This Months Events
From Historical Hastings
Events that happened in this month[edit]
The following list, whilst in no measure complete is a 'snapshot' of various events that occurred in Hastings during the current month.
| Date | Description | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Town Centre Flooding.jpg | 20 | Town Centre flooded | 1949 |
| 8th Earl Waldegrave (1788-1859) | |||
| Air Raids | 17 | St. Columbia's Church and Pevensey Road hit by German bombs | 1942 |
| Air Raids | 26 | Priory Road targetted by German Planes | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 5 | Bedford Arms destroyed by air raids which also hit the Cricket Ground, Wallinger's Walk and Wellington Road | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 17 | Tilekiln Lane hit by enemy bombers | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 9 | Upper Broomgrove Road hit by bombs, possibly targetting Ore Station/Broomgrove Power Station | 1943 |
| Air Raids | 13 | Kites Farm and Harley Shute Road attacked by German aircraft | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 7 | Stockleigh Road hit by enemy bombers | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 8 | Havelock Road, York Buildings and some allotments hit in air raid | 1943 |
| Air Raids | 4 | St. Leonards Pier hit by enemy bombs | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 29 | Linton Road hit by enemy bombs | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 2 | Childrens ward at the RESH damaged by air raid hitting White Rock Gardens | 1940 |
| Air Raids | 12 | Air raids targetting Hastings Station and Queen's Road Gas Works | 1940 |
| Ann Pollard (1740-1821) | |||
| Anna Allnutt (1839-1887) | |||
| Battle of Hastings | 14 | 1066 | |
| Boykett Breeds (1827-1892) | |||
| Brett Volume 1: Chapter III - St. Leonards 1830 | 5 | First St. Leonards Yacht Regatta | 1830 |
| Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 | 16 | Seizure of a boat, five men and 106 smuggled tubs of spirits | 1830 |
| Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXXIV - Hastings 1845 | 8 | Duke of Wellington revisits Hastings, staying at the Castle Hotel | 1854 |
| Brett Volume 6: Chapter LV - St. Leonards 1856 | 6 | Opening of St Mary Magdalen New Schools | 1854 |
| Catherine (Kitty) Carswell (1767-1854) | |||
| Cinque Ports Volunteers | 25 | New Middle Street Drill Hall opens | 1895 |
| Emma Taylor (1842-1931) | |||
| Frederick Parsons (1844-1900) | |||
| Great Storm of 1987 | 16 | 1987 | |
| Hastings Pier | 5 | Arson attack on Hastings Pier | 2010 |
| J. Manwaring Baines (1910-2002) | |||
| James Eversfield (1795-1826) | |||
| John Ashley Warre (1787-1860) | |||
| John French (1746-1823) | |||
| Joseph Prior (1773-1854) | |||
| Lucille Dudley | |||
| Marianne North (1830-1890) | |||
| Mary Ann Larkin (1853-1913) | |||
| Nathaniel Crouch (1735-1820) | |||
| October 1949 Flood | 1,949 | 23 | |
| Rev. William Wallinger | |||
| Royal Victoria Hotel | 26 | Opening of Hotel | 1828 |
| Sir Godfrey Webster (1789-1836) | |||
| The Great Storm Of 1987 | 16 | Great Storm of 1987 | 1987 |
| William Farncomb (1742–1826) | |||
| William Henry Borrow (1840-1905) | |||
| William Henry Whitbourne (1898-1918) |
