1 Jan 1348 Black Death arrived in Norwich
1 Jan 1485 Ann wife of Robert Howard died. Brass at Attleborough
1 Jan 1779 Strong wind blew lead off roof of St Andrew's church in Norwich
1 Jan 1779 William Crotch played at Buckingham Palace. (Born Norwich)
1 Jan 1801 Nelson promoted to Vice Admiral
1 Jan 1804 2nd troop of East Dereham Loyal Cavalry returned from garrison duty at Great Yarmouth
1 Jan 1869 William Steward admitted in a London police station that he had killed his wife in Norwich in June 1851
2 Jan 1649 Eight of the April rioters executed in the Castle Ditches at Norwich
2 Jan 1667 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk gave much of his library to replace Royal Society Library destroyed by fire
2 Jan 1875 Sir Samuel Bignold died
2 Jan 1886 Alice (D'estrange) wife of Laurence Oliphant died. Brass at Hunstanton
2 Jan 1967 Sheringham rail station closed
3 Jan         No event found yet
4 Jan 1847 Joseph John Gurney, philanthropist, banker, advocate of prison reform aged 59 died. (Born Earlham Hall)
4 Jan 1853 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk appointed Lord Steward of the Household
4 Jan 1857 Violent storm beaches many ships at Great Yarmouth
5 Jan 1701 Henry 2nd Baron Cramond MA Camb died. Monument at Honingham

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6 Jan 1793 Nelson offered a command
6 Jan 1832 Eight bells hung in Church of Virgin Mary at Diss
6 Jan 1840 Fanny (Frances) Burney, Madam Arblay died. She was portayer of the domestic scene as novelist and diarist (born 1752 King's Lynn)
6 Jan 1843 First annual meeting of Norfolk Flax Society. Method of converting linseed into cattle feed demonstrated
6 Jan         Bread distributed annually
7 Jan 1858 Discovery of Roman Pottery at Hedenham
7 Jan 1878 The Ven Augustus M Hopper, Archdeacon Norwich and 32 years rector. Brass at Starston
7 Jan 1895 John Thomas Seecombe MD JP FRAS died
8 Jan 1642 Philip Skippon made freeman of City of London and shortly afterwards Sergeant Major General. Leader of the Guard protecting Parliament. (Born West Lexham)
8 Jan 1846 Last horse drawn mail coach ran from Norwich to London
9 Jan 1795 The Princess of Holland and her son and other royalty landed at Great Yarmouth after escaping from Holland
9 Jan 1806 Nelson buried
9 Jan 1810 H M "Nemesis" grounded on Happisburgh sands
9 Jan 1824 John Thurtell son of a Norwich Alderman, murderer, hanged at Hertford
10 Jan 1627 The Rev Thomas Stones died. Brass at Acle
10 Jan 1642 see 8th Jan
10 Jan 1756 The earthquake that destroyed Lisbon was felt as a slight quake in Norfolk
10 Jan 1764 Benjamin Frost MA rector died. Tablet at Topcroft
10 Jan 1767 Two of the September rioters hanged at Norwich Castle and four transported
10 Jan 1784 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Col of First West Yorks Militia
10 Jan 1805 Dereham excise officers seized a horse and cart at Melton with 80 gallons of Geneva and 4 gallons of brandy
10 Jan 1810 H M "Nemesis" refloated off Happisburgh Sands by throwing off the guns
10 Jan 1829 Cockey Lane in Norwich becomes "London Street"
10 Jan 1830 Cley-next-sea flooded. Many houses 6-8 feet deep during a severe storm from NNE
10 Jan 1840 Penny post begins
10 Jan 1933 A Norwich referendum opposed the purchase of tramway companies by the Council

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11 Jan 1385 Adam Easton, appeared before Pope Urban with five other Cardinals to explain their conspiracy
11 Jan 1655 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk born
11 Jun 1684 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk died Arundel House, Strand, London
11 Jan 1768 Richard Jackson died. Memorial in Weasenham All Saints churchyard
11 Jan 1772 Henry Swindon, antiquary died. (Born Great Yarmouth)
11 Jan 1900 James Martineau died Theologian professor of mental and moral philosophy at Manchester. (Born Norwich?)
12 Jan 1394 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family
12 Jan 1547 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk signed a confession in Tower
12 Jan 1642 see 8th Jan
13 Jan 1499 Richard Howard a sheriff of Norwich died. Brass at Aylsham where he built the church porch in 1488
13 Jan 1704 Sir Cloudesley Shovel appointed Admiral and Joint Commander in Chief of the Fleet
14 Jan 1213 King John destroyed Baynard Castle and Castle Cenington belonging to Robert Fitzwalter a leading baronial opponent
14 Jan 1535 Richard Nix Bishop of Norwich died in the Tower
14 Jan 1578 Robert Taylor died. Brass at Cley-next-the-Sea is a palimpsest with later work on the reverse
14 Jan 1582 Wiliam Harborne, Ambassador to Turkey, sails from Isle of Wight. (Born Great Yarmouth)
14 Jan 1675 Sir John Narborough victorius at Tripoli
14 Jan 1675 Sir Cloudesley Shovel commanded the boats of the squadron in the port of Tripoli
14 Jan 1768 Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk elected FSA
14 Jan 1769 Sir Edward Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, Solicitor General (Born Bracon Ash) fought duel in Hyde Park with Andrew Stuart
14 Jan 1807 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Lord Lt of Sussex
14 Jan 1892 HRH the Duke of Clarence KG died. Memorial at Sandringham
15 Jan 1362 Norwich Cathedral spire blown down
15 Jan 1672 John Cosin, Bishop of Durham opposed to both RC and Puritan recusancy, died. (Born 1594 Norwich)
15 Jan 1751 The Rev Francis Blomefield BA rector for 23 years died. Marble slab at Fersfield
15 Jan 1815 Lady Emma Hamilton died
15 Jan 1825 A large mass of earth detached from the Lighthouse Hill Overstrand fell to the beach covering about 12 acres

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16 Jan 1572 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk brought to trial for high treason
16 Jan 1752 Francis Blomefield, author of "History of Norfolk", rector of Brockdish died. (Born 1708 Fersfield)
16 Jan 1761 Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St Davids, author, died. (Born Great Yarmouth)
16 Jan 1767 Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented his first budget
16 Jan 1852 Frances (Wright), second wife of Rear Admiral the Hon Frederick Paul Irby died
16 Jan 1869 Jolly and son coachbuilders of Norwich announced the availability of velocipede cycles from French manufacturer
16 Jan 1879 Grace Angelina Norman (Vaughan) died
16 Jan 1892 Sir George Edward Paget, physician and Regius professor of physic at Cambridge died. (Born 1809 Great Yarmouth)
17 Jan 1476 John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk died and Caistor Castle was restored to the Paston family
17 Jan 1683 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk appointed High Steward of Windsor
17 Jan 1799 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk elected FRS
17 Jan 1881 River Yare froze
17 Jan 1904 Admiral of the Fleet the Hon Sir Henry Keppel GCB OM died. Reredos in the chapel at Anmer and brass at Quidenham
18 Jan 1478 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk knighted
18 Jan 1881 Snow storm followed by almost 24 hours of hurricane activity at one point 548 miles per hour. 10 ft drifts, shipping disasters below freezing 14th to 21st
19 Jan 1849 First engine "Woodlark" ("Mudlark") arrived on Eastern Union line from Bury St Edmunds
19 Jan 1915 What was possibly first bomb dropped from an aircraft over England fell at Whitehall Yard, Sheringham
19 Jan 1915 Three German aircraft raided Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, King's Lynn and Sheringham areas
20 Jan 1794 Sir Edward Berry made lieutenant in Navy

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21 Jan 1834 Lightening destroyed pinnacles at Harleston for the second time
21 Jan 1885 Thomas Frederick Armes, survivor of the charge of the Light Brigade died Norwich
22 Jan 1553 Robert Dudley sentenced to death for having proclaimed Lady Jane Grey Queen. (Later pardoned)
22 Jan 1777 Joseph Hume born Montrose. He later settled in Burnley Hall and served in parliament for 30 years
22 Jan 1823 John Julius Angerstein, Russian merchant, philanthropist, Lloyds underwriter died
22 Jan 1830 Great snow drifts at Lynn up to lamp irons in places
22 Jan 1901 Queen Victoria died. Memorial Sandringham
23 Jan 1688 Joseph Ames born Yarmouth. He was London ironmonger and historian of printing, bibliographer and antiquary
23 Jan 1723 Sir William Gislin, alderman and sheriff of City of London and Margaret his wife died Morningthorpe
23 Jan 1847 West and East Societies combined to form a single Norfolk Agricultural Society First AGM
23 Jan 1915 Sheringham life boat saved 21 people of the SS "Empress"
24 Jan 1837 Severe gale from  NNW. The "Raby Castle" wrecked ashore at Salthouse bound London to Stockton. Public plundered the cargo strewn on the shore
24 Jan 1855 Emily Mary (Sutton) wife of Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor died. Brass at West Tofts
24 Jan 1962 Eaton telephone exchange converted to automatic working
25 Jan 1671 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk's friend Sir Samuel Tuke died
25 Jan 1920 Viscountess Downe unveiled a cross to the soldiers of "Hillington" who died in WWI
25 Jan 1925 Mary attended Norwich Cathedral when Bishop's throne was rededicated

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26 Jun 1827 Storm at sea. A brig wrecked on Happisburgh Sands
26 Jan 1845 High tide and gale washed away 70 yards of jetty and damaged sea wall and other property at Cromer
26 Jan 1845 Highest tide on record at Yarmouth. Severe gales, vessels in distress
27 Jan 1547 Order given for execution of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk next day. The King died that night and his order was not carried out
27 Jan 1663 Dame Maud Gleane wife of Thomas died. Tomb at Hardwick (or Shelton?)
27 Jan 1679 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk entered Parliament as Baron Mowbray
27 Jan 1868 Cpt Edward Jodrell of 18th Royal Irish Regiment died. Memorial at Letheringsett
28 Jan 1348 Edward Gonville, rector of Terrington St John and Rushworth founded Gonville College Cambridge by Patent this day
28 Jan 1837 Omnibus service of the London kind bagan to run from Norwich to North Walsham
28 Jan 1860 Jane wife of Capt Mark Edward Currie
28 Jan 1897 Storm washed away the lifeboat launching ramp at Sheringham
28 Jan 1899 Robert Thornhough Gurdon became Baron Cranworth
29 Jan 1736 Thomas Paine born Thetford. He was author of "The Rights of Man" involved in American Independence politics
29 Jan 1897 Sheringham life boat saved 8 crew of the "Ispolen"
30 Jan 1620 Thomas Richardson chosen as Speaker of the House of Commons. (Born Hardwick)
30 Jan 1793 Nelson appointed to command
30 Jan 1877 Storm caused land loss from Happisburgh to Sheringham
30 Jan 1877 Severe gales 112 Great Yarmouth men lost at sea
30 Jan 1892 This week ending flu death rate had risen to 44 per thousand in Norwich
31 Jan 1877 Wife of Thomas 1st Baron Cramond died. Monument at Honingham
31 Jan 1847 John Oldershaw BD 51 years archdeacon of Norfolk and rector died. Tablet at Harleston
31 Jan 1855 Richard Charles Hopper, son of Archdeacon Hopper died. Memorial window at Starston
31 Jan 1902 Lady Augusta Noel youngest daughter of Earl of Albemarle died. Brass at Quidenham
31 Jan 1911 Tom and Kitty Higdon arrived in Brston
31 Jan 1925 Prince Henry (late Duke of Gloucestor) laid foundation stone of new children's block at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 

1 Feb 1514 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk inherited the title
1 Feb 1551 Sir Edward Coke born Mileham
2 Feb 1570 Great flood washed away Fyebridge on north side of Norwich
2 Feb 1742 Sir Robert Walpole resigned from government and was made Earl of Orford. (Born Houghton)
2 Feb 1791 A tide inundated the Denes and meadows in Great Yarmouth. Boats rowed on South Town pier
2 Feb 1791 Cliff in Sheringham area, greatly damaged by storm
3 Feb 1839 A prize fight at Costessey Common between Rix and Clarke lasted 63 rounds over 1 Hour 20 minutes
3 Feb 1843 The Benevolence Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows formed at Mulbarton
3 Feb 1854 Heavy snow halted road traffic in the County. A train left Fakenham 6pm and arrived Norwich 5.15pm
3 Feb 1883 William Cooke died. Brass at Glandford-cum-Bayfield
4 Feb 1495 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk married Lady Anne 3rd daughter of Edward IV at Westminster Abbey
4 Feb 1634 Sir Thomas Richardson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas died. (Born Hardwick)
4 Feb 1635 Monument at Upper Sheringham to Thomas Heath who was robbed and murdered
5 Feb 1607 Margaret (Overend) wife of John Pell died. Tomb at Dersingham
5 Feb 1716 Angelica 2nd wife of Thomas (Richardson) !st Baron Cramond of Honingham. Buried Ringland
5 Feb 1757 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton died
5 Feb 1799 John Lindsey born Catton. Horticulturalist and professor of Botany in London
5 Feb 1869 Public debut of Norwich Football Club (formed 19 Dec 1868) played King Edward VI School at Norwich Cricket Ground

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6 Feb 1623 Sir Roger Houghton, judge, once recorder of Norwich buried
6 Feb 1685 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk signed order at Whitehall making James II King
6 Feb 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown died. He had landscaped Holkham, Ditchingham and Kimberley Parks
6 Feb 1876 Henry Blogg of Cromer born
6 Feb 1952 George VI second King of England to die in Norfolk, died at Sandringham where he was born 1895
7 Feb 1793 Nelson joined the ship "Agamemnon"
7 Feb 1899 The Rev C R Manning died Diss. He had published many works on archaeological matters
8 Feb 1198 John de Grey, later Bishop of Norwich and supporter of King John was already in Prince John's service by this date
8 Feb 1830 Snow delayed mail coaches eg Fakenham to London
9 Feb 1713 William Richardson 4th Baron Cramond married Elizabeth Daniel of Norwich at Ringland
9 Feb 1806 James Coleman, bricklayer was tolling the bells at Swardeston church when they fell through two floors and killed him
9 Feb 1829 First seaborne vessel built in Norwich to be constructed at Carrow 2 masted brig of 100 tons
9 Feb 1879 Iron lattice girder bridge at Downham Market opened over river
10 Feb 1505 William Dussynge and his wife died. Brass at Kirby Bedon
10 Feb 1825 Exceptionally high tide at Cromer and Great Yarmouth

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11 Feb 1807 60 lives lost when the brig HM "Snipe" was driven ashore at South Hale in a gale
11 Feb 1808 Great snow storm delayed mail deliveries from London for 4-5 days
12 Feb 1808 Cpt Manby's equipment for firing a life line to a sinking ship used successfully for the first time
12 Feb 1834 Sir Thomas (Leigh) Hare 1st bart died
12 Feb 1841 Sir Astley Paston Cooper, practical lecturer in surgery died (Born Brooke Hall)
12 Feb 1880 Monument and drinking fountain at Swaffham Market Place to Sir William Bagge bart MP for West Norfolk
13 Feb 1831 Sir Edward Berry caught Nelson when he fell wounded in the Battle of the Nile
14 Feb 1794 Sir John Fenn, editor of Paston letters died. (Born Norwich 1739)
14 Feb 1797 Sword of Spanish admiral Don Xavier Francisco Winthuysen surrendered at Battle of Cape St Vincent (Now on display Norwich Guildhall)
15 Feb 1621 Jane (Coltropp) wife of Linulphus Bell died. Brass at Upwell
15 Feb 1808 Several dogs without muzzles destroyed by constables in Norwich during a rabies outbreak

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16 Feb 1836 Further parts of Tower of St Nicholas at North Walsham fell down
16 Feb 1845 Extensive fall of cliff near Overstrand lighthouse covered 6 acres of beach
17 Feb 1561 Jane (Bourchier) daughter of John 2nd Baron Berniers and wife of Edmund Knyvet died. Brass at Ashwellthorpe
17 Feb 1794 Nelson took part in capture of Corsica under Captain Hood
17 Feb 1836 North Walsham steeple blown down
17 Feb 1849 By this date 24 had died in a recent cholera outbreak at Rudham
18 Feb 1399 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family whilst in exile was granted the loan of a galley in Venice to visit the Holy Sepulchre
18 Feb 1502 James Hobart, Attorney General knighted. (Born Leynham)
18 Feb 1853 Sophia Louisa (Sutton), wife of Col Samuel William Clowes MP died. Brass at West Tofts
18 Feb 1856 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk died Arundel Castle
18 Feb 1856 Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk succeeded father to title
19 Feb 1845 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton died at Northrepps. He had worked for the emancipation of West Indies slaves
19 Feb 1962 STD introduced in Norwich
20 Feb 1843 Robert Brady, historian, physician admitted to Caius College Cambridge; (Born Denver)
20 Feb 1659 Date of will of Philip Skippon, Commander of Parlimentary Forces who died in mid-March. (Born West Lexham)
20 Feb 1797 Letter written by Nelson on "Irresistible" accompanied Sword of Spanish Admiral to Norwich. Nelson promoted to Rear Admiral
20 Feb 1812 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk elected FSA
20 Feb 1827 Cricket match played on the ice at Diss Mere watched by 1,500 spectators
20 Feb 1855 Joseph Hume MP died. Tablet at Winterton

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21 Feb 1595 Robert Southwell, poet and Jesuit martyr hanged and quartered at Tyburn. (Born c1561 at Horsham)
21 Feb 1760 Sir Thomas Hare 4th bart died
21 Feb 1663 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk left London for Venice
22 Feb 1944 Two bombers returning in thick cloud collided and crashed near Reedham
23 Feb 1627 Elizabeth (Beaumont) widow of Sir John Ashburnham created Baroness Cramond of Scotland
24 Feb 1667 Sir Thomas Adam bart Lord Mayor of London in 1645 mural tablet at Sprowston
24 Feb 1803 Bartlett Gurney, Norwich banker aged 46 died Coltishall
24 Feb 1838 The ship "Benwell" lost on Sheringham shoals
25 Feb 1788 Thomas Cubitt born Buxton. He voyaged to India as ship's carpenter and became a speculative builder in London
25 Feb 1847 Ceremony of "turning the first sod" conducted by J Colman at Markshall Hill. So began work on Ipswich Bury extension railway to Norwich

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26 Feb 1797 Nelson wrote to donate the sword of the Spanish Admiral Xavier to Norwich City
26 Feb 1833 Coastguard at Cley-next-sea took 127 half ankers of brandy and 3-4,000 pounds of tobacco after armed fight with smugglers
26 Feb 1856 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk buried Arundel Castle
26 Feb 1921 HRH Princess Mary unveiled King's Lynn memorial cross to soldiers who died in WWI
27 Feb 1560 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk as Lt General in the North signed agreement in Berwick with Scots and siege of Leith began
27 Feb 1822 100 agricultural labourers seized a threshing machine in Kenninghall at the start of a series of machine breaking riots in the County
27 Feb 1828 Decisions made to replace Fye Bridge in Norwich with an iron bridge
27 Feb 1834 First stone of new yarn factory laid by Mayor
28 Feb 1612 John Pearson, Bishop of Chester, author of "Exposition of the Creed" born Great Snoring
28 Feb 1820 Gale raged through the County from West by North. Much property and tree damage and about 200 lives lost at sea
 

1 Mar 1738 Sir William Browne, Lynn physician made Fellow of Royal Society
1 Mar 1779 James Hack,an instituted to living at Wiveton by Bishop Yonge. He was later hanged for shooting Martha Ray
1 Mar 1805 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE made 2nd Captain
1 Mar 1836 New police on duty in Norwich for first time. 18 men wearing uniform and waterproof capes
1 Mar 1862 Professor Peter Barlow died in Kent. He was mathematician, physicist, optician who published an essay on magnetic attraction in 1819. (Born St Simon, Norwich Oct 1776)
2 Mar 1560 John Overall, later Bishop of Norwich, born Hadleigh, Suffolk
2 Mar 1797 Horatio or Horace Walpole, author, 4th Earl died
2 Mar 1836 William Taylor of Norwich died. Author and translator of Continental works
3 Mar 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk present when Yorkist Lords met at Baynards Castle to decide that Edward IV would be King
3 Mar 1638 Mary 5th daughter of Sir Thomas Richardson died
3 Mar 1641 Sir Robert Kemp created baronet by Charles I
3 Mar 1756 William Godwin born Wisbech grew up at Guestwick, political writer and novelist
3 Mar 1871 Mayor lays foundation stone of King's Lynn passenger railway station
4 Mar 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk accompanied King Edward IV at his enthronement
4 Mar 1846 Fulk Greville Howard died. Monument at Castle Rising
5 Mar 1694 Henry Wharton, pupil pf North Walsham Grammar School, theologian and preacher, died
5 Mar 1746 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk born son of 1oth Duke brought up in Cumberland and France
5 Mar 1884 Wife of the Ven William Bouverie rector of Denton died. Clock at Denton is memorial

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6 May 1866 St Lawrence Church, Norwich found to be full of gas after a lad George Nobbs had maliciously turned on all the gas taps. No fire resulted due to the actions of the churchwardens
6 Mar 1877 Benjamin Daniels died Scratby. Last of the Giants of East Anglia, he was 6 ft 6 in and 24 stone. He had great strength and had been known to harness himself to the harrow when his horse was not available
6 Mar 1897 The Rev Ebenezer Cobham Brewer died aged 86 at Edwinstowe, Notts. Compiler of "Brewer's Dictionary of Prase and Fable" he was son of a Norwich School Master
7 Mar 1719 Monument at East Walton to William Richardson 4th Baron Cramond MA Cambs
7 Mar 1810 Cuthbert Collingwood died. For much of his career he had been Nelson's deputy
7 Mar 1830 Robert Ransome died. Agricultural implement maker in 1789 founded the Orwell works at Ipswich, born 1753 at Wells
8 Mar 1694 Henry Wharton, pupil of North Walsham Grammar School, theologian and preacher, buried Westminster Abbey
8 Mar 1696 Honest Thomas Martin of Palgave born in the Suffolk parish of Thetford St Mary, author of a history of Thetford
9 Mar 1869 Sir John Peter Boileau bart FRS died. He enlarged and improved the mansion at Ketteringham. Brass at Ketteringham
9 Mar 1885 The Rev James White MA 35 years rector Sloley
10 Mar 1536 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk born
10 Mar Sir William Browne died. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he had practiced medicine at Lynn for more than 30 years. Buried Hillington
10 Mar 1863 A roast beef feast held in East Dereham for over 2,000 poor people to mark the wedding of the Prince of Wales
10 Mar 1868 "Alexandra" the first screw steam boat built in Norwich launched at Carrow Abbey for use on inland waterways

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11 Mar 1445 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk confirmed in the title of Duke of Norfolk
11 Mar 1489 Sir Thomas Lovell appointed Constable of Nottingham Castle. (Born Barton Bendish)
11 Mar 1875 Severe gale on East Coast. 4 crew of the schooner "Elizabeth" drowned at Barber Sand
12 Mar 1612 John Pearson who was to become Bishop of Chester was baptised at Great Snoring
12 Mar 1642 Sir Thomas Richardson Master of Cramond died. Marble monument at Honingham
13 Mar 1617 John Jegan STP, Bishop of Norwich from 1602 died. Monument at Aylsham
13 Mar 1757 Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury died. (Born Walsoken)
13 Mar 1811 Sir William Hoste, Admiral who served under Nelson victorious at Lissa. (Born 1780 at Ingoldisthorpe)
14 Mar 1794 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Col in army
15 Mar 1851 Augustus Frederick 5th Earl of Albemarle died. Window at Quidenham
15 Mar 1880 The Rev Martin Baylie Darby nearly 50 years rector of Hackford. Stained glass window at Hingham

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16 Mar 1684 Roger L'estrange elected MP for Winchester
16 Mar 1801 The "Invincible! (74 guns, built 1766) ran aground on Happisburgh sands due to ignorance of the pilot. Later sank losing many of the crew
16 Mar 1842 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk succeeded his father to the title
16 Mar Richard Henry Vade Walpole died at Freethorpe where he had enlarged churchyard and restored church
17 Mar 1828 Sir James Edward Smith MD, (born 1759 Norwich), botanist, founder and first President of the Linnaean Society died. Brass at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
18 Mar 1745 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, Britain's first Prime Minister, died.  Born 1676 at Houghton he had rebuilt the tower of that church
18 Mar 1764 Sir George Hare 5th bart died
19 Mar 1793 Wife of Thomas Martin rector of Colkirk died. Stained glass window
19 Mar 1817 cutter "Ranger" captured a large lugger with 36 armed crew and cargo of spirits, tobacco and bales of bandannas totalling £8,000
20 Mar 1657 Thomas Richardson died
20 Mar 1777 Thomas Inyon MA died. Tablet at Pulham St Mary the Virgin
20 Mar 1849 Fakenham to Dereham railway opened for passengers and goods

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21 Mar 1794 Rev Charles Carver MA rector Long Sutton
21 Mar 1839 Edmund Henry Barker died. Classical scholar of Thetford author of Parriana
22 Mar 1144 William of Norwich, English boy martyr apparently crucified by Jews
22 Mar 1794 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed president of Society of Arts. He spend much money on Arundel Castle
22 Mar 1886 Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk's widow died
23 Mar 1614 Marshland inundated by sea. Recorded on tablet in West Walton church.
24 Mar 1144 Mutilated body of 12 year old William of Norwich found on Mousehold Heath
24 Mar 1576 John Aylmer (born Aylmer Hall in Tivetshall St Mary) consecrated Bishop of London
24 Mar 1688 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk went to France
24 Mar 1768 Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk elected FRS
24 Mar 1783 Pageant of the Golden Fleece or Bishop Blaize was held by wool combers in Norwich
24 Mar 1818 Humphrey Repton, landscape gardener who laid our Russell Sq and altered Kensington Gardens died (grave at Aylsham)
24 Mar 1895 Great Gale severely damaged Waterden church and Denver church spire blown down
24 Mar 1897 George Sanderby chancellor of diocese of Norwich and 56 years rector of Denton died (Tablet at Denton)
24 Mar 1936 Surrey Street Bus Station opened in Norwich
25 Mar 1621 Sir Thomas Richardson, (born Hardwick) Speaker of the House of Commons knighted at Whitehall, he was Lord Chief Justice of the Common pleas 1620-22 and of the King's Bench 1626
25 Mar 1783 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE born Landguard Fort, Felixstowe son of John Jones of Cranmer Hall Fakenham
25 Mar 1817 General John Money (aeronaut whose ascent in balloon from Norwich in 1785 had taken him out to sea) died at Trowse Hall

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26 Mar 1877 Norwich to Cromer rail line completed
27 Mar 1647 Sir Edmund Reve Justice of Common Pleas died monument at Long Stratton
27 Mar 1669 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk made Baron Howard of Castle Rising
27 Mar 1884 HRH The Duke of Albany KG died at Cannes. Memorial at Sandringham
28 Mar 1729 Thomas Arrowsmith MA 30 years rector. Tablet at starston
29 Mar 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk fought with new King at Towton
29 Mar 1755 Rev Walter Worth died. Tablet at Brockdish
29 Mar 1849 Trial of John Blomfield Rush for murder of Isaac Jarmy began
30 Mar 1754 Anonymous writer notes his diary that the gentry are building assembly rooms in Norwich whilst the citizens have inadequate poor relief
30 Mar 1770 Sir Edward Thurlow Lord Chancellor, (born Bracon Ash) appointed Solicitor General
30 Mar 1805 It is reported that an earthen pot containing 500 pieces of silver coins was ploughed up near Aylsham (of Henry VII, pennies of Edward I and two gold angels of Henry VI)
30 Mar 1869 A velocipede bicycle ridden between Norwich and Great Yarmouth for the first time
31 Mar 1883 Eliza Georgina (Hammet) wife of Sir E H K Lacon died. Memorial at Ormsby St Margaret

1 Apr 1786 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, anti slavery fighter of Overstrand, born
1 Apr 1791 Cpt George Vancouver sailed for Australia, New Zealand etc
1 Apr 1801 Rev Josiah Webb Flavell began his 47 years service as rector at Stody
1 Apr 1846 First AGM of Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society
1 Apr 1914 Burston School strike began
2 Apr 1771 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk married Frances Scudamore
2 Apr 1801 British Fleet under Nelson defeated Danes at Copenhagen Bay
2 Apr 1824 Public meeting chaired by the mayor decides that a gas company should be formed at Lynn
3 Apr 1370 Whilst in Rome Henry le Despenser appointed Bishop of Norwich
3 Apr 1660 Roger L'estrange published "Treason Arraigned"
4 Apr 1794 Nelson landed in charge of the seamen who formed part of a force of 1,400 men to attack Bastia
4 Apr 1817 Explosion on a steam packet at Foundary Bridge, Norwich injured treated at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
5 Apr 1683 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk Lord Lt of Norfolk
5 Apr 1783 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Lord of Treasury under Duke of Portland
5 Apr 1832 Outbreak of cholera at Stow Bridge. It spread to Cawston and Norwich and by 18th Oct there had been 320 cases and 128 deaths

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6 Apr 1816 Boiler of a steam packet burst outside Norwich with loss of 11 lives
6 Apr 1833 Private still discovered in St Faith's Lane, Norwich. 15 gallons of spirit seized and owners given 3 months prison sentences
7 Apr 1779 James Hackman, newly appointed rector of Wiveton, shot Martha Ray as she left Covent Garden Theatre
7 Apr 1836 William Godwin died (born 1756 Wisbech grew up at Guestwick), political writer and novelist
8 Ap 1701 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk buried Arundel, Sussex
8 Apr 1844 William Frost of Whitwell near Reepham murdered his four children
9 Apr 1613 Sir John Pettus died leaving his endowment to SS Simon & Judas in Wensum Street
9 Apr 1777 Nelson passed his naval examination
10 Apr 1777 Nelson promoted to second Lieut
10 Apr 1798 Nelson sailed to St Helena in Vanguard with Edward Berry as his flag captain
10 Apr 1810 4 houses and a barn burnt down in East Dereham
10 Apr 1859 Explosion at Hounslow powder mill clearly heard in Dereham

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11 Apr 1700 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk divorced Lady Mary
11 Apr 1846 Samuel Yarham who murdered Harriet Candler in Great Yarmouth executed outside Norwich Castle before 30,000 spectators on the day of Tombland Fair
12 Apr 1748 William Kent landscape gardener and architect of Holkham Hall died Burlington House
12 Apr 1905 Great Yarmouth Central Library opened
13 Apr 1641 Richard Montagu died, Bishop of Norwich opposed to puritanism
13 Apr 1856 Gas explosion at Gurney's bank, Norwich when Mr Utting, a clerk, investigated a smell of gas whilst holding a lighted candle
13 Apr 1872 Old Buckenham meeting of agricultural labourers was first sign in the County of unrest over wage levels
13 Apr 1883 Re-opening of St Nicholas at Wells after restoration following lightning damage 3 Aug 1879
13 Apr 1883 A party of visitors is shown Carrow Works illuminated for the first time by electricity installed by the Hammond Electric Light and Power Supply Company
14 Apr 1801 News of Nelson's victory in Copenhagen Bay 2 Apr reaches Norwich
14 Apr 1849 John Blomefield Rush hanged at Norwich Castle
14 Apr 1904 Museum and Art Gallery opened in Market St, King's Lynn
15 Apr 1831 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton of Overstrand made resolution in House of Commons to abolish slavery
15 Apr 1843 "Phys" sails from Lynn to Quebec with emigrants. As population increases and machines reduce demand for labour many are seeking new lands overseas

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16 Apr 1627 161 soldiers impressed at Norwich
16 Apr 1779 James Hackman, newly appointed rector at Wiveton, tried at Old Bailey for shooting Martha Ray
16 Apr 1807 Edward King died London, Antiquary of Norwich and sometime Recorder of Lynn
16 Apr 1890 Mr Gladstone addressed National Liberal Federation in Norwich
16 Apr 1971 Ralph Hale Motram died. Novelist influenced by Galsworthy (born Norwich)
17 Apr 1875 Miss Cecilia Lucy Brightwell died Norwich. She had written some 20 books
18 Apr 1578 John Overall (later Bishop of Norwich) entered Trinity College Cambridge
18 Apr 1881 Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Albany opened first National Fisheries Exhibition in Norwich
19 Apr 1662 Miles Corbet, Recorder of Great Yarmouth who signed King's death warrant was himself executed
19 Apr 1779 James Hackman, newly appointed rector of Wiveton, hanged at Tyburn for shooting Martha Ray
19 Apr 1802 The County Justices prevented a proposed bear baiting at the Ferry Farm House Great Yarmouth
19 Apr 1814 Restoration of Louis XVIII and return of peace celebrated with a public dinner in Great Yarmouth
20 Apr 1714 Riots in Norwich against Royalist on the day George I was crowned
20 Apr 1759 Sir Thomas Coke KB of Holkham 1st Earl of Leicester died. Tittleshall-cum-Godwick monument
20 Apr 1867 Work on FishWharf on South Denes commenced and was opened Feb 1869
20 Apr 1869 William Sheward hanged in Norwich City Goal for the murder of his wife in June 1851
20 Apr 1875 At Norwich Castle a cat o' nine tails used to administer punishment of 20 lashes on a labourer William Sillis. On 12 Oct 1874 he had assaulted Miss A E Blyth at Great Massingham

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21 Apr 1393 John Capgrave Augustinian friar born King's Lynn, author of "Chronicles of England"
21 Apr 1813 Roger Houghton (born Gunton, Judge once Recorder of Norwich) knighted
21 Apr 1805 James Martineau, theologian, professor of mental and moral philosophy at Manchester (born  Norwich?)
21 Apr 1849 Execution of James Blomfield Rush at Norwich Castle
21 Apr 1870 Juliana Countess of Leicester died. recumbent marble figure at Holkham
22 Apr 1821 John Crome died (born 1768 Norwich) son of a weaver founded Norwich School 1803 of which he was president 1808
23 Apr 1522 Robert Godfrey LL B a former rector of Raynham died
23 Apr 1648 Rioters attack City Committee House in Norwich where County arms & ammunition stored Explosion killed 40
23 Apr 1789 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk married Elizabeth Bellasis
23 Apr 1829 New suspension bridge erected over the River Bure at Yarmouth (see 2 May 1845)
23 Apr 1865 Eliza Dixon (Beecroft) dowager Lady Lacon died. Memorial at Ormesby St Margaret
24 Apr 1815 A smuggling lugger with 840 tubs of Geneva captured off Hunstanton by the Tiger revenue cutter
24 Apr 1819 Master Sewell, the "Lincolnshire gigantic youth", 13 years of age and weighing 18 stone and Miss Eleanor Fitzjohn, "Queen of the dwarves", were exhibited at the two Necked Swan. Market Place, Norwich
24 Apr 1844 Rear Admiral the Hon Frederick Paul Irby CB died. Memorial at Morningthorpe
25 Apr 1507 Fire begins in Tombland, Norwich and burns for four days causing widespread damage
25 Apr 1673 Fire in Watton destroyed 60 houses and shops to value of £7,450. Brief granted to collect from all over England for 18 months
25 Apr 1800 William Cowper, "the poet of Olney" died East Dereham
25 Apr 1828 Whirlwind at Gresham moved towards Cromer. A windmill totally demolished
25 Apr 1852 Rev Benjamin Cubitt MA died, 11 years rector at Sloley, monument

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26 Apr 1589 Andrew Perne (born East Bilney), Dean of Ely died
26 Apr 1802 Rev Edmund Nelson AM father of Lord Nelson died at Bath. Marble tablet at Burnham Thorpe
26 Apr 1810 First stone laid by Mayor, Carrow Bridge to be built in iron
26 Apr 1821 Revenue cutter Ranger in action again
26 Apr 1835 Another large portion of St Nicholas church North Walsham fell down
27 Apr 1942 Baedecker raids on Norwich began. 162 died 27/28th and 62 died 29/30th (being about two thirds of all those killed in Norwich during the whole war)
28 Apr 1646 Charles I came to the White Swan at Downham Market to meet his friend Hudson
28 Apr 1773 Robert Woodhouse (mathematician who brought calculus to England) born Norwich
29 Apr 1830 Lady Charlotte Micklethwait mother of Rev J N Micklethwait died. Window at Taverham
29 Apr 1881 Superannuated excise officer murdered his wife
30 Apr 1472 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk married Elizabeth Tilney
30 Apr 1646 Charles I visited Fordham on escaping Oxford, later surrendered at Newark 1646 May 5th
30 Apr 1660 Roger L'estrange published "No Blind Guides"
30 Apr 1685 Roger L'estrange knighted
30 Apr 1765 Charles Townshend appointed Lord of the Admiralty
30 Apr 1844 Norwich to Yarmouth Railway formally opened
30 Apr 1900 The first electric train services began in Norwich

1 May 1583 John Eldred (London Merchant born New Buckenham) arrived in Tripoli on "Tiger" from London
1 May 1633 Phineas Fletcher (rector of Hilgay) published "Purple Island" dedicated to Benlowes
1 May 1708 A large part of Holt destroyed by fire
1 May 1844 First passenger train ran on Norwich to Yarmouth line
1 May 1860 Cemetery at Pulham St Mary Magdalen consecrated
2 May 1513 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk appointed Lord Admiral
2 May 1752 Humphrey Repton. landscape gardener of Aylsham, born Bury St Edmunds
2 May 1810 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer born son of a Norwich school  master, at Russell Sq London. Compiler of "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable"
2 May 1845 400-500 spectators on Yarmouth suspension bridge watching a clown pulled by geese caused it to collapse, 79 drowned in the river
2 May 1862 Middle Level of the Fens inundated by breach in a sluice
3 May 1778 John Wogan of Gawby Hall died. Monument at Harleston
3 May 1840 Thomas Manning formerly of Diss died Bath. Eminent linguist fluent in 15 languages
3 May 1854 Nicholas William (Redley-Colborne) 1st and last Baron Colborne died West Harling
3 May 1886 Thorpe Railway Station opened in Norwich
3 May 1932 St Saviour's chapel erected as memorial of WW1 consecrated in presence of Prince George
4 May 1769 Edward Rigby (Norwich Surgeon) admitted member of corporation of Surgeons
4 May 1846 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk made Knight of the Garter
5 May 1388 Sir Simon Burley (favourite of the Black Prince and Ambassador of Richard II) found guilty on charge of misuse of power by Parliament beheaded at Tower Hill same day

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6 May 1685 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk made KG
6 May 1689 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk, lord Lt of County, Surrey and Berks
6 May 1840 James Sillett died aged 76. A heraldic painter born Norwich he studied at the Royal Academy 1787-90 then painted fish, fruit and flowers in minute detail
6 May 1910 Edward VII memorial at Sandringham
6 May 1935 George V's Silver Jubilee celebrated on Neatherd in East Dereham
7 May 1872 Hon Mary Charlotte Henrietta Greville Howard died. Lych gate at Castle Rising.
7 May 1941 No 90 Squadron formed at West Raynham to use Fortress I aircraft
7 May 1943 500Kg bombs dropped on Great Yarmouth town centre by FockeWulf FW190s
8 May 1875 Thomas Baines died. African traveller of King's Lynn
9 May 1945 VE day brought to an end the air traffic over Norfolk
10 May 1660 Charles II was proclaimed King in Norwich
10 May 1798 Cpt George Vancouver died (born King's Lynn 1757) Royal Navy Navigator

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11 May 1816 West Norfolk Militia returned to Norwich from Ireland and were disembodied Jun 17
12 May 1619 John Overall DD Bishop of Norwich died
12 May 1765 Lady Emma Hamilton born, grew up at Hawarden, Cheshire
12 May 1955 Speaking clock was available to Norwich telephone users
13 May 1578 Matthew Hamont a wheelwright had his ears cut off in Norwich for slander against the Queen (20th May burnt at Castle)
13 May 1802 Mrs Beaton died Norwich aged 85
13 May 1807 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, anti slavery fighter of Overstrand married
14 May 1848 Memorial window to Elizabeth Whitear at Starston
14 May 1887 George Wilde died, He was the last survivor of the charge of the Light Brigade living in Norwich
15 May 1466 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family as Vice Admiral for Norfolk and Suffolk building the ship Mary Grace moved to Calais
15 May 1680 Sir Robert Wright knighted

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16 May 1674 Thomas 1st Baron Cramond died. Monument at Honingham
16 May 1724 Most of St Nicholas in North Walsham fell including the tower
16 May 1782 John Sell Cotman born Norwich watercolourist leading member of the Norwich School
16 May 1869 Countess died wife of Augustus Frederick 5th Earl of Albemarle
17 May 1383 Henry Despenser, fighting Bishop of Norwich, crossed to Calais on a Crusade to attack Gravelines
17 May 1729 Samuel Clarke died (born 1675) Norwich) philosopher who adopted Newton's views on physics
17 May 1867 Hubbard Lingley shot his uncle in Barton Bendish and was on August 26th the last person hanged in public at Norwich Castle
18 May 1311 Ralph Hengham (born Hingham, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) died
18 May 1689 Sir Robert Wright died of fever in Newgate Prison
18 May 1856 Father of Rev W E Alfree MA died. Memorial window Narborough
18 May 1887 Foundation stone of General Hospital on Deneside Great Yarmouth laid by Edward VII then Prince of Wales
18 May 1943 Norwich suffered a prolonged air attack
19 May 1426 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk knighted whilst still under age,His estates in custody of Humphrey of Gloucester
19 May 1810 Charles Townshend, Lord of the Admiralty died
19 May 1850 "Prince of Wales" revenue cutter arrested and confiscated the "Sea Flower" of Hull off Happisburgh and found 122 x 50lb bales of tobacco with a potential duty of £900
19 May 1864 Annual review of Battalion of Volunteers held at Dereham
20 May 1217 Robert Fitzwalter of Norfolk taken prisoner when his forces were defeated at the battle of Lincoln
20 May 1364 Henry Percy "Hotspur" born. Great nephew of Bishop Thomas Percy
20 May 1429 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk in a will asked for his father's ashes to be brought back from Venice and laid beside him
20 May 1578 Matthew Hamont burnt in Norwich Castle Ditch accused of saying the New Testament was nothing but a fable
20 May 1853 To celebrate the unique occasion of there being no prisoners in King's Lynn jail the mayor entertained the entire local police force
20 May 1882 Thomas Cooke died. Tablet at Glandford-cum-Bayfield

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21 May 1170 St Godric (born c1065 Norfolk). A pedlar. mariner, pilgrim, seer died Finchale near Dereham
21 May 1524 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk died Framlingham Castle
21 May 1618 John Overall DD became Bishop of Norwich
21 May 1780 Elizabeth Fry born Bramerton. Daughter of Quaker John Gurney in 1800 married Joseph Fry and devoted life to prison reform
21 May 1794 Bastia surrendered to Captain Hood's forces including Nelson
22 May          No event found yet
23 May 1787 Sir John Fenn knighted, born Norwich 1739, editor of Paston letters.
23 May 1801 A citizen of Norwich discovered that he had a winning ticket in the Irish Lottery purchased a year earlier
23 May 1865 Earth tremor felt between Scratby and Great Yarmouth
23 May 1872 Lord Dalling and Bulwer died. Diplomat, writer, ambassador to Ottoman Porte and took his title from Wood Dalling parish
24 May 1591 Robert Moone died. Brass at Felmingham
24 May 1869 First velocipede cycle races at Newmarket Road Cricket Ground, Norwich
25 May  1383 Henry le Despenser Bishop of Norwich led forces in battle near Dunkirk
25 May 1524 Sir Thomas Lovell (born Barton Bendish) Chancellor of Exchequer and Speaker of House of Commons died at Elsing near Enfield
25 May 1849 Benjamin D'urban (born Halesworth and gave name to Durban in South Africa during Napoleonic Wars) died in Montreal aged 72

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26 May 1866 Denzil Hugh Baring died at Nice
26 May 1882 Charles William, youngest son of Rev Wilson died. Memorial brass at Forncett St Peter
26 May 1898 Lady Caroline Garnier wife of Very Rev Thomas Garnier Dean of Lincoln died
27 May 1688 Sir John Narborough died. (Born Cockthorpe)
27 May 1817 Sir John Lombe bart died. He enlarged and repaired church of St Mary The Virgin Bylaugh
27 May 1865 Meeting held to prevent Captain Bellairs enclosing Mulbarton Common
27 May 1876 Norfolk Chronicle reported that some days before a horde of Roman silver coins was ploughed up in Feltwell Fen
27 May 1942 A German bombing attack caused much incendiary damage to Norwich
28 May 1728 Sir John Hobart 5th Baronet of Blickling created Baron Hobart of Blickling
28 May 1768 Marian wife of Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk died
28 May 1829 First seaborne vessel built in Norwich "Spring" Captain Brook launched at Carrow 2 masted brig of 100 tons
28 May 1885 Lieut George Hoste-Seymour 1st West Norfolk Militia and 14th Hussars died. Stained glass window at Stanhoe
29 May 1715 Restoration Day celebrations in Norwich
29 May 1797 John Thelwell (spokesman for English Radicalism) speaks in Norwich
29 May 1821 John Vine Hall published his book "The Sinner's Friend". (Born Diss)
29 May 1855 Violent gale on Norfolk coast, loss of life and property. Fishing smack "Ruby" lost off Great Yarmouth
30 May 1853 Jenny Lind Hospital established in Unthank Road, Norwich
31 May 1802 Fire at Swanton Morley Paper Mill
31 May 1816 New silver coinage received

1 Jun 1388 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family made Warden of the East Marches Cpt of Berwick Castle, Constable of Roxburgh Castle
1 Jun 1599 Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury ordered destruction of satirical manuscripts by Joseph Hall, who was later Bishop of Norwich
1 Jun 1693 Sir Thomas Hare 2nd bart MP Norfolk died. Monument at Stow Bardolph
1 Jun 1756 Horatio Walpole whig MP made peer. 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
1 Jun 1781 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed deputy Lt of Sussex
1 Jun 1785 James Decker made aerial flight from Quantrell's Garden Norwich in a balloon. Storm damage forced him down at Sisland
1 Jun 1797 A mutiny on the North Sea Fleet. Several vessels hoisted red flag but it did not last
1 Jun 1877 Frederick William Irby of Boyland Hall died. Memorial at Frinton? and Oak Lych gate at Morningthorpe
1 Jun 1883 Great Yarmouth Town Hall opened by Edward VII then Prince of Wales
2 Jun 1572 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk executed on tower Hill
2 Jun 1823 Ships driven ashore in Sheringham area by storms
2 Jun 1829 Mayor laid foundation stone of the new replacement for Fye Bridge in Norwich
2 Jun 1848 First General Meeting of the enlarged Eastern Union Railway Co took place
3 Jun 1594 John Aylmer DD Bishop of London died. Born Aylmer Hall, Tilney St Lawrence 1521, was chaplain to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk KG and tutor to his daughter Lady Jane Grey
3 Jun 1665 Sir Christopher Myngs in battle of Lowestoft
3 Jun 1810 Rt Hon William Windham died. Monument at Felbrigg by Noilekens
3 Jun 1865 George V first King of England to die in Norfolk died Sandringham
4 Jun 1507 Fire started in parish of St George Colegate in Norwich causing widespread damage the second that year
4 Jun 1550 Amy Robsat married Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in presence of Edward VI at Sheen Palace, Surrey. They had met during Kett's rebellion
4 Jun 1666 Sir Christopher Myngs mortally wounded in battle of Lowestoft
4 Jun 1814 John Money, aeronaut made General
4 Jun 1815 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE made CB
5 Jun 1668 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk. Oxford University gave him DCL
5 Jun 1668 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk awarded MA by Oxford University

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6 Jun 1831 Norwich played Marylebone at Lords in a 2 day cricket match
6 Jun 1857 Anna Gurney died Keswick. Anglo-Saxon scholar whose legs were paralysed since infancy
6 Jun 1875 Great Yarmouth organ opened after restoration
6 Jun 1944 Large number of aircraft in sky over Norfolk going to D-Day
7 Jun 1831 Norwich defeated Marylebone at Lords in a 2 day cricket match
7 Jun 1875 Ancient British shield found during construction of a dyke at Sutton
8 Jun 1464 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family returned from Wales after helping King secure that Country
8 Jun 1642 Sir William Paston of Paston and Oxnead created baronet
8 Jun 1759 Rev Thomas Dunham Whitaker LLD, topographer and antiquarian born Raynham
9 Jun 1383 Henry Despenser, fighting Bishop of Norwich, engaged in attempted siege of Ypres
9 Jun 1776 John Ives died. Born Great Yarmouth 1751, antiquary
10 Jun 1715 The pretender's birthday celebrated in Norwich
10 Jun 1794 Nelson commanding "Agamemnon" returns to Bastia conveying troops to the west of the island

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11 Jun 1467 Baron Scales (Anthony Woodville) fought first day of duel with Bastard of Burgundy at Smithfield on horseback
11 Jun 1584 John Eldred (London merchant born New Buckenham) arrived at Aleppo with caravan of 4,000 camels
11 Jun 1779 Nelson posted to frigate "Hinchingbroke"
12 Jun 1467 Baron Scales {Anthony Woodville) fought second day of duel with Bastard of Burgundy at Smithfield on foot
12 Jun 1802 Harriet Martineau, writer born Norwich
12 Jun 1867 Dereham Races held
13 Jun 1666 Christopher Myngs (or Minns) buried London
13 Jun 1752 Fanny (Frances) Burney Madam Arblay born King's Lynn. Portrayer of the domestic scene as novelist and diarist
13 Jun 1802 Harriett Martineau, author born Norwich
13 Jun 1803 It is reported that French Generals in Holland have requisitioned use large numbers of fishing vessels to invade England
13 Jun 1834 Rear Admiral Manby of Northwold died age 65. A Norfolk man he accompanied Cpt Vancouver on round World voyage and commanded various vessels in action against French
13 Jun 1954 Henry Blogg of Cromer died
14 Jun 1645 Brampton Gurdon MP for Sudbury commanded the Suffolk Horse at Naseby (Died 1669 memorial at Cranworth)
14 Jun 1645 Jacob Astley (born Melton Constable), Royalist supporter led main body of foot infantry at battle of Naseby
14 Jun 1890 Outbreak of rabies. Dog eventually shot at New Buckenham after biting several people in the south of the County
15 Jun 1215 Magna Carta presented to King John. Richard Bigod 2nd earl of Norfolk had played a prominent part in securing this act
15 June 1553 John Aylmer (born Aylmer Hall, Tivetshall St Mary) installed as archdeacon at Stow in Lincolnshire. Later Bishop of London

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16 Jun 1887 Eastern Midland rail line from Holt through Sheringham to Cromer completed
17 Jun 1704 Sir Cloudsley Shovel took part in the capture of Gibraltar
17 Jun 1843 Richard England Cpt 12th east Suffolk Regiment killed at the Massacre of Waiaru, New Zealand. Memorial window at Hindringham
17 Jun 1879 (or 1880?) First stone of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital laid by Prince of Wales
18 Jun 1611 Fireworks used during a Gild-day celebration in Tombland frightened some of those present. 33 died in the crowd
18 Jun 1767 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk elected FRS
18 Jun 1847 First show of the recently combined Norfolk Agricultural Society took place on the Norwich cricket ground and would then alternate between Norwich and Swaffham
18 Jun 1860 General Sir Robert John Harvey KCB KTS KCBA died. Memorial at Tharston
18 Jun 1895 Great Yarmouth Tolhouse Museum opened
19 Jun 1794 Nelson's troops landed near Calvi. He and 200 men dragged guns into position
19 Jun 1796 High tide damaged cliff at Cromer Inn Lower Sheringham. The Inn was finally washed into the sea in October 1800
19 Jun 1839 Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk married Augusta Marie Minna Catherine Lyons
20 Jun 1549 Riot at Attleborough due to enclosure of common lands
20 Jun 1771 John Frere of Roydon, antiquary, became Fellow of Royal Society
20 Jun 1858 Dawson Turner, botanist, author (born Great Yarmouth) died Old Brompton, London
20 Jun 1897 60th year of reign of Queen Victoria commemorated by a creoss in Starston churchyard
20 Jun 1920 The Rev H S Radcliffe MA unveiled an oak tablet on north wall commemorating those soldiers of East Bilney who died in WWI

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21 Jun 1649 Date of Phineas Fletcher's will.  Rector of Hilgay who wrote "Purple Island"
21 Jun 1738 Charles 2nd Viscount Townshend died. (Whig with seat in house of Lords, born at Raynham Hall). One of the Commissioners for the Union with Scotland 1707. Retired 1730 to grow turnips and improve crop rotation
21 Jun 1826 Mr Green ascended in balloon from Lynn
21 Jun 1832 67 persons died of cholera at Upwell 21 Jun to 13 Aug
21 Jun 1878 Broom parochial trust charity founded
21 Jun 1950 Thunder storm knocked statue of Coke of Norfolk from his plinth in East Dereham
22 Jun 1801 Annual agricultural exhibition at Holkham Hall sheep shearing. A simple machine for drilling turnips invented by the Rev T C Munnings was displayed
22 Jun 1831 Charles Green ascended in a balloon from Richmond Hill Gardens, Norwich and landed near Acle
23 Jun  679 Etheldreda Abbess of Ely died. She had acquired land at Hexham by marrying Prince Egfrid of Northumbria
23 Jun 1757 Cpt George Vancouver born King's Lynn. Royal Navy navigator
23 Jun 1785 James Deeker makes second balloon ascent from Norwich and in 45 minutes reached Topcroft
23 Jun 1815 News reached Norwich of Wellington's victory 5 days earlier
23 Jun 1822 Thunder storm causes much damage in the County including a lightening strike at Happisburgh church
23 Jun 1837 Accession of Victoria to the throne (20th June) proclaimed in Norwich
23 Jun 1872 W M Hazard opened St John the Baptist church at Harleston
24 Jun 1088 William Warenne died. Present at battle of Hastings, builder of Castle at Castle Acre
24 Jun 1340 Robert Morley of Hingham Admiral of Fleet from Thames to Berwick commanded at Battle of Sluys (England's first victory at sea)
24 Jun 1809 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE made 1st Captain
24 Jun 1824 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk, a Roman catholic allowed to act as Earl Marshall of England by Act of Parliament
25 Jun 1483 Anthony Woodville (Baron Scales 2nd Earl Rivers) executed. He was most accomplished of Richard III's victims
25 June 1600 Fire nearly destroyed whole town of North Walsham burning down 118 houses and 500 barns, stables and outhouses
25 Jun 1650 Philip Skippon (born West Lexham) appointed commander-in-chief of all forces an and about London serving parliament
25 Jun 1801 A fire started in the roof of Norwich cathedral by careless plumbers
25 Jun 1817 Severe hailstorm West Norfolk. 6 inch hailstones caused much damage and killed any rooks
25 Jun 1862 Lady Catherine Sarah (Elliot) wife of Sir John Peter Boileau died

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26 Jun 1381 Peasant rebels under John Lister were crushed at North Walsham by the militant Bishop Henry le Despenser
26 Jun 1944 V1 flying bombs seen in sky over Norwich but none fell on the City
27 Jun 1627 Privy Council ordered impressment of a further 250 men as soldiers from the Norwich area
27 Jun 1665 Sir Christopher Myngs knighted following battle of Lowestoft
27 Jun 1745 Matthew Postlethwayt, archdeacon of Norfolk and rector of Denton died. Tablet at Denton
27 Jun 1815 News of Napoleon's abdication is marked by a bonfire in Norwich
27 Jun 1815 Renewed celebrations in Norwich when news of Bonaparte's second abdication arrived
27 Jun 1830 News of the death of George IV (26th June) reached Norwich
27 Jun 1846 First excursion train leaves Shoreditch in London 1 pm and arrives Norwich 8pm with 800 passengers
27 Jun 1876 Miss Harriet Martineau, writer died. (Born Norwich 1802)
27 Jun 1942 Incendiaries fell in Cathedral Close during air raid
28 Jun 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk was Earl Marshall at coronation of Edward IV
28 Jun 1483 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family, made Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshall of England
28 Jun 1821 A new wooden bridge opened over Eau Brink Cut
28 Jun 1842 Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend Cpt RH KCB died Bintree
29 Jun 1688 Sir Robert Wright presided at the "Trial of the Severn Bishops"
29 Jun 1801 Vice Admiral Nelson visits Great Yarmouth on route from Copenhagen to London
30 Jun 1384 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family given office of Earl Marshall of England for life
30 Jun 1827 Nave and tower of South Walsham church destroyed by fire when a cottager's wife threw hot embers onto dried manure
30 Jun 1845 Royal Assent given for Lowestoft Railway and Habour Co to connect Lowestoft to the Yarmouth-Norwich line at Reedham
30 Jun 1845 Norfolk Railway formed by amalgamation of Yarmouth and Norwich with Brandon and Norwich railways

1 Jul 1574 Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich born Ashby de la Zouch. One of the first English Satirists
1 Jul 1581 East Dereham badly damaged by fire
1 Jul 1847 Merger of Eastern Union and Ipswich, Bury, Norwich Railway formally sanctioned. effective Feb 1848
1 Jul 1847 Reedham-Lowestoft Railway line opened
1 Jul 1863 Horticultural Society held its first exhibition in Corn Hall Dereham
1 Jul 1893 Eastern and Midland Railways absorbed into Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Company
1 Jul 1901 Mrs Charlotte Hopper died. Memorial clock at Starston
2 Jul 1831 Charles Green ascended in a balloon from Richmond Hill Gardens, Norwich and landed near Blofield
2 Jul 1849 Passenger service began from Bury to Burston
2 Jul 1872 Roman Catholic priest Edmund Costello died Norwich after working amongst the poor in a smallpox epidemic in which 30 people per day were dying
3 Jul 1486 Sir Thomas Lovell (born Barton Bendish) Speaker of House of Commons when they treatied with Scots
3 Jul 1569 Sir Thomas Richardson baptised Hardwick and Mulbarton, son of Dr William Richardson clergyman
3 Jul 1669 (or 1670?) Fire in East Dereham destroys 170 houses
3 Jul 1698 Charles Townshend, whig in House of Lords, married Elizabeth Pelham
3 Jul 1783 Nelson back in England
3 Jul 1932 Cromer and District Hospital moved to new site in Mill Road
3 Jul 1961 Sheringham life boat "Forster's Centenary" launched for the last time
4 Jul 1759 Norfolk Militia commanded by Lord Orford marched from Norwich to Portsmouth. The first County Militia to leave their County
4 Jul 1782 Nelson entered St Lawrence River on survey
4 Jul 1842 Meetings held at Yarmouth, Norwich and Lynn appointed Commissioners for some Hundreds to enforce the Income Tax
4 Jul 1870 G F Watts R A to William Schomberg Robert 8th Marquess died. Monument at Blickling
4 Jul 1896 Tom Higdon married Annie Catherine Schlollich ("Kitty"). They were to become the central figures in the Burston School strike
5 Jul 1752 Luke Hansard born Norwich. Printer who moved to become printer to the House of Commons
5 Jul 1775 William Crotch born Norwich. Composer appointed first Principal of The Royal Academy of Music 1822. When only 2 years old he had played God Save reat George Our King on his father's organ
5 Jul 1803 George Henry Borrow born East Dereham. Author and philologist

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6 Jul 1483 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family was High Steward at Coronation of Richard III
6 Jul 1785 Sir William Jackson Hooker born Norwich. He became director of Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in 1841
6 Jul 1835 Royal Mail Coach service Yarmouth to Birmingham via Norwich began
6 Jul 1892 Jasmine wife of Henry D'estrange Styleman Lestrange died. Brass at Hunstanton
7 Jul 1549 Annual festival at Wymondham disrupted by riots. Robert Kett led protesters to Mousehold Heath, Norwich
7 Jul 1833 Thunderstorm caused fire which destroyed the Black Tower on Butter Hills, Carrow
7 Jul 1869 Edward VII then Prince of Wales opened Alexandra Dock construction in King's Lynn 1867-9
8 Jul   974 Bishop of Ely stole the body of Withburga, said to have curative powers, from East Dereham and took it to Ely
8 Jul 1425 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk inherited Norfolk and Suffolk estates including Framlingham Castle when his mother died
8 Jul 1534 Robert Jannys founded a chantrey at Aylsham
8 Jul 1809 Thomas Paine died. Born 1737 Thetford, author of "The Rights of Man", involved in American independence politics.
8 Jul 1843 Whirlwind caused damage to properties at Blakeney
8 Jul 1941 No 90 Squadron launched first raid on North Germany using Fortress 1 aircraft
9 Jul 1803 Marquis of Townshend presides over a meeting to arrange Norfolk's defence against possible French invasion
9 Jul 1828 Cricket match at East Dereham. Lincolnshire 110 and Norfolk 74 and 30
9 Jul 1846 First communication by electric telegraph between Norwich and London
9 Jul 1853 Thunder storm flooded parts of Norwich
9 Jul 1862 Norfolk Agricultural Show held in East Dereham for the first time
9 Jul 1940 First air raid on Norwich 27 died
9 Jul 1941 A German air raid dropped propaganda leaflets over Norwich claiming that Britain was losing the battle of the Atlantic
10 Jul 1648 (or 19th) Sir William Yelverton bart died. Memorial at Rougham
10 Jul 1792 Frederick Marryat born Westminster. Naval officer, novelist and farmer (died at Langham)
10 Jul 1794 Nelson lost his right eye this day according to his account

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11 Jul 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk appointed Steward and Chief Justice of Royal Forests South of Trent
12 Jul 1607 Thomas Legge died. Norwich antiquary and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University
12 Jul 1628 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk born
12 Jul 1642 Parliament voted for the necessity of taking up arms against the King, Norfolk generally agreed
12 Jul 1666 Quarter Sessions ordered markets to be held outside Norwich City walls to prevent spread of the plague
12 Jul 1794 Nelson lost his right eye this day according to official accounts
12 Jul 1807 John Frere of Roydon died at East Dereham. Antiquary and Fellow of Royal Society
13 Jul 1900 HRH the Duke of Saxe-Coburg KG died. Memorial at Sandringham
14 Jul 1425 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk took title
14 Jul 1575 Richard Teverner, religious reformer and author died Wood Eaton. (Born Brisley)
14 Jul 1727 Andrew Fountaine succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Warden of the Mint (born Narford)
14 Jul 1814 East Dereham celebrates the return of peace but Waterloo was still to follow
14 Jul 1819 William Saint died age 39. Professor of mathematics at Royal Institution of Woolwich later taught in Norwich
15 Jul 1817 300 sheep drowned when salt marshes at Wells-next-Sea innundated by a high tide
15 Jul 1873 Elizabeth (Wallis) wife of Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernado Townshend Cpt RH KCB then Cpt W H Henderson RNCB died. Stained glass window at Bintree
15 Jul 1914 Trade Union rally in Burston in support of the Burston School strike

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16 Jul 1686 John Pearson became Bishop of Chester where he later died. (Born 1613 Great Snoring)
17 Jul 1453 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family present at battle of Chastillon
18 Jul 1460 Lord Thomas Scales, Lancastrian supporter whose family seat was at Scales Hall, Middleton, murdered by boatman on Thames
18 Jul 1581 Great Fire of Dereham after a month of heat and drought destroyed over 500 houses
18 Jul 1761 First edition of Norfolk Chronicle published
18 Jul 1801 Recent census is shown to have revealed that Norfolk has 130,249 males and 143,972 females
18 Jul 1895 Four young fishermen drowned in an accident at Rollesby Broad
19 Jul 1213 King John restored Norfolk estates which he had earlier seized from Baron Robert Fitzwalter
19 Jul 1870 Sir Robert John Harvey Harvey bart MP died. Stained glass window at Tharston
20 Jul 1608 Steeple of Ketteringham church fell down in the night
20 Jul 1879 Floods in marshes between Norwich and Great Yarmouth

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21 Jul 1549 Royal Herald arrived in Norwich responding to Kett's rebellion
21 Jul 1549 Kett's rebels refuse offer of pardon if they disperse
21 Jul 1759 Parson Woodford's Diary begins on a regular basis
21 Jul 1797 Nelson failed to seize a Spanish ship at Santa Cruz. His right elbow shattered
21 Jul 1877 The Rev John Nathaniel Micklethwait MA of Taverham Hall died. He had restored and reseated Taverham church
21 Jul 1889 Widespread thunder 17 sheep killed at Beechamwell
22 Jul 1119 Herbert de Losinga died. Bishop of Thetford who became the first Bishop of Norwich 1094
22 Jul 1785 John Money aeronaut ascended from Norwich in balloon and was taken out to sea over Lowestoft
23 Jul 1705 Francis Bloomfield author of "History of Norfolk" born Fersfield. He was rector of Brockdish
23 Jul 1785 Major John Money of Trowse ascended in balloon from Quantrell's Gardens Norwich and landed in sea 20 miles off Southwell (or 7 miles off Lowestoft?). Rescued by Revenue Cutter "Argus"
23 Jul 1906 Sheringham connected to Great Eastern railway network
24 Jul 1797 (or 21st?) Nelson's right elbow shattered
24 Jul 1842 John Sell Cotman died. Watercolouist. leading member of the Norwich School (born Norwich 1782)
24 Jul 1868 George Cattermole died. Watercolour illustrator of architectural and antiquarian subjects (born 1800 Dickleborough)
24 Jul 1941 No 90 Squadron in Fortress 1 aircraft began long range attack on enemy ships in French port of Brest
25 Jul 1894 Joseph Arch MP for Northwest Norfolk addressed a meeting of agricultural labourers at New Buckingham. The speech was reported nationally
25 Jul 1943 Mosquitoes of 109 Squadron based at Marham flew out to attack armament works at Essen

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26 Jul 1868 Robert Monsey Rolfe died as Baron of Cranworth
26 Jul 1869 Vice Admiral George Henry Seymour CB MP. Stained glass window at Stanhoe
26 Jul 1881 George Henry Barrow died. Author and philologist, born 1803 East Dereham
26 Jul 1943 Mosquitoes of 109 Squadron based at Marham returned from successful raid on Essen armament works
26 Jul          Binham Fair held by Charter from Henry I
27 Jul 1846 Royal Assent given to Ipswich and Bury Railway Bill to extend their line to Norwich
27 Jul 1862 Henry D'estrange Styleman Lestrange died. Brass at Hunstanton
27 Jul 1868 Mr Simmons balloon ascended from Yarmouth Victoria Gardens
27 Jul 1879 A deep crater 24 yards circumference appeared in field near Attleborough thought to have been caused by recent heavy rains
28 Jul 1735 William the 5th and last Baron Cramond died at Catton. Monument at East Walton
28 Jul 1846 Ipswich and Bury Railway company changed name to Ipswich, bury and Norwich
28 Jul 1880 Hon Greville Theophilus Howard died. Memorial window at Castle Rising
29 Jul 1573 John Caius (or Kay) died. Born Norwich 1510 President of College of physicians nine times and physician to Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth
29 Jul 1815 Mr Saddler ascended in a balloon from field near Sprowston Hall
29 Jul 1844 Mr Barnham introduced Tom Thumb, the dwarf at Norwich Theatre Royal
29 Jul 1845 Norfolk Railway opened special train from Trowse to Cambridge carried 200 guests
30 Jul 1679 Sir Robert Paston Viscount Yarmouth created Earl of Yarmouth
30 Jul 1688 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk joined invitation to Prince of Orange
30 Jul 1838 Violent hailstorm rained pieces of ice size of walnuts. At Cockley Cley turnips were torn to shreds
30 Jul 1840 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, anti slavery fighter, given baronetcy
30 Jul 1845 The first through train ran from Norwich via Cambridge to London
30 Jul 1873 Marshland Iron Bridge over River Ouse opened (later replaced in 1925)
30 Jul 1940 Norwich Surrey Street Bus Station bombed and several buses lost
31 Jul 1806 Duke's Palace estate sold
31 Jul 1821 Eau Brink Cut opened
31 Jul 1892 Tower of Hindolveston church collapsed

1 Aug 1549 Kett's troops attacked Norwich killing Lord Sheffield
1 Aug 1549 Battle at Bishopgate. Marquis of Northampton defeated and rebels took over City
1 Aug 1767 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk married Marian Coppinger
1 Aug 1797 Nelson defeated a French fleet at Aboukir Bay
1 Aug 1798 Nelson at Alexandria in Victory, created Baron of The Nile
1 Aug 1831 Mr Charles Green ascended in a balloon from Norwich on the day the King was opening London Bridge. Strong wind led to rough landing at Charlwood
1 Aug 1855 Charles Augustus Penrhyn 4th son died at Malta of wounds received before Sebastopol
1 Aug 1867 First Sheringham based RNLI lifeboat "Duncan" launched to replace "Augusta" which had saved 1,000 lives
1 Aug 1881 Newly constructed Norwich Club held first cricket week at Lakenham Ground
1 Aug 1898 Fire in rope maker's premises spreads to Norfolk and Norwich Library and 60,000 books are lost
1 Aug 1994 Norwich Central Library burnt down probably due to an electrical fault
2 Aug 1766 Charles Townshend appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
2 Aug 1788 Joseph John Gurney born Earlham Hall, Quaker, banker, philanthropist brother of Elizabeth Fry
2 Aug 1861 Tightrope walker Blondin who had crossed Niagara Falls, performed in a field off Newmarket Road, Norwich
2 Aug 1899 Norfolk and Norwich Library reopened a year and a day after it was destroyed by fire
3 Aug 1548 Roger Houghton born Gunthorpe, later Recorder of Norwich and judge
3 Aug 1553 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk restored to title
3 Aug 1553 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk made Earl of Surrey
3 Aug 1570 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk released from prison
3 Aug 1588 William Harborne, Ambassador to Turkey begins journey. (Born Great Yarmouth)
3 Aug 1801 Annual Venison feast at Red Lion, Fakenham to commemorate Nelson's victory of the Nile
3 Aug 1863 A bullock on the line caused rail accident killing 5 between Lynn and Hunstanton
3 Aug 1879 St Nicholas at Wells-next-sea almost destroyed by fire during storm
3 Aug 1885 Susan  Trotter Countess of Albemarle died. Brass eagle lectern at Quidenham
4 Aug 1738 Fire destroyed 26 houses in Fakenham
4 Aug 1914 WWI declared. Ovington would be the only parish in Norfolk to which all those who served in the forces returned alive
5 Aug 1865 Cattle owners hold meeting in Swan Hotel to discuss outbreak of Russian Murrain in local cattle
5 Aug 1920 Cross for WWI unveiled at Ormesby St Margaret
5 Aug 1504 Matthew Parker Second Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. (Born Norwich)

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6 Aug 1766 William Hyde Wollaston born East Dereham. A researcher who discovered the elements Palladiun and Rhodium and that there were light rays beyond UV
7 Aug 1806 Emily Ives (Drake) died, first wife of Rear Admiral the Hon Frederick Paul Irby
7 Aug 1862 Royal Assent given for formation of Great Eastern Railway Company
8 Aug 1369 Thomas Percy, Bishop of Norwich since appointment at age 22 in Rome, died
8 Aug 1383 Henry Despenser. fighting Bishop of Norwich lifted attempted siege of Ypres
8 Aug 1677 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk married Lady Mary Mordaunt
8 Aug 1684 Thomas Burney hanged for killing Mr Bedingfield in a drunken fight in Norwich
8 Aug 1800 George Cattermole born Dickleborough, water colour  illustrator of architectural and antiquarian subjects
8 Aug 1808 Floods caused by storm over Norwich
8 Aug 1867 Hubbard Lingley found guilty of shooting his uncle in Barton Bendish May 17th. Hanged in public at Norwich Castle 26 Aug
9 Aug 1272 Price brought in merceneries from Yarmouth to defend Norwich Priory against riotous citizens
9 Aug 1843 Storms of hail caused widespread damage some ice particles found to be one and a quarter inches square
9 Aug 1843 Thetford affected by a great storm for two hours. In 25 minutes most windows facing it were broken. Premises flooded to 2 ft. Also much damage at Fundenhall
9 Aug 1848 Frederick Marryat Naval Officer, novelist, farmer died at Langham
9 Aug 1902 A clock at Docking dedicated to the Coronation of Edward VII
10 Aug 1655 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk visited by John Evelyn at Arundel Castle
10 Aug 1740 John Frere of Roydon born. Antiquary and FRS
10 Aug 1794 Calvi surrendered to troops including Nelson
10 Aug 1847 Narborough to Swaffham Railway line opened
10 Aug 1912 Bentfield Hucks was probably the first person to fly over Norwich in an aircraft

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11 Aug 1272 Violent conflict between monks and people damaged Norwich Cathedral
11 Aug 1792 John Swan surgeon died. Tablet at Pulham St Mary the Virgin
11 Aug 1876 Fire at Boulton & Paul Ironworks in Rose Lane, Norwich
12 Aug 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk made Constable of Scarborough Castle
12 Aug 1464 John Capgrave died. Augustrinian friar author of "Chronicles of England". (Born King's Lynn 1393)
12 Aug 1555 James Abbes, Thomas Cobbe and Roger Coe Martyrs burnt at Thetford after mock trial by Michael Dunning, "The Bloody Chancellor of Norwich"
12 Aug 1791 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk born George Street, Hanover Square, London
12 Aug 1837 "Coke" of Norfolk created Earl of Leicester and Viscount Coke
12 Aug 1868 Sir William Jackson Hooker died
13 Aug 1785 Anthony Norris, antiquarian died. Mural tablet at Barton Turf
13 Aug 1868 Mr Simmons exhibited his balloon then ascended from Norwich and went rapidly to Sheringham  managing to get off before it blew out to sea
14 Aug 1444 William Paston died London
15 Aug 1663 Roger L'estrange appointed Surveyor of imprimery (or printing presses)
15 Aug 1755 Charles Townshend married Caroline Campbell
15 Aug 1790 Gibson Lucas died. Monument at Filby
15 Aug 1798 Nelson's ship refitted
15 Aug 1817 First stone of Norfolk Naval Column in honour of Nelson was laid in Great Yarmouth by Hon Col Wodehouse
15 Aug 1839 James Brooke who was educated in Norwich landed for the first time at Kuching in Sarawak where he was to become Rajah
15 Aug 1854 A whale of the "beak" species stranded on Snettisham beach. 29ft long, 21 ft girth and produced 120 gallons of oil

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16 Aug 1578 Queen Elizabeth I lodged at Bishop's Palace in Norwich until 22 Aug
17 Aug 1812 News of Lord Wellington's victory at Salamanca reached Norwich
17 Aug 1832 Asiatic Cholera reached Norwich but with little less effect than it had elsewhere in the Country
17 Aug 1850 Hannah Sarah Hancock died. At age 8 she had compiled a dictionary for children
17 Aug ???? Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk present as Lord High Steward at trial of Duke of Northumberland
18 Aug 1784 Balloon ascended from Lynn Market Place coming down after two and a half hours at St Albans 94 miles away
18 Aug 1842 James Brooke installed as Rajah of Sarawak
19 Aug 1531 Thomas Bilney of East Bilney burnt as a martyr at Norwich. Ashes buried at East Bilney
19 Aug 1673 Sir Robert Paston bart of Paston created Baron Paston of Paston and Viscount Yarmouth by Charles II
19 Aug 1700 Dr Robert Brady, physician to Charles II and James II etc died. Black marble slab at Denver (Born Denver)
19 August 1832 Another fall of earth from the lighthouse hill at Overstrand onto beach prompted start of work on a new lighthouse 250 yards further inland
20 Aug 1647 Sir Robert Kemp baronet died
20 Aug 1863 Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Chapel opened

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21 Aug 1830 Birthday of King William IV celebrated in Norwich
21 Aug 1958 Lieutenant Tester of No74 Squadron crashed into sea off Winterton in a Hunter aircraft
22 Aug 1358 Isabella Queen of Edward II died at Castle Rising where she had been imprisoned since end of November 1330
22 Aug 1485 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family commanded archers at Bosworth died defending King Richard
22 Aug 1578 Sir Nicholas Bacon knighted by Queen Elizabeth in Norwich
22 Aug 1657 Sir Francis Bacon judge of King's Bench under Charles II died. Monument at Norwich Cathedral
23 Aug 1406 Henry Despenser engaged in battle in France died
23 Aug 1549 Earl of Warwick arrived in Norwich with an army originally raised to attack Scotland
23 Aug 1768 Sir Astley Paston Cooper practical lecturer in surgery born Brooke Hall
23 Aug 1877 The Ven William Arundell Bouverie, rector of Denton died. Clock at Denton is memorial
24 Aug 1549 Ketts rebelion driven out of Norwich City
24 Aug 1854 A pleasure boat overturned on Yare at Thorpe drowning four
25 Aug 1346 Robert Morley of Hingham present at Crecy
25 Aug 1554 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk died at Kenninghall succeeded by his son Thomas Howard
25 Aug 1692 Sir Charles D'estrange died. Monument at Hunstanton

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26 Aug 1549 Warwick's troops strong enough to attack Kett's inexperienced protestors 3,500 died
26 Aug 1676 Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford born Houghton. Britain's first Prime Minister resigned
26 Aug 1780 Sir William Hoste, Admiral who served under Nelson, born Ingoldisthorpe
26 Aug 1867 Hubbert Lingley hanged. The last public execution in Norwich was on a Monday rather than the Saturday Market Day. Subsequently they took place in private
26 Aug 1912 Rain began to fall in Norwich and continued for 29 hours causing flooding
27 Aug 1549 Earl of Warwick leads trained troops against rebels outside Norwich and engaged them on Mousehold Heath
27 Aug 1728 Charles Townshend, later Admiral of the Fleet born Norfolk
27 Aug 1829 Lieut-Gen William Spencer died, Tablet at Starston
27 Aug 1902 Miss Constance Hopper died, Bequest installed bells at Starston clock tower
27 Aug 1912 By 9am 7.5 to 8 inches of rain fell on Norwich flooding made National news
27 Aug 1924 North Walsham and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital opened built by subscription on donated land
28 Aug 1424 Sir John Falstof KG acted bravely at Verneuil
28 Aug 1643 Siege of King's Lybb began and lasted until 16 Sep
28 Aug 1693 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk's Widow died
28 Aug 1705 Edward Browne died in Kent. (Born Norwich c1641)
29 Aug 1601 Cathedral spire damaged by lightening
29 Aug 1725 Charles Townshend, Chancellor of Exchequer born Raynham?
29 Aug 1894 Completed portion of St John the Baptist RC Cathedral opened
29 Aug 1996 The Channel 4 Time Team broadcast a live archaeological dig from Castle Rising. Day 1
30 Aug 1673 Sir John Narborough knighted
30 Aug 1782 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Earl Marshall of England
30 Aug 1847 Foundation stone laid for Lakenham viaduct
30 Aug 1875 Charles Buxton MP died. Stained glass window at Cromer
30 Aug 1912 The Norwich floodwaters begin to subside
30 Aug 1998 The Channel 4 Time Team broadcast live archaeological dig from Castle Rising. Day 2
31 Aug 1778 William Wilkins born. Norwich Grammar School pupil, architect who erected Nelson Column at Gorleston
31 Aug 1788 Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk died
31 Aug 1833 Spring tide broke through embankment flooding many hundred acres at Downham Market
31 Aug 1839 William Wilkins died on his birthday
31 Aug 1998 The Channel 4 Time Team broadcast live archaeological dig from Castle Rising. Day 3

1 Sep 1684 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk made DCL by Oxford University
1 Sep 1800 Public disorder in Norwich due to high flour prices
1 Sep 1837 Hailstones throughout the County. At Stibbard and Guist, barley and wheat crops damaged
1 Sep 1856 A storm leads to flooding of the marshes between Bungay and Ormesby
2 Sep         No event found yet
3 Sep 1583 Sir William Butts died. Monument at Thornage. The manor was granted to him by Henry VII 1 July 1537
3 Sep 1592 Robert Greene, dramatist who helped lay foundations for English drama before Shakespeare died. (Born Norwich 1558)
3 Sep 1634 Sir Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1613 died Stoke Poges. Monument at Tittleshall-cum-Godwick (Born Mileham 1551)
3 Sep 1801 William Fisher promoted to Lieutenant. Born Great Yarmouth he was to become Rear Admiral
3 Sep 1939 Sirens sounded in Norwich on the night war was declared
4 Sep Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester died
4 Sep 1617 Sir Francis Crane knighted at Coventry. He died 26 Jun 1636 memorial at Wood Rising
4 Sep 1753 Andrew Fountaine died
4 Sep 1767 Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer died
4 Sep 1894 Replacement life boat launched at Sheringham "Henry Ramsey Upcher"
4 Sep 1897 A water spout formed off Cromer and turned a fishing trawler "Strive" on her beam end 6 miles South west of Smith's Knoll
5 Sep 1746 Baron Hobart of Blickling promoted to Earldom of Buckinghamshire
5 Sep 1792 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Recorder of Gloucester
5 Sep 1802 Octagon Chapel, in Norwich open with organ built by Crotch
5 Sep 1876 Great Yarmouth Aquarium opened

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6 Sep 1663 Henry son of Sir Thomas Richardson died
6 Sep 1868 Francis 3rd Baron Ashburton died. Brass at Ickburgh
6 Sep 1888 Sir E H K Lacon MP bart Mural monument at Ormsby St Margaret
7 Sep 1667 Erasmus Earle MP for Norwich who passed sentence on Royalist rioters died. Buried at Heydon
7 Sep 1670 Marshland and Lynn flooded by high tide
7 Sep 1848 Wisden mentioned
8 Sep 1560 Amy Dudley daughter of Sir John Robsat, died suspiciously at Cumnor Place near Oxford
8 Sep 1656 Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter (1627-42) then Norwich died at Heigham
8 Sep 1741 A violent storm blew down steeples of both St Margarets and St Nicholas in Lynn
8 Sep 1915 Air raid, Keppelin bomb attack on East Dereham
9 Sep 1513 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk commanded troops as Lt General of the North defeating James IV of Scotland at Flodden Field
9 Sep 1560 Amy (Robart) wife of Robert Dudley. late Earl of Leicester, broke her neck in a fall down stairs
9 Sep 1617 William Harborne, Ambassador to Turkey died at Mundham. (Born Great Yarmouth)
9 Sep 1759 Founder of the Methodists calls the members of the local society in Norwich "fickle and self willed"
9 Sep 1851 Trowse Link line used for first time when Norwich passengers visit Great Yarmouth Races
9 Sep 1886 Charles Wright solicitor of East Dereham and Norfolk cricketer, buried
10 Sep 1837 Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich died.
10 Sep 1855 News of the fall of Sebastopol celebrated throughout the County
10 Sep 1874 Head on collision between trains on single track at Thorpe village 25 died
10 Sep 1884 The Rev Charles Walter Bagot 4th son of Bishop of Bath and Wells died. Brass at Castle Rising

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11 Sep 1823 Hon Ann Elizabeth (Graves) died
11 Sep 1824 St Andrew's Hall Norwich illuminated with gas light for the first time
11 Sep 1848 East Anglia Railway Lynn to Swaffham line opened for passengers to East Dereham
11 Sep 1858 Donati's Comet seen over Norfolk
11 Sep 1946 Battle of Britain flypast over Great Yarmouth and Norwich
12 Sep 1415 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk born
12 Sep John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family with King Richard at Nottingham was nominated Chief of the Ambassadors to James III of Scotland
12 Sep 1671 Marshland inundated by sea. Recorded on tablet at West Walton
12 Sep 1806 Sir Edward 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, Solicitor General, died Brighton. (Born Bracon Ash)
12 Sep 1867 Dereham Horticultural Society annual show
13 Sep 1671 Marshland inundated by sea recorded on tablet at West Walton
13 Sep 1729 Blomefield instituted in living at Fersfield
13 Sep 1818 William Richards died. Native of Wales who wrote a history of Lynn
13 Sep 1854 Foundation stone of Norwich Free Library laid by Samuel Bignold (Mayor)
13 Sep 1876 Gas explosion at St John Maddermarket Norwich when the Rev H L Rumsey was investigating a smell of gas whilst holding a lighted taper
14 Sep 1301 Ralph Hengham appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. (Born Hingham)
14 Sep 1800 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE made lieutenant in Gibraltar
15 Sep 1397 Adam Easton, Greek and Hebrew scholar Benedictine cardinal, died in Rome. (born Easton)

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16 Sep 1867 Swaffham waterworks opened
17 Sep 1466 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family as Vice Admiral for Norfolk and Suffolk building the ship Mary Grace returned from Calais
17 Sep 1782 Nelson left St Lawrence River having finished a survey
17 Sep 1853 27th hole opened up under the kitchen of Mr Bunting's house in Norwich due to erosion of the chalk by a leaking water pipe
18 Sep 1782 Ten ships driven ashore between Cromer and Blankney during storm
18 Sep 1835 Mr Green left Vauxhall Gardens, London at 6am on the 17th in a balloon and lands a mile from Lynn South Gate at 9am
18 Sep 1898 J J Colman died. (Born possibly at Stoke Holy Cross)
19 Sep 1955 Diesel trains introduced locally at Sheringham
20 Sep 1777 Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk succeeded his 2nd cousin to the title
20 Sep 1825 Robert Forby, philologist died. (Born Stoke Ferry)
20 Sep 1874 Bransby Francis, a surgeon and botanist of Bungay died of injuries incurred when two trains collided at Thorpe village ten days before
20 Sep 1884 Lady Mary (Keppel) wife of Samuel Charles Whitbread died

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21 Sep 1760 Sir Henry D'estrange died. Memorial at Hunstanton
21 Sep 1873 Henry Bright, water colourist, the last of the Norwich School died at Ipswich. (Born Saxmundham 1814)
21 Sep 1961 Lowestoft telephone exchange is first to have STD
21 Sep          West Dereham fair held annually for 4 days
22 Sep 1399 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family died in exile in Venice
22 Sep 1415 Sir John Falstoft KG acted bravely at Harfleur
22 Sep 1560 Amy Dudley (Robsai) interred at Oxford
22 Sep 1860 John Vine Hall, author of "The Sinner's Friend" died (Born Diss)
23 Sep 1799 Isaac (or William) Jermy born "Preston" Beeston St Lawrence
23 Sep 1896 Mrs Adele Monckton Jodrell died. Memorial at Glandford-Cum-Bayfield
24 Sep 1200 John de Grey supporter of King John consecrated Bishop of Norwich
24 Sep 1435 Sir William Yelverton began to represent Great Yarmouth in Parliament, appointed one of the executors of Sir John Fastolf's will
24 Sep 1717 Horatio or Horace Walpole author born Arlington Street
24 Sep 1840 Mr Green ascended in Nassau balloon
24 Sep 1841 James Brooke who was educated in Norwich assumed control of government of Sarawak where he was later to be Rajah
25 Sep 1673 Sir Cloudesley Shovel appointed second Lt of "Henrietta"
25 Sep 1808 Richard Porson, regius professor of Greek at Cambridge died
25 Sep 1851 Severe gale damaged ships at Great Yarmouth
25 Sep 1853 Frederick Wodehouse Cpt RA of Hingham died at St George's Fort Bermuda
25 Sep 1854 Norwich Licensed Victuallers Association founded at meeting in the Boar's Head Inn
25 Sep 1921 Bishop of Thetford dedicated a casket commemorating those soldiers of Anmer who died WWI

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26 Sep 1750 Cuthbert Collingwood born Newcastle-on-Tyne. For much of his career he was Nelson's deputy
27 Sep 1766 Riots due to unemployment  and high prices. Two of the leaders later executed
27 Sep 1822 Weavers of Norwich present a silver vase to John Harvey their patron and promoter
28 Sep 1671 Charles II and a Royal party visited Norwich during which he knighted Sir Thomas Browne
28 Sep 1712 Elizabeth (Barkham) died first wife of William Richardson 4th Baron Cramond MA Cambs. Monument at East Walton
28 Sep 1766 Norwich mob continued to riot and marched on Trowse plundering the house of Mr Money
28 Sep 1782 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Lord Lt of West Riding of Yorkshire
29 Sep 1564 Robert Dudley created Earl of Leicester
29 Sep 1758 Lord Nelson born Burnham Thorpe rectory attended high school Norwich, North Walsham and Dereham
29 Sep 1803 A new telegraph erected on top of Norwich Castle to communicate with Strumpshaw Mill, Filby church and Great Yarmouth
30 Sep 1139 William de Albini, Earl of Arundel received Matilda on her landing but subsequently supported Stephen
30 Sep 1615 Stephen Perse educated Norwich Grammar School and founded Perse Grammar School Cambridge. (Born Great Massingham)
30 Sep 1746 Shire House on Norwich Castle Hill destroyed by fire
30 Sep 1851 Bands and fireworks laid on to celebrate opening of Norwich Waterworks
30 Sep 1852 William Fisher, rear Admiral died. (Born Great Yarmouth)
 

1 Oct 1663 Thomas Reve died. Tablet at Long Stratton
1 Oct 1827 Mr Green ascended in a balloon from Lynn
1 Oct 1844 Edward Walpole died. Tablet and bust at Freethorpe
1 Oct 1998 International pipeline connecting Bacton to Zeebrugge opens for transport of gas
2 Oct 1766 The loyal citizens of Norwich had restored calm to their City by opposing the rioters
3 Oct 1944 V2 rocket fell on Hellesdon golf course the only one to reach Norwich
4 Oct 1887 David Fisher died in Camden Town. He was actor born East Dereham
5 Oct 1760 Sir Robert Browne (once British Consul at Venice, Pay Master and MP) died. He held estates at Wiggenhall St Mary

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6 Oct 1510 John Caius (or Kay) born Norwich. He was President of the College of Physicians nine times and physician to Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth
6 Oct 1626 Nicholas Felton died. Born Great Yarmouth he became Bishop of Ely
7 Oct 1759 Joseph Ames, London ironmonger, historian of printing, bibliographer and antiquary died. (Born Yarmouth)
8 Oct 1861 John Elliot eldest son of Sir Peter Boileau died at Dieppe
9 Oct 1746 Norwich brilliantly illuminated after Scots suppressed
9 Oct 1771 Benjamin Gooch, appointed Consulting Surgeon to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. (Born Ashwellthorpe and practiced at Shottisham)
9 Oct 1875 Foundation stone laid at Great Yarmouth aquarium by Lord Suffield. It was opened 5 Sep 1876
9 Oct 1917 Lieut Ernest John Ballard Tacon of Lancashire Hussars killed in France. Window at Rollesby
10 Oct 1483 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family ordered Paston to come to defend London against Kent rebels
10 Oct 1814 The Rev Thomas Greene 21 years rector of Marlingford. Marble tablet
10 Oct 1870 First edition of The Eastern Daily Press published

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11 Oct 1640 Sir John Narborough born at Cockthorpe
11 Oct 1675 Samuel Clarke, philosopher who adopted Newton's views on physics, born Norwich
11 Oct 1826 Norwich Corn Exchange "One of the first edifices of its kind" opened to the public
11 Oct 1864 Death of Captain Becher. (Born Norfolk)
12 Oct 1485 Sir Thomas Lovell created Chancellor of the Exchequer for life. (Born Barton Bendish)
12 Oct 1648 Erasmus Earle elected MP for Norwich and later that year passed sentence on some Royalist rioters. (Born Sall)
12 Oct 1831 Cross Keys Bridge opened between Norfolk and Lincolnshire to replace Wash passage which was only usable at low tide. The associated embankment resulted in recovery of 18,000 acres from the sea
12 Oct 1845 Elizabeth Fry died at Ramsgate. Daughter of Quaker John Gurney in 1800 she married Joseph Fry and devoted life to prison reform
12 Oct 1874 William Sillis. labourer assaulted Miss A E Blyth at Great Massingham for which he was given 20 lashes of cat o' nine tails at Norwich Castle 20 Apr 1875
12 Oct 1915 Edith Cavell died. Born Swardeston she had tended injured of all nationalities 1914/5 but executed by German firing squad
12 Oct 1918 Queen Alexandra unveiled memorial to Edith Cavell
12 Oct 1944 Last V2 to reach Norwich during war again did little damage
13 Oct 1642 Jacob Astley Royalist supporter wounded at Battle of Edgehill. (Born at Melton Constable)
13 Oct 1822 The revenue cutter "Ranger" lost in a storm off Happisburgh with thirty crew
13 Oct 1861 Sir William Cubitt died. Born Dilham he had become Chief Engineer in Ransomes Ipswich works then progressed to civil engineering work.
13 Oct 1866 The cattle plague which began in North Walsham mid 1865 was finally declared to be eliminated from Norfolk and Suffolk so markets could reopen
13 Oct 1902 Robert Thornhough Gurdon, Baron Cranworth died
14 Oct 1641 Sir Henry Spelman, antiquary and writer buried Westminster Abbey. (Born 1562 at Congham, Lynn)
14 Oct 1829 Severe gale, ships cargo washed ashore. At Brancaster preventive service picked up 291 casks of brandy and Geneva
14 Oct 1858 Jane wife of the Rev T T Upwood MA died Terrington St Clements
14 Oct 1876 New County Cricket Club founded to replace the earlier one which had ceased to operate some years before
15 Oct 1429 William Paston appointed Justice of the Common Pleas
15 Oct 1470 John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family made Baron Howard by restoring Henry VI despite his loyalty to the Yorkists
15 Oct 1843 Sarah Martin, self-educated prison visitor/ Sunday school teacher died
15 Oct 1849 Mayor of Norwich laid last stone in the Lakenham viaduct.(Foundation stone had been laid 30 Aug 1847)
15 Oct 1932 Queen Mary opened Alexandra memorial nurses home

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16 Oct 1744 Henry Bathurst born Brackley in Northants. From 1805 Bishop of Norwich, the only liberal Bishop of his day
16 Oct 1839 Mr Green ascended in Coronation balloon
16 Oct 1864 3,200 ton screw steamer "Ontario" stranded on Happisburgh sands on maiden voyage from Shields to Alexandria. Eventually abandoned 22 Oct
17 Oct 1780 Sir William de Grey, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas created Baron Walsingham (Born Melton 1719, died 1781)
17 Oct 1790 John Wesley in Norwich. He reported finding only two sermons that Sunday in a total of 36 churches
17 Oct 1844 James Blomfield Rush, auctioneer accidentally caused death of his father by leaving a loaded gun in his kitchen
17 Oct 1987 Hurricane caused much damage and uprooted many trees
18 Oct 1214 John de Grey, Bishop of Norwich and supporter of King John who built Palace at Gaywood died
18 Oct 1444 John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk born
18 Oct 1554 Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester, released from Tower when pardoned for having proclaimed Lady Jane Grey Queen
18 Oct 1775 Dawson Turner, botanist, antiquary, author born Great Yarmouth
18 Oct 1832 Total cases of cholera in Norfolk since 5th April declared as 320 of which 128 resulted in death
19 Oct 1343 Boat sank at Cantley, 40 drowned, cargo of sea coals, salt, onions, herring and imported wood from Rega and iron from Sweden
19 Oct 1432 John  Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk died at home Epworth in isle of Axholme
19 Oct 1677 (or 1672?) Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk became Earl of Norwich
19 Oct 1682 Sir Thomas Browne MD, physician, author died. Monument in St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
19 Oct 1840 Francis C Bagot died. Stained glass window at Castle Rising
19 Oct 1993 Norwich City FC defeated Bayern Munich
19 Oct ???? Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray family took ship from south of Lowestoft to Dordrecht and banishment
20 Oct 1795 Cpt Vancouver's expedition to Australia etc arrives back in the Thames
20 Oct 1874 First section of East Norfolk railway from Norwich to North Walsham opened
20 Oct 1875 Severe gale, barque "Young England" lost twelve crew drowned off Cockle Sand

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21 Oct 1805 Nelson defeated Spanish Fleet at Trafalgar but lost his own life
21 Oct 1806 Blickling race meeting begins
21 Oct 1846 Meeting of shareholders heard Thomas Brassey's tender to extend Ipswich Bury line to Norwich at cost of £297,393
21 Oct 1894 Sheringham life boat "Henry Ramsey Upcher" launched for first active service
22 Oct 1695 Cpt John Gibbs, noted sportsman died aged 48. Stone in the nave at Attleborough
22 Oct 1707 Sir Cloudesley Shovel's ship and others strike rocks at Scilly Isles many lives lost
22 Oct 1800 Crown Inn at Sheringham fell into sea during storm
22 Oct 1801 A Ball took place in East Dereham to celebrate The Peace of Amiens (which was not to last long)
22 Oct 1857 Storm caused loss of life at sea
23 Oct 1556 Sir John Gresham, Merchant Venturer trading with Levant and Lord Mayor of London died. (Born at Holt)
23 Oct 1847 High tide drowned 240 ewes at Wells next the Sea salt marshes
23 Oct 1894 Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary) opened Norwich Museum and Art Gallery
24 Oct 1415 Sir John Falstoft KG acted bravely at Agincourt
24 Oct 1955 Big storm in Norfolk
25 Oct 1847 East Anglian Railway from Lynn to Ely opened
25 Oct 1859 Severe storm, Great Yarmouth Brittania pier damaged by sloop and cargoes washed onto Winterton Sands
25 Oct 1897 Striking members of National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives returned to work in Norwich. Their protests had begun at a meeting 18 Feb

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26 Oct 1846 Railways from Lynn to Downham and Lynn to Narborough opened
27 Oct 1644 Jacob Astley, Royalist supporter commanded infantry at second battle of Newbury. (Born Melton Constable)
27 Oct 1678 John Jenkins early English composer of instumental music, Musician in Ordinary to Charles I died at Kimberley
27 Oct 1762 300 houses and 8 parish churches inundated by flood which rose 12 feet in 24 hours in Norwich
27 Oct 1821 Edward Rigby, Norwich surgeon died
27 Oct 1850 Caroline Ann Dowager Lady Suffield died. Memorial window at Blickling
27 Oct 1959 Anglia TV began broadcasting
28 Oct 1872 Lieut Col William Dashwood Hoste 6th Punjab infantry died. Stained glass window at Stanhoe
29 Oct 1676 John Jenkins buried at Kimberley
29 Oct 1828 Luke Hansard died Southampton aged 79. Born Watton, printer who left Norwich to become printer to the House of Commons
29 Oct 1847 An Ipswich Bury Railway meeting to discuss financial difficulties decided against taking over Norfolk Railway
30 Oct 1840 William Charles 4th Earl of Albemarle died
30 Oct 1883 Ralph Hale Mottram born Norwich. He was a novelist influenced by Galsworthy
31 Oct 1767 Jeremiah Berry died Acle. Marble monument
31 Oct 1789 Violent storm in Sheringham area
31 Oct 1823 Sheringham experienced most violent storm in living memory affected other parts of Norfolk
31 Oct 1832 Graham Stuart "The Wandering Piper" played in Norwich
31 Oct 1864 Herbert C Marriott died. Memorial window at Narborough
31 Oct 1866 Edward VII visited Norwich

 

1 Nov 1486 James Hobart appointed Attorney General by Henry VII. (Born Leynham)
1 Nov 1613 Marshland inundated by the sea. Recorded on a tablet at West Walton
1 Nov 1855 Jermy Day, rector for 35 years died. Pulpit of oak at Hethersett
1 Nov 1865 John Lindsey, horticulturalist and professor of Botany in London, died. (Born 1799 Catton)
2 Nov 1475 Anne 3rd daughter of Edward IV, future wife of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, born
2 Nov 1810 Severe gales caused loss of ships and lives on Norfolk coast
3 Nov 1459 Date of last will of Sir John Fastolf, warrior and landowner who died at Caistor two days later
3 Nov 1465 Catherine, wife of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family, died
3 Nov 1579 John Stubbs, puritan and zealot had his right hand cut off in Westminster Market Place for libel against Philip. (Born Buxton)
3 Nov 1849 Eastern Union "Mudlark" ("Woodlark") engine was first to arrive at Norwich Victoria station from Diss
3 Nov 1850 The Rev Robert Rolfe BA 30 years vicar died. Tablet at Hempnall
3 Nov 1860 Boiler explosion on the steam ship "Tonning" off Great Yarmouth, at least 11 died
4 Nov 1580 William Bagot died. Small brass at Starston
4 Nov 1661 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk became member of Lincoln's Inn
4 Nov 1874 Eaton church opened
4 Nov 1957 100 mph gale blew in Norfolk
5 Nov 1459 Sir John Fastolf, warrior and landowner died at Caistor two days after making his will
5 Nov 1605 A Dutch painting at Gaywwod depicted the "Gunpowder plot"
5 Nov 1770 Founder of the Methodists calls the people of Norwich "eminently unstable as water"
5 Nov 1803 Bonfires throughout the County were banned as they could be mistaken for signals that the enemy was invading
5 Nov 1893 Edward VII opened a reading room at Wolferton for the use of workers on the Sandringham Estate

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6 Nov 1429 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk officiated as Marshall of England at coronation of Henry VI
6 Nov 1461 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk died. Buried at Thetford
6 Nov 1651 Dame Elizabeth Strutt wife of Sir Denner Strutt and daughter of Sir Thomas Wodehouse died. Monument at Kimberley
6 Nov 1751 Sir Thomas D'estrange died. Memorial at Hunstanton
6 Nov 1865 Mary Elizabeth Barton died. Window at Fundenhall
6 Nov 1943 High explosive bombs fell in last WW2 air raid on Norwich
7 Nov 1706 Sir Cloudesley Shovel appointed Commander in Chief of the fleet
7 Nov 1765 William Taylor, author and translator of continental works, born possibly Norwich
7 Nov 1815 Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk born
7 Nov 1849 After opening ceremony, 550 passengers leave Norwich on train hauled by "Goliath" on first journey on line to Bury St Edmunds
8 Nov 1428 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk narrowly escaped drowning when barge capsized under London Bridge
8 Nov 1485 Sit Thomas Lovell elected Speaker of the House of Commons. (Born Barton Bendish)
8 Nov 1781 Hannah Sarah Hancock born. At age 8 she had compiled a dictionary for children and took a great interest in music and painting
8 Nov 1850 Ceremony of turning the sod at the Norfolk Estuary Works, King's Lynn. It was estimated that 150,000 acres would be reclaimed from the sea
8 Nov 1887 Illington church re-opened after restoration
8 Nov 1893 Announcement that land had been acquired at Hellesdon for the formation of The Royal Norwich Golf Club. Opened 1 Feb 1894
9 Nov 1664 Henry Wharton, pupil of North Walsham Grammar School, theologian and preacher, born Worstead
9 Nov 1841 Norwich Paving Commission suggests experiment paving Brigg's Street with Fir 14-15 feet long peeled and laid separated by gravel
10 Nov 1804 First edition of "Yarmouth Herald or Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex Advertiser"

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11 Nov 1779 Charles Howard 11th Duke elected FSA
11 Nov 1837 Norwich tobacco importers are granted a bonded tobacco warehouse in Great Yarmouth
11 Nov 1866 Walford Henry Barton died of yellow fever in West Indies. Memorial at Long Stratton
11 Nov 1878 J & J Colman tested first telegraph line between Norwich and their London office
12 Nov 1769 Amelia Opie daughter of a Norwich physician, novelist wife of John Opie
12 Nov 1796 Sir Edward Berry promoted to Commander whilst serving with Nelson. He later a Rear Admiral
12 Nov 1882 Sir Edward Repps Jodrell died. Marble monument at Reepham
13 Nov 1002 General massacre of Danes took place on the order of Ethelred
13 Nov 1801 Peter Donnahue last person hanged from gallows in Lynn. He had "uttered false notes"
13 Nov 1833 50th anniversary of Norwich Public Library celebrated with dinner at the White Swan
13 Nov 1855 Sir Richard Sutton died. Memorial West Tofts
14 Nov 1810 King of Sweden landed at Great Yarmouth having abdicated his throne
14 Nov 1838 First practice launch of the first Sheringham lifeboat "Augusta"
14 Nov 1880 Sir Thomas Hare bart, Cpt 2nd Life Guards, patron and lay impropriator, died Shouldham
15 Nov 1649 Sir William Yelverton bart died
15 Nov 1868 Brittania pier damaged for the second time. This time by the schooner "Seagull" out of Lynn in NE gale

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16 Nov 1846 First recorded canary show in Norwich took place at the Greyhound in Ber Street. 300 birds exhibited
16 Nov 1902 Norwich Mercury reported Tom Higdon's assault on farmer Gamble when Tom was school master at Wood Dalling
17 Nov 1664 Roger L'estrange mentioned in Pepys Diary
17 Nov 1680 Roger L'estrange burnt in effigy by London mob calling him "The Dog Towser"
17 Nov 1810 Sir John Thomas Jones Major General RE made Brigade Major in the Peninsula
17 Nov 1832 Preventive men at Brancaster seized a large tub boat 5,565 pounds of tobacco and 650 gallons of brandy and Geneva
17 Nov 1860 Gale wrecked ships on shore at Great Yarmouth
18 Nov 1780 William Fisher born Great Yarmouth. He later became Rear Admiral
18 Nov 1854 Cpt George William Manby FRS died at Southtown 1807. He showed how lives could be saved at sea by firing a rope to a ship. Buried at Hilgay
19 Nov 1706 Frances Napier, wife of Sir Edward Barkham then of Henry Richardson 3rd Baron Cramond, died. Monument at South Acre
19 Nov 1775 24 houses burned down at Swaffham
19 Nov 1929 First RAX5 automatic telephone exchange in Norwich District opened at Fundenhall
20 Nov   870 King Edmund beheaded by Danes at Thetford
20 Nov 1582 William Harborne appointed Queen Elizabeth's ambassador to Turkey. (Born Great Yarmouth)
20 Nov 1873 Harriet Fuller died. Memorial at Terrington St John

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21 Nov 1765 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk born Sheffield
21 Nov 1784 Wife of Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk died
21 Nov 1805 Public celebration of Nelson's Victory in Lynn
22 Nov 1545 Sir William Butts, Chief Physician to Henry VII died. (Born Norfolk)
22 Nov 1624 Sir Nicholas Bacon of Norwich died
22 Nov 1625 Sir Christopher Myngs baptised at Salthouse
22 Nov 1837 The ship "Cyprus" of Plymouth stranded on beach at Sheringham
22 Nov 1840 Several lives lost in severe gale on North Norfolk Coast
22 Nov 1863 Hales the "Norfolk Giant" died at Great Yarmouth aged 43. He was 7 ft 6 in and had toured England and visited many places in USA. (Born West Somerton)
23 Nov 1829 Cromer Hall damaged by fire
23 Nov 1847 Queen's speech transmitted by electric telegraph to Norwich for the first time
24 Nov 1944 A crippled B24 deliberately crashed in an open space near Heigham Street to avoid civilian casualties. the pilot R J Dooley of 458th Bomb Group GHorsham St Faith and his crew all died
25 Nov 1838 First active service launch of first Sheringham lifeboat "Augusta"
25 Nov 1860 Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk died Arundel Castle age 45

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26 Nov 1120 William Bigod Earl of Norfolk was amongst those who drowned in the "White Ship Disaster" off Barfleur with William Aetheling, Henry I's only legitimate heir
26 Nov 1613 Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
26 Nov 1739 Sir John Fenn, editor of "The Paston Letters", born Norwich
26 Nov 1838 Revenue Cutter "Badger" arrested the sloop "Volharden" of Flushing. In Yarmouth they found large quantities of spirits on board
27 Nov 1844 Richard Mackenzie Bacon, journalist with Norwich Mercury, died Costessy
28 Nov 1626 Sir Thomas Richardson appointed Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. (Born Hardwick)
28 Nov 1644 Roger L'estrange royalist received Commission from the King to attempt recapture of Lynn but was soon arrested
28 Nov 1666 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk elected FRS
28 Nov 1765 Cpt George William Manby FRS, inventor of rocket and other life saving equipment at sea, born Denver (or possibly Hilgay?)
28 Nov 1815 Thomas Martin MA 46 years rector died Colkirk
28 Nov 1848 Isaac Jermy landlord of Stanfield Hall, Wymonham and Recorder of Norwich murdered by his tenant John Blomesfield Rush
28 Nov 1897 Severe gale flooded salt marshes at Horsey
29 Nov 1549 Kett captured and handed over to Sheriff
29 Nov 1694 John Gawdy died. Buried in West Harling Chapel
29 Nov 1944 An American B24 Liberator returning to RAF Horsham St Faith struck St Philips church Heigham
30 Nov 1558 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk's widow died and buried at Lambeth
30 Nov 1871 Severe gale over the East coast is disastrous for shipping
 

1 Dec 1660 Robert Brady (born Denver), historian, physician, appointed Master of Caius College Cambridsge where he studied the records of the Tower
1 Dec 1677 (or 1672?) Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk succeeded brother to title
1 Dec 1720 Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk born
1 Dec 1823 Tom and Jerry
1 Dec 1836 First stone of new Norwich Yarn Company factory laid. Procession through Norwich
1 Dec 1867 Fire in nave and chancel at Little Ellingham church
1 Dec 1867 Severe storm in England breaches in river banks flooded area between Yarmouth and Reedham
1 Dec 1884 The Rev Hon Edward Southwell Keppel MA rector of Quidenham and Canon of Norwich died
2 Dec 1759 Sir James Edward Smith born Norwich. Botanist, founder and first president of the Linnaean Society
2 Dec 1853 Amelia Opie died daughter of a Norwich physician, novelist, wife of John Opie (buried 9 Dec)
2 Dec 1874 Ven T J Ormerod died/ Window at Harleston
3 Dec 1661 Roger L'estrange published "The Humble Apology of Roger L'estrange"
3 Dec 1697 Charles Townshend took his seat in the House Of Lords as a whig
3 Dec 1820 Dukes of York and Wellington at Angel Inn
3 Dec 1849 Goods traffic (including cattle) started on Eastern Union line from Norwich via Bury to Ipswich
4 Dec 1917 Norwich Mercury published an account of a trade union rally at Burston commemorating the Burston School strike
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6 Dec 1828 Sir William Hoste died (Born 1780 Ingoldisthorpe, son of Dixon Hoste of Godwick Hall he was with Nelson on the "Vanguard" at the battle of the Nile
6 Dec 1853 Customs port appointed at Wells, until joined with Lynn in 1880
6 Dec 1882 Sheringham lifeboat rescued crew of "Carolina" a Norwegian barque
7 Dec 1549 Robert Kett executed in Norwich. Brother hanged from Wymondham church tower
7 Dec 1688 A mob destroyed the Catholic Chapel at Black-friars Yard and some Catholic owned houses
7 Dec 1706 Henry Cosgrove began the weekly Norwich Gazette
8 Dec 1632 John Eldred (London Merchant born New Buckenham) buried Great Saxham
8 Dec 1678 Horatio Walpole 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (whig MP for 54 years) born Houghton
8 Dec 1778 Nelson promoted to commander of the brig "Badger"
8 Dec 1830 The Rev Ligonier  Tredway died. Monument at Gayton
8 Dec 1846 Eastern Union Railway and Ipswich Bury Railway shareholders approved resolution to merge the two companies with effect from 1 Jan 1847. It did not happen until Feb
9 Dec 1731 Sir Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, Solicitor General, born Bracon Ash (died Brighton)
9 Dec 1853 Burial of Amelia Opie daughter of a Norwich physician and novelist wife of John Opie
10 Dec 1485 Sir Thomas Lovell (born Barton Bendish) Head of House of Commons when they requested that King marry Elizabeth of York
10 Dec 1655 John Carter, Norwich preacher who opposed Royalty and was removed from the Ministry, died
10 Dec 1826 The Rev William Whitear MA 23 years Tablet at Starston

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11 Dec 1704 Sir Roger L'estrange journalist born Hunstanton
11 Dec 1821 Sir Martin Folkes bart FRS died. Tomb at Hillington
11 Dec 1851 Horde of 4,000 brass Roman coins in an urn ploughed up at Easton
11 Dec 1872 Emily Taylor died London. Author who lived and worked in Norfolk for 50 years
11 Dec 1893 George V (then Prince of Wales) opened Forester's Hall at Dersingham
12 Dec 1767 Robert Ferrier died. Tablet at Starston
12 Dec 1774 Mary Ann Lucas died. Monument at Filby
12 Dec 1789 Edmund Nelson, brother of Lord Nelson died. Marble tablet at Burnham Thorpe
12 Dec 1820 Public meeting to address the growing problem of robberies in the County
12 Dec 1849 Regular passenger services from Norwich began on Eastern Union line to Bury and Ipswich
13 Dec 1729 Timothy Goodwin of Norwich died in Dublin. He was Archbishop of Canterbury
13 Dec 1875 Robert Edwards ran amok in Norfolk and Norwich Hospital children's ward killing 4 boys (or killing 5 and injuring two others)
14 Dec 1595 Arthur Wilson born Great Yarmouth. Wrote a life of James I
14 Dec 1876 HRH Princess Alice (Grand Duchess of Hesse) died. Memorial at Sandringham
14 Dec 1895 George VI born at Sandringham. 1st King of England who was both born and died in Norfolk
15 Dec 1757 Sir Benjamin Keene died. Of King's Lynn, Ambassador to Spain
15 Dec 1771 Benjamin Stillingfleet, author and botanist, born Norfolk. Responsible for the expression "blue stocking"
15 Dec 1866 "The Norfolk Chronicle" reported that the other day the old lighthouse at Cromer fell off the cliff and was covered by a further fall of cliff. It was originally  erected 1719
15 Dec 1874 Samuel Jarrold died Norwich. Aged 65 he headed the local printing business
15 Dec 1882 Ickburgh etc

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16 Dec 1682 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk appointed Constable of Windsor Castle. Lord Lt Berks and Surrey
16 Dec 1688 Sir Roger L'estrange committed to prison again
16 Dec 1815 Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk succeeded his 3rd cousin Charles to the title
16 Dec 1815 Charles  Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk died at Norfolk House, London
16 Dec 1838 James Brooke, who was educated in Norwich sailed for Borneo where he was to become Rajah of Sarawak
17 Dec 1616 Sir Roger L'estrange, journalist born Hunstanton
18 Dec 1790 Robert Monsey Rolfe born Cranworth rectory
18 Dec 1921 Dean of Norwich dedicated a cross commemorating those soldiers of Acle who died in WWI
19 Dec 1644 House of Commons resolved to procede against Roger L'estrange under martial law
20 Dec 1855 Thomas Cubitt (a London builder born Buxton) died leaving what was at the time a will of record length covering 30 skins of parchment

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21 Dec 1769 (or 22nd Dec 1768?) John Crome born
21 Dec 1814 Gas lighting introduced at the Norwich Market Place shop of Mr Harrison where 16 lights were installed
21 Dec 1862 Large portion of Sheringham cliffs washed away by storm
22 dec 1557 Andrew Perne (born East Bilney) appointed Dean of Ely
22 Dec John Eldred (London Merchant born New Buckenham) embartked on "Hercules" to Tripoli on the richest merchant ship at that time
22 Dec 1768 John Crome born Norwich son of a weaver founded Norwich School 1803 of which he was President 1808
22 Dec 1809 Sir George Edward Paget physician and a Regius professor of physic at Cambridge born Yarmouth
22 Dec 1814 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk married Lady Charlotte Leverson Gower
22 Dec 1845 At Potter Heigham a tiger escaped when its cage broke on falling into a ditch. The animal was successfully recaptured
23 Dec 1815 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk buried Dorking, Surrey
23 Dec 1823 Extensive vaults discovered beneath Norwich at a depth of 35 feet
23 Dec 1827 Robert Woodhouse died
24 Dec 1845 Due to excessive speed train left track on embankment near Thetford. Driver and stoker died but nn passengers
25 Dec 1648 As recorder of Norwich Erasmus Earle spent the day sentencing Royalist rioters to death. They had blown up the City's magazine
25 Dec 1759 Richard Porson born East Ruston. He became Regius professor of Greek at Cambridge
25 Dec 1770 Mr Ward's house in Ber Street burnt down with loss of 6 lives
25 Dec 1892 The Rev Arthur Dewing Spurin BA rector at Gresham died. He had enlarged the churchyard
25 Dec 1932 First Royal Christmas broadcast from Sandringham

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26 Dec 1625 Sir Henry Hobart, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas died at Blickling
26 Dec 1788 Messenger Monsey physician at Chelsea Hospital died. Memorial tablet at Reepham
27 Dec 1747 Edward Rigby born Lancashire. A Norwich surgeon
27 Dec 1836 Storm Washed ship ashore at Old Hythe Sheringham
27 Dec 1849 NNW gale, heavy snow. Railway from Norwich to Great Yarmouth flooded. Six in hand hauled omnibus instead
28 Dec 1644 Dr Mills, Judge Advocate pronounced death sentence on Roger L'estrange who eventually was freed in 1648
28 Dec 1825 Public meeting at Lynn approved plans for construction of bridge at Cross Keys Wash to improve Norfolk connections with the North of England
28 Dec 1827 (of 23rd?) Robert Woodhouse (born Norwich) mathematician who brought calculus to England) died
28 Dec 1839 "Sacrilegious depredators" stole church bells broke them up and escaped without detection
28 Dec 1852 Robert Monsey Rolfe of Cranworth appointed Lord High Chancellor of England
28 Dec 1872 Malcolm George Lohr of Alburgh died. Memorial window
28 Dec 1875 The Rev William Frost BA rector of Thorpe next Norwich died. Memorial window at Pulham St Mary Magdalen
29 Dec 1660 Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk persuaded King to restore dukedom of Norfolk
29 Dec 1796 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Lt of Derbyshire
29 Dec 1796 Temperature fell to a record low of -3 degrees for this island (must have been Fahrenheit)
29 Dec 1806 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk appointed Col of Sussex Regiment
29 Dec 1827 The activities of resurrection men at Yarmouth are reported in "The Norfolk Chronicle"
29 Dec 1847 William Crotch died at Taunton. Norwich born composer appointed Principal of The Royal Academy of music in 1822
30 Dec 1641 Joseph Hall, newly appointed Bishop of Norwich sent to Tower for his satirical publications
30 Dec 1680 Philip Cornwaleys died. Memorial at Burnham Thorpe
30 Dec 1699 Andrew Fountaine knighted by William III. Born Narford he succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Warden of the Mint
30 Dec 1739 The Rev Robert Lawrence died. Tablet at Brockdish
30 Dec 1778 Thomas Cotton died. Tablet at Brockdish
30 Dec 1791 Cpt George Vancouver's expedition reached Tahiti
30 Dec 1847 Chloroform used at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for surgery for the first time when a young woman had her leg amputated
30 Dec 1854 A loaded cattle train crashed into a broken down mail train between Thetford and Brandon
30 Dec 1899 Sir James Paget died. (Born Yarmouth 11 Jan 1814)
31 Dec 1795 Anna Gurney born Norfolk. Anglo Saxon scholar whose legs were paralysed since infancy. Corresponded with missionaries about slavery
31 Dec 1872 Barnabus Bond of Alburgh died. Memorial window