The Annual Register, 1758‐2001

The Annual Register, the electronic edition of the print reference work by the same name, is one of the databases available through ProQuest’s History Online, a portal providing access to collections of digital primary and secondary historical resources. Formerly titled the Annual Register of World Events and first edited by Edmund Burke in 1758, The Annual Register provides a year‐by‐year worldwide record of principal political, religious, medical, legal, scientific, and cultural events, as well as maps, tables, and obituaries, primarily written by UK scholars. The advantage of the online version over the print is the ability to search...