Raleigh had been found guilty of treason for his involvement in the Main Plot that sought to depose Elizabeth’s successor James I and replace him with his cousin Arabella Stuart.
On the 18th October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company was established.
On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson.
The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at auction.
On the 20th September 1066, Harald Hardrada – the Viking king – defeated his northern English enemies at the Battle of Fulford.
On the 8th September 1888, the very first Football League games were played in England.
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
On the 29th July 1567, James VI was crowned king of Scotland when he was just 13 months old.
The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in Surrey.
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