February 1st .....1327 Fourteen year old Edward III was crowned King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
..1587 Under pressure from her Council, Queen Elizabeth I of England signed the warrant authorising the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
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On 1st February 1886, the Cardiff Coal Exchange was formally opened. At one time it determined the price of coal throughout the world and is reputedly where in 1901, the world's first million pound business deal was made.
Cardiff was at one time, the biggest coal port in the world and the Coal Exchange in Mount Stuart Square was where mine owners, agents and ship owners met to conduct their business, with up to 10,000 people passing through its doors every day. However, the coal industries downturn led to the Coal Exchange closing in 1958.
In 1979, it was to be the home of the proposed Welsh Assembly, but the building was not required, with the rejection of devolution in that year's referendum. The coal exchange is now planned to be a hotel, restaurant and wedding and events venue.
1953 The Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Scotland are struck by the North Sea Flood following a catastrophic storm. The rising tides engulfed scores of towns and farmlands, as the water level reached nearly 20 feet above sea level in some places. In the end, the flood resulted in the deaths of an estimated 2,400 people and tens of thousands of livestock.
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1981: On February 1, 1981, during a One Day International cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother, bowler Trevor Chappell, to deliver the final ball underarm to prevent New Zealand from scoring a six to tie the match. This tactic, while legal at the time, was widely criticized as unsportsmanlike and led to changes in cricket laws to prohibit underarm bowling in future matches.
.....1967: Pink Floyd turn professional after signing a recording deal with EMI. They had already recorded their first hit, the Syd Barrett song "Arnold Layne" and its B-side "Candy and a Currant Bun", just days earlier.
....Radio1942: Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. ( I was an avid listener when I discovered shortwave radio)......
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Today is the feast day of Saint Seiriol (the fair). Born c.494, Seiriol was of Royal birth. His father was King Owain Danwyn of Rhos and his brothers, King Cynlas of Rhos and King Einion of Llyn.
According to legend, he and Saint Cybi were good friends and would meet regularly at the Clorach wells near Llanerchymedd on Anglesey. The direction of the way Seiriol walked to the meeting meant he had his back to the sun, thus, he was known as Seiriol Wyn (Seiriol the Fair).
Seiriol initially lived in a small hermit's cell at Penmon but his two brothers decided that this was too humble a residence for him and founded a monastery around his cell. Thus, Seiriol became the first Abbot of Penmon Priory and his cell and holy-well are still visible today. In old age, Seiriol retired to the nearby island of Ynys Lannog (Priestholm), which became known as Ynys Seiriol in his honour, though it is now better known as Puffin Island.
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@TheSirfurryanimalWales ...OH! Well, I thought you were going somewhere with this and I thought the obvious place was Donald Trump. Are you saying I guessed incorrectly?
@swirlie @TheSirfurryanimalWales kindly posts an interesting list of events daily all proving the the whole world does not revolve around the USA. In fact history was going well before anyone thought of that nation. DJT may be a small footnote in the history of the world if he's lucky.
@FreddieUK But I thought the reason all those Brits left UK about 250 years ago and headed west was because things weren't going well between the King and the peasants at the time?
@FreddieUK Well okay, maybe it was closer to 260 years ago then... but I do know according to certain circles that I run in, that British folks were not having a fun time with the King of England at the time and so they all ran away and inhabited this far-away place called lower North America. That's all I know for sure that happened.
@swirlie as Freddie says i post one of these every day…mainly but not always British centric. On five different forums as it happens. Nothing about Trump unless it’s Judd!
@swirlie There were two distinct groups that left Europe (not just the UK). One group was comprised religious puritans who wanted to worship without being subject to the King through the Church of England or other 'establishment churches'. The other saw business opportunities as their main priority. My understanding is that the fist group arrived and set about making peace and trading with the indigenous folk. The others arrived soon after and weren't interested in anything that stood in their way. This is also very simplistic, I'm sure.
@swirlie Well, of course, you have now narrowed it down to those who did move. Your previous statement was concerning everybody in Europe. No doubt even for those who did move there were a range of motives, but I'm sure there was a general restlessness about their lives in Europe.
