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Sep 21, 1160
Robin Hood
The Sloane Manuscript in the British Museum which is attributed to the year AD1600 places Robin Hood in Loxley around AD1160 in the time of King Henry II, Richard Lionhearted and King John while he was till a prince and has this to say: - "Robin Hood was borne at Lockesley in Yorkshire Nottinghamshire in the days of Henry the second, about the year 1160 -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. He wrote dozens of plays which continue to dominate world theater 400 years later. -
Oct 11, 1570
Guy Fawkes
Four hundred years ago, in 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill King James and the king’s leaders -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 18 May 1749, the son of the local vicar. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a local surgeon and then trained in London. In 1772, he returned to Berkeley and spent most the rest of his career as a doctor in his native town -
The Queen was born
The Queen's birthday parade is the biggest royal event of the year. In 1748, the celebration of the official birthday of the sovereign was amalgamated (merged) with the Trooping the Colour. -
My birthday
Its my birthday today ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh
