Annual Register

Annual Register, a yearly record of public events, which was commenced in 1759, and has been continued to the present time. It was projected by Robert Dodsley the bookseller, and for nearly thirty years Edmund Burke wrote the survey of events. Indexes have been published at various periods, and the work is now published by Messrs Longmans. Preceding works of the same kind were Boyer's Political State of Europe (1711–39), and the Historical Register, a quarterly (1716-38). A rival work, entitled The New Annual Register, was started in 1781 by Dr Kippis. It was edited after his death by Dr Morgan, and came to a close in 1825. The Edinburgh Annual Register (1808-27) had among its contributors Sir Walter Scott and Southey. The French Annuaire Historique (1818-49) was superseded by the Annuaire des Deux Mondes, a publication connected with the well-known review of that name.