Historical place archive

St Pauls in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Pauls in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records5 event labels6 people1016–1708

Historical events in St Pauls

1016

23 April 1016
Burial
Ethelred II the Unready · House of Wessex

Buried in St Pauls chapel "after a life of much hardship & many difficulties"

23 April 1016
Coronation
Edmund II Ironside · House of Wessex

Crowned at St Pauls Cathedral

1017

6 January 1017
Coronation
Canute I · House of Denmark

Crowned at St Pauls cathedral

1501

14 November 1501
Marriage
Arthur of Wales · House of Tudor

Marries Catherine of Aragon at St Pauls

1660

1660
Dean
John Barwick · Church of England

Barwick is appointed Dean of St Pauls after the Restoration of the Church of England hierarchy.

1667

1667
St Pauls
Christopher Wren · Architecture

Commissioned to rebuild St Pauls Cathedral after the Great Fire of London

1675

1675
St Pauls
Christopher Wren · Architecture

Construction begins on construction on St Pauls

1708

October 1708
St Pauls
Christopher Wren · Architecture

The final stone is laid on St Pauls

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and St Pauls. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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