1st October 1917
De La Salle College opens
The Roman Catholic De La Salle College opened its doors to its first pupils at the start of autumn term, 1917, with an initial intake of just twelve.
The college is named for Saint John de la Salle, who trained as a priest before going on to set up free schools in France in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His influence was long-lasting. In the mid-1800s, by which time he’d been dead for more than a century, the institute that he founded – the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, sometimes known as the De La Salle Brothers – opened its first school in mainland Britain.
John de la Salle is now the patron saint of teachers.
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The King of the Ecréhous is born
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Henry Seymour Conway is appointed Governor of Jersey
- Henry Seymour Conway was a British politician and general. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland, Leader of the House of Commons, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Governor of Jersey.
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Occupation resister Louisa Gould is born
- Louisa Gould gave refuge to an escaped Russian slave during the occupation of Jersey but was exposed to authorities and tried.
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Printer and publisher John Guiton is born
- John Guiton acquired the Jersey Evening post very soon after its creation and his name has been associated with Channel Islands publishing ever since.
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