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* [[1790]] - ''[[Old and Curious Playing Cards]]'', by H.T. Morley, is published with a version of the [[Soldier's Prayer Book]]
 
* [[1790]] - ''[[Old and Curious Playing Cards]]'', by H.T. Morley, is published with a version of the [[Soldier's Prayer Book]]
  
* [[1791]] - [[The Conjuror's Magazine (Locke)]], is started by William Locke
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* [[1791]] - [[Conjuror's Magazine (Locke)]], is started by William Locke
  
 
* [[1793]] - [[Bartolomeo Bosco]], an Italian illusionist who became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century, is born
 
* [[1793]] - [[Bartolomeo Bosco]], an Italian illusionist who became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century, is born

Revision as of 17:17, 25 March 2010

The century of the 1700s.


Selected Magic Events By Year

(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)

  • 1710 - Legerdemain: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved is published
  • 1726 - Philip Breslaw, a German magician who specialized in close-up performances, is born
  • 1783 - Richard Potter, credited as the first successful stage magician born in the United States and as the first black magician, is born
  • 1793 - Bartolomeo Bosco, an Italian illusionist who became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century, is born