A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Yorkshire"
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657 Saint Hilda founds an abbey on the Yorkshire coast at WhitbyWhitby Whitby is a historic town in North Yorkshire [i] on the north-east coast of England [i] ...
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1089NorthumbriaNorthumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom [i] of Angles [i] which was formed in Great Britain [i] ...
divided by the NormansNormans The Normans were a people who colonized Normandy [i], conquered England [i], and played a major politic ...
into the counties of NorthumberlandNorthumberland Northumberland is a county [i] in northern England [i]. ...
, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and LancashireLancashire Lancashire is a county [i] in North West [i] England [i], bounded ...
1132 Foundation of Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey, in Yorkshire.
1177Byland AbbeyByland Abbey Byland Abbey in Yorkshire [i], England [i] was founded as a Savigniac [i] abbey in January 1135 [i] and ...
is founded in Yorkshire by the Cistercians.
1643 Cavaliers, (supports Charles ICharles I of England [i] [[1625]...
in the English Civil War) win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.
1795 December 13 A meteoriteMeteorite A meteorite is an extraterrestrial body that survives its impact with the Earth [i]'s surface without be ...
fell at Wold Newton, a hamlet in Yorkshire in EnglandEngland England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ...
. This meteorite fall was subsequently used as a literary premise by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer as the basis for the Wold Newton family stories. See: Wold Newton meteorite.
1890 The first ever ''official'' County ChampionshipCounty Championship The County Championship is the domestic first class [i] cricket [i] competition in t ...
cricketCricket Cricket is a team sport [i] played between two teams of eleven players each. ...
match begins in BristolBristol Bristol is a city [i], unitary authority [i] and ceremonial county [i] ...
. Yorkshire beats GloucestershireGloucestershire Gloucestershire is a county in South West England [i]. ...
by eight wickets.
2005 A judge at LeedsLeeds Leeds is a major city in the northern English [i] county of Yorkshire [i] and the urban ...
Crown Court sentences Mark Hobson to life imprisonment for four murders committed in Yorkshire last summer, and recommends that he should never be released.
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