2013 Event The Canterbury Region of New Zealand experiences the worst flooding in 20 years; Leeston and Lyttelton are the towns hardest hit 2011 Event New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240 2011 Event According to Clarence House, Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury 2010 Event The 2010 Canterbury earthquake leads the town of Christchurch, New Zealand, to declare a curfew and state of emergency 1995 Event Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d 1995 Death Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84 1988 Death Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances 1977 Death George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 1977 Birthday Orlando Bloom, born in Canterbury, England, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'Kingdom of Heaven' films 1973 Death Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58 1973 Event 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury, Cleveland 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances 1966 Death Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury, dies 1961 Event Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1958 Birthday Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, April, 1981 1958 Birthday Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, Apr, 1981 1953 Birthday Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1946 Event 46th U.S. Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury Golf Club Cleveland 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury 1940 Event 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury Golf Club Ohio 1934 Birthday Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General, Province of Canterbury 1927 Birthday David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury 1921 Birthday Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury 1911 Birthday Margot Grahame, born in Canterbury, England, born Margaret Clark, actress, compared to Jean Harlow, dubbed the 'Aluminum Blonde', performed with Bebe Daniels in The Fabulous Joe 1910 Birthday Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God 1910 Birthday Joan Alice Chetwode Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury 1903 Birthday Eric Portman, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale 1903 Death Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies 1899 Birthday Kenneth MacKenna, Canterbury, New Hampshire, actor and director, Those We Love 1887 Birthday Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury 1882 Birthday Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales 1874 Birthday Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, English bishop 1833 Event Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1663 Death William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies 1645 Death William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 1638 Death John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England 1633 Death George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 1616 Birthday William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury 1611 Event George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury 1610 Death Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 1604 Death John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 1575 Death Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 1573 Birthday William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 1571 Birthday John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba 1562 Birthday George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury 1556 Event Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1556 Death Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 1533 Event Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1532 Death William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 1504 Birthday Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury 1503 Death Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies 1414 Death Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies 1400 Death Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London 1292 Death John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 1240 Death Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies 1213 Event English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury 1180 Death Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, French master builder (Canterbury), dies 1178 Event 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1178 Event 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation) 1173 Event Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Absp of Canterbury 1117 Birthday Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury 1109 Death Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1089 Death Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies 988 Death Dunstanus, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies 604 Death 605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies
