Event    From 11/6/2016  To 11/6/2016

90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II was actually born on 21 April 1926, but since 1959 official celebrations have taken place on the second Saturday of June which in 2016 was the 11th.

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90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

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The Chase - street party - birthday

The birthday was on Saturday 11 June, so we take the date on the plaque to re...

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Charles X of France

Charles X of France

Last Bourbon King of France. Born Versailles. With the support of George III, he lived in Edinburgh and London to escape the revolutionary wars in France, 1792 - 1814. The monarchy was restored ...

Person, Royalty, France, Italy, Scotland

1 memorial
King Olaf II of Norway

King Olaf II of Norway

King of Norway 1015 - 1028.  Before becoming king he was in London fighting the Danes alongside Ethelred II.  Their strategy involved pulling down London Bridge, according to Londonist which has a ...

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Diana Princess of Wales

Diana Princess of Wales

Born Lady Diana Frances Spencer in Norfolk. Married the Prince of Wales at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981, divorced 28 August 1996. Died in a car crash in Paris with Dodi Fayed. Abov...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, France

12 memorials
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge

Born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.  Met Prince William when they were both  students at the University of St. Andrews.  Married him on 29 April 2011.

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery

Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery

In 1871 the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) suffered an attack of typhoid fever (the illness of which his father had died 10 years earlier) while at his home, Sandringham in Norfolk. To everyon...

Event, Medicine, Royalty

1 memorial

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Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.

Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.

Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...

Person, Armed Forces, Social Welfare, Sport / Games, Wales

1 memorial
Lewis "Daddy" H. Burtt

Lewis "Daddy" H. Burtt

Brother of John Burtt. They had been found on the street and were educated in a Ragged School themselves. Founder of Hoxton Market Christian Mission.

Person, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Sir Simon de Burley

Sir Simon de Burley

Soldier and then tutor to Prince Richard who would become Richard II. Burley stayed close to Richard, arranging his marriage for him.  Burley had great influence over the king, which was resented b...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Carlyle (author)

Thomas Carlyle (author)

Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portrayed, second from right, in the 1860 Ford Madox Brown painting 'Work'...

Person, History, Literature, Scotland

6 memorials
Henry Mayers Hyndman

Henry Mayers Hyndman

Socialist leader. Founded the Social Democratic Federation in 1884. Born 7 Hyde Park Square. Died 13 Well Walk, Hampstead.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials