December 7th in History
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December 7th1642 The Battle of Tadcaster took place during the First English Civil War when the Earl of Newport's Royalist force attacked Lord Fairfax's Parliamentarian garrison at Tadcaster, in Yorkshire. After the town had been vacated by the Parliamentarians, Newcastle advanced his forces, subsequently garrisoning Pontefract Castle and a number of other towns in the area, cutting Fairfax off from the West Riding of Yorkshire.
1732 The first Covent Garden Opera House, then called the Theatre Royal, opened in London to an elite crowd, for a performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, a tribute to Gay, who had died three days previously.
1817 The death of William Bligh, rear-Admiral who was captain of the HMS Bounty at the time of the mutiny.
1983 A cat climbed to a height of 160ft up an industrial chimney, holding up the work of Lancashire's chief steeplejack and chimney demolisher Fred Dibnah.
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December 7th1642 The Battle of Tadcaster took place during the First English Civil War when the Earl of Newport's Royalist force attacked Lord Fairfax's Parliamentarian garrison at Tadcaster, in Yorkshire. After the town had been vacated by the Parliamentarians, Newcastle advanced his forces, subsequently garrisoning Pontefract Castle and a number of other towns in the area, cutting Fairfax off from the West Riding of Yorkshire.
1732 The first Covent Garden Opera House, then called the Theatre Royal, opened in London to an elite crowd, for a performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, a tribute to Gay, who had died three days previously.
1817 The death of William Bligh, rear-Admiral who was captain of the HMS Bounty at the time of the mutiny.
1983 A cat climbed to a height of 160ft up an industrial chimney, holding up the work of Lancashire's chief steeplejack and chimney demolisher Fred Dibnah.
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