Caledonian Mercury

historical Scottish newspaper
Organization periodical Q5019431
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Caledonian Mercury

Summary

Caledonian Mercury is a periodical[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of periodical entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caledonian Mercury is in the country of Kingdom of Great Britain[3].
  • Caledonian Mercury's image is recorded as Caledonian Mercury Issue 1 dated April 28, 1720.png[4].
  • Caledonian Mercury's instance of is recorded as periodical[5].
  • Caledonian Mercury's instance of is recorded as newspaper[6].
  • Caledonian Mercury's place of publication is recorded as Edinburgh[7].
  • Caledonian Mercury's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Caledonian Mercury's archives at is recorded as British Newspaper Archive[9].
  • Caledonian Mercury's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • +1720-04-28T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Caledonian Mercury[11].
  • Caledonian Mercury's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmb6q9[12].
  • Caledonian Mercury's British Library system number is recorded as 013909857[13].
  • Caledonian Mercury's British Library system number is recorded as 013909858[14].
  • Caledonian Mercury's British Library system number is recorded as 013909859[15].
  • Caledonian Mercury's Newspapers.com paper ID is recorded as 7823[16].

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Founding

+1720-04-28T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Caledonian Mercury[11].

Why It Matters

Caledonian Mercury ranks in the top 6% of periodical entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Newspapers.com. Retrieved . newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Newspapers.com. Retrieved . newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Newspapers.com. Retrieved . newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Caledonian Mercury. britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Newspapers.com. Retrieved . newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Caledonian Mercury. Retrieved April 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/caledonian-mercury
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_caledonian-mercury_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Caledonian Mercury}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/caledonian-mercury}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-06}}
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