Yorkshire on Thursday 23 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 23 January 1640: Andrew Marvell’s father drowns in the Humber at Hull
- 23 January 1642: Entering Hull to claim it for parliament from Charles I, young John Hotham receives divine warning of his and his father’s acephalous fate
- 23 January 1643: Thomas Fairfax, the Rider of the White Horse, captures Leeds from the Beast with the help of Psalm 68
- 23 January 1720: Mr Robertson demonstrates his ultra-compact inflatable boat on the Aire at Leeds
- 23 January 1865: Leeds gentleman-photographer, William Lyndon Smith, drowns while trying to save an ice-skating couple on Benyon’s Pond at Gledhow Hall, Leeds
- 23 January 1888: Dr Henry Arthur Allbutt of Leeds launches a crowdfunder against being struck off for the affordability of his obstetrics and gynaecology manual for women
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:58-16:27, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 02:48 set 10:45, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:03-16:32, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 02:54 set 10:49, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:05-16:27, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 02:57 set 10:44, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:01-16:34, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 02:51 set 10:51, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:02-16:30, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 02:53 set 10:47, waning crescent
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