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He remarried in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1828, to Maria Hudson, and the couple moved to York. Etching of York Minster by William Martin, Jonathan's brother . A year later, Martin had another mental breakdown. On Sunday 1 February 1829, he became upset by a buzzing sound in the organ while attending evensong at York Minster. He hid in the ...
The York Minster fire was a blaze that caused severe destruction to the south transept of York Minster, in the city of York, England, on 9 July 1984.Believed to have been started by a lightning strike, the roof burnt for three hours between 1:00 and 4:00 am before it was made to collapse by the fire brigade to stop it spreading to other parts of the minster.
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
A sound and light show will be among the events to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the blaze.
July 9 – York Minster fire. A fire destroyed part of the Minster's roof in York , England. July 23 – Union Oil refinery in Romeoville, Illinois , had two explosions and a fire, killing at least 14 and injuring 23.
1–2 February – York Minster is extensively damaged in a fire started by Jonathan Martin (who is subsequently acquitted of arson on the grounds of insanity). [2] March 5 – Jack Adams, last of the Bounty mutineers, dies on Pitcairn Island. 21 March – Wellington–Winchilsea duel.
20 May – York Minster's nave roof is destroyed in an accidental fire. 6 June – The first group of British emigrants from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints set sail from Liverpool bound for Nauvoo, Illinois .
Memorial to Archbishop William Thomson (d. 1890) in the south transept at York Minster. William Thomson, FRS, FRGS (11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890) was an English church leader, Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death.