On this DAY

1554: Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days, was executed on Tower Green by her cousin and rival claimant to the throne, Mary.

1688: The Glorious Revolution ended. James II fled to France and Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary were declared King and Queen of England.

1809: Abraham Lincoln (below), 16th president of the United States, was born in Kentucky. 1809: Charles Darwin, naturalist and author, was born in Shrewsbury. His work

On The Origin Of Species (1859) formulated his theory of evolution and natural selection.

1870: Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood), Cockney music hall star who sang risque songs and had a scandalous private life, was born in London.

1898: Henry Lindfield of Brighton became the first British motorist to be killed in a car crash. 1818: Chile proclaimed an independent republic.

1929: Actress Lillie Langtry, an intimate friend of Edward VII, died.