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2007 Alan Coren, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC, died of necrotising fasciitis
2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English 2005 Derek Bailey, English Musician 2005 Peter Foy, English Actor 2005 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 2004 Graham Roberts, English Actor 2004 Bernard Levin, English Journalist 2004 Peter Barnes, English Playwright 2004 John Maynard Smith, English Scientist 2003 Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97 2003 Winston Graham, English Novelist 2003 Christopher Hill, English Historian 2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian 2002 George Porter, English Scientist 2001 Elizabeth Jennings, English Poet 2001 Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 2001 George Carman, English Lawyer 2000 Penelope Fitzgerald, English Poet 1999 Ashley Montague, English Scientist 1998 Monica Edwards, English Writer 1998 Frank Muir, English Writer 1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards 1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush 1996 Kenneth Muir, english scholar, dies at 89 1996 Frank Whittle, English Inventor 1996 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69 1995 James Meade, English Economist 1995 Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81 1995 Jeremy Brett, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 59 1995 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest) 1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44 1995 Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75 1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61 1995 Marguerite Kelsey, English painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86 1995 David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52 1995 Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76 1995 Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75 1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85 1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 1995 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84 1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88 1995 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79 1995 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65 1995 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73 1995 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57 1995 Frederick West, English contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53 1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66 1994 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65 1994 Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64 1994 Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69 1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77 1994 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, English composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87 1994 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80 1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75 1994 Deborah Bear, English still photographer (Pasolini/Fellini), dies at 44 1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70 1994 Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 1994 John Britton, English Mathematician 1994 Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), dies at 82 1994 John Wain, English Poet 1994 John Curry, English figure skater, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics, dies of AIDS at 44 1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team 1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84 1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52 1993 Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75 1993 Stanley Myers, English movie composer (Deer Hunter), dies at 63 1993 Peter Quennell, English Writer 1993 Desmond Nuttall, English theorist, dies at 49 1993 Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91 1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63 1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Netherlands actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34 1993 Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 1993 Rene Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat 1993 Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46 1993 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84 1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1993 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67 1993 Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46 1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3 1993 C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1993 Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64 1993 Joyce Carey, Lawrence, English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 1993 Bobby Moore, English soccer team captain (World champs 1966), dies 1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82 1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys 1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language 1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 1992 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87 1992 Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77 1992 Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies 1992 Sybil Andrews, English/Canada painter, dies at 94 1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies 1992 Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70 1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward 1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor 1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44 1990 Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher 1990 British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) 1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Netherlands philosopher/sociologist, dies 1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies 1990 Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra 1990 Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 1990 Marina Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra, weds Paul Mowatt 1990 Terry Thomas, English comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 1989 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 1989 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80 1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 1989 John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies 1989 Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82 1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward 1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73 1988 Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal 1988 Rupert Grint, English Actor 1988 James Ogilvy, under English princess Alexandra, marries Julia Rawlinson 1988 Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman 1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies 1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli 1987 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1987 Tom Felton, English Actor 1987 Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1987 Joss Stone, English Musician 1987 Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65 1987 Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92 1986 Harold MacMillan, English Politician 1986 Henry Reed, English Writer 1986 Patricia Phoenix, English actress (Coronation Street), dies at 62 1986 Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 1986 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity 1986 Dora Russell, English Celebrity 1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1986 David Cecil, English Writer 1985 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90 1985 Philip Larkin, hermit of Hull, English poet, dies at 63 1985 Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity 1985 Wayne Rooney, English Athlete 1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies 1985 Keira Knightley, English Actress 1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English Lieutenant-General (A Full Life), dies at 89 1984 Kelly Osbourne, English Actress 1984 John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89 1984 Michel Foucault, English Historian 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1984 Elizabeth Goudge, English Writer 1983 Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 1983 Beverley Nichols, English Writer 1983 Christopher Parker, English Actor 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1983 Jennifer Ellison, English Actress 1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 1982 Colin Chapman, English Inventor 1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England 1982 Anna Freud, Austria/English psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86 1982 Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92 1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 1982 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93 1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86 1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 1981 Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) 1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel 1981 Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael 1981 Jamelia, English Musician 1980 John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32 1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 1980 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic 1980 Steven Gerrard, English Athlete 1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 1980 Alfred Hitchcock, English Director 1980 Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard 1980 Dixie Dean, English Athlete 1979 Michael Owen, English Athlete 1979 Kelly Brook, English Model 1979 English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach 1979 Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1979 Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete 1979 Sophie Ellis Bextor, English Musician 1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael 1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin 1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete 1978 Will Champion, English Musician 1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m 1978 English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz 1978 Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity 1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete 1978 Sylvia Townsend Warner, English Novelist 1978 Rachel Stevens, English Musician 1978 Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73 1977 Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard 1977 Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73 1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies 1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires 1977 Samantha Morton, English Actress 1977 E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 1977 Orlando Bloom, English Actor 1976 Dan Hawkins, English Musician 1976 Anna Friel, English Actress 1976 Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84 1975 Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86 1975 Scott Speedman, English Actor 1975 Melanie Brown, English Musician 1975 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72 1975 David Beckham, English Actor 1975 Robbie Fowler, English Athlete 1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 1975 Melanie Blatt, English Musician 1975 Gary Neville, English Athlete 1975 Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-General (UNESCO), dies at 87 1975 Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93 1974 Cyril Connolly, English Journalist 1974 Alexander PGR duke of Ulster, son of English prince Richard 1974 Lisa Snowdon, English Model 1974 Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist 1974 James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935), dies at 82 1974 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74 1974 Matt Lucas, English Actor 1974 Andrew English, CFL receiver for the BC Lions 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1974 Tom Jenkinson, English Musician 1974 Melanie Chisholm, English Musician 1973 Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete 1973 Henry Green, English Novelist 1973 Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia 1996 1973 W. H. Auden, English Poet 1973 J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist 1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies 1973 Kate Beckinsale, English Actress 1973 Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete 1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season 1973 Lee Westwood, English Athlete 1973 Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at 73 1973 Saffron Burrows, English Actress 1972 Sandrine Holt, English Actress 1972 Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68 1972 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 1972 English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen) 1972 Claire Forlani, English Actress 1972 Wentworth Miller, English Actor 1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 1972 C. Day Lewis, English Poet 1972 Steve McManaman, English Athlete 1972 Daisy Ashford, English witer, wrote 'The Young Sisters', dies 1972 Catherine McCormack, English Actress 1971 Ian Walker, English Athlete 1971 Mackenzie Crook, English Actor 1971 Martin Freeman, English Actor 1971 Richard D. James, English Musician 1971 Roy Keane, born in Cork, Ireland, soccer player, midfielder, manager of Ipswich Town, an English Championship club, represented Republic of Ireland in 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup 1971 Paul Bettany, English Actor 1971 Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel 1970 Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91 1970 Beth Orton, English Musician 1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 1970 Alan Shearer, English Athlete 1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70 1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent 1970 Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67 1970 E. M. Forster, English Novelist 1970 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 1970 New English Bible published 1970 Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82 1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 1969 Jay Kay, English Musician 1969 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland) 1969 Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76 1969 Nadeem Shahid, born in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadeem 'Nads' Shahid, English first-class cricketeer, 148 game career as right-handed batsman included 6453 runs at 31.02 with 9 hundreds, played for Essex and Surrey 1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1993 1968 Alex James, English Musician 1968 Thom Yorke, English Musician 1968 Granville English, composer, dies at 69 1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies 1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist, world 1 hour record 1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1968 Ed O'Brien, English Musician 1968 Damon Albarn, English Musician 1968 Daniel Craig, English Actor 1967 Paul Ince, English Athlete 1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies 1967 Guy Pearce, English Actor 1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72 1967 Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet and writer (Counterattack), dies at 80 1967 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60 1967 Joe Orton, English actor and playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34 1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80 1967 "News at 10" premieres on English TV 1967 Noel Gallagher, English Musician 1966 Russell Watson, English Musician 1966 Marina V. A. Mowatt, Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra 1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 1966 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire 1966 Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity 1966 Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64 1966 Samantha Fox, English Model 1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer, Around the World 1966 Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66 1966 Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer, Sundays-Can't Be Sure 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 Will Carling, English Athlete 1965 J. K. Rowling, English Author 1965 Barry D, Iain Bakker, English pop musician, Jesus Jones 1965 Sadie Frost, English Actress 1965 Eleanor Farjeon, English Writer 1965 Simon Fowler, English Musician 1965 Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 1965 Edward Appleton, English Scientist 1965 VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 1965 T. S. Eliot, English Poet 1965 Beth Gibbons, English Musician 1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You 1964 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher 1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93 1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop! 1964 Clive Owen, English Actor 1964 Clive Bell, English Critic 1964 Nigel Redman, English rugby international player 1964 Lauren Cowan, born in Benalla, Victoria, golfer, 1994 66th English Womens Open 1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free 1964 Tim Gane, English Musician 1964 Mark H. Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary 1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, U.S./English feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies 1964 Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold 1964 James RB Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra 1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies 1964 Christopher Eccleston, English Actor 1964 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91 1963 Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69 1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 Aldous Huxley, English Novelist 1963 C. S. Lewis, English Author 1963 Nicolette Sheridan, English Actress 1963 Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist, Stone Roses 1963 Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist, Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real 1963 Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies 1963 Jarvis Cocker, English Musician 1963 Tracey Emin, English Artist 1963 Harriet Wheeler, English pop singer/composer, The Sundays 1963 Jason Isaacs, English Actor 1963 English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy 1963 David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer, Sundays, Blind 1963 David Thewlis, English Actor 1963 William Beveridge, English Economist 1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist, Stone Roses-Made of Stone 1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose 1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player 1963 Jazzie B, Beresford Romeo, English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free 1963 Caron Wheeler, English singer, Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin' 1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60 1963 Paul Brindley, English pop bassist, Sundays, Can't Be Sure 1962 Ralph Fiennes, born in Suffolk, England, actor, English Patient 1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 1962 John Squire, English pop guitarist, Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums 1962 Mike Nocito, born in Germany, rocker, leader of English pop band, Johnny Hates Jazz 1962 Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker 1962 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician 1962 George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 1962 George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward 1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1962 Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist 1962 Stuart Pearce, English Coach 1962 Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary 1961 John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies 1961 Jeremy Northam, English Actor 1961 David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic 1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min 1961 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) 1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Professor), dies at 88 1961 Boy George, English Musician 1961 Maxi Priest, Max Elliott, Jamaican/English singer, Wild World 1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley 1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 1961 Ricky Gervais, English Writer 1961 Ranking Roger, rock vocalist, English Beat-Drowning 1960 Gary Lineker, English soccer player, World Cup 1986 1960 Ashley Ingram, English singer, Fizzz-Just an Illusion 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78 1960 John Rocca, English funk singer, Southern Freeze 1960 Aneurin Bevan, English Politician 1960 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner/millionaire 1960 Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress 1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) 1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ, 1986 1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love 1960 J. L. Austin, English Philosopher 1960 Matthew Bourne, English Dancer 1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Stanley Spencer, English Artist 1959 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist, Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin 1959 Tony Meo, English billiards champion, snookers 1959 Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist 1959 Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 1959 Joe Elliott, English Musician 1959 Ernest Newman, English Critic 1959 Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild! 1959 Steven Morrissey, English Musician 1959 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Netherlands actor, Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden 1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1959 Owen W. Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69 1958 Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1958 Spider Stacy, English rock vocalist, The Pogues 1958 Simon LeBon, English Musician 1958 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1958 1st women in English House of Lords 1958 Danielle Dax, English Musician 1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85 1958 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper, mid-80's 1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Mike Gatting, English cricketer 1958 Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist 1957 Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist, Def Leppard-Love Bites 1957 Stephen Morris, English pop drummer, Joy Division-Atmosphere 1957 Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player, Tottenham 1957 Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times 1957 Robbie Grey, rocker, English rock band Modern English, most famous song, "I Melt With You" 1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48 1957 Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk 1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love 1957 Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at 68 1957 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77 1957 Lena Ashwell, English actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84 1957 Wyndham Lewis, English Author 1957 Mark E. Smith, English rock vocalist, Fall-Fall in a Hole 1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 1956 Nigel Kennedy, English violinist 1956 Danny Boyle, English Director 1956 Frederick Soddy, English Scientist 1956 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess, Live at 3 1956 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist, Joy Division-Transmission 1956 Anne Dudley, English Composer 1956 Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1956 Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run 1956 A. A. Milne, English Author 1956 Simon Howard, English large landowner, Castle Howard 1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1956 Imelda Staunton, English Actress 1956 Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist, Joy Division 1955 Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast 1955 Paul Simonon, English pop bassist, Clash-Havana 3 AM 1955 Andy Gray, English soccer player 1955 Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist, XTC 1955 "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player, Pogues-Straight to Hell 1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging 1955 English harbor strike ends 1955 Paul O'Grady, English Comedian 1955 Tim Berners-Lee, English Inventor 1955 Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor 1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer, Clash-Complete Control 1955 Steve Jones, English pop guitarist, Sex Pistols-Mercy 1955 Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1955 Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1955 Lesley Garrett, English Musician 1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary 1955 Joseph McCabe, English Writer 1955 Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl 1954 James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54 1954 George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85 1954 Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner 1954 "Maestro" Jimmy Fearnley, English accordionist, The Pogues 1954 7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1954 Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981 1954 Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come 1954 Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 Michael "Nicko" McBain, English hard rock drummer, Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1954 Tina Charles, English Musician 1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist, Journey-Open Arms, Bad English 1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 1954 William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1954 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1954 Dean Inge, English Author 1954 Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots 1954 Anthony Minghella, director, English Patient 1953 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70 1953 Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer, The Pogues 1953 Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist and guitarist, XTC-Oranges and Lemons 1953 Lucinda Green, English equestrian 1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41 1953 James E Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary 1953 Peter Greenall, English brewer, Greenall Witley 1953 Hilaire Belloc, English Poet 1953 Henry Lascelles, English grandson of princess Mary 1952 Clive Anderson, English Entertainer 1952 Dusty Hare, English rugby player 1952 Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies 1952 Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer 1952 Andrew Motion, English Poet 1952 Sharon Osbourne, English Entertainer 1952 Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding 1952 David Icke, English Athlete 1952 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62 1952 J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist, Heatwave, Commodores 1951 William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner 1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Susan Blackmore, English Writer 1951 David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62 1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 1951 Everett Morton, rocker, English Beat 1951 Chris Rea, English rock guitarist, Fool If You Think It Is Over 1951 Phil Neal, English soccer player 1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history 1950 David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary 1950 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist, Genesis-Silent Sun 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) 1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) 1950 Simon Cadell, English actor, Hi-Di-Hi, Pride and Extreme Prejudice 1950 Rowan Williams, English Theologian 1950 Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist, Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes 1949 Bill Nighy, English Actor 1949 Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Mark Knopfler, English rock vocalist and guitarist, Dire Straits 1949 Roger Uttley, English rugby player 1949 Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled 1949 Karen English, born in Berkeley, California, Representative-D-Arizona 1993 - 1995 1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist, Skeleton Crew 1949 David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport 1949 Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 1948 Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63 1948 Peter Hammill, English singer and songwriter, Patient 1948 Trevor Brooking, English soccer player 1948 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love 1948 Bill Bruford, English pop drummer, Yes, King Crimson-Red, Genesis 1948 Terry Pratchett, English Author 1948 Terry Prachett, English Author 1948 Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire 1948 Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1948 Mike Figgis, English Director 1948 Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire 1947 Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician 1947 Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1947 Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80 1947 Michael Green, English TV/video producer 1947 Aleister Crowley, English Critic 1947 7th earl of Bradford, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1947 Keith Moon, English rock drummer, Who-I'm A Boy 1947 Camilla Parker Bowles, English Celebrity 1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano, We come to the river 1947 Victoria Beckham, English Musician 1947 Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad 1947 John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1947 Dave Mount, born in Carshalton, Surrey, rocker, member of the glam English rock band, Mud 1947 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician 1947 Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80 1947 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 1947 Bryan Robson, English international soccer star 1946 Polly Toynbee, English Journalist 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2 1946 Angus Suttie, English potter 1946 Philip Pullman, English Writer 1946 Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78 1946 Charles Dance, English Actor 1946 Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77 1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 1946 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 1946 H. G. Wells, English Author 1946 Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO, Saatchi and Saatchi 1946 Roger Tolchard, cricketer, English keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977 1946 Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor, TLS 1946 John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62 1946 John Maynard Keynes, English Economist 1946 Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81 1946 Sue Townsend, English Novelist 1946 John Clapham, English Economist 1946 David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1946 Jasper Carrott, English comedian, Jane and the Lost City, Detectives 1946 Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire, Hawley-ADT 1946 Anthony Daniels, English Actor 1946 David Green, English TV/video producer 1945 Peter Storey, English Athlete 1945 Margot Asquith, English Author 1945 Viscount Petersham, English large landowner 1945 James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist, Kinks-Mr Pleasant 1945 Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire 1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman 1945 Bob Henrit, English pop drummer, Kinks-Waterloo Sunset 1945 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1945 Charles Williams, English Editor 1945 Robert Wyatt, English Musician 1945 Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1945 David Pleat, English Athlete 1945 Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1944 Ian Anderson, English rock singer, Yes-Owner of a Lonely Heart 1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Graham Taylor, English Coach 1944 Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist, TCG Materials 1944 Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester 1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter, Traffic-Something So Strong 1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Dave Morgan, English Celebrity 1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer, Price of Bride 1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1944 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74 1944 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies 1944 Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire 1944 Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots" 1944 Roger Raised, English actor, Nicholas Nickleby 1944 Francis Lee, English Athlete 1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy 1944 Alan Parker, English actor, Bugsy Malone, Evita 1944 Desmond Nuttall, English educator 1944 John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire 1944 Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post 1943 Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner 1943 Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets 1943 Joanna Trollope, English Novelist 1943 Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief, Evening News, Manchester 1943 Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis 1943 Paul Burnett, English disc-jockey 1943 Howard Wilkinson, English Coach 1943 Wensley Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer 1943 Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan 1943 Denny Payton, saxophonist, harmonica player, guitarist, singer, performed with the Dave Clark Five, English pop rock group 1943 Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi 1943 Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20 1943 Tony Banks, English politician, Lab 1943 Dennis Amiss, cricketer, prolific English batsman 1943 Gordon Black, English industrialist 1943 Terry Eagleton, English Critic 1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 1942 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V 1942 Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1942 Anita Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop 1942 Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1942 Jonathan Aitken, English MP 1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews, dies in battle at 39 1942 George Sutherland, English Judge 1942 Michael G C F, English prince of Kent 1942 Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1942 Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop 1942 Brian Jones, Lewis B Hopkin, English pop guitarist, Rolling Stones 1942 Richard O'Brien, English Actor 1942 Jon Arthur English, composer 1942 John Whittaker, English real estate developer, Peel Holdings 1942 Michael Giles, English Musician 1942 Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree 1942 Christine Keeler, English Model 1942 Stephen Hawking, English physicist, Black Holes and Baby Universes 1941 Alex Ferguson, English Coach 1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1941 Alan Mullery, English soccer player 1941 James Bowman, English contratenor 1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran 1941 English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria 1941 Alexander Cockburn, English Lawyer 1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government 1941 English Army breaks German spy codes 1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete 1941 Vivienne Westwood, English Designer 1941 Richard Dawkins, English Scientist 1941 Charlie Shelburne, English earl/large landowner 1941 Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61 1941 John E. Walker, English Scientist 1940 Jenny Linden, English actress, Hedda, Dr. Who and the Daleks 1940 Glenn English, born in Cordell, Oklahoma, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1975 - 1994 1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1940 Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire 1940 David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem 1940 Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night 1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small 1940 Cliff Richard, English Musician 1940 John Lennon, English Musician 1940 Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire 1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies 1940 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 1940 Chay Blyth, English sailor, Alone in Order to the World 1940 Angela Carter, English Novelist 1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies 1940 Eleanor Fount, English actress, Women in Love, Bedazzled 1940 Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer 1940 Marquis of Tavistock, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1940 Trevor Nunn, English Director 1939 Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1939 Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents 1939 Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat 1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1939 Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80 1939 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist 1939 Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire 1939 17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director, Emily 1939 Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen 1939 Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer 1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down 1939 Earl of Seafield, Ginger, English large landowner 1939 Terry Curry, English multi-millionaire 1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire 1939 Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer, Donkeys' Years 1939 Rachel English, London, author, My 1st 500 1939 Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player 1938 Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector 1938 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57 1938 Ann Jones, English Athlete 1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1938 Richard Sharpe, English rugby player 1938 Alan Coren, born in London, England, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC 1938 E. V. Lucas, English Writer 1938 Peter Michael, English electronic manufacturer, UEI, Paintbox 1938 English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3 1938 Henry Newbolt, English Author 1938 Wilf Corrigan, English/U.S. electronic manufacturer, LSI Logic 1938 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire 1938 Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire, Twigden PLC 1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete 1937 Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer, Reebok, Adidas 1937 Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies 1937 Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, English physicist (Nobel 1908), dies 1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player 1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China 1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54 1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 1937 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire 1937 Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1936 Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of sir Angus Ogilvy 1936 Edward Bach, English Scientist 1936 Viscount Mountgarret, Butler, English large landowner 1936 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright, Butley 1936 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess, Wish You Were Here 1936 Frank Hornby, English Inventor 1936 Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies 1936 Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer 1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74 1936 Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire, Man Group 1936 A. E. Housman, English Poet 1936 Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire 1936 Harold Innocent, HS Harrison, English actor, Tall Guy 1935 George Carey, English Clergyman 1935 English prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott 1935 Judge Landis fines ump George Moriarty, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Chicago players W English, B Jurges and B Herman for actions in World Series 1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent 1935 Winifred Holtby, English Novelist 1935 Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader 1935 Julian Pettifer, English TV-host 1935 Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1935 Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire 1935 David John Lodge, English writer, Soul and Bodies 1935 Raymond Briggs, English author, Fungus the Bogeyman 1934 English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark 1934 Kenneth Baker, English Politician 1934 Piers Anthony, English Writer 1934 Edward Bond, English playwright/director, Blow-up 1934 Frederick Delius, English composer (Suite Florida), dies at 72 1934 Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 1934 John K. Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire 1934 John Lelliott, English contractor and multi-millionaire 1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1934 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine 1933 Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire 1933 Augustine Birrell, English Author 1933 Bill Tidy, English cartoonist, Fosdyke Saga 1933 Fay Weldon, English Novelist 1933 Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies 1933 David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire 1933 Michael Frayn, English Playwright 1933 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies 1933 Richard Rogers, English architect 1933 Thelma Barlow, English actress, Mavis-Coronation Street 1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford, English Novelist 1933 Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer, hand-dryer 1933 John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1933 Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster 1933 Les Dawson, English Comedian 1933 David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker 1932 Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player 1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87 1932 Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left 1932 Malcolm Bradbury, English Novelist 1932 200,000 English textile workers strike 1932 John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire 1932 Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies 1932 Jenny Joseph, English Poet 1932 Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector 1932 Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon 1932 Janet Bately, Professor of English Language, King's College London 1932 Everard Goodman, English real estate developer, TOPS Estates 1932 Jocelyn Stevens, CEO, English Heritage 1932 Derek Bailey, English Musician 1931 Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects 1931 Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council 1931 Anthony Jacobs, English industrialist, BSM 1931 Tommy Greenhough, cricketer, English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60 1931 David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host 1931 Ken Morrison, English supermarket maginate/multi-millionaire 1931 John Le Carre, English Author 1931 Roger Penrose, English Physicist 1931 Charles Huxtable, General commander, English ground armies 1931 Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1931 "Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner 1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet 1931 Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire 1931 Fred Trueman, Fiery Fred, English cricket player 1931 Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer, Stop the world I want to get off 1931 Peter Barnes, English Playwright 1930 Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire, St. Ives 1930 Charles Hambro, English banker/multi-millionaire/CEO, Hambros 1930 Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season 1930 Robert Bridges, English Poet 1930 W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate 1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1930 John Gilpin, English ballet dancer, Etudes, Alice in Wonderland 1930 Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire 1930 Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1929 Peter May, cricketer, dashing English batsman of 50's 1929 Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies 1929 Graham Roberts, English Actor 1929 George Carman, English Lawyer 1929 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector 1929 Timothy Colman, English manufacturer/multi-millionaire, Reckitt and Colman 1929 Al Alvarez, English Poet 1929 Michael Medwin, English actor, Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint 1929 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1929 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist 1929 George Steiner, professor, English 1929 Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author, Ipcress File, Fighter 1929 Keith Waterhouse, English writer, Billy Liar, Say Who Are You? 1929 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77 1928 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight over English Channel 1928 Angus Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra 1928 Bernard Levin, English Journalist 1928 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1928 Ellen Terry, English Actress 1928 Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer, Poellenberg Inheritance 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies 1928 John Keith Wright, English economist and Assistant Secretary of State, 1971 - 1984 1928 William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1928 Colin Chapman, English Inventor 1928 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 1928 Tom Sharpe, English historian/author, Riotous Assembly, Want 1928 11th duke of Beaufort, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist, Human Ape, Body Language 1928 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner, Center Point 1927 Simon Raven, English playwright/critic, Alms for Oblivion 1927 John Britton, English Mathematician 1927 Lord Wolfson, English multi-millionaire 1927 John Sainsbury, English billionaire 1927 Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team 1927 Thomas W. "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman, 50's and 60's 1927 Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1927 Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire 1927 Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea 1927 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic 1926 Alan Owen, English author, Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show 1926 Bernard Ashley, English fashion designer/president, Laura Ashley 1926 New York's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 1926 Richard Pasco, English actor, Gorgon, Arch of Triumph 1926 Elizabeth Jennings, English Poet 1926 Ian Gilmour, English Politician 1926 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature 1926 Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty 1926 11th duke of Marlborough, English large landowner 1926 Jean Alexander, English Actress 1926 Paul Hamlyn, English publisher/multi-millionaire, Octopus 1926 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use 1925 June Whitfield, English Actress 1925 W Howard Baker, English publisher 1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1925 Francis Darwin, English Scientist 1925 Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire 1925 Peter Foy, English Actor 1925 Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies 1925 H. Rider Haggard, English Writer 1925 Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn 1925 John Wain, English Poet 1925 Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, dies at 88 1925 Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1925 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman 1925 James Saunders, English chemist/playwright, Ark 1924 Peter Prowtiny, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1924 George Sewell, English Actor 1924 Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary 1924 Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire, GEC 1924 Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 1924 Jackie Milburn, English soccer star, Newcastle United 1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies 1924 Marie Corelli, English Writer 1924 Anthony Caro, English Sculptor 1924 Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 1924 Billy Wright, English soccer player 1924 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane 1924 7th earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner 1923 Andrew Bonar Law, English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64 1923 Murray Walker, English Entertainer 1923 Jack Dellal, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire 1923 Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner 1923 Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward 1923 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan 1923 Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1923 Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire 1923 Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1923 John Mortimer, English Novelist 1923 John Smith, English large landowner/financier/MP, C 1923 George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden 1922 Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1922 Viscount Allendale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1922 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet, Iron Laurel 1922 Dr. Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar 1922 Kingsley Amis, English Novelist 1922 John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top 1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles 1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative 1922 Neville Duke, English test pilot 1921 John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter 1921 Henry Austin Dobson, English Poet 1921 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1921 Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire 1920 Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 1920 George Porter, English Scientist 1920 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1920 [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's 1920 J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies 1920 Derry Jeffares, Honorary Professor of English Studies, Stirling U 1920 P. D. James, English Novelist 1920 Isobel June Braybrooke English, novellist 1920 Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1920 Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer, folding bicycle 1920 Marjorie M Sweeting, English geomorphologist 1920 Frank Muir, English Writer 1920 Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop, Liverpool 1920 John Maynard Smith, English Scientist 1920 Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector 1919 Peter Strawson, English philosopher 1919 Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30 1919 Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies 1919 Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge 1919 Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove 1919 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86 1919 Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool 1919 John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13 1918 Kirby Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1918 Roley Jenkins, cricketer, English leg-spinner 1948-52 1918 C Hubert H Parry, English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70 1918 CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 1918 Florence Chadwick, swimmer, 1st to swim English Channel both ways 1918 Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet 1918 Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire 1918 Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young 1917 Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist, P&O 1917 Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain 1917 Robert Adams, English sculptor 1917 George Mann, captain English cricket team 1917 Denis Healey, English politician 1917 Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life 1917 Reg Smyth, English cartoonist, Andy Capp 1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and director (Hamlet), dies 1917 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 1917 English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch 1917 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 1917 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire 1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 1916 Penelope Fitzgerald, English Poet 1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III 1916 Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1916 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58 1916 Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner 1916 Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker 1916 Francis W. Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies 1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor 1916 Harold Wilson, English Statesman 1916 Gavin Buchanan Ewart, English poet, Pleasures of the Flesh 1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle 1915 Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1915 Anthony Cox, English architect 1915 8th duke of Wellington, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1915 Viscount Leverhulm, English large landowner, Unilever 1915 Harry Banks, English Soldier 1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 1915 Rupert Brooke, English Poet 1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket captain, late 40's 1915 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle 1914 Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts 1914 German fleet bombs English coast 1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory 1914 Henry Reed, English Writer 1914 Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher, Puffin Club 1914 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian 1913 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian 1913 Robert Dougall, English TV host 1913 Thelma Hulbert, English painter, Le Sacre du Printemps 1913 Fred Davis, English world champ snooker player, 1948-49, 51 1913 Ralph Hammond Innes, English author 1913 George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer, Serf, John Socman 1913 Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman, Anti-Apartheid 1913 Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1913 Cyril English, British educator 1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 1913 George G Barker, English poet, Calamiterror, Anno Domini 1913 Percy Thrower, English radio host 1912 Howard de Walden, English landowner/multi-millionaire 1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel 1912 William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1912 George Grossmith, English Actor 1912 Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies 1912 Patrick Murphy, English multi-millionaire 1912 Christopher Hill, English Historian 1912 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 1912 William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1912 William Sansom, English writer, Loving Eye 1911 Ronald Diggens, English fabric manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1911 Peter Saunders, English theater producer, Legend of the Werewolf 1911 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies 1911 Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter 1911 William Schwenck Gilbert, English writer (Gilbert and Sullivan), dies at 74 1911 Norman Oldfield, cricketer, English batsman one Test vs. WI 1939, 80 and 19 1911 J. L. Austin, English Philosopher 1911 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 1911 Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88 1910 Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader 1910 Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God 1910 Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 1910 Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author, A Country 1910 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Australia 1886-88), dies 1910 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel, C S Rolls, England 1910 Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91 1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker 1910 English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra" 1910 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector 1910 George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager, Brentford 1909 Stephen Spender, English Poet 1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill 1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist, Under the Volcano 1909 France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36 1909 George Meredith, English poet and writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 1909 Karen Armstrong, English Writer 1909 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer, That Infidel Place 1909 Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles 1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72 1909 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor, Phoenix 1909 Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire 1909 Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru 1909 Marguerite Kelsey, English model/painter, Haunting 1908 Quentin Crisp, English Writer 1908 Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1908 John Churton Collins, English Critic 1908 James "Jimmy" Johnson, English Labor MP, 1950-59, 64-83 1908 Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist 1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1908 Peter Oliver, English Artist 1908 Winston Graham, English Novelist 1908 Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68 1908 Peter Oliver, English Artist 1908 Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68 1908 Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart' 1908 Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1907 English Professional Football Player's Association forms 1907 Christian J H English, Luc Tournier, Netherlands/Curacaos painter/composer 1907 Francis Thompson, English Poet 1907 Gerald Massey, English Poet 1907 Richard de Bury, English Writer 1907 Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author 1907 Richard de Bury, English Writer 1907 James Meade, English Economist 1907 Frank Whittle, English Inventor 1907 Daphne du Maurier, English writer, Rebecca, Parasites 1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1907 Kenneth Muir, English scholar 1907 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian, Stalin/Trotsky biography 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1907 Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open 1907 Henry Cotton, English golfer, British Open 1934, 1937, 1948 1907 Dixie Dean, English Athlete 1906 Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George 1906 13th earl of Stair, English Lt-colonel/large landowner 1906 William Empson, English poet and critic, Milton's God 1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion 1906 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist 1906 Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English, Bedford College 1906 Alan J P Taylor, British historian, English history 1914-1915 1906 H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet 1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured 1905 Henry Green, English Novelist 1905 Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 1905 Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer, Red Shoes 1905 John C F, son of English King George V 1905 Ashley Montague, English Scientist 1905 Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic, Byron in Italy 1905 Rex Warner, English poet and writer, Wild Goose Chase 1905 Peter Quennell, English Writer 1905 Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1905 Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1905 Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer and conductor, Child of our Time 1904 Nancy Mitford, English author, Love in a cold climate 1904 Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman 1904 Dan Leno, English Comedian 1904 Isabella Bird, English Writer 1904 Graham Greene, English journalist, 3rd Man 1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76 1904 Bergen Evans, Ohio, English professor, $64,000 Question 1904 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector 1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies 1904 C. Day Lewis, English Poet 1903 George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 1903 Evelyn Waugh, English Author 1903 Lord Roborough, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1903 Cyril Connolly, English Journalist 1903 Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman 1903 Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer, Observer of Life 1903 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 1903 Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress, Rescued by Rover 1902 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews 1902 Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books 1902 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75 1902 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86 1902 Roy Armstrong, English historian, History of Sussex 1902 Dilys Powell, English writer, Descent from Parnassus 1902 John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69 1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 1902 Megan Lloyd George, English politician 1902 David Cecil, English Writer 1902 Arthur D Nock, English/U.S. historian, St. Paul 1902 Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner 1924 Olympics gold 1902 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author, Cold Comfort Farm 1901 Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher 1901 Kate Greenaway, English children book illustrater, dies at 55 1901 Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian 1901 George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1901 Joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ, 1927-46 1901 Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57 1900 James Hilton, English novelist, Goodbye Mr. Chips 1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies 1900 Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer and actress, Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow 1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor, Rob Roy 1953 1900 Elizabeth Goudge, English Writer 1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth 1900 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters 1900 Boer General Cronje surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South Africa 1900 Ernest Dowson, English Poet 1900 Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor, Miss Jones and Son 1900 Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist, Fly Me to the Moon 1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed 1900 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 1900 Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74 1900 James Martineau, English Philosopher 1899 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85 1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up 1899 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1899 C. S. Forester, English Novelist 1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1899 Arthur Bryant, English historian, King Charles II 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1899 Max Theiler, English/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951 1899 Granville English, composer 1898 C. S. Lewis, English Author 1898 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 1898 George Muller, English Clergyman 1898 Beverley Nichols, English Writer 1898 Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, Mimi, Rembrandt 1898 Winifred Holtby, English Novelist 1898 Samuel Plimsoll, English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74 1898 Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter 1898 Joyce Carey, English actress, Black Windmill 1898 Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 1898 William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist, textiles 1898 Neville Pearson, English publisher 1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1897 Aneurin Bevan, English Politician 1897 Francis W. Newman, English Writer 1897 Jean Ingelow, English Poet 1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher, Process of Civilization 1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist, Radar, Nobel 1951 1897 VAA Mary, English princess 1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader 1897 James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician 1896 Edmund Blunden, English poet and critic, Undertones of War 1896 John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 1896 Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander, Normandy 1896 Harry Banks, English Soldier 1895 Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F 1895 Henry Williamson, English Author 1895 Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author, An American Verdict 1895 Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley, English Scientist 1895 Thomas Huxley, English Scientist 1895 Reginald J "R" Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer, Spitfire 1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, Promenade Concerts 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 45 1894 Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist 1894 King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1894 Ben Nicholson, English painter and sculptor, Circle 1894 Charles Bowen, English Judge 1894 Gerald Brenan, English writer 1894 Dora Russell, English Celebrity 1894 Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 1894 Harold MacMillan, English Politician 1893 Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Sylvia Townsend Warner, English Novelist 1893 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist 1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit 1893 Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1893 Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes 1893 Ivor A "I A" Richards, English poet and critic, Meaning of Meaning, 1893 Freya Stark, English explorist/author 1892 Rebecca West, Cicely Isabel Fairfield, English author 1892 Rebecca West, Cicily I F Andrews, English author, Meaning of Treason 1892 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 1892 John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean 1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet 1892 Edward V Appleton, English physicist, Appleton-layer 1892 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity 1892 Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook and Son), dies at 83 1892 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show 1892 William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist, Lord of Rings 1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 1891 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78 1891 James Chadwick, English physicist, discovered neutron 1891 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician 1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1891 Stanley Spencer, English Artist 1891 Michael Polany, Hungarian and English,chemist, economist and sociologist 1891 Storm Jameson, English novelist, The Green Man, Cousin Honore 1890 Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet 1890 Richard Francis Burton, English Writer 1890 John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 1890 Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1890 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician 1889 Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77 1889 Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel 1932 1889 Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1889 William W. Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies 1889 Eliza Cook, English Poet 1889 Wilkie Collins, English Novelist 1889 Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man 1889 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of airplane manufacturing, 1942 - 1945 1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain 1889 Robin G. Collingwood, English Philosopher 1888 Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1888 Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1888 Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1888 William Chappell, English Writer 1888 Sydney Horler, English detective writer 1888 Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 1888 English Football League established 1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher 1888 Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer, Viaduct Murder 1888 Ronald Knox, English Theologian 1888 Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian 1887 Dinah Maria Mulock, English Novelist 1887 Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels 1887 Henry Mayhew, English Journalist 1887 James D Innes, English painter 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 1886 Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29 1886 Edward Bach, English Scientist 1886 Charles Williams, English Editor 1886 Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet and writer, Counterattack 1886 Siegfried Sassoon, English Poet 1886 English Salisbury government forms 1886 Henry Taylor, English Dramatist 1885 James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda 1885 Lionel Atwill, English/U.S. actor, Mystery of the Wax Museum 1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle 1884 James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist, Hassan 1884 Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor, 39 Steps 1884 George Bentham, English Scientist 1884 Henry James Byron, English Dramatist 1884 Charles Dodd, English new testament authority 1884 Richard Henry Horne, English Poet 1884 Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet 1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published 1884 Arthur Ransome, English author, Swallows and Amazons 1883 English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage) 1883 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, St. John's Gospel 1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1882 Anthony Trollope, English Author 1882 Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God 1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" 1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I 1882 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies 1882 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright, Abraham Lincoln 1882 Gabriel Dante Rossetti, English poet/painter, dies at 53 1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh 1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist 1882 A. A. Milne, English Author 1882 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 1882 William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1881 George Edmund Street, English Architect 1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP 1881 Clive Bell, English Critic 1881 Daniel Jones, England phoneticist, English pronouncing dictionary 1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer 1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies 1881 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1881 Daisy Ashford, born in Petersham, England, English witer, wrote 'The Young Sisters' 1881 Mary Webb, English Novelist 1881 Eleanor Farjeon, English writer, Martin Pippin 1881 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic, Revaluations 1880 Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf 1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite 1879 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun 1879 George Gunn, cricketer, elegant English batsman 1907-30 1879 L. Patrick Abercrombie, English architect 1879 Colin Blythe, cricketer, outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I 1879 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1879 Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet 1879 William Beveridge, English Economist 1879 William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten 1879 Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher, Mind and the Eye 1879 Edward M. Forster, English Novelist 1879 E. M. Forster, English Novelist 1878 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian 1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1878 Anna Sewell, English Writer 1878 William Banting, English undertaker, dies 1878 Edward Thomas, English Poet 1878 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 1877 Arthur C Pigou, English economist, Wealth and welfare 1877 Frederick Soddy, English Scientist 1877 Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1876 Titus Salt, English Businessman 1876 George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 1876 Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria 1875 Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer 1875 Aleister Crowley, English Critic 1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m 1875 Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1875 Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 1875 Thomas Hicks, English/U.S. marathon runner:, Olympics gold 1904 1874 Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933 1874 Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer 1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1874 Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, English bishop 1873 G E Moore, English philosopher, Ethics 1873 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1873 George P Gooch, English historian/MP 1873 John Clapham, English Economist 1873 Guy Standing, English actor, Cradle Song 1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association 1873 Walter de la Mare, English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 1873 Boyd Alexander, English explorer 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1872 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher 1872 Henry Alford, English Clergyman 1871 Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78 1871 John Fabricius, Netherlands/English stageauthor, Ring of Prophet 1871 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 1871 English - U.S. treaty ends Alabama dispute 1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old 1870 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1870 Hilaire Belloc, English Poet 1870 Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 1869 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher, Theory of the Dialects 1869 Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms 1869 Charles Wilson, English physicist, Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel 1868 Ernest Newman, English Critic 1868 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor, Hebridean Symphony 1868 E. V. Lucas, English Writer 1867 Joseph McCabe, English Writer 1867 Ernest Dowson, English Poet 1867 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1866 Roger Fry, English Artist 1866 Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist 1866 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer, Maker of Gainborg 1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1864 John Leech, English Artist 1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer, Punch 1864 Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English 1864 John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 1864 Margot Asquith, English Author 1864 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet 1863 William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist 1863 Arthur Quiller-Couch, Q, editor, Oxford Book of English Verse 1863 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1863 Richard Whately, English Writer 1863 Frank Hornby, English Inventor 1862 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 1862 Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet 1862 Henry Newbolt, English Author 1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs 1862 George Sutherland, English Judge 1861 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76 1861 Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt 1861 William Bateson, English biologist, originator of term "genetics" 1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas 1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1860 Dan Leno, English Comedian 1860 Thomas Cochrane, English Politician 1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67 1860 William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral 1860 William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1860 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1860 Dean Inge, English Author 1860 Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter, The Miner 1860 William James Ashley, English economic-historian 1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 1859 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies 1859 Francis Thompson, English Poet 1859 Thomas De Quincey, English Author 1859 Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity 1859 James Henry Leigh Hunt, English Writer 1859 Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1859 A. E. Housman, English Poet 1859 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist 1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan, Control of the Tropics 1857 George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life 1857 Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96 1857 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey, won 5 Derbys 1856 H. Rider Haggard, English Writer 1856 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 1856 William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen 1856 E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince 1855 Marie Corelli, English Writer 1855 Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 1855 Mary Russell Mitford, English playwright and poet (Julian), dies at 67 1855 Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1854 John G Lockhart, scorpion, English biographer, dies at 60 1854 Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist, Peripatus 1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka 1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast 1853 William Jay, English Clergyman 1853 Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor/theater director, Kathleen 1851 J. M. W. Turner, English Artist 1851 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright, Judah 1851 Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist, Crete 1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87 1850 Augustine Birrell, English Author 1849 William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 1849 John Godden, English explorer, Curacao 1849 William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 1848 Emily Bronte, English Novelist 1848 Francis Darwin, English Scientist 1848 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies 1848 John Churton Collins, English Critic 1847 George Grossmith, English Actor 1847 George Robert Sims, English Journalist 1847 Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader, English women's movement 1847 Ellen Terry, English Actress 1846 Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) 1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member 1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1846 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle 1845 Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1845 Paul S Methuen, English Field Marshal/governor of Natal/Malta 1845 Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker 1845 Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian 1845 William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1845 Thomas Hood, English Poet 1844 Robert Bridges, English Poet 1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies 1844 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1844 John Dalton, English physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 1844 Verney L. Cameroon, English explorer, Tanganyika 1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs 1843 Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian 1843 Robert Southey, English Poet 1842 Grace Darling, English Celebrity 1841 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general, Egypt 1841 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45 1840 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50 1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician 1840 Henry Austin Dobson, English Poet 1839 Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal 1839 John Eliot, English meteorologist 1839 Francis W. Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer 1839 Ouida, English Novelist 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1838 Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1838 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher, Wife at University 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing 1838 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 1837 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter 1837 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 1836 Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) 1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii 1836 Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, Diseases of the Heart 1835 Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1835 Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker 1835 Henry James Byron, English Dramatist 1835 Charles Bowen, English Judge 1834 Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist, moral restraint 1834 Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist 1834 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer, John Inglesant 1834 Charles Lamb, English Critic 1834 William Carey, English Clergyman 1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer 1834 John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie 1833 Richard Heber, English Celebrity 1833 Hannah More, English Writer 1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 1833 William Wilberforce, English Politician 1833 Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist 1832 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium 1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1832 Jeremy Bentham, English Philosopher 1832 George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 1831 Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet 1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1831 Isabella Bird, English Writer 1831 James Northcote, English Artist 1831 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75 1830 Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer 1829 William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics 1828 Gerald Massey, English Poet 1828 Joseph B. Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham 1827 William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance 1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 1827 Frederick A. Able, English chemist/inventor, cordiet 1827 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73 1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches 1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World 1827 Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63 1826 John Flaxman, English sculptor (tombs at St. Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71 1826 George Parr, cricketer, legendary Notts batsman, 1st English touring captain 1826 Dinah Maria Mulock, English Novelist 1825 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet 1825 Thomas Huxley, English Scientist 1825 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet 1825 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City 1825 Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian 1824 George Edmund Street, English Architect 1824 George Jessel, English Judge 1824 William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, Woman in White 1824 Wilkie Collins, English Novelist 1823 Robert Bloomfield, English Poet 1823 Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet 1823 John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 1823 English Captain James Weddell reaches 74 degrees 15' S, 1520 km from S pole 1823 Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 1823 Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1822 Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains 1821 John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 1821 Richard Francis Burton, English Writer 1821 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1820 Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1820 Anna Sewell, English Writer 1820 Jean Ingelow, English Poet 1820 Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet, Tenant of Wildfell Hall 1819 Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators 1819 Charles Kingsley, Parson Lot, English vicar/historian, Westward Ho! 1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1819 Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery 1819 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer 1818 Eliza Cook, English Poet 1818 Philip Francis, English Politician 1818 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves 1818 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist 1818 Emily Bronte, English Novelist 1817 John Leech, English Artist 1817 John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway 1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer, Life of Goethe 1817 John Glover, English chemist, sulfuric acid 1817 English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia 1816 William Bowman, English anatomist 1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor 1816 Philip James Bailey, English poet, Festus 1816 Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1815 Grace Darling, English Celebrity 1815 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English illustrator, Pickwick Papers 1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed 1815 Edward Pakenham, English general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle 1814 Thomas Spence, English Writer 1814 James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician 1814 Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 1814 Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey 1814 James Paget, English surgeon, disease of Paget 1813 Tecumseh, U.S. Shawnee-chief/English General (Battle of Thames), dies 1813 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator 1812 Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies 1812 Henry Mayhew, English Journalist 1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting and immoral. No wonder it caught on! 1811 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 1811 English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies 1811 August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 1810 Henry Alford, English Clergyman 1810 William Hepworth Thompson, English Educator 1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen 1809 William Chappell, English Writer 1809 English invasion army lands in Walcheren 1809 Thomas Holcroft, English Dramatist 1808 Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet 1808 Richard Hurd, English Writer 1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1807 Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 1806 Charlotte Turner Smith, English Poet 1806 Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1806 Charles James Fox, English Politician 1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires 1806 Cape colony becomes English colony 1805 George Muller, English Clergyman 1805 Christopher Anstey, English Poet 1805 Francis W. Newman, English Writer 1805 William Paley, English Theologian 1805 James Martineau, English Philosopher 1805 William H Ainsworth, English writer, Old St. Paul's, Rookwood 1805 William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1804 William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies 1804 Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816 1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1804 Joseph Priestley, English / U.S0 theologist, philosopher. and chemist, dies at 70 1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies 1803 Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity 1803 Titus Salt, English Businessman 1803 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet 1803 Richard Henry Horne, English Poet 1802 English sell Suriname to Dutch 1802 Samuel Arnold, English composer, dies at 62 1801 Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies 1801 Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect, Crystal Palace 1801 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66 1800 Henry Taylor, English Dramatist 1800 George Bentham, English Scientist 1800 Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) 1800 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 1799 Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs 1799 Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army 1799 English and Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver 1799 John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English physician/nature investigator, dies at 68 1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English 1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland 1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1799 John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 1799 William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer, Song of the Shirt 1799 Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer 1799 John Lindley, English botanist, Elements of Botany 1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 1797 Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse 1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America, dies at 80 1796 George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1796 English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay 1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 1795 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Netherlands industrialist, Twentse textile 1795 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 1795 Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1795 Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian, History of Rome 1794 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French 1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 1792 Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine 1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 1792 Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 1792 John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73 1792 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 1792 Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 1790 Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies 1790 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist 1789 John Martin, English painter 1788 Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 1788 English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade 1788 Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales 1788 English settlers arrive in Australia's Botany Bay to setup penal colony 1787 Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic 1787 Robert Lowth, English Author 1787 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes 1787 William Etty, English painter, nudes 1787 Richard Whately, English Writer 1786 Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole 1786 Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 1786 John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21 1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall 1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer, Confessions of English Opium Eater 1785 William J Hooker, English botanist/director, Kew Gardens 1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries) 1784 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1784 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs 1784 James Henry Leigh Hunt, English Writer 1784 English parliament accept India Act 1784 Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer, chamber music 1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies 1784 John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English, opera, composer/diplomat 1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English Secretary of State 1783 English government of Pitt, Jr. forms 1783 English king George III fires government of Portland 1783 1st execution at English Newgate-jail 1783 David Cox, English painter, Treatise on landscape painting 1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 1782 Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns 1782 William Emerson, English Mathematician 1782 Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English 1781 English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1780 William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels 1779 Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61 1779 William Warburton, English Critic 1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies 1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist, discovered some elements 1778 Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1778 George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, born in London, England, English dandy 1778 William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 1778 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1777 France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle 1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia 1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia 1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1775 Thomas Cochrane, English Politician 1775 J. M. W. Turner, English Artist 1775 Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion 1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson 1774 Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act 1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1774 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer, coast Australia 1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright 1773 Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1773 Richard Heber, English Celebrity 1772 William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1771 Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54 1771 Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 1771 Thomas Gray, English Poet 1770 Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62 1770 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies 1770 Mark Akenside, English Poet 1770 David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1769 William Jay, English Clergyman 1768 John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher 1768 English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston 1768 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist 1767 John Newberry, English publisher, dies 1766 Robert Bloomfield, English Poet 1766 John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter 1766 English premier Rockingham resigns 1765 Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies 1765 William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 1765 Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat 1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society 1764 Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist, Italian 1764 Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies 1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel 1763 Frederick of York, English duke/bishop of Osnabruck 1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet, Italy, a poem 1763 John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines 1762 William Lisle Bowles, English poet, 14 Sonnets 1762 English fleet occupies Havana 1762 English fleet occupies Martinique 1761 William Carey, English Clergyman 1761 Henry Scrapnel, English inventor, shrapnel shell 1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 1759 William Wilberforce, English Politician 1759 William Collins, English poet (Ode to Simplicity), dies at 37 1759 William Pitt, the Younger, C, English PM, 1783-1801, 1804-06 1759 Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 1758 English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1757 William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience 1757 English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. 1757 John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 1757 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1756 Thomas Rowlandson, English painter/cartoonist/etcher 1755 English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1755 Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State 1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1755 John Flaxman, English sculptor, Westminster Abbey tomb stones 1754 Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 1754 Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier 1754 Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57 1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor, mule-jenny spinning machine 1753 John Soane, English architect, Bank of England, Soane Museum 1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship 1753 Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92 1752 Thomas Chatterton, English poet, Christabel 1752 John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 1752 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1751 Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies 1750 Thomas Spence, English Writer 1749 English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post 1749 Charlotte Smith, English Poet 1749 Charles James Fox, English Politician 1748 Edmund Gibson, English Judge 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1747 Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army 1747 Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies 1746 James Northcote, English Artist 1746 Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1746 Henry Pelham appointed English premier 1746 English Pelham government resigns 1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine 1745 Thomas Holcroft, English Dramatist 1745 Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies 1745 Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army 1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River 1745 Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 1745 Hannah More, English Writer 1744 English premier John Carteret resigns 1744 Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56 1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 1743 Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies 1743 English defeat French at Dettingen 1743 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet 1743 English premiere of Handel's "Messiah" 1742 William Somerville, English Poet 1742 Edmond Halley, English Scientist 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena 1740 John Bacon, English sculptor 1740 Philip Francis, English Politician 1739 George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1738 Joe Miller, English comic, dies 1738 George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court 1737 Eustace Budgell, English Writer 1737 Edward Gibbon, English Historian 1735 August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier 1735 Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach, English Bach 1734 Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies 1734 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander, Dutch Guyana 1733 Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC 1732 John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 1732 Francis Atterbury, English Politician 1731 J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 1731 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet, John Gilpin, 1731 Mary Astell, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage', dies soon after having breast cancer 1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies 1731 Daniel Defoe, English Journalist 1730 