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Gloucester Day is a recently reinstated annual day of celebration of the City of Gloucester's history and culture. The day was first held in the modern era on 5 September 2009 [ 1 ] but originally dates from the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against Royalist forces during the First English Civil War .
On 6 August the Parliamentarian governor of Gloucester, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Massey, refused to surrender the city, but in a secret communication he let it be known that he would do so if the King, rather than Rupert, led the army on Gloucester. Charles decided the next day that this was the best chance of securing Gloucester quickly and ...
Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / ⓘ GLOSS-tər) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west; it is sited 19 miles (31 km) from Monmouth, 33 miles (53 km) from Bristol, and 17 miles (27 km) east of the border with Wales.
As the New York Times reported at the time, "Prince Richard of Gloucester, 27 year‐old cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, will marry a 25 year‐old Danish secretary, Miss Birgitte van Deurs, this ...
Glevum was established around AD 48, at an important crossing of the River Severn, and near to the Fosse Way, the early front line after the Roman invasion of Britain. . Initially, a Roman fort was established at present-day Kingsholm in c. 65–
The Paris Agreement, the most significant international climate accord in history, was opened for signature on Earth Day in 2016. The treaty has more than 190 signatories, all of whom agreed to ...
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Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397: King Henry IV 1367–1413: John Beaufort 1373–1410 1st Earl of Somerset: Joan Beaufort c. 1379 –1440: Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414: Humphrey of Lancaster 1390–1447 Duke of Gloucester: John Beaufort 1404–1444 Duke of Somerset: Cecily Neville 1415–1495: Dukedom of Gloucester ...