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- 3 January 1638: On the eve of the civil war, Henry Slingsby witnesses Royalist cavalry exercising near Wetherby on Bramham Moor, scene of the defeat of the Percy Rebellion in 1408
- 24 March 1896: Christ meets Cheops on the pyramid tomb at Sharow, Ripon under which Jessie Piazzi Smyth (who died today) was buried by her “pyramidiot” husband
- 29 June 1817: Pending legislation guaranteeing savings bank deposits held in government bonds, the York Saving Bank issues an ambiguous flyer
- 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
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