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#OTD 1975 voters participated in a referendum on the UK's membership of the EEC, the first such national referendum ever held in Britain. Voters would support the UK's continued membership by 67% to 23%, a decision that would be eventually reversed in the 2016 referendum.

New article today from the @georgianlords! Dr Robin Eagles has explored the history of Bloomsbury Square, home to the History of Parliament, focusing on the turbulent period it faced in June 1780 during the Gordon Riots: historyofparliament.com/2025/06/05/blo…

Died #OTD 1724, Dr Henry Sacheverell, a High Church clergyman whose incendiary speech commemorating the Gunpowder Plot and the 1688 Revolution led to his impeachment by Parliament. Find out more via this The Georgian Lords article: historyofparliament.com/2024/06/06/two…

Born #OTD 1919, Peter Carrington took his seat in the House of Lords in Oct 1945. Carrington served as Defence Secretary in Edward Heath's government and Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's government. Find his #OralHistory interview: ow.ly/iYNF50Otq61

Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort to Edward IV, died #OTD in 1492. Compared to her late husband's extensive ten days of ceremony surrounding his funeral, Elizabeth had asked for something considerably more modest, as Dr Hannes Kleineke explores: historyofparliament.com/2021/04/16/bur…

Sir Isaac Wake, who died in June 1632, only sat in the Commons for less than three months in 1624. Yet, as Dr Vivienne Larminie has explored, although his time was limited this did not necessarily mean he was unimportant: historyofparliament.com/2013/06/20/sir… "

Died #OTD 1870, Charles Dickens. #DYK Dickens was once a parliamentary journalist, writing for The Mirror of Parliament? His reporting of the 1835 Northamptonshire North by-election even inspired The Pickwick Papers. Find out more 👇 TheVictorianCommons ow.ly/Ehjn50zRxA9"

New post today from TheVictorianCommons, and the first in a new series. Dr Martin Spychal explores the life and career of Peter McLagan, Scotland's first Black MP: historyofparliament.com/2025/06/12/pet…

#OTD 1483, William, Lord Hastings, a central figure to the Yorkist regime, was executed without trial by Richard III. As Dr Simon Payling has explored, William Catesby, Speaker of the House of Commons, had a significant role to play in his execution: historyofparliament.com/2021/08/25/wil…

810 years ago today, the Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede. On its 800th anniversary back in 2015, Dr Alexander Lock from the British Library reflected on how Magna Carta came to become an important symbol of the parliamentary system: historyofparliament.com/2015/06/15/mag…

Today marks the 303rd anniversary of the death of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. In this article Dr Robin Eagles reconsiders the career and end of one of the country’s most successful military commanders: historyofparliament.com/2022/10/06/1st…

#OTD 1497, the battle of Blackheath took place. Marking the end of the first Cornish rebellion against Henry VII, the seeds of unrest planted in the region made fertile ground for the pretender Perkin Warbeck to gain support for his claim to the throne: historyofparliament.com/2024/11/23/per…

At 5:30pm, Julian Hoppit will be speaking at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar, where he will be discussing John Rickman and his career in Parliament. The seminar will be taking place online via Zoom. Find out more and how to attend below: historyofparliament.com/2025/06/10/joh…

#OTD in 1815 the Battle of Waterloo was fought. The Duke of Wellington's name has become synonymous with the battle, but he was not the only Waterloo combat veteran to have pursued a political career, as Dr Philip Salmon explores here 👉 bit.ly/2Hmb99X

Died #OTD 1585, Henry Percy 2nd earl of Northumberland. He was found dead in the Tower of London after being arrested for his role in the Throckmorton plot to kill Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. Find out more via his #HistParl bio: historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-15…

Died #OTD 1738, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Townshend and his brother-in-law Robert Walpole were a dominant pair in the early part of George I's reign. Yet, he was not the only family member that benefitted from Walpole's rise to power: historyofparliament.com/2021/04/03/sir…

Last year in the lead up to the 2024 general election, we turned our attention to 18th c. elections and electioneering in our Georgian Elections Project! You can revisit our articles, exploring how our electoral system functioned 300 years ago here: historyofparliament.com/category/secti…

New article today for the #HistParl site. Dr Joe Cozens explores the records of John Lewis, a Black sailor arrested at the 1828 Weymouth by-election, and how his story serves as an example of Black political participation in the early 19th century: historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/joh…