John Barker is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1814

James Wallis Street is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1815

Joseph Collyer is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1816

Christopher Magnay is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1817

Thomas Payne is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1818

Joseph Gardiner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

Stage and audience, viewed from the pit of the Royal Coburg Theatre (Later the Old Vic), Surrey, 1818

1818

The Old Vic, formerly known as the Royal Coburg Theatre, opens its doors on 11 May. It cost £12,000 to build.

1819

Charles Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1820

William Walker is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1820

George IV becomes King.

1821

Christopher Magnay, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

Coronation portrait of George IV

1821

George IV is crowned King on 19 July.

1821

The New Observer is founded by Henry White, and bore no relation to the Observer.

1821

William Witherby is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1822

Robert Davison is elected Master of Stationer's Company.

1822

The New Observer becomes the Sunday Times. The name is adopted on 20 October.

1823

George Wilkie is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1824

William Venables is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1825

Thomas Bensley is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1825

William Venables, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

1826

John Marshall comes up with the dandy roll, which makes it easier to add watermarks to the paper produced by manufacturers.

1826

Richard Marsh is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1827

Thomas Turner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1828

James Harrison is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1829

John Crowder is elected Master of Stationers' Company.

1829

Charles Rivington is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.

1829

John Crowder, a previous Master of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

Portrait of William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)

1830

William IV becomes King, his coronation taking place on 8 September 1831.

1830

Sir John Key, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.

1830

John Key is elected Master of Stationers' Company.