Today in British History 
Events in History
- 1619 England and the Netherlands sign treaty about trading in the Indies
- 1774 Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted, allows governors in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters not provided
Event of Interest
1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
Alexander Graham Bell
Appointment of Interest
1902 British naval officer David Beatty is appointed captain of the cruiser HMS Juno
David Beatty
- 1910 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
Event of Interest
1944 Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery dine in Portsmouth, England
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Royal Coronation
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England
Elizabeth II
Birthdays in History
- 1824 Samuel Wilks, British Physician and founding father of clinical science, born in London, England
- 1904 Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1
- 1946 Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer "The Yorkshire Ripper"
- 1949 Heather Couper, British astronomer and presenter (The Sky at Night). born in Wallesey, England (d. 2020)
- 1956 Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
- 1957 Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
Deaths in History
- 1581 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
- 1693 John Wildman, English soldier and politician
- 1754 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
- 1908 Redvers Buller, English general and recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 68
- 1962 Vita Sackville-West, English novelist, poet (The Land) and gardener (Sissinghurst), dies at 70
- 2000 Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912)
- 2005 Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
- 2013 John Gilbert, British politician and Minister (Labour), dies at 86
Charles II
Horatio Nelson
James Cook
Margaret Thatcher
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill