May 8th in History
May 8th
1348 Ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. The beginning of the Terrible Pestilence (Black Death) in England.
1450Jack Cade's rebellion occurred 'On This Day' when Kentishmen, led by Jack Cade, revolted against King Henry VI with his 'Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent' manifesto. His army of as many as 5,000 marched on London, causing the King to flee to Warwickshire.
After taking and looting London, the rebels were defeated in a battle at London Bridge and scattered.
They were promised pardons and reforms, but many of the rebels were instead declared traitors, and Cade was killed in a small skirmish on 12th July 1450.
On 8th May 1839 the popular chartist leader Henry Vincent was arrested after addressing a Chartist meeting and taken to prison at Monmouth. It was Vincent's subsequent imprisonment, combined with the government's rejection of the first Chartist petition, the 'People's Charter of 1838' that led to the Newport Rising of 4th November 1839.
1939 Archaeologist Basil Brown begins excavating at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, goes on to find a royal 7th century Anglo-Saxon burial ship - the greatest archeological discovery on British soil.
1984: The Thames Barrier is officially opened by HM The Queen. Built across a 520-metre (570 yd) wide stretch of the river, the barrier divides the river into four 61-metre (200 ft) and two, approximately 30 metre (100 ft) navigable spans.
Music
1965: Bob Dylan starts filming of the promotional film for Subterranean Homesick Blues at the side of the Savoy Hotel in London by holding up cue cards for the camera with selected words and phrases from the lyrics.
2006: The Rolling Stones are forced to cancel their forthcoming European tour after guitarist Keith Richards undergoes emergency brain surgery after reportedly falling out of a coconut tree whilst on holiday in Fiji.
1348 Ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. The beginning of the Terrible Pestilence (Black Death) in England.
1450Jack Cade's rebellion occurred 'On This Day' when Kentishmen, led by Jack Cade, revolted against King Henry VI with his 'Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent' manifesto. His army of as many as 5,000 marched on London, causing the King to flee to Warwickshire.
After taking and looting London, the rebels were defeated in a battle at London Bridge and scattered.
They were promised pardons and reforms, but many of the rebels were instead declared traitors, and Cade was killed in a small skirmish on 12th July 1450.
On 8th May 1839 the popular chartist leader Henry Vincent was arrested after addressing a Chartist meeting and taken to prison at Monmouth. It was Vincent's subsequent imprisonment, combined with the government's rejection of the first Chartist petition, the 'People's Charter of 1838' that led to the Newport Rising of 4th November 1839.
1939 Archaeologist Basil Brown begins excavating at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, goes on to find a royal 7th century Anglo-Saxon burial ship - the greatest archeological discovery on British soil.
1984: The Thames Barrier is officially opened by HM The Queen. Built across a 520-metre (570 yd) wide stretch of the river, the barrier divides the river into four 61-metre (200 ft) and two, approximately 30 metre (100 ft) navigable spans.
Music
1965: Bob Dylan starts filming of the promotional film for Subterranean Homesick Blues at the side of the Savoy Hotel in London by holding up cue cards for the camera with selected words and phrases from the lyrics.
2006: The Rolling Stones are forced to cancel their forthcoming European tour after guitarist Keith Richards undergoes emergency brain surgery after reportedly falling out of a coconut tree whilst on holiday in Fiji.
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