This Months Events
From Historical Hastings
Events that happened in this month
The following list, whilst in no measure complete is a 'snapshot' of various events that occurred in Hastings during the current month.
| Date | Description | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Raids | 12 | Alfred Road hit by enemy bombs | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 30 | Plaza Cinema hit in air raid - 14 casualties | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 10 | Air Raid - The Green/Tower Road area | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 14 | Air Raid on Linton Crescent and All Saints Street - no bombs exploded | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 20 | Air Raid targetting Ore Tunnel & Batchelor's Bump | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 28 | Bexhill Road and Seaside Road hit by enemy bombs | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 22 | Air raid in Alexandra Park/Mount Pleasant area - none of the bombs exploded in the park | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 23 | Halton School destroyed by air raid | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 25 | St. Leonards targetted in air raid | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 26 | upper Queen's Road, Nelson Road, Milward Road & St. Mary's Terrace hit by string of bombs | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 21 | Marine Court damaged by enemy bombs | 1942 |
| Air Raids | 24 | West St. Leonards to Warrior Square hit by string of seven bombs | 1942 |
| Anna McNeill (1804-1881) | |||
| Augustin W. Langdon (1837-1887) | |||
| Bernard Montgomery | 12 | Winston Churchill and Montgomery receive the Winkle | 1955 |
| Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 | 30 | Sir Frederick Baker killed by the sweeps of a windmill owned by Edward Milward | 1830 |
| Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXIX - St. Leonards 1843 | 12 | Queen Victoria's royal yacht pauses off-shore to view the house she holidayed in during 1834-5 | 1840 |
| Brett Volume 6: Chapter LV - St. Leonards 1856 | 23 | Wreck of the John and Mary of Sunderland, resulting in the death of the captain's wife and four children | 1854 |
| Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXII - Hastings 1859 | 9 | SSS Great Eastern has a boiler explosion, killing ten men off Hastings on her way to Portland | 1858 |
| Brett Volume 8: Chapter LXIII - St. Leonards 1860 | 21 | Foundation Stone of St. Matthew's Church laid | 1860 |
| Charles Eversfield (1683-1748) | |||
| Cinque Ports’ Chronicle | 8 | Launch of the Cinque Ports' Chronicle | 1838 |
| Decimus Burton (1800-1881) | |||
| George Archibald Thorpe (1825-1896) | |||
| John H. Weatherseed (1840-1915) | |||
| Julian Clifford (1877-1921) | |||
| Midge | 13 | Grounding of The Midge | 1861 |
| Nicholas Wingfield (1715-1759) | |||
| Titus Oates (1649-1705) | |||
| Walter Mayo | |||
| Winston Churchill | 12 | Winston Churchill and Montgomery receive the Winkle | 1955 |
