Glastonbury Festival ( formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts ) is a five-day festival Social_event of contemporary performing Hold arts that takes place Process_start in Pilton , Somerset , England .

The tour began Process_start on 26 March 1976 in London , Ontario , Canada and ended Process_end on 11 July 1976 in Luton , England .

Remarkably , at its first full live performance Hold at Guildhall , Portsmouth , England on 21 January 1972 , most of the album was in the form Coming_to_be it would be when released Publishing 14 months later .

The 2011 England riots Violence , more widely known as the London Riots were a series of riots between 6 and 11 August 2011 , when thousands of people rioted Violence in cities and towns across England , saw looting Robbery , arson Violence , and mass deployment Arranging of police , and resulted in the deaths Death of five people .

The 2011 England riots Violence , more widely known as the London Riots were a series of riots between 6 and 11 August 2011 , when thousands of people rioted Violence in cities and towns across England , saw looting Robbery , arson Violence , and mass deployment Arranging of police , and resulted in the deaths Death of five people .

From 8 to 10 August , other towns and cities in England ( including Birmingham , Leeds , Coventry , Leicester , Derby , Wolverhampton , Northampton , Nottingham , West Bromwich , Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Salford and York ) saw what was described by the media as `` copycat violence Violence '' .

By 10 August , more than 3,000 arrests Arrest had been made Action across England , with more than 1,000 people issued with criminal charges Judgment_communication for various offences Judgment_communication related to the riots .

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery Robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 , at Bridego Railway Bridge , Ledburn , near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire , England .

Court Line Flight 95 was an international charter Renting flight from London Luton Airport , Bedfordshire , England , to Munich-Riem Airport , West Germany , operated Being_in_operation on 18 April 1974 by Court Line ( Aviation ) Ltd BAC One-Eleven 518 G-AXMJ .

Rupert had gathered Come_together an army which marched Self_motion through the northwest of England , gathering Come_together reinforcements and fresh recruits on the way , and across the Pennines to relieve the city .

After their defeat Hostile_encounter the Royalists effectively abandoned Escaping Northern England , losing Earnings_and_losses much of the manpower from the northern counties of England ( which were strongly Royalist in sympathy ) and also losing Earnings_and_losses access to the European continent through the ports on the North Sea coast .

After their defeat Hostile_encounter the Royalists effectively abandoned Escaping Northern England , losing Earnings_and_losses much of the manpower from the northern counties of England ( which were strongly Royalist in sympathy ) and also losing Earnings_and_losses access to the European continent through the ports on the North Sea coast .

In the 19th century local historical interest led to Causation the confirmation Coming_to_believe of his grave 's location , and the establishment Creating of markers at the site and in England .

The event attracts 500,000 spectators each year , making it New England 's most widely viewed Scrutiny sporting event .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Brunanburh was fought Hostile_encounter in 937 between Æthelstan , King of England , and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson , King of Dublin ; Constantine II , King of Scotland and Owain , King of Strathclyde .

Additionally , historians such as Michael Livingston argue Protest that `` the men who fought Hostile_encounter and died Death on that field forged Causation a political map of the future that remains [ in modernity ] , arguably making Manufacturing the Battle of Brunanburh one of the most significant battles Hostile_encounter in the long history not just of England , but of the whole of the British Isles . ''

Æthelstan 's victory preserved Preserving the unity of England .

From 1969 until 1997 , the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) conducted Action an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England , aimed Aiming at ending Process_end British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create Creating a united Ireland .

In the 1990s they also began Process_start a campaign of bombing Attack economic targets in London and other cities in England .

Dyer retired Process_end from the army and he returned Arriving to England , where he died Death unrepentant in 1927 .

The Knowle and Dorridge rail crash was a fatal rail crash that occurred at Dorridge railway station in the West Midlands , England , on 15 August 1963 .

A severe gale was noted Know in New England later that month , on 11 and 12 September , although it was likely not the same system as that which had passed Process_end through the Caribbean and southeastern United States earlier that month .

The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1135 and 1153 , which resulted in Causation a widespread breakdown in law and order .

Following a major rebellion in the south-west of England , Matilda invaded Attack in 1139 with the help of her half-brother Robert of Gloucester .

