1 Sept. |
1159 |
The death of
the only English Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspeare) |
| 2 Sept. |
1666 |
The Great
Fire of London begins in Pudding Lane and rages for 5 days, but
killing only 9 people. |
| 3 Sept. |
1939 |
Britain and
France declare war on Germany |
| 4 Sept. |
1962 |
The Beatles
start their first recording session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios,
London |
| 5 Sept. |
1638 |
Birth of
Louis XIV, 'The Sun King', of France |
| 6 Sept. |
1620 |
The
Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England carrying the Pilgrim
Fathers to America. |
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| 7 Sept. |
1533 |
Birth of Queen Elizabeth I,
daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. |
| 8 Sept. |
1944 |
The
first V2 flying bombs kill 3 people in London |
| 9
Sept. |
1513 |
James
IV of Scotland is killed at the battle of Flodden |
| 10
Sept. |
1771 |
Birth
of Mungo Park, Scottish explorer who published his 'Travels in the
Interior of Africa' in 1799 |
| 11
Sept. |
1915 |
Britain's
first Womens Institute opens in Wales |
| 12
Sept. |
1908 |
Marriage
of Winston Churchill to Clementine Hozier |
| 13
Sept |
1902 |
Harry
Jackson becomes the first person in Britain to be convicted on
fingerprint evidence |
| 14
Sept. |
1752 |
The
first day of the Gregorian calendar in Britain |
| 15
Sept. |
1830 |
MP
William Huskisson becomes the first rail fatality at the opening of
the Liverpool Manchester Railway. |
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| 16
Sept. |
1400 |
Owain
Glyndwr proclaimed Prince of Wales |
| 17
Sept. |
1701 |
King
James II of England died whilst in exile in France |
| 18
Sept. |
1709 |
Birth
of Samuel Johnson, compiler of the first English dictionary |
| 19
Sept. |
1356 |
The
Black Prince, eldest son of Edward
III, leads the English to victory over the French at the battle
of Poitiers |
| 20
Sept. |
1258 |
Consecration
of Salisbury Cathedral. |
| 21
Sept. |
1327 |
Death
of Edward II, murdered
with a red hot poker by his jailers. |
| 22
Sept. |
1735 |
Britain's
first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole moves in to 10 Downing
Street |
| 23
Sept. |
1848 |
Chewing
gum is produced commercially for the first time. |
| 24
Sept. |
1776 |
The
first St. Leger horserace is run at Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| 25
Sept. |
1818 |
First
transfusion of human blood is performed at Guy's Hospital, London |
| 26
Sept. |
1580 |
The
Golden Hind arrives in Plymouth harbour having sailed round the
world under the captaincy of Sir Francis Drake. Drake
plundered a few Spanish ships en-route to keep morale high! |
| 27
Sept. |
1888 |
First
use of the name, 'Jack the Ripper' in an anonymous letter to the
central news agency |
| 28
Sept. |
1745 |
'God
Save the King' is sung for the first time at London's Drury Lane
Theatre |
| 29
Sept. |
1758 |
Birth
of Horatio Nelson |
| 30
Sept. |
1938 |
Misguided
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain says, after meeting
Hitler in Munich, 'I believe it is peace for our time'. |