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Event	Date
Asterix is discovered in St Peter Port harbour	25th December
Archaeologists found a porpoise grave	17th September
Archaeologist Crystal Bennet was born	20th August

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20 January

Hanois Lighthouse is cut off by the weather

10 February

Guernsey’s last execution didn’t go according to plan

13 April

Battery Mirus was test fired for the first time

28 March

Guernsey Post Office is established

On this day in Jersey...

Victoria College's first headmaster is born
William George Henderson was the first headmaster of Victoria College, having been ordained a priest in 1859.
Princess Margaret visits Jersey
Almost ten years to the day after her sister’s visit, Princess Margaret came to Jersey. It what was, quite literally, a flying visit.
Mother is banished from Jersey for being unmarried
The States of Jersey banished Portuguese Maria Batista from the island for being the unmarried mother of a boy born prematurely.

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