On this day in Tudor history, 15th April...
1530 - Death of Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys and first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie Blount), mistress of Henry VIII. He was laid to rest in South Kyme Church.
1545 - Death of Sir Robert Dymoke, champion at the coronations of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He also served in the households of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
1589 - Burial of Frances Radcliffe (née Sidney), Countess of Sussex and founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the Chapel of St Paul.
1599 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1624 - Burial of Sir John Scudamore, husband of Mary Shelton, who served in Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber, at Holme Lacy.
... and on the BBC
On this day – 15 April 1793: Faced with a shortage of gold coin, the Bank of England issued its first five-pound notes. Their black-on-white design was to remain essentially unchanged until 1957.1530 - Death of Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys and first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie Blount), mistress of Henry VIII. He was laid to rest in South Kyme Church.
1545 - Death of Sir Robert Dymoke, champion at the coronations of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He also served in the households of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
1589 - Burial of Frances Radcliffe (née Sidney), Countess of Sussex and founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the Chapel of St Paul.
1599 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1624 - Burial of Sir John Scudamore, husband of Mary Shelton, who served in Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber, at Holme Lacy.
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1865 > President Lincoln dies. 1912 > "Unsinkable" Titanic sinks. 1944> Soviets capture Tarnopol in Poland. 1947 > Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier. 1959 > Castro visits the United States. 1970 > U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam. 1998 > Pol Pot dies.
Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier, 1947
American Revolution
Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain, 1783
Automotive
Race car driver goes down with the Titanic, 1912
Civil War
President Lincoln dies, 1865
Cold War
Castro visits the United States, 1959
Crime
The Sacco-Vanzetti case draws national attention, 1920
Disaster
"Unsinkable" Titanic sinks, 1912
General Interest
President Lincoln dies, 1865 Titanic sinks, 1912 Pol Pot dies, 1998
Hollywood
Greta Garbo dies, 1990
Literary
English author and politician Jeffrey Archer is born, 1940
Music
Bessie Smith is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1894
Old West
Molly Brown avoids sinking with the Titanic, 1912
Presidential
Lincoln is pronounced dead, 1865
Sports
Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier, 1947
Vietnam War
Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco, 1967 U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam, 1970
World War I
British evacuate Passchendaele Ridge, 1918
World War II
Soviets capture Tarnopol in Poland, 1944
1865 > President Lincoln dies. 1912 > "Unsinkable" Titanic sinks. 1944> Soviets capture Tarnopol in Poland. 1947 > Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier. 1959 > Castro visits the United States. 1970 > U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam. 1998 > Pol Pot dies.
Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier, 1947
American Revolution
Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain, 1783
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