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- 11 September 1780: Having paid £1.5M (modern) in bribes to voters, William Wilberforce is elected MP for Hull
- 4 February 0211: Having survived the Scots, Roman emperor Septimius Severus dies at York, perhaps at the hands of his son and fellow-emperor Caracalla
- 19 October 1808: William Perigo of Bramley finds that Mary Bateman defrauded him in promising to cure his wife Rebecca’s palpitations, and suspects she died of poisoning
- 13 February 1796: Marshall and the Benyons’ linen factory at Leeds burns down with the loss of eight lives
- 17 September 1963: As RAF Fylingdales’ early warning systems go live, Tory minister (and Czech communist spy) Ray Mawby claims that carrier pigeons will not be confused
- 25 May 1870: An Ascension Eve performance for tourists of the Whitby Penny Hedge ritual
- 13 July 1858: A visit to an alum works near Whitby
- 25 June 1753: The Moravian Brethren of Fulneck, Pudsey, refuse to participate in the toll-bar riots
- 26 May 1808: The first Ascension Day on which is generally contemplated the notion that ammonites found on Whitby beach are snakes petrified by Saint Hilda, and that seabirds dip their wings in her honour when over-flying
- 29 September 1513: Black humour in a report to Venice regarding the arrival at York of the body of James IV of Scotland after Flodden
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