The Guardian was founded in Manchester as the Manchester Guardian by the cotton merchant John Edward Taylor, following the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 and with the support of reform-minded businessmen who wanted a liberal voice. It built a reputation for serious reporting and independent opinion, especially under the editor C. P. Scott, who led it for more than half a century. It was renamed The Guardian in 1959 and moved its main operations to London in the 1960s. Since the 1930s it has been owned by a trust intended to protect its editorial independence, and its website gained a large worldwide audience.
Before and after
- c. 1821Birth of Harriet Tubman
- from 1821 to 1829Greek War of Independence
- 1821Founding of McGill University
- 9 April 1821Birth of Charles Baudelaire
- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 5 May 1821Death of Napoleon
- 12 August 1821Founding of University of Buenos Aires
- 30 October 1821Birth of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 12 December 1821Birth of Gustave Flaubert
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- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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