Historical place archive

Guernsey in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1866–1940

Historical events in Guernsey

1866

10 May 1866
Crisis
William Ewart Gladstone · Liberal Party Government

The Bank of Overend & Gurney fails

1940

15 July 1940
Ambassador
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Commando raid on the Channel island of Guernsey, failes to achieve its objective

Provenance

About these place records

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