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EventDate
Naftel’s paintings go on display 8th December
The Guernsey Tapestry is completed 6th December
Horticultural painter William Caparne was born 17th November
Renoir arrived on Guernsey to paint 4th September
Victor Hugo statue is unveiled in Candie Gardens 7th July
Guernsey poet and painter Denys Corbet was born 22nd May
First publication of Victor Hugo’s Toilers of the Sea 12th March
Birth of concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houedard 16th February
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14 February

Blue Islands takes to the skies

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Laura Kennington kicks off Channel Islands triathlon

05 June

First arrests were made at Guernsey Airport

16 February

Birth of concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houedard

On this day in Jersey...


  • A priest is accused of infanticide
    Richard Averty was a loyal Catholic priest with a terrible secret: he also had a child, which he killed to keep his secret safe.
  • Colorado beetle arrives in Jersey
    Colorado beetles invaded the Channel Islands in 1947 and, on a larger scale, in 1963, with many arriving still alive.
  • Jersey issues £100 notes
    When Britain and beyond celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne in 2012 Jersey produced £100 notes in her honour.

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