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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI

22nd May 2026
Tagged as: Duke of York, England, Henry VI, Lancaster, London, Monarchy, Richard, St Albans, Wars of the Roses, York

The Wars of the Roses were fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York, both of whom had claims to the English throne

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7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

7th April 2025
Tagged as: Britain, Burglary, Dick Turpin, Essex, Execution, Highwayman, Horse Theft, Robbery, York

Turpin committed numerous highway robberies and soon became one of the most notorious criminals of his time, though he was ultimately executed for horse theft.

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

16th March 2025
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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27th September 1777: The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became the capital of the United States for a single day

27th September 2023
Tagged as: American Revolution, Britain, Continental Congress, George Washington, Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Revolutionary War, United States, York

The Continental Congress convened for an official session in Lancaster’s County Courthouse, marking the one and only day the city held the title of the capital of the United States.

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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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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI

7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

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

27th September 1777: The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became the capital of the United States for a single day

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

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

6th September 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins with a French counter-offensive against the advancing German army

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

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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