| 1 | 5.3.1133 | Birthday | King Henry II of England |
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| 2 | 19.12.1154 | Event | Henry II became King of England |
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| 3 | 24.12.1167 | Birthday | King John, King of England, responisble for signing the Magna Carta |
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| 4 | 16.11.1272 | Event | King Henry III of England died in Westminster |
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| 5 | 3.4.1367 | Birthday | King Henry IV, Became King of England in 1399 |
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| 6 | 16.9.1387 | Birthday | King Henry V of England |
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| 7 | 6.11.1429 | Event | Henry VI was crowned King of England |
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| 8 | 7.12.1431 | Event | In Paris, Henry VI of England was crowned King of France |
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| 9 | 7.9.1533 | Birthday | Queen Elizabeth I of England |
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| 10 | 28.1.1547 | Event | King Henry VIII of England died |
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| 11 | 19.6.1566 | Birthday | James VI of Scotland & England |
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| 12 | 12.4.1606 | Event | The Union Jack was adopted as the official flag of England |
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| 13 | 13.5.1607 | Event | There were widespread riots in England against the enclosure of common land |
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| 14 | 17.3.1649 | Event | Cromwell abolished the monarchy and declared England a Commonwealth |
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| 15 | 19.5.1649 | Event | England was declared a Commonwealth |
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| 16 | 16.12.1653 | Event | Oliver Cromwell became 'Lord protector of England' |
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| 17 | 27.7.1694 | Event | An act of Parliament founded The Bank of England |
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| 18 | 11.6.1727 | Event | George I became the new King of England |
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| 19 | 1.1.1781 | Event | The first ever all iron bridge opened at Ironbridge, England |
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| 20 | 26.2.1797 | Event | The first ever pound note was issued by the Bank of England |
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| 21 | 25.3.1807 | Event | The slave trade in England was abolished by the British Parliament |
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| 22 | 26.6.1830 | Event | King George IV of England & Ireland died |
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| 23 | 8.12.1863 | Event | Boxer Tom King of England beat American John Heenan, to become the first heavyweight champion of the world |
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| 24 | 23.7.1864 | Event | Dr Livingstone, the African missionary, returned to England |
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| 25 | 27.3.1871 | Event | In the first ever international rugby match, Scotland beat England at Edinburgh |
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| 26 | 6.9.1880 | Event | The first ever England & Australia test match was played at the Oval |
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| 27 | 6.5.1910 | Event | George V became the King of England |
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| 28 | 9.9.1911 | Event | The first airmail service in England began operating |
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| 29 | 22.1.1921 | Birthday | Sir Alf Ramsey, Manager of England's World Cup squad |
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| 30 | 11.11.1921 | Birthday | Ron Greenwood, Former England football manager |
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| 31 | 6.2.1931 | Birthday | Fred Trueman, Former Yorkshire and England cricketer |
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| 32 | 6.11.1932 | Birthday | Ron Saunders, Former England football manager |
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| 33 | 24.12.1932 | Birthday | Colin Cowdrey, MCC President and former England test captain |
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| 34 | 18.2.1933 | Birthday | Bobby Robson, Former England football manager |
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| 35 | 7.11.1935 | Event | Australian Sir Charles Kingford Smith was sighted over Calcutta on a flight from England, never to be seen again |
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| 36 | 11.10.1937 | Birthday | Bobby Charlton, Football superstar,and England team player |
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| 37 | 29.3.1940 | Event | Bank of England Pound notes were issued containing metal strips as an anti forgery device |
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| 38 | 21.10.1940 | Birthday | Geoff Boycott, Yorkshire and England batsman |
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| 39 | 1.12.1940 | Birthday | Mike Denness, Cricketer and former Kent and England captain |
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| 40 | 23.12.1941 | Birthday | Marquess of Winchester, England's premier marquis |
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| 41 | 6.1.1943 | Birthday | Treey Venables, England football manager |
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| 42 | 22.4.1943 | Event | The Bank Of England ceased printing £1,000 notes |
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| 43 | 12.6.1944 | Event | The first V1 rocket fell on England during World War 2 |
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| 44 | 13.6.1944 | Event | The first German V1 flying bomb landed on England |
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| 45 | 5.10.1946 | Birthday | Dave Watson, Former England footballer |
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| 46 | 6.10.1946 | Birthday | Tony Greig, South African born, & former England cricket captain |
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| 47 | 26.11.1948 | Birthday | Peter Wheeler, Former England rugby captain |
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| 48 | 20.2.1951 | Birthday | Phil Neal, Former England footballer |
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| 49 | 8.3.1951 | Birthday | Phil Edmonds, England cricketer |
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| 50 | 25.11.1953 | Event | Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley in London, the first ever foreign team to achieve an away win at the ground |
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| 51 | 27.10.1954 | Birthday | Chris Tavare, Cricketer and former England player |
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| 52 | 11.1.1957 | Birthday | Bryan Robson, Footballer & former England captain |
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| 53 | 28.12.1958 | Birthday | Terry Butcher, England footballer |
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| 54 | 30.11.1960 | Birthday | Gary Lineker, Footballer, and former England captain |
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| 55 | 13.3.1961 | Event | Black and white Bank of England five pound notes ceased to be legal tender |
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| 56 | 3.12.1961 | Event | The whole of south East England was plunged into darkness for two hours, due to an error by an electrician |
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| 57 | 7.11.1963 | Birthday | John Barnes, Liverpool and England football player |
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| 58 | 24.11.1965 | Event | The government introduced an experimental speed limit of 70mph on motorways in England |
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| 59 | 30.7.1966 | Event | England won the World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 |
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| 60 | 12.3.1988 | Event | The use of Bank of England pound notes ended, having been replaced by pound coins |
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| 61 | 4.12.1988 | Event | South West England was swept by 70mph gale force winds, causing much damage |
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| 62 | 29.10.1989 | Event | Eight people died, when winds of almost 100mph struck South Wales and the West of England, causing flooding,fallen trees and power cuts |
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| 63 | 13.11.1989 | Event | Dense fog in central and southern England caused chaos; five people were killed |
