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Richard Cavendish remembers the events of October 9th, 1934.

Eadwig died on October 1st, 959, still in his teens, in circumstances which remain unknown.

Richard Cavendish remembers the death of England's only pope, on September 1st, 1159.

The two politicians fought on September 21st, 1809.

The circus act was first performed on 12 November 1859.

The last of the Manchu emperors received a formal pardon on December 4th, 1959.

The creator of the world's most widely spoken constructed language was born on December 15th, 1859.

The diarist began his work on January 1st 1660.

Richard Cavendish remembers January 13th 1935.

A.J.P. Taylor on one of those surprising outsiders with a touch of mischief – in this case a man whose political career spanned nearly sixty years.