The Rainhill trials started, a competition to find an engine for use on the Liverpool Manchester line, the second train line in history, openning in 1830. The prize was £500. won by the Stephenson... ...
Probably the greatest fight in history, the Thrilla in Manilla took place. Ali and Frazier fought each other to a standstill in 15 rounds of brutality. Ali only won because his team were slightly... ...
The first first Police force was founded by Robert Peel. Giving rise instantly to 2 nicknames for Policemen, Peelers and Bobbies. Fun fact their first HQ was 4 Whitehall place, the rear of which... ...
The first passengers of the first train pulled by George Stephenson's "Locomotion no 1" travelled between Stockton and Darlington. I remember it well from history at school.
Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed.
Neptune was first observed by Johann Galle. The presence of which had previously been mathematically predicted by Cornishman John Couch Adams who was interested in the irregularities in the motion... ...
The son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I (The Lion Heart) was crowned in Westminster. Ironically he spent a grand total of 6 months in England!
The Julian calendar was replaced by the Gregorian Calendar. Pope Gregory XIII had calculated that we were in fact wrong with having a leap year every 4 years and instead proposed that adding a day...