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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 ...
1603. 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.
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
2 July – Yorkshire Dialect Society founded, the oldest such society in England. 21 July – the Tate Gallery opens in London. [ 2] 26 July–2 August – Siege of Malakand: British troops are besieged by Pashtun tribesmen in Malakand. 10 August – the Automobile Club of Great Britain (later known as the Royal Automobile Club) is founded in ...
The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 ( 24 Geo. 2. c. 23), also known as Chesterfield's Act or (in American usage) the British Calendar Act of 1751, is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its purpose was for Great Britain and the British Empire to adopt the Gregorian calendar (in effect). [c] The Act also changed the start of the legal year ...
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.
Turnout is 58.7%, although less than 1% for Catholics. [5] This is the first referendum on regional government in the UK. IRA bombs explode in Whitehall and the Old Bailey in London. 10 March – The governor of Bermuda, Sir Richard Sharples, and his aide-de-camp are assassinated. [6] 17 March – Elizabeth II opens the replacement London ...
13 April – A 22-year-old woman is raped at her bedsit in Cambridge. Cambridgeshire Police believe that she was the sixth victim of a rapist who had been operating across the city since October last year. In June, the police arrest 47-year-old Peter Cook for the rapes; he is sentenced to life imprisonment in October.