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Date
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Year
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Clue
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Answer
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1st
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1135
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This King died. He fell ill a week earlier after eating too many Lampreys
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Henry I
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2nd
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1697
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This building reopened, having been rebuilt under the guise of Christopher Wren
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St Paul's Cathedral
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3rd
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1992
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Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth sent the first ever of this form of communication
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A Text Message
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4th
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1799
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This new tax was first announced in Britain to help finance war with France
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Income Tax
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5th
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1973
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Speed limits were reduced to 50mph across Britain, but why?
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To save fuel
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6th
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1921
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This country gained independence from the United Kingdom
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Irish Free State
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7th
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2022
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The last surviving member of this famous Second World War raid, George Johnson, died aged 101
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The Dambusters
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8th
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1980
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This former member of the Beatles was killed outside his apartment in New York by an estranged fan
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John Lennon
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9th
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1783
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The first executions took place at this prison
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Newgate Prison
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10th
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1868
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The first of these, now pivotal parts of road safety, were installed in London
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Traffic Lights
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11th
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1282
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This Prince, the last native Prince of Wales, died
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Llewelyn ap Gruffydd
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12th
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1955
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Christopher Cockerell patents this new type of vehicle
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Hovercraft
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13th
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2013
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Prince Harry, alongside his team of injured military veterans reaches this geographical landmark
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The South Pole
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14th
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1895
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This future King is born, taking the throne when his brother abdicated
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George VI
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15th
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1958
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The Crewe Works builds its last of this vehicle, having built 7331 since the works opened in 1840
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Steam Locomotive
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16th
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1773
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This 'Tea Party' took place in the USA, causing £1.5 million worth of British tea to be lost
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Boston Tea Party
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17th
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1778
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This inventor, best known for the Safety Lamp, and discovering various elements, is born in Cornwall
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Humphrey Davy
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18th
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2012
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This retailer closed its doors after 79 years of trading
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Comet
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19th
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1848
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This author died aged 30, from Tuberculosis
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Emily Bronte
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20th
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1928
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The first of this restaurant, named after it's founder, which would eventually become the most famous of its type, opens in Yorkshire
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Harry Ramsden's
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21st
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1988
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Pan American flight 103 is destroyed by terrorists over this Scottish town, killing 270 people
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Lockerbie
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22nd
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1716
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The first of this type of show is performed in England at London's Lincoln Inn Theatre
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Pantomime
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23rd
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1732
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This entrepreneur, who would go on to pioneer the modern factory system at Cromford, Derbyshire, was born
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Richard Arkwright
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24th
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1814
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This conflict, often seen as a sideshow to a larger conflict in Britain, is brought to an end by the Treaty of Ghent
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The War of 1812
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25th
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1950
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Scottish nationalists stole this artefact from Westminster Abbey, where it had be housed for 650 years
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Stone of Scone
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26th
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1791
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This English mathematician, known for originating the idea of programmable computers, was born
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Charles Babbage
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27th
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1836
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This type of natural disaster killed 8 at Lewes, the worst of its type ever to happen in Britain
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An Avalanche
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28th
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1950
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This picturesque area of England became Britain's first National Park
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The Peak District
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29th
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1675
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The Government ordered the closure of all of these establishments, on the basis that they were hotbeds for anti-government gossip
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Coffee Houses
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30th
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1946
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Footballers in England's Football league threaten to go on strike over the proposal of a wage cap of this amount
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£11 a week
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31st
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2022
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Scarborough cancelled it's New Year fireworks display because of this reason
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A Sleeping Walrus
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