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- 1 January 1873: Sophia Constable (11) is given a 51-month custodial sentence for being party to the theft of a loaf from Francis Mackintosh at Whitby
- 28 April 1866: On appeal in London, one Mr Clark is jailed for a second time for refusing to honour his employment contract with Unwin & Rogers, Sheffield cutlers
- 26 November 1980: Following the Headingley murder of Jackie Hill, West Yorkshire Police receive a letter from Trevor Birdsall clearly identifying his friend Peter Sutcliffe of Heaton (Bradford) as the Yorkshire Ripper
- 28 January 1847: Edward Stillingfleet recounts finding a “British” chariot burial during excavation of 100 Iron Age tumuli at Arras and Hessleskew on the Wolds 30 years ago
- 22 December 1666: The borough of Leeds orders the return of records “public and pious” lost during the civil war
- 3 November 1694: Leeds’s borough treasurer is mandated to pay goldsmith Arthur Monjoy £61 for making the ceremonial mace
- 12 January 1825: Safety failings kill 24 in an explosion at Gosforth Pit, Middleton (Leeds), owner Charles Brandling MP, manager John Blenkinsop
- 1 July 1822: Sheffield miners are reminded of the dangers of working without one of Humphrey Davy’s new safety lamps
- 6 July 1822: A journalist finds harmony in the fall of an elderly widow from York’s city walls
- 22 May 1711: Leeds’s first white-cloth hall is opened on Kirkgate, replacing the outdoor market on Briggate, and competing with Wakefield’s 1710 building
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