Historical place archive

Kent in History

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

3 records2 event labels2 people1067–1871

Historical events in Kent

1067

1067
Peerage
Odo of Bayeux · House of Normandy

Created Earl of Kent, by his half-brother William the Conqueror

1067
Peerage
Odo of Bayeux · Norman Invasion Wars

Odo becomes Earl of Kent

1871

1871
Exile of Napoleon III
Napoleon III · Franco-Prussian War

Joins Eugenie at Chiselhurst in Kent

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Kent. 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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