Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the Holme.
9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels
9th May 2017
Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017