Greenwich
town in south-east London, England, UK
11 dated entries naming Greenwich, drawn from 10 separate years between 1012 CE and 1714 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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11th century
16th century
- 1515May 13 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich (near London).source
- 1536January 24 – King Henry VIII of England is seriously injured when he falls from his horse at a jousting tournament in Greenwich, after which the fully armored horse falls on him. The King is unconscious for two hours, sustaining an injury to an ulcerated leg and a concussion.source
- 1593Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.source
- 1593Pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.source
17th century
- 1616Inigo Jones designs the Queen's House at Greenwich, near London.source
- 1638The Queen's House at Greenwich, designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 as the first major example of classical architecture in the country, is completed for Henrietta Maria.source
- 165717 August – Admiral Blake dies of old wounds at sea off Plymouth. His body is given a lying in state in the Queen's House, Greenwich and a full state funeral in Cromwell's presence, and he becomes one of the first commoners to be honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey (although reinterred after the Restoration).source
- 16611 October – a yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend between King Charles and James, Duke of York makes the sport fashionable.source
- 1677The John Roan School is established in Greenwich, London.source