On this day in UK history – 2nd January

On this day in UK history:

2^nd January 1815 - Leading Romantic Age poet Lord Byron (27) married Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence at Seaham Hall in County Durham.

On this day in UK history – 1st January

On this day in UK history:

1^st January 2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states – but not in the UK.

On this day in UK history – 31st December

On this day in UK history:

31^st December 1966 - Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicta) an offshore pirate radio station in England resumed transmitting.

On this day in UK history – 30th December

On this day in UK history:

30^th December 1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar Aberdeenshire on 11^th February 1895 and 10^th January 1982.

On this day in UK history – 29th December

On this day in UK history:

29^th December 1766 - Charles Macintosh Scottish chemist was born. 

Charles was best known for his invention in 1823 of a method for making waterproof garments by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha for cementing two pieces of cloth together – the mackintosh. The mackintosh garment was named for him. 

On this day in UK history – 28th December

On this day in UK history:

28^th December 1950 - The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

On this day in UK history – 27th December

On this day in UK history:

27^th December 1904 – J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up) debuted at London's The Duke of Yorks Theatre