Publication of Oxford English Dictionary

Date: February 1, 1884 • Location: Rome, Italy

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

In literature, a serial is a printing or publishing format by which a single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential installments. The installments are also known as numbers, parts, fascicules or fascicles, and may be released either as separate publications or within sequential issues of a periodical publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.