September

• Accession of Henry VI, king of England

• Birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist

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• Death of J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer and academic

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• Coronation of Richard I, king of England

• Death of Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Richard Cromwell becomes lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland

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• Coronation of Æthelstan, king of England

• Death of Douglas Bader, British pilot

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• Death of James II (VII), king of England and Scots

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• Birth of Elizabeth I, queen of England

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• Inauguration of Lulach, king of Scots

• Birth of Richard I, king of England

• Coronation of William IV, king of the United Kingdom

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• Death of William I, king of England

• Death of James IV, king of Scots
• Accession of James V, king of Scots

• Coronation of Mary I, queen of Scots

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• Jenny Lind, “The Swedish Nightingale”, performed at the first concert of a nine-month tour of the USA organised by P. T. Barnum

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• Return to England of Earl Godwine and his son, Harold, after a year in exile

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• Earl Godwine and his son, Harold, were pardoned by Edward the Confessor, king of England

• Douglas Bader led the victory fly-past over London to commemorate the end of the Second World War

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• Death of Edward II, king of England

• Coronation of James V, king of Scots

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• Coronation of George III as king of Great Britain

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• Coronation of William II, king of England

• Birth of Cuthbert Collingwood, British Admiral

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• Death of Swein, elder brother of Harold II, king of England

• Birth of Billy Butlin, holiday camp founder

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• Accession of Henry IV, king of England

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