It happened on this day - 18 December

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December 18

18 December 1795

Public meeting on Crookes moor of the friends of the constitution as estbablished in 1688 resolved to present a petition against the bills depending in Parliament against treason, sedition and conventions.

18 December 1810

Police Act - resolved at a public meeting held at Town Hall that it is expedient to procure an act of parliament for the better watching and lighting the town, removal of nuisances &c.

18 December 1908

Sheffield United footballer Jack Pickering born High Green. Played for United between 1925 and 1948.Pickering made 367 appearances for United and scored 110 goals in all competitions. He won one England cap in 1933 and retired at the age of 39.

18 December 1909

Sheffield United beat Newcastle 4-0.

18 December 1915

Died - 564 CORPORAL T.J. MORRISSEY, THE RIFLE BRIGADE, Buried Burngreave Cemerery.

18 December 1919

Balaclava Charge; Sheffield’s Last Survivor Dies. - Mr. Richard Davis, of 51 Thirza Street, who is stated to be the last survivor in Sheffield of the gallant troops who so distinguished themselves so highly in the historic charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, passed away at his home on Friday last at the age of 74 years. The late Mr. Davis was an ex-band-sergeant and trumpeter in the 13th Hussars; his regimental number being 1108; and he was one of the few men who passed through the famous charge practically unscathed. The deceased spent 24 years in the Army, and when he retired was for many years a warder at the South Yorkshire Asylum, in connection with which institution he drew a pension up the time of his death. The remains will be conveyed from his home at 1.45 p.m. tomorrow for interment at Burngreave Cemetery. The funeral will be with military honours, and it is requested that as many members as possible of the Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veterans Association will attend. All who can come are asked to communicate with Mr. J. C. Bye, Mona Road, or Mr. J.S. Grayson, of Edward Street

18 December 1920

Sheffield City Battalion held a reunion dinner in Sheffield on 18 December 1920 when their old Corps Commander, Sir Aylmer Hunter Weston made a long speech reminding the survivors of those haunting days in July 1916

18 December 1931

From the London Gazette - LIST of ALIENS to whom Certificates of Naturalization have been granted by the Secretary of State, and whose Oaths of- Allegiance have been registered in the Home Office during the month of December, 1931.

Alexander, Louis; Germany; Watchmaker and Jeweller; 35, Junction Road, Sheffield.

18 December 1934

Enlargement of St Paul's Church Norton Lees began.

18 December 1993

In a Premiership match Wednesday beat West Ham 5-0 and Chris Waddle played, possibly, his best match for Wednesday.

18 December 2007

Nick Clegg, MP for Sheffield Hallam becomes leader of the Liberal Democrats