Timeline of Sussex history

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This is a timeline of Sussex history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sussex. See also the list of monarchs of Sussex.

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Millennia: 1st BC{{·}}1st{{·}}2nd{{·}}3rd

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Centuries: 1st{{·}}2nd{{·}}3rd{{·}}4th{{·}}5th{{·}}6th{{·}}7th{{·}}8th{{·}}9th{{·}}10th{{·}}11th{{·}}12th{{·}}13th{{·}}14th{{·}}15th{{·}}16th{{·}}17th{{·}}18th{{·}}19th{{·}}20th {{·}}21st

1st century

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c. 15Verica succeeds Eppillus as king of the southern Atrebates (approximately modern Sussex and south-east Hampshire) with a capital at or close to what went on to become the Roman Noviomagus Reginorum (modern Chichester){{harvnb|Wacher|2020|p=255}}
by 42Caratacus, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, conquers the southern Atrebatic kingdom and expels Verica.
c.43Romans land on Sussex coast as part of the Roman conquest of Britain, perhaps in support of Verica. Under Roman rule the client kingdom of the Regni or Regnenses is created from the southern Atrebatic kingdom for Cogidubnus that includes much of what is to become Sussex.{{harvnb|Cannon|2009| p=541}}
c.75The largest Roman residence north of the Alps is built close to what is now Chichester Harbour
c.80Kingdom of Regni or Regnenses, becomes a Roman canton or civitas with its capital at Noviomagus Reginorum (modern Chichester).

2nd century

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121/122A stone statue, perhaps the largest in Roman Britain, is erected at what is now Chichester HarbourRussell, M., & Manley, H. (2015) "Trajan Places: Establishing Identity and Context for the Bosham and Hawkshaw Heads". Britannia, 46, 151-169. doi:10.1017/S0068113X15000136, http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22352/1/Print%20version.pdf
c.150Ptolemy's Geography mentions several places in what was to become Sussex including Magnus Portus, Noeomagus (Noviomagus Reginorum), Novus Portus and the Flavius Trisantona (River Arun).{{cite web|url=http://www.roman-britain.org/ptolemys-geography.htm|title=The Geography of Ptolemy|publisher=Roman Britain Organisation|access-date=14 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423050314/http://www.roman-britain.org/ptolemys-geography.htm|archive-date=23 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}
c.190Construction begins on a Romano-British villa just north of the South Downs, close to Stane Street

3rd century

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c.200-250Beachy Head Lady buried at East Dean, the first known person of sub-Saharan origin in Britain.{{harvnb|Olusoga|2016|p=33}}
c.293-300The Romans build the Saxon Shore fort of Anderitum at Pevensey{{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=411896|title=Anderitum|publisher=Pastscape, Historic England|access-date=14 May 2015}}

4th century

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5th century

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c.410Romans leave Britain{{harvnb|Grehan|Mace|2012| p=8}}
460s onwardsHoard of coins deposited at what is now Patching.Sally White. The Patching hoard published in Medieval Archaeology. pp. 88-93
c.477Aelle arrived at Cymenshore; Aelle goes on to become the first king of Sussex and the first Bretwalda.ASC Parker MS. 477AD."Her cuom Ęlle on Bretenlond 7 his .iii. suna, Cymen 7 Wlencing 7 Cissa, mid .iii. scipum on þa stowe þe is nemned Cymenesora, 7 þær ofslogon monige Wealas 7 sume on fleame bedrifon on þone wudu þe is genemned Andredesleage."{{harvnb|Grehan|Mace|2012| p=9}}
485Battle of MercredesburneASC Parker MS. 485AD.
491Siege of Anderitum in modern Pevensey.ASC Parker MS. 491AD.{{harvnb|Grehan|Mace|2012| p=10}}

6th century

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c.500The beginning of the Heptarchy, which includes the Kingdom of Sussex.

7th century

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607Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the South SaxonsASC Parker MS. AD607.
661King Æthelwealh of Sussex becomes Christian and his territory expands westwards to include the Meon Valley and the Isle of Wight.{{cite book|first=Jim|last=Keys|title=The Dark Ages|page=97|year=2010|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781445229850}}
c. 679Sussex is affected by famine.{{harvnb|Creighton|2014| p=25}}
681St Wilfrid arrives in Sussex.Bede.HE.IV.13
c.681Selsey Abbey founded.
685-686Cædwalla of Wessex invades Sussex, killing King Æthelwealh of Sussex.Bede.HE.IV.15
686South Saxons attack Hlothere, king of Kent, in support of Hlothere's nephew Eadric.{{harvnb|Kirby|2000| p=114}}
c.7th centurySussex appears in the Tribal Hidage.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/tribalhidage/Beyond_the_Tribal_Hidage_project_plan.pdf|type=PDF|title=Beyond the Tribal Hidage|publisher=University College London|access-date=14 May 2015}}

8th century

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c.700Parts of Sussex are mentioned in the Ravenna Cosmography including Nouiomago or Nauimago regentium (Chichester) and Anderito (Pevensey).{{cite web|url=http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/Ravenna_Cosmography/group6.html|title=Ravenna Cosmography -Group 6a: southern Hampshire/western Sussex|last=Fitzpatrick-Matthews|first=Keith|access-date=14 May 2015}}
710King Nunna of Sussex and King Ine of Wessex clash with King Geraint of Dumnonia (Devon and Cornwall).{{harvnb|Cannon|Cannon|Hargreaves|2009| p=24}}
c.715Eadberht, Abbot of Selsey is consecrated the first bishop of the South Saxons.{{harvnb|Brandon|2006| p=71}}
771King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas and adds their kingdom to the Kingdom of Sussex.

