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- 30 March 1866: On Good Friday, lost northwest of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean and battered by old sea ice in a terrible gale, the crew of the whaler Diana of Hull stoically awaits death
- 19 February 1866: The Diana, Hull’s first steam-assisted whaler and its last of any nature, leaves on its fateful voyage to the Arctic
- 21 June 1891: A sonnet by Charles Forshaw about a sermon about light preached at Bulmer (Castle Howard) by the Rev. James Gabb this summer solstice evening
- 4 July 1604: The daily timetable for Cicely Sandys’ university at Ripon is approved today by Queen Anne of Denmark
- 12 June 1578: Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, cracks down on fun
- 23 June 1413: Walking from York to Bridlington on a hot Midsummer’s Eve, the husband of the Christian mystic Margery Kempe suggests a resumption of sexual relations
- 16 April 1883: General Booth rebuts the Bishop of Oxford’s claim that the Salvation Army organises mixed darkroom sessions called “Crawling for Jesus” at York
- 25 December 1066: Archbishop Ealdred of York crowns William the Conqueror at Westminster, Archbishop Stigand of Canterbury being excommunicated
- 28 January 1069: In the first major northern battle after Hastings, Tynesiders slaughter a Norman army at Durham, whereupon William the Conqueror ravages the north
- 17 November 1865: Charles Harding, ex-landlord of the Labour in Vain at Hull, lists his debtors for a bankruptcy hearing
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