Historical place archive

Dover in History

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

3 records3 event labels2 people1910–1940

Historical events in Dover

1910

2 June 1910
Double English Channel Crossing
Charles Stewart Rolls · Aviation

Completes a nonstop return flight across the English Channel.

2 June 1910
Nonstop Channel Return Flight
Charles Stewart Rolls · Aviation

Becomes the first pilot to make the double crossing.

1940

20 May 1940
Operation Dynamo
Bertram Ramsay · World War, 2nd

Commands the evacuation from Dunkirk, operates from Dover. A conference considers "emergency evacuation across the Channel of very large forces"

Provenance

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