please empty your brain below |
Just one guess each, thanks.
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o) Great Fire of London
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a) Davy's safety lamp
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t) Aberfan disaster
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j) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly's Frankenstein
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s) Henry III, 1216-72
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m) England (or West Ham!) winning the World Cup.
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n. Capability Brown
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r) Battle of Hastings
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q) Star Trek
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c) General Relativity
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f) William Shakespeare
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k) Beatrix Potter
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g - Charlotte Bronte
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d) George Cornell
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d) would be the late great George Cornell, murdered by the Krays would it not?
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b) Desert Storm
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B) Operation Desert Storm
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l) Battle of the Somme in Great War.
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p) Roald Dahl
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h) the Easter Rising
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i) BST/Daylight Saving Time.
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e) Edmund Ironside (son of Ethelred the ill-advised) reigned for seven months in 1016
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That's the lot! Anniversaries as follows...
a) 1816: Humphrey Davy's safety lamp b) 1991: Operation Desert Storm c) 1916: Einstein's theory of General Relativity d) 1966: George Cornell shot at the Blind Beggar e) 1016: Edmund Ironside crowned f) 1616: William Shakespeare died g) 1816: Charlotte Brontë born h) 1916: the Easter Uprising i) 1916: Daylight Saving Time introduced j) 1816: Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein k) 1866: Beatrix Potter born l) 1916: Battle of the Somme m) 1966: England win the World Cup n) 1716: Capability Brown born o) 1666: Great Fire of London p) 1916: Roald Dahl born q) 1966: Star Trek launches r) 1066: Battle of Hastings s) 1216: King Henry III crowned t) 1966: Aberfan disaster |
1016 and 1066 were both "years of three kings", like 1483 and 1936.
Actually, if you count Edward Atheling, there were four in 1066. |
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