On this day ......

[unloadonme]

26 January 1340 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England

 

[MassRuss]

January 26, 1925 - Actor Paul Newman born in Cleveland, OH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman

 

[unloadonme]

27 January 1859 – Birth of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor

 

[MassRuss]

Yikes, Kaiser Bill!

January 27, 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart

 

[MassRuss]

July 28, 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing all 7 astronauts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

 

[unloadonme]

^ July????

28 January 1547 – Death of King Henry VIII of England. His nine year old son becomes King Edward VI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England

 

[MassRuss]

Oh dear! Of course I mean January. Had to grab a Pepsi to wake up (I wish this site would allow editing

 

[unloadonme]

29 January 1880 – Birth of W C Fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields

 

[MassRuss]

January 29, 1676 - Feodor III crowned Tsar of Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_III

 

[unloadonme]

30 January 1649 – King Charles I of England is murdered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England

30 January 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the murder of the monarch he himself deposed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell

 

[MassRuss]

I've read where the dug up his corpse & beheaded him (along with his son Richard) True?

January 31, 1606 - Guy Fawkes executed for his part in the Gunpowder plot to kill James I & blow up Parliament

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_fawkes

 

[unloadonme]

All true!

31 January 1788 – Death of Charles Edward Stuart, the exiled Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart

 

[unloadonme]

2 February 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mortimer's_Cross

 

[ozguy]

Feb 3rd, 1959 ..... 1950s rock and roll musician Buddy Holly is killed in an aeroplane crash.

 

[unloadonme]

3 February 1807 – A British military force under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now the capital of Uruguay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Auchmuty_(British_army_officer)

 

[unloadonme]

3 February 1830 – Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Arthur_Talbot_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury

 

[crimsonpaine]

February 3 1998 - Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman executed in the U.S. since 1984.

 

[unloadonme]

4 February 2013 - Bones found under a Leicester car park are confirmed to be the mortal remains of His Late Majesty King Richard III.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

 

[unloadonme]

5 February 1914 – Birth of William S Burroughs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs

 

[unloadonme]

6 February 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England_and_VII_of_Scotland