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Old Style ( O.S.) and New Style ( N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar ...
1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. 1279 – The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
29 January – Aberdeen resigns as Prime Minister. 5 February – Viscount Palmerston becomes Prime Minister. 8 February – the Devil's Footprints, a series of mysteriously hoof -like marks, appear in the snow in Devon and continue throughout the countryside for over 100 miles (160 km). 19 February – bread riots in Liverpool break out.
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.
7 August. Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 passed in the aftermath of Lloyd George 's sale of peerages and other honours for political party funds. [ 10] National Library of Scotland established by Act of Parliament to take over the national responsibilities of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh. 2 October – In London :
11 August – Aliens Act 1905, the first modern legislation to control immigration into the U.K. [ 14] 12 August – First running of the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb, the world's oldest motorsport event to have been staged continuously on its original course. 25 August – ' Ancient Order of Druids ' initiate neo-druidic rituals at Stonehenge.
Year Date Event 1133 5 March Henry II, the future king of England (r. 1154-1189), is born in Le Mans, France, to parents Geoffrey V of Anjou and Matilda. 1135: The Anarchy began, a civil war resulting from a dispute over succession to the throne that lasted until 1153. 1138
20 March – Burlington Arcade opens in London. 13 April – the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway, opens for coal traffic. 14 April – the streets of Birmingham are lit by gas for the first time by the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company. 21 April–end May – John Keats writes "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and most of his major odes.