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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.
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]
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
25 March – legally New Year's Day for the last time in England and Wales.; 31 March – Frederick, Prince of Wales dies at Leicester House, London from a lung injury and is succeeded by his son the future George III of the United Kingdom as heir apparent to the throne; three weeks later George is made Prince of Wales. [2]