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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the Battle of St Albans

22nd May 2021
Tagged as: Civil War, England, Lancaster, Monarchy, Plantagenet, York

The 22^nd May 1455 marked the start of the Wars of the Roses, when the First Battle of St Albans was fought between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI.

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16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

16th March 2020
Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Crusade, England, Judaism, Massacre, Money, Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, York

Anti-Semitic attacks spread across England and reached York in March 1190.

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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the Battle of St Albans

16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

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HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918

16th May 1771: The Battle of Alamance ends the Regulator Movement in Provincial North Carolina

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th June 1944: First V-1 ‘Doodlebug’ flying bomb attack on London

12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’

11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston, MA

10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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