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- 21 September 1549: Egalitarian, republican and Catholic, the leaders of the Seamer Rebellion against the Edwardian Reformation are hanged at York
- 30 May 1809: Death of Samuel Peech, legendary coach proprietor, of the Angel Inn, Sheffield
- 17 April 1687: The Duke of Buckingham, rakish ex-favourite of Charles II, writes from his hovel deathbed in Kirkbymoorside (Ryedale), begging a ticket to heaven
- 29 March 1461: The Wharfe runs red as the Yorkists destroy the Lancastrians at Towton (Tadcaster)
- 14 July 1663: Leeds borough returns for the hearth tax, designed to pay for the household of Charles II
- 9 May 1622: Leeds corporation legislates against Sunday street life
- 26 March 1662: The Leeds corporation appoints a cook, Thomas Gorst
- 14 February 1779: James Cook of Marton-in-Cleveland tries to recover a boat from some Hawaiians
- 17 November 1839: Excise officers entrap Leeds barbers violating the sabbath
- 1 June 1300: Margaret of France, Queen of England, goes into labour at Brotherton while hunting
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