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Ebenezer Le Page author GB Edwards dies
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29th December
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Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin died
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27th November
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Horticultural painter William Caparne was born
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17th November
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Dad’s Army actor John le Mesurier died
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15th November
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Jethou’s tenant fell off his own cliff
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14th November
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Bailiff Sir Peter de Havilland was born
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27th October
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Dame Sibyl Hathaway chose her Desert Island Discs
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25th October
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Footballer Matt Le Tissier was born
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14th October
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Major General Sir Isaac Brock died
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13th October
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Herm tenant Major Peter Wood died
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29th September
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Occupation president Ambrose Sherwill died
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25th September
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Guernsey commando Hubert Nicolle died
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19th September
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Missing girl, Jetta, was found on Guernsey
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16th September
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The title Baron de Saumarez was created
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15th September
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The melon king died… long live the melon king
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6th September
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Ship sinks in St Sampson harbour
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5th September
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Renoir arrived on Guernsey to paint
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4th September
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Oliver Reed was jailed in Guernsey
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27th August
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Charlie Chaplin played in St Peter Port
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16th August
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Guernsey steam tramway is granted its concession
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13th August
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Guernesiais linguist Marie de Garis died
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10th August
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The Star received some “grave” news
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17th July
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Birth of Sark-based writer Mervyn Peake
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9th July
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Guernsey coffee trader William Le Lacheur died
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27th June
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Princess Elizabeth opened Guernsey’s hospital
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23rd June
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Guernsey celebrated Queen Victoria’s jubilee
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22nd June
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Aurigny founder Derrick Bailey died
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19th June
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Pollet guest house fire claimed its third victim
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18th June
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Victor Hugo’s house is opened to the public
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14th June
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Dame Sibyl became a dame again
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12th June
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The king and queen celebrated Guernsey’s liberation
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7th June
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Bailiff John Guille died in Plymouth
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3rd June
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Cricketer Charles Grieve died in Shropshire
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1st June
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Guernsey woman advised to leave for her safety
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29th May
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Game of Thrones actor Roy Dotrice was born
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26th May
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John Doyle was appointed Lieutenant-Governor
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23rd May
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Guernsey poet and painter Denys Corbet was born
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22nd May
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Wartime diplomat Wilfred Gallienne born in Guernsey
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20th May
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British papers reported Dame of Sark’s deportation
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14th May
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A Guernsey retiree’s £1m offer attracts 57,000 requests
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10th May
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Role of Chief Minister of Guernsey abolished
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4th May
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“Twink” goes missing on its way to Guernsey
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3rd May
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Guernsey deportee, nurse Gladys Skillett was born
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2nd May
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Priaulx Library opens for the first time
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1st May
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Guernsey bigamist got married for the second time
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22nd April
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Three Jewish women are deported from Guernsey
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21st April
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TV’s Jeeves is rushed to hospital on Guernsey
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18th April
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Death of the Vicar General of the Channel Islands
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17th April
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Lieutenant Governor, Lord Ruthven, died in Bath
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16th April
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Guernsey Mormon Sampson Avard dies in Illinois
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15th April
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Antiquarian William Collings Lukis was born
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8th April
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Guernsey’s oldest resident dies, aged 110
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4th April
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Famed printer Thomas de la Rue born
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24th March
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Guernsey guidebook pioneer Henry Inglis dies
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20th March
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Birth of concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houedard
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16th February
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Specsavers’ Mary Perkins was born
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14th February
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Queen Mary executed while wearing Guernsey stockings
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8th February
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Birth of Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann
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2nd February
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Guernsey poet George Métivier is born
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29th January
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Guernsey’s last witch trial takes place
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28th January
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Benefactor Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx dies
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15th January
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Sibyl Hathaway, Dame of Sark, is born
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13th January
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