On the 7th September the Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 began when Perkin Warbeck landed at Whitesand Bay near Land’s End.
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
28th June 2017
On the 31st August 1888, Mary Ann Nichols – commonly known as Polly – became the first confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel area of London.
On the 26th August 1346, one of the most decisive battles in the Hundred Years War was won by the army of the English king Edward III.
On the 22nd August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and the forces of Henry Tudor brought the Plantagenet dynasty to an end.
On the 18th August 1612, the trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches began.
The English writer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory for seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.
The Battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the Spanish Armada, took place off the coast of Flanders.
Archibald Brown was murdered by his son, who placed an anti-tank grenade under the seat of his bath chair.
On the 22nd July 1706, the foundation for the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain was laid when commissioners from England and Scotland agreed the Acts of Union.
The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and England.
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017