John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia 1730 Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, English PM, 1765-76 1729 Anthony Collins, English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at 53 1729 Richard Blackmore, English Poet 1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1729 Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore 1729 William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58 1728 Robert Bage, English writer, Criticism by Peter Faulkner 1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, Blue Boy, baptized 1727 Isaac Newton, English Mathematician 1727 Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 1726 Jeremy Collier, English bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 1726 John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 1725 John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton 1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1725 Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 1724 Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged 1724 Christopher Anstey, English Poet 1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs 1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War 1724 Peter Schuyler, English Politician 1723 Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies 1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 1722 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist, Ceremony of Carols 1721 Mark Akenside, English Poet 1721 William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader 1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 1721 James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne 1720 Richard Hurd, English Writer 1719 Joseph Addison, English poet, writer, and secretary of state, dies at 47 1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer 'No cross, no crown', dies 1717 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal 1716 Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 1715 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead 1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1715 Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar 1715 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies 1714 William Shenstone, English Poet 1714 Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I 1714 English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley 1714 Matthew Henry, English Clergyman 1713 Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies 1713 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier, 1760-63 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 1712 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 1712 Thomas Osborne, English Prime Minister 1690 - 1694, dies at 80 1712 Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1712 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1711 Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander 1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature 1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured 1710 Robert Lowth, English Author 1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia) 1710 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician, rules of Simpson 1710 Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance 1710 Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia 1710 William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60 1709 Anna van Hannover, English princess/duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg 1709 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1709 William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 1709 John Philips, English Poet 1708 Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel) 1708 English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia 1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk 1708 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth 1708 Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1706 John Baskerville, English printer, typeface inventor 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1704 John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of government), dies at 72 1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet 1704 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1704 English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1703 John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies 1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1703 John Wesley, English Clergyman 1703 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 1703 Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne 1702 John Benbow, English Vice-Admiral (Santa Marta), dies 1702 English troops plunder St. Augustine, Florida 1702 Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet 1702 Dutch/English troops occupy Luik 1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 1702 English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, English Prime Minister 1687 - 1688, dies at 61 1702 Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French 1702 Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament 1702 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes 1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies 1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies 1701 William Kidd, English / U.S. buccaneer, hanged 1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1701 William Emerson, English Mathematician 1700 Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark 1700 John Dryden, English Poet 1700 John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies 1698 William Warburton, English Critic 1697 English parliament accept army reduction 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1697 John Aubrey, English writer, wrote 'Brief Lives', died of apoplexy 1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe 1696 English king Willem III departs Netherlands 1696 English / Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Assn 1695 Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36 1695 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names 1695 English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk 1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands 1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1694 English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest 1693 Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army 1693 Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, English minister of finance 1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist, London Merchant 1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1691 Richard Baxter, English Clergyman 1691 English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland 1691 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France 1691 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 1691 English king Willem III travels to The Hague 1690 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade 1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1690 English king Willem III departs to Ireland 1690 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1690 John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42 1689 Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist 1689 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution 1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French 1689 Samuel Richardson, English novelist, Pamela, baptized 1689 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1689 English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 Aphra Behn, English Dramatist 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne 1689 English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords 1689 Prince Willem III calls English parliament together 1688 English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France 1688 English king Jacob II flees to France 1688 Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy 1688 Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (Intellectual system), dies at 70? 1687 Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37 1687 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies 1687 King James II disbands English parliament 1686 Eustace Budgell, English Writer 1686 English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence 1685 John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera 1685 Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet, Tragedy of Zara 1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted 1683 English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland 1683 Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded 1683 Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1683 Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint 1683 Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered 1682 English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam 1682 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies 1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1680 Thomas Blood, English Soldier 1679 Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher 1679 English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill 1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament 1678 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament 1678 Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 1678 English troops lands in Flanders 1677 Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart 1676 John Philips, English Poet 1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher, A discourse on free-thinking 1675 John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 1675 English king Charles II adjourns parliament 1675 William Somerville, English Poet 1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1674 John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65 1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies 1674 Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English) 1674 English reconquer New York from Netherlands 1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674 1673 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1673 English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1672 John Wilkins, English Clergyman 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1671 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59 1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament 1670 Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies 1670 English king Charles II and French king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty 1670 George Monck, English general(-to the-sea), dies at 61 1669 John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved 1668 John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate 1668 William Davenant, English Poet 1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1667 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1667 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends 1667 Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies 1667 Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet 1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1666 Mary Astell, born in Newcastle, England, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage' 1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 1666 Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet 1665 English fleet beat Dutch fleet 1665 Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1665 English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-Admiral De Ruyter beats English 1664 English colonizing Connecticut 1664 Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English 1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1664 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 1664 Matthew Prior, English poet 1663 English parliament accepts Staple Act 1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish 1663 Francis Atterbury, English Politician 1663 Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor, steam engine 1662 Matthew Henry, English Clergyman 1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony 1662 Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65 1661 Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier, Whig, 1710-14 1661 Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 1661 Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II 1661 English king Charles II crowned in London 1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth 1660 English King Charles II lands in Dover 1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands 1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns 1660 English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) 1660 English Long Parliament disbands 1659 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt 1659 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals 1659 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1659 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer, Dido and Aeneas 1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector 1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish 1658 Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish 1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1657 Peter Schuyler, English Politician 1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1657 Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1656 Edmund Halley, English astronomer, comet of Halley 1656 Edmond Halley, English Scientist 1656 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1655 English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans 1655 Jamaica captured by English 1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates 1654 John Selden, English Statesman 1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control 1654 Richard Blackmore, English Poet 1653 Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1653 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 1652 Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies 1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp 1651 Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 1651 English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off 1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 1650 Richard Crashaw, English Poet 1650 John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist 1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress, King Charles II 1649 Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 1649 Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies 1649 Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow 1649 Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered 1649 James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II 1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1648 Gregory King, English statistician, Natural and Political Observations 1648 Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament 1648 English army captures King Charles I 1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed 1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1647 Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English Minister of Foreign Affairs 1647 King Charles I handed over to English parliament 1647 Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds 1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1646 Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies 1646 English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions 1645 lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded 1645 English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance 1644 William Penn, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania 1644 Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies 1644 William Chillingworth, English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 1643 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists 1643 John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 1643 Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists 1642 Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology 1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1641 Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50 1641 Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed 1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9) 1641 Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 1641 English king Charles I accept Triennial Act 1641 Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22 1640 English Long Parliament forms 1640 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1640 English Short Parliament unites 1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder 1640 English Short Parliament forms 1639 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies 1637 Ben Jonson, English Poet 1634 English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax 1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies 1634 John Marston, English Poet 1634 George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies 1633 William Ames, English Philosopher 1633 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 1633 George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39 1633 Nathaniel Crew, English bishop, Durham 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM, 1690-1694, founder, Tories 1631 Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies 1631 John Dryden, English poet/playwright, Heroic Stanzas 1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right 1630 Charles Cotton, English Poet 1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons 1628 English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights 1628 John Bull, English organist/composer, dies 1627 John Ray, English Environmentalist 1627 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe 1627 English assault on French Il de Re 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle 1627 Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41 1627 English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company 1626 Edmund Gunter, English Mathematician 1626 Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 1626 King Charles I disbands English parliament 1626 John Aubrey, born in Percy, England, English writer, wrote 'Brief Lives' 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 1626 John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 1625 English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette 1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne 1624 Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist 1624 William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1624 Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown 1624 English parliament comes together 1623 William Camden, English historian: Brittania/Annales, dies at 72 1623 William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 1622 Henry Vaughan, English poet, Silex Scintillans 1622 King James I disbands the English parliament 1621 English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament 1621 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam 1620 William Adams, English Explorer 1619 Samuel Daniel, English Poet 1619 John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader 1619 Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies 1619 Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53 1618 Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet and historian, beheaded for treason 1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1616 John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer, product of Wallis 1616 English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen 1616 William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1616 William Shakespeare, English Dramatist 1615 Richard Baxter, English Clergyman 1615 John Biddle, English minister, Unitarian 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe 1614 John Wilkins, English Clergyman 1613 English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts 1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1612 Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader, King's Men 1612 Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general 1611 Henry Ireton, English general/MP, Edgehill 1611 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1610 Benedict van Canfield, William Fish, English missionary, dies 1610 Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons 1609 Bermuda becomes an English colony 1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM, 1660-67 1609 John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier 1608 George Monck/Monk, English general and Governor of Scotland 1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India 1607 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia 1607 English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 1603 New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold 1602 John Lightfoot, English theologist and literary, Horae Hebraicae 1602 Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St. Paul's, dies 1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1598 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 1597 Germany throws out English sales people 1596 English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" 1596 Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I 1596 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz 1596 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz 1596 Francis Drake, English Soldier 1596 Henry Lawes, English composer 1595 John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies 1595 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1595 Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged 1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 1594 Martin Frobisher, English Vice-Admiral/explorer, dies 1594 William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 1593 John Penry, English congressionalist, executed 1593 Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged 1593 John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged 1593 George Herbert, English metaphysical poet, 5 Mystical Songs 1593 English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander 1592 Francis Quarles, English poet, Argalus and Parthenia, Emblems 1592 George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral 1592 John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author 1591 Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English 1590 English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag 1590 Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57 1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1588 English assault on Spanish Armada 1588 English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada 1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada 1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders 1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1588 John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass 1587 1st English child born in New World, Virginia Dare 1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents 1587 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence 1586 Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 1586 Battle at Zutphen: English vs Dutch army 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina 1586 John Ford, English dramatist, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 1585 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen 1585 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland 1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands 1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I 1585 Spain confisquates English ships 1584 John Selden, English Statesman 1584 English parliament throws out Jesuits 1583 Orlando Gibbons, English composer, O Clap Your Hands, baptized 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1583 Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 1583 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1581 English jesuit Edmund Campion arrested 1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism 1580 Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright, Game of Chess 1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I 1576 John Marston, English Poet 1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1574 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1573 William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 1571 John Jewel, English Clergyman 1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician 1569 Edmund Bonner, English bishop of London 1539 - 1549, dies at 69 1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary 1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside 1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered 1564 William Adams, English Explorer 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist, Dr. Faustus 1563 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister, 1598-1612 1562 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury 1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident 1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian 1559 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary 1558 Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58 1558 Thomas Kyd, English dramatist, Spanish Tragedy 1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1555 Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 1555 English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king 1555 Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned 1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 1553 English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason 1553 English Hugh Latimer arrested 1553 Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor 1553 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded 1553 English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley 1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested 1551 William Camden, English historian, Brittania, Annales 1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland 1550 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed 1549 John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier 1549 Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army 1549 English boer army occupies Norwich 1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 1547 Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots 1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 1546 Robert Parsons, English jesuit, A Letter Disclosure 1546 Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered 1546 Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered 1546 Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 1545 John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1545 English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland 1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns 1544 English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne 1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France 1544 English troops attack The Canal 1542 Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James 1542 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke 1540 English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife 1540 English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic 1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal 1536 English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour 1536 Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded 1536 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall 1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries 1535 1st full English translation of the Bible printed in Switzerland 1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights 1535 John Houghton, English, executed 1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 1533 Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn 1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor 1532 English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1531 English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting 1531 Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry 1529 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested 1529 Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor 1529 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor 1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 1523 English troops occupy Montalidier France 1522 John Jewel, English Clergyman 1520 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier 1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan 1515 Thomas Wolsey appointed English Lord Chancellor 1514 Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide 1513 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland 1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France 1510 Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded 1510 Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded 1510 Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control 1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies 1501 English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon 1500 Reginald Pole, English Cardinal 1497 Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV 1496 English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore 1495 William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock 1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III 1483 Richard III usurps English throne 1477 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers" 1475 Treaty of Picquigny, king Louis XI buys English contacts 1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1453 John Dunstable, English composer, dies 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1453 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops 1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1446 Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie 1431 Joan of Arc, burned as a witch by English at Rouen at 19 1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc 1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy 1420 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1417 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned 1403 Charles VII, King of France, 1422-61, drove out English 1401 William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet 1384 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies 1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 1381 Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London 1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex 1376 English "Good Parliament" meets 1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France 1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany 1360 Treaty of Bretigny signed by English and French 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers 1355 English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 1347 English troops conquer Ft. Calais 1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1336 English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders 1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk 1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English 1297 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle 1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I 1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves 1279 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies 1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort 1265 Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1264 Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III 1259 Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX 1253 Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 1253 Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies 1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies 1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence 1217 French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty 1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1217 Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, English encyclopedist, dies at 59 1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country 1214 English king John begins siege around Lille France 1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury 1192 English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured 1189 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies 1167 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 1159 Adrian IV, Nicole Breakspear, only English pope (1154-59), dies 1157 Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist 1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard 1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king 1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm 1120 Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns 1120 William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17 1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert 1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier 1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 1002 English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers 988 Dunstanus, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies 924 Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies 900 Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies 804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 754 Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered 735 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 729 Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 709 Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 689 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies 673 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church |
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