Historical place archive

Cheltenham in History

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

7 records7 event labels5 people1892–2008

Historical events in Cheltenham

1892

13 April 1892
Birth of Arthur Travers Harris
Arthur Travers Harris · Military

Birth of Arthur Travers Harris

1902

19 December 1902
Birth of Ralph David Richardson
Ralph David Richardson · Cinema

Birth of Ralph David Richardson

1942

28 February 1942
Birth of Brian Jones
Brian Jones · Popular Music

Birth of Brian Jones, founder and multi-instrumentalist of the Rolling Stones.

28 February 1942
Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Brian Jones · Popular Music

Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones

1961

1961
Cheltenham Art College
Brian Jones · Popular Music

Jones applies for a scholarship to Cheltenham Art College where he is initially accepted into the programme, but two days later the offer is withdrawn after an unidentified acquaintance writes to the college, calling Jones an irresponsible drifter

1984

1984
Strike
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Conservative Party Government

Forbids trades union membership at GCHQ, 1,000 pounds is given for each union card

2008

10 October 2008
Cheltenham Literature Festival
James Gordon Brown · Labour Party Government

Brown appears as a surprise guest at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Cheltenham. 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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