https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/archive/emforum/projects/adayinhistory/ The latest from Early Modern Forum » "A Day In History..." (tag [Britain]) en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:42:08 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century Britain empire England France global history military science Untagged http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/emforum/projects/adayinhistory/15september1830 <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/fac/arts/history/ecc/archive/emforum/projects/adayinhistory?sbrPage=%2Ffac%2Farts%2Fhistory%2Fecc%2Farchive%2Femforum%2Fprojects%2Fadayinhistory&newsItem=094d43d53e1cef6c013e5af91b865953" alt="image"></div><p>15th September 1830-The official opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&amp;M). This article by MA in Modern History student James Bennett discusses Britain on the brink of modernity, as 'the world's first scheduled rail passenger service between two cities' opened.</p> 19th century Britain Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:44:35 GMT 094d43d53e1cef6c013e5af91b865953