Although found unanimously guilty by a jury of 27 peers, the evidence against Anne was questionable. Only the Flemish musician Mark Smeaton admitted to having an affair with her, and this confession is reputed to have been extracted under torture.
The De Havilland DH 106 Comet operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation reduced the overall journey time from London to Johannesburg by a third.
Official figures placed attendance at 126,000 people – 1,000 more than the stadium’s capacity – but estimates suggest that the crowd was probably twice that size.
John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
After Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, William became the third person to wear the crown of England that year.
Englishman Theodore Hook orchestrated a practical joke known as the Berners Street hoax in the heart of London.
However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.
The Battle of Cable Street saw demonstrators block a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
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.
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