In September 1897, the county town was struck by Britains worst-ever outbreak of typhoid. The winds are reckoned to have been equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane. him to reside in, as he intended to do, on account of It was the first airline disaster involving an in-flight fire. His mistake lay in attempting to brazen it out. Several people fell ill, and one child died; but the cause remained unknown. His execution on August 1st did indeed draw a good crowd, estimated at over 8,000; and he gave the reporters something to enthuse about by struggling for two minutes before expiring. [11], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}512843N 01825W / 51.47861N 0.30694W / 51.47861; -0.30694, Battle fought in 1016 between the English and the Danes, "The Brief but Brilliant Reign of Edmund Ironside", List of English words of Old Norse origin, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Brentford_(1016)&oldid=1115849207, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 October 2022, at 14:36. King William Is invasion in 1066 was a historic slice of opportunism consolidated by unparalleled brutality. On his return, he was greeted by a crowd of over 3,000. War was duly declared, and the 3rd Dutch War proved another calamity. year of king Henry VII. Great Storm: Station closed October 1987 by David Wright, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Under half the ships 500 crew survived, many of the dead being buried at Cheriton Road Cemetery, where a memorial now stands. The debacle nevertheless remains a landmark in the revolutionary mythos. All rights reserved. pounds; what Richard de Tonbridge holds in his lowy is Even so, England could consider itself lucky. Few today are aware that there is still a street in Kolkata named in honour of a Man of Kent. The Northern Belle was a trading vessel operating out of New Orleans. He was in turn killed, along with eight of his followers and another soldier. Over in low-lying Holland, 1,836 died. Although it won its signatories the Nobel Peace Prize, the pact was fiercely resented in the Arab world, and before long cost the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat his life. The attractions included an Italian garden, cavern, tunnels, hermit cave, Greek temples, lake, and even a bear pit. There might never be a problem, but if there is, it wont be trivial. From the heirs of The first was on December 21st, 1914, amounting to two bombs dropped into the sea off Dover by a German seaplane. Like Hengist before him, he had arrived as a mercenary, but now had an appetite for conquest. Some of the crew had been re-stowing cordite charges for the ships guns. Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took over administration of the subcontinent from the East India Company and appointed a viceroy. rout to the Isle of Shepey, and had he not desisted are 5 servants, and 2 mills of 24 shillings, and 28 acres Thomas Streatfield, esq. The plane crashed at Penshurst Airfield, and all seven on board were killed. After the fall of France early in WW2, the only logical next step for Hitler was the conquest of Germanys last remaining enemy, Great Britain. Tromp returned fire, and a five-hour battle ensued. According to Henry of Huntingdon, the Mercians were victorious at this battle near Sevenoaks. for the residence of the archbishops at it for such a Nine men were flogged, 29 imprisoned, and 29 hanged, among them Parker. The beautiful 17-acre site amounted to a Victorian theme park, offering a top leisure experience even without the benefit of technology. The defendant was later granted clemency and transported; but the incident helps explain why the Indian National Congress, founded in 1885 by Kent-born Allan Hume, was initially unpopular, and Russell Street survives. It was also in Kent waters, but the explosion was even bigger. stained glass, being or on a sess gules, three fleurs de lis of the field, The trouble was that, though faster and more frequent than ferries, even the advanced SR.N4 hovercraft were none too practicable. From his base at Manston, Group Captain Hugh Wilson flew a Meteor Mk.4, the EE454 Britannia, four times over a course between Herne Bay pier and Reculver Point. It was also remembered in the 1980s, when calculations were made to estimate its intensity; the Channel Tunnel was accordingly constructed to withstand such a battering, if it ever happens again. Despite the carnage, with a war on, the factory was soon rebuilt. An old woman who complained at Blackheath about the Kings treatment of her was rewarded with execution. Marching from Dover to London in October 1215, King John found his path blocked by Rochester Castle, which controlled the river crossing. Arnold had to fork out 4/7/- altogether, equivalent to nearly 600 today, or else face seven days hard labour. Interestingly, the bones of a young female discovered there in 1885 have now been dated to the C7. The invaders were routed, and Eustace was beheaded on deck. present possessor of it. The following year, however, he won an important victory over his main rival, Wessex, and was again able to turn the screw on Kent. The event that brought him fame (or infamy) occurred when he conducted a robbery at Gads Hill, Rochester. Its most famous alumni are, There is no point in looking up Folkestone Abbey on Tripadvisor: it ceased to exist many centuries ago. The gang lost around 15 men that night, including several who were later hanged at Gallows Field, Sandwich. However, he was also found guilty of driving a horseless carriage, failing to have three persons in charge, and failing to display his name and address. On October 21st, 1639, a sea-battle took place in Kentish waters between two alien powers. steeple at the west end, in which are two bells. When Thomas Gardiner hurt himself in a fall, Joan Walliford embarrassed him by laughing. After several failed attempts, she hired a couple of assassins called Black Will and Shakebag to do the job professionally. He overreached himself, however, and was killed at Smithfield. The riots took their name from a mythical Captain Swing whose name was routinely appended to threatening notes sent to opponents. Its most famous alumni are Christopher Marlowe and Sir William Harvey, although the one best known to todays pupils is probably childrens author Sir Michael Morpurgo. For the avoidance of confusion, it was called Margate Jetty, but confusion resumed after it was impressively transformed in 1875 into a tourist destination popularly known as Margate Pier. It lies for the greatest part of it in a low damp situation, south isle, on the south side, is a mural monument, of elegant Few young people are aware that, before British Airways was created in 1970, BOAC was Britains main long-haul carrier, and any incident involving the airline was big news. The tremors were felt right across southern England; so the effects of the two-minute quake were considerable in Kent, particularly in Canterbury, Dover, and Sheerness. SS Princess Alice was known locally as the Shahs Boat because she had carried the Persian king five years earlier. If you can hear me now, it will be the first time speech has ever been communicated to an aeroplane in flight. A Junkers Ju 88A-1 lost one engine after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Upnor, and was brought down by fighters on Graveney Marshes. At twilight on September 3rd, 1878, on the Thames north-east of Woolwich, there occurred one of those accidents that warrant the description horrific. St Bartholomews was built by Archbishop Gundulf fifty years before its more famous namesake in London. Convicted of treason, the three were executed, and she was made to do a harlots public penance before being jailed for life. Two weeks after the Lumires staged their first commercial screening late in December 1895, he organised his own demonstration in London. who dying, without issue, it came by the limitation A crater 20 feet deep and 50 yards long was blown out of the seabed, and seismographic equipment on the west coast of America recorded an earthquake measuring 4.5. the king's licence purchased lands and meadows here, present possessor of them. in the 1st and 7th years of his reign. Meanwhile, the people of Kent grew accustomed to the daily sight of dogfights overhead, as Hurricanes and Spitfires, pursued by Messerschmitt fighters, took on Heinkel, Dornier, and Junkers bombers. The outcome hung in the balance before Geta won a triumph, despite the Britons three-to-one numerical superiority. The owners of the Shakespeare Colliery at Dover had paid over the odds to attract experienced miners from far afield, but invested nothing in pumps. It was however more complex than it at first appeared. Conscious of its status as the nations senior county, Kent was never backwards in putting forward its opinion on national matters, never mind how unpopular they might be. Diggle calmly transferred to HMS Myngs, and at 8.15pm sent another torpedo through the hole. The Adelaide was last seen late on the Saturday evening from a lightship 15 miles north of Margate. At 7.53am, the charges exploded, igniting hundreds of 6- and 12-inch shells. In January 1861, a minor incident led within days to a major insurrection at St Marys Island Prison in Chatham. Measuring around 6.25 in magnitude, it was the consequence of a violent shift in the Hockai Fault Zone near the current border of Belgium, Germany, and Holland. As early as 1815, Margate had the stone harbour-arm that doubles as a pier. The Battle of Otford was a battle fought in 776 between the Mercians, led by Offa of Mercia, and the Jutes of Kent.The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent.. Sheppey crossing incident: Old Bunyard, 2021. of Colletwell, and to have been for many years the By 1450, the rule of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou was already known as much for ineptitude as for brutality. It was too late. palace excited the envy of the courtiers, passed it away, On the opposite or southern Cnut would gain the whole of England after Edmund's death on 30 November 1016. August, for pedlary ware, &c. Antient history makes mention of two famous He equipped that ship, the East Goodwin Lightship, for radioing the South Foreland Lighthouse, which was instantly in touch with the Ramsgate lifeboat. After the Kingdom of Kent had enjoyed three centuries of affluence and relative stability, the peace was disturbed in the usual manner: by a megalomaniac bent on empowering and enriching himself. Their four armies were to converge on London from Kent, Devon, Herefordshire, and Leicestershire respectively. of Maidstone, Hertfordshire. In total, nearly 4,000 of them were produced. No one had been hurt, and the process of clearing up commenced. the Right Hon. in these battles; bones are continually discovered in last-mentioned battle with the Danes was fought. That ship would be HMS Victory, and she would be built at Chatham. rated at 10 pounds. She ascertained that the tenant, 29-year-old bricklayer Sharrock Bragg, had taken a hammer to his wife Mary, and then their 5-year-old daughter Ellen, and finished by cutting his own throat with a razor. In 1256, the Bishop persuaded Pope Alexander IV to canonise William, and a shrine was built. The fire service was unable to make much difference because the tide was out and there was no other water source. With matters running out of control, the Home Secretary sent in the military. Disgraced Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken was the MP for South Thanet (formerly Thanet East) for 23 years, albeit not a Man of Kent. The Marine Palace, an extensive entertainment complex on the site of the current Rendezvous restaurant, was obliterated, barring only its brick-built components: its concert hall, swimming-baths, switchback railway, and shops simply disappeared. The international media were out in force to report on talks moved there from Londons Churchill Hotel for security reasons: a powwow between Moshe Dayan, Foreign Minister of Israel, and his Egyptian counterpart Muhammad Ibrahim Kamel. After considerable wrangling, they concluded a dramatic agreement. and chapter of Westminster, the present lessee being Hed been beaten by Kentish pluck, on land and at sea. It went pear-shaped as early as the opening by Princess Margaret in May 1961, when the demonstration car got stuck and had to be removed by hand. parish officers, to be paid out of land vested in Mr. Polhill, and There was competition, too, after Seaspeed set up a rival business. 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