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9th century

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c.827Sussex annexed by Kingdom of Wessex{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/8581|last=Edwards|first=Heather|title=Ecgberht [Egbert] (d. 839), king of the West Saxons in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|access-date=22 June 2014}}
828Historia Brittonum is written, which refers to the "Night of the Long Knives" in which Sussex is ceded by sub-Roman authorities to Saxons.
839Æthelstan becomes "King of the Dwellers in Kent, of the East Saxons, of the South Saxons and of Surrey" on the authority of his father, Æthelwulf of Wessex.{{harvnb|Points|2013|p=29}}
858Æthelwulf of Wessex buried at Steyning.{{cite web|url=http://www.conservancy.co.uk/assets/assets/arch_EarlyMedieval.pdf|type=PDF|publisher=Chichester Harbour Conservancy|title=Early Medieval – AD 410-1066|access-date=4 July 2014}}
860Æthelberht of Wessex becomes king of Wessex. Sussex, together with Essex, Kent and Surrey, is fully subsumed as part of this kingdom.{{harvnb|Higham|Ryan|2013| p=245}}{{harvnb|Kirby|2000|p=169}}
885King Alfred meets his biographer, Asser, for the first time at Alfred's royal estate at Dean in Sussex.{{harvnb|Lapidge|Blair|Keynes|Scragg|2013| p=}}

10th century

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After 915The Burghal Hidage lists five burhs (fortified towns or forts) in Sussex at Chichester, Burpham, Lewes, Hastings and Eorpeburnan{{harvnb|Lowerson|1980|p=43}}
927Æthelstan styles himself as King of the English, becoming the first king to do so.
9303 AprilEngland-wide Royal Council (Witenagemot) takes place at Lyminster, included King Æthelstan and his councillors.{{harvnb|Roach|2013|pp=60–61}}{{harvnb|Keynes|2013| p=36}}
994Vikings commanded by Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard raid the coast of Sussex.{{harvnb|Mason|Brink Shoemaker|2004|p=20}}

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11th century

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1011The last Viking raid on Sussex takes place at Hastings. Later in the same year, Sussex is ruled by the Danes{{harvnb|Logan|2013| p=159}}
1049Sweyn Godwinson abducts his cousin Beorn at Bosham and later murders him.{{harvnb|Armstrong|1971| p=44}}
1064Harold Godwinson sets sail for Normandy from Bosham.{{harvnb|Armstrong|1971| p=45}}
1066SeptemberWilliam of Normandy lands at Pevensey.{{harvnb|Jones|2010| p=18}}
106614 OctoberBattle of Hastings at Senlac Hill.{{harvnb|Jones|2010| p=19}}
1075The Council of London decrees that the bishopric for Sussex should be moved from Selsey Abbey to a new cathedral at Chichester.
1088Rebellion of 1088: William II captures the rebel leader Odo of Bayeux in a six-week siege at Pevensey Castle.{{cite web|title=1088 Rebellion Against William II|url=http://www.sussexcastles.com/sussex-timeline/1088-rebellion-against.html|publisher=www.sussexcastles.com|access-date=3 April 2015}}
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12th century

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1107Henry I of England grants Bishop Ralph de Luffa the right to hold a fair in Chichester, which becomes known as the Sloe Fair.[http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=18396 Chichester District Council: 12th–13th century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170055/http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=18396 |date=14 July 2014 }}
1108Chichester Cathedral is consecrated under Bishop Ralph de Luffa.{{cite web|url=http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/about-us/history-art/|title=Chichester Cathedral - its history and its art.|publisher=Chichester Cathedral|access-date=10 May 2015}}
1139Siege of Arundel - part of the events of the Anarchy.{{harvnb|Daniell|2013| p=38}}
1155Earliest known charter of the Cinque Ports, included Hastings and later Rye, Winchelsea and Seaford.{{harvnb|Stanton|2015| p=233}}
1187Fire destroys Chichester Cathedral and much of the city of Chichester.{{harvnb|Bartlett|1841| p=258}}{{harvnb|Naylor|2013| p=}}{{harvnb|Melton|2014| p=782}}
1194While Richard the Lionheart is held captive in France, King John's forces lay siege to Chichester Castle.{{harvnb|Grehan|Mace|2012| p=38}}
1199Chichester Cathedral is re-consecrated under Bishop Seffrid II.

13th century

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1208King John confiscates Bramber Castle from the de Braose family, after suspecting them of treachery.
121522 JanuaryWhile King John visits Knepp Castle for 4 days, confederated barons assemble in London to determine how best to check the career of this vicious king.{{cite web|url=http://www.knepp.co.uk/pages/history/New%20Articles/KNEPP%20CASTLE%20TIMELINE.pdf|type=PDF|title=Knepp Castle Timeline|first=Richard|last=Symonds|publisher=Knepp Castle Estate|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100820/http://www.knepp.co.uk/pages/history/New%20Articles/KNEPP%20CASTLE%20TIMELINE.pdf|url-status=dead}}
1216in part of the First Barons' War, Rye and Winchelsea open their gates to Prince Louis of France in an unsuccessful bid to take the crown from the hated King John{{harvnb|Grehan|Mace|2012| p=69}}
1216Chichester Castle is attacked and occupied by Prince Louis of France.
1217A force of Wealdsmen led by William of Cassingham ambushes Prince Louis of France and his men at Lewes, pursuing them to Winchelsea.{{harvnb|Hernon|2013| p=}}
1225Chichester Castle is demolished so that it cannot be used again by French forces
1250-1262The Rape of Chichester is created, the last of Sussex's six sub-divisions, known as Rapes.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41682|title=Victoria County History - The rape of Chichester|publisher=British History Online|access-date=9 Feb 2012}}
1262Pope Urban