Historical place archive

Croydon in History

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

4 records4 event labels3 people1912–1984

Historical events in Croydon

1912

1 September 1912
British Composer Dies
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor · Classical Music

Leaves an influential body of choral, orchestral and chamber music.

1 September 1912
Death of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor · Classical Music

Dies in Croydon at the age of thirty-seven.

1930

5 May 1930
1st Flight Australia
Amy Johnson · Exploration and Discovery

Takes off in a gypsy moth seeking to become the 1st woman to fly solo to Australia

1984

16 September 1984
Burial
Edward the Martyr · House of Wessex

Edwards bones are returned to the custody of the Midland Bank where they remain

Provenance

About these place records

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