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1777 In Great Britain
Events from the year 1777 in Great Britain. Incumbents * Monarch – George III * Prime Minister – Frederick North, Lord North (Tory) Events * 3 January – American Revolution: American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. * 1 May – legal case of ''Goodright v. Stevens'' decides that the declaration of either parent cannot be accepted to prove that a child born in wedlock is a bastard. * 8 May – first performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners ''The School for Scandal'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. * May – completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal. * 21 July – Holmfirth Flood in the Holme Valley of West Yorkshire: three drowned. * 16 August – American Revolution: at the Battle of Bennington British and Brunswicker forces are decisively defeated by American troops. * 8 September – inauguration of Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Old England Endeavouring To Reclaim Her Wicked American Children (BM 1868,0808
Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in statistics or economics there are two main measures: ''absolute poverty'' compares income against the amount needed to meet basic needs, basic personal needs, such as food, clothing, and Shelter (building), shelter; ''relative poverty'' measures when a person cannot meet a minimum level of living standards, compared to others in the same time and place. The definition of ''relative poverty'' varies from one country to another, or from one society to another. Statistically, , most of the world's population live in poverty: in Purchasing Power Parity, PPP dollars, 85% of people live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and 10% live on less than $1.90 per day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
