Yorkshire on Wednesday 21 February 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 21 February 1688: On Shrove-Tuesday, cock-throwing York apprentices break a Catholic window, and the militia intervenes, torturing citizens and violating their civic rights
- 21 February 1718: Elizabeth Hodgson and William Reeston are excommunicated in St. Augustine’s, Hedon for having an illegitimate child
- 21 February 1835: The Spectator summarises the respective preoccupations of Leeds’s Tory and Whig establishments – partying, and preventing implementation of the child labour provisions of the Factory Act
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:06-17:23, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 06:40 rise 13:34, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:11-17:28, zenith 12:19
- Moon: set 06:46 rise 13:38, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 07:11-17:25, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 06:50 rise 13:31, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:10-17:28, zenith 12:19
- Moon: set 06:42 rise 13:41, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:09-17:26, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 06:45 rise 13:35, waxing gibbous
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