Yorkshire on Tuesday 17 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 17 March 1190: Jewish survivors of preceding massacres and overnight suicides plead from York castle walls to be allowed to convert to Christianity
- 17 March 1854: Samuel Jackson of Green Hammerton (Harrogate) writes to his 18-year-old son, John Hughlings Jackson, a student at York Medical and Surgical School
- 17 March 1914: Months before murdering his lover, the painter John Currie lectures at Leeds University and has a late-night heart-to-heart with its vice-chancellor, Michael Sadler
- 17 March 1990: J. Salter encounters a swarm of ladybirds on the North York Moors
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:08-18:10, zenith 12:09
- Moon: rise 05:45 set 16:19, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:13-18:15, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 05:50 set 16:24, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:12-18:13, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 05:51 set 16:22, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:13-18:14, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 05:49 set 16:25, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:11-18:13, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 05:49 set 16:22, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Patrick – patron of Ireland, protection against snakes.
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