On this DAY

1491: Henry VIII was born.

1838: Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey, aged just 19. During the ceremony, Austrian composer Johann Strauss conducted his orchestra outside the London Reform Club, playing God Save The Queen.

1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated with his wife in Sarajevo by terrorist Gavrilo Princip, lighting the touchpaper to the First World War.

1919: A Peace Treaty between German representatives and Allied powers was signed in the Palace of Versailles in northern France, officially ending the First World War.

1930: Frank Whittle (later Sir) patented the jet engine.

1935: The first Rupert Bear cartoon was drawn by Alfred Bestall and appeared in the Daily Express. Bestall had taken over from Rupert’s creator Mary Tourtel.

1950: The United States humbled England 1-0 in a World Cup match.

1984: After 104 years, the British magazine Tit-Bits stopped publishing.

1990: The Prince of Wales was detained in hospital overnight after breaking his right arm when falling from his pony during a polo match.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Rising numbers of poor students were dropping out of university before finishing their degree, figures suggested.