London Gazette, Oldest Surviving Journal, First Published (1665)

The London Gazette is one of the British government’s official journals of record in which statutory notices are required to be published. Originally called the Oxford Gazette, it was first published in 1665, making it the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom. The first publication of the Gazette coincided with King Charles II’s movement of his court to Oxford, which he did to escape what? Discuss

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