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- 5 February 1649: The Puritan John Sharp of Bradford, on military service at Hull, writes passionately to his “cousin” at York
- 30 August 1766: Organ-builder John Snetzler selects an organist for Halifax parish church
- 19 November 1715: Writing to the astronomer John Flamsteed, Abraham Sharp of Little Horton (Bradford) hopes that defeat at the Battle of Preston will end local Jacobite aspirations
- 14 June 1773: Parliament belatedly awards John Harrison part of the prize due to him for inventing the marine chronometer
- 7 December 1703: Abraham Sharp writes to John Flamsteed of the difficulties of observing Jupiter from Little Horton, Bradford
- 24 March 1703: The mathematician and astronomer Abraham Sharp experiences the northern lights for the first time, at Little Horton, Bradford
- 24 May 1669: Abraham Sharp (16), later mathematician and astronomer, undertakes not to fornicate for the next eight years and is apprenticed to a York textile merchant
- 29 May 1934: Maurice Wilson of Bradford begins his solo ascent of Everest, equipped with some knowledge of yoga, a small tent, three loaves of bread, two tins of porridge and a camera
- 5 August 1605: Debauched and ruined, Walter Calverley is crushed to death today at York for the murder of two sons at Calverley Hall (Bradford), but is revived by 1830s schoolboy ghost-raisers as the Rev. Samuel Redhead (age ca. 55)
- 12 October 0709: St Wilfrid of York’s soul departs with the birds at Oundle (Northants)
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