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March 5. March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
24 March. England – Death of Queen Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England ). 1605. 5 November. England and Scotland – The Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and others attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England . 1606.
January to July – continuing an extremely dry and cold spell from the previous year, several records for dryness are set, among them driest twelve months in the England and Wales Precipitation series, with only 522.0 millimetres (20.55 in) for the year ending July 1785, and further records for dryness for periods of three to six months. [4]
16 November – first BBC broadcast from Sheffield(station 2FL). 6 December – the 1923 United Kingdom general election, is won by the Conservative Partyled by Stanley Baldwinbut without enough seats to form a majority.[5] This is the last UK general election in which a third party wins over 100 seats (158 for the Liberals).
31 January–1 February – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 307 people on the east coast of Britain, with more at sea. [ 3] A corvette and a submarine sink at their moorings in HM Dockyard Sheerness. 1 February – Pool petrol, introduced during World War II, is replaced by individual brands.
September 2 – WWII: The island of Les Casquets in the Channel Islands is raided by the forerunner of the British SAS, the SSRF, led by Major Gus March-Phillipps; this is one of the first raids by Anders Lassen VC. In the raid, the entire garrison of 7 is abducted and returned to England as prisoners, and the radio and lighthouse are wrecked ...
Events from the year 1992 in the United Kingdom.This year was the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.. This year is notable for a fourth-term general election victory for the Conservative Party; "Black Wednesday" (16 September), the suspension of the UK's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism; and an annus horribilis for the Royal Family.
Harold Harefoot, the future king of England (r.1035-1040), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northhampton. 1016. Cnut the Great of Denmark becomes king of all England [18] 1018. Harthacnut, the future king of England, (r. 1040-1042), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy. 1022.