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The Guernsey Tapestry is completed	6th December
Queen Mary executed while wearing Guernsey stockings	8th February

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07 February

Guernsey Language Commission formed

20 September

Guernsey and Jersey considered merging

06 April

Birth of Stone de Croze, the original Guernseyman

19 June

Aurigny founder Derrick Bailey died

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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