Neither side was able to achieve Achieve a decisive advantage during the first years of the war ; the Empress came to control Control the south-west of England and much of the Thames Valley , while Stephen remained Presence in control of the south-east .

Empress Matilda 's husband , Geoffrey V of Anjou , conquered Conquering Normandy , but in England neither side could achieve Achieve victory .

Rebel barons began Process_start to acquire Getting ever greater power in northern England and in East Anglia , with widespread devastation in the regions of major fighting .

In 1148 the Empress returned Arriving to Normandy , leaving Giving the campaigning in England to her young son Henry FitzEmpress .

In 1152 Stephen and Matilda of Boulogne , queen consort and Stephen 's wife , unsuccessfully attempted to have their eldest son , Eustace , recognised Know by the Catholic Church as the next king of England .

When Henry FitzEmpress re-invaded England in 1153 , neither faction 's forces were keen to fight Hostile_encounter .

Stephen died Death the next year and Henry ascended Change_of_leadership the throne as Henry II , the first Angevin king of England , beginning Process_start a long period of reconstruction .

The 1975 European Cup Final was a football match Competition between Bayern Munich of Germany and Leeds United of England on 28 May 1975 at the Parc des Princes , Paris .

The December 1960 nor'easter was a significant early-season winter storm Catastrophe that impacted Influence the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States .

The storm Catastrophe was accompanied by strong winds , gusting to over 90 mph ( 145 km/h ) in coastal New England , and left Departing in its wake a dangerously cold air mass .

Sliding southeast of New England , the new storm explosively deepened Cause_change_of_strength to become Becoming a full-fledged Becoming nor'easter , with a minimum central air pressure of 966 mbar .

Overall , the storm Catastrophe and subsequent cold snap were blamed Judgment_communication for at least 286 deaths Death across a wide area , but primarily in Pennsylvania , New Jersey , New York , and the New England states .

She was sold Commerce_sell at Portsmouth , England , in 1819 and broken up Destroying .

Jawaharlal Nehru in his Glimpses of World History , 1934 wrote about Christianity in India : `` You may be surprised to learn that Christianity came to Arriving India long before it went to Motion England or Western Europe , and when even in Rome it was a despised Judgment_communication and proscribed sect .

A motorist was killed Killing after his vehicle was caught Getting by floodwater and landslides halted Process_end rail services Supply between England and Scotland .

The second batch of flooding Catastrophe struck Attack the South-West of England during the afternoon of 7 July , forcing Causation the Met Office to issue Communication its highest alert Warning , Red ( Take Action ) , due to the significant amounts of rainfall Catastrophe caused Causation by a system travelling Self_motion from Southern Europe , along with the warm , humid air the United Kingdom had seen Traveling in the run-up to the floods Catastrophe , which , like the June floods Catastrophe , caused Causation thunderstorms .

The tour began Process_start on 19 March 2005 in Glasgow , Scotland at SECC Concert Hall 4 and concluded Process_end on 7 May 2005 in London , England at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre , consisting Containing of 37 shows in Europe .

They flew Motion from the south of England to Normandy in six Airspeed Horsa gliders .

The 2012 Grand National ( known Statement as the John Smith 's Grand National for sponsorship reasons ) was the 165th annual renewal of the Grand National horse race Competition at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool , England .

Hop Farm Music Festival Social_event is an annual music festival Social_event at The Hop Farm Country Park in Paddock Wood , Kent , England , first created Creating by John Vincent Power of Festival Republic .

The West Indian cricket team toured Traveling England in the 1900 season .

There had been three tours Traveling by teams of English Amateurs to the West Indies in the mid-1890s and the idea of sending Sending a combined West Indies team to England had gradually developed Coming_to_be .

Unfortunately a few of the leading West Indies players were unavailable and the team that eventually sailed Self_motion for England was a little weaker than had been anticipated .

The insurrection Hostile_encounter was largely forgotten GiveUp as attention focussed Aiming on better publicised Radical events in England .

Warm onshore winds , caused Causation by a storm Catastrophe track close to the shore , allowed Preventing_or_letting precipitation to change Change to sleet and rain in central and eastern New England .

At least 20 fatalities Death were attributed Causation to the storm Catastrophe in New York and New England .