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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 10h

Elizabeth II raised her brother-in-law, Antony Armstrong-Jones (Princess Margaret's husband), to the peerage as Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley of Nymans on 6 October 1961, a few weeks before the birth of his first child.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 10h

Prince Philip's parents, Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, were married in a civil ceremony in Darmstadt on 6 October 1903. Lutheran and Greek Orthodox ceremonies took place the following day.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice, was born in Milan on 5 October 1858.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mary of Modena, Catholic second wife of James II and mother of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, was born in Modena on 5 October 1658.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Henry VII finally came face to face with the pretender Perkin Warbeck in Taunton on 5 October 1497 after Warbeck's supporters were defeated and Warbeck had been found after he tried to escape. He was pretending to be Richard, Duke of York, younger son of Edward IV.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The marriage treaty between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was signed on 4 October 1539.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd and the last independent ruler of Wales, was executed by Edward I on 3 October 1283 for treason. His execution is the first recorded case of death by being hanged, drawn, and quartered.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Prince Maurice of Battenberg, son of Princess Beatrice and youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria, was born in Aberdeenshire on 3 October 1891. He was killed in action in 1914, before the family name change to Mountbatten, so was always a Battenberg.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, son of Henry IV and one of the regents for his nephew the young Henry VI, was born on 3 October 1390. He was eventually charged with treason and died in prison soon after.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Richard III was born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, on 2 October 1452. He is controversial for overthrowing his nephew Edward V and taking the throne for himself; Edward and his younger brother Richard were imprisoned in the Tower of London, where they disappeared, presumed murdered.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mary Tudor, younger sister of Henry VIII, left England for France on 2 October 1514 to marry the middle-aged Louis XII. Henry promised if she married Louis, she could choose her next husband if Louis predeceased her. He did predecease her, she did choose her next husband, and Henry was furious.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Eadwig of England died in Gloucester on 1 October 959 and was succeeded by his brother Edgar (the Peaceable).

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Henry III, the son and successor of King John, was born in Winchester on 1 October 1207. He reigned for 56 years, from 1216 until his death.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mary I (Tudor) of England was crowned on 1 October 1553, having become queen on 19 July, ending Jane Grey's nine-day reign. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and reinstated Roman Catholicism to England during her reign.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Edgar the Peaceable, younger son of King Edmund I and his Queen, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, became king of all England on 1 October 959; he reigned until 975.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, married Sophia of the Palatinate, granddaughter of James I of England, on 30 September 1658. Sophia was designated as heir to Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement; however, she predeceased the queen, so her son succeeded Anne as George I.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Henry Bolingbroke was proclaimed Henry IV of England on 30 September 1399 upon the "voluntary" abdication of his cousin Richard II.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Frederick Duke of York, second son of George III, married Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia on 29 September 1791.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Joan of Kent, wife of Edward the Black Prince (eldest son of Edward III) and mother of Richard II, was born at Woodstock Palace on 29 September 1328.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Charlotte, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of George III and consort of Frederick of Württemberg, was born in London on 29 September 1766.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At the Drury Lane Theatre, London, God Save the King, the future national anthem, was sung for the first time on 28 September 1745. The score used was prepared by Thomas Arne (1710-1778), leader of the orchestra and composer of Rule Britannia.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Henry I of England defeated his brother, Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebray, in Normandy, on 28 September 1106. The battle lasted just one hour. The Duke was captured and imprisoned until his death. England and Normandy remained under a single ruler until 1204.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Margaret, Maid of Norway, daughter of Eric II of Norway and disputed Queen of Scots, died on 26 September 1290, aged only 7, en route from Norway to Scotland.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

William II (Rufus), son and successor of William the Conqueror as king of England, was crowned on 26 September 1087.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lady Arbella Stuart, descendant of Henry VIII's sister Margaret Tudor by her second husband and hence a possible successor to Elizabeth I, died in the Tower of London on 25 September 1615. She was imprisoned after her marriage to William, Lord Beauchamp, another descendant of Henry VII.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tostig Godwinson, younger brother of King Harold Godwinson, died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September 1066 during a rebellion against his brother.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

King Harold Godwinson defeated Harald Hardrada of Norway and Harold's younger brother Tostig Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066. Harold's victory was short-lived; he was defeated and killed by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings less than 3 weeks later.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Battle of Rowton Heath took place some 2 miles to the southeast of Chester on 24 September 1645. The Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army, commanded in person by Charles I, prevented Charles from relieving the Siege of Chester.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, daughter of Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice, mother of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Kensington Palace on 24 September 1950.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Royalist forces under Prince Rupert defeated parliamentary forces at the Battle of Powick Bridge on 23 September 1642.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Yorkist force led by Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (father of the Earl of Warwick, the Kingmaker), defeated a Lancastrian force on 23 September 1459 at the battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the Wars of the Roses.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, third surviving legitimate son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was born on 23 September 1158.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Queen Victoria surpassed her grandfather George III as the longest-reigning monarch in British history on 23 September 1896.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Princess Augusta, second daughter of George III, died in London on 22 September 1840.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Captain Mark Phillips, horseman specialising in eventing, for which he won an Olympic gold medal in 1972, and first husband of Princess Anne (daughter of Elizabeth II), was born in Gloucestershire on 22 September 1948.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Prince Alfred, youngest son of George III and the first of his children to die (aged nearly 2), was born on 22 September 1780.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, was born in Düsseldorf on 22 September 1515. She survived her short marriage by agreeing to Henry's demand for an annulment, and he treated her with respect and generosity as a result. She survived Henry and all five of his other wives and ex-wives.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

George III and Queen Charlotte were crowned on 22 September 1761, two weeks after their wedding.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Edward II was reportedly murdered on 21 September 1327, although there are rumours that he lived for several more years.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Lord Protector during Henry VI's incapacity, and father of Edward IV and Richard III, was born on 21 September 1411. He was the original leader of the Yorkist side in the Wars of the Roses.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite army defeated the English at the Battle of Prestonpans, in Scotland, on 21 September 1745.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I, married Lettice Knollys on 21 September 1578, earning long-lasting and grave disapproval from the queen and banishment from the court for Lettice.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anthony Babington, convicted of plotting with Mary Queen of Scots to assassinate Elizabeth I, was executed on 20 September 1586 for treason.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, wife of Richard Earl of Warwick "the Kingmaker" and mother of Isabel, Duchess of Clarence, and Anne, Duchess of Gloucester & Queen of England (consort of Richard III), died in poverty on 20 September 1492, having forfeited most of her estate to Henry VII.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Arthur Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII and first husband of Catherine of Aragon, was born in Winchester on 20 September 1486.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An imposing statue of Alfred the Great of Wessex was unveiled by Lord Rosebery in Winchester High Street on 20 September 1901. The bronze structure, designed by Hamo Thornycroft, was commissioned to commemorate the millennium of King Alfred's life and death.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Harald Hardrada of Norway defeated Morcar of Northumbria and Edwin of Mercia at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September 1066.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, fourth wife of Charles Brandon (whose third wife was Henry VIII's sister Mary), died in Lincolnshire on 19 September 1580. It was rumoured that Henry VIII wanted to make her his seventh wife when he was unhappy with Catherine Parr, but they reconciled.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, younger brother of George III, died in Monaco on 17 September 1767, aged only 28.

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tnbskts 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑🇪🇺 @tnbskts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Jacobite supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie occupied Edinburgh on 17 September 1745 during the Prince's unsuccessful invasion attempting to return the British crown to the Stuarts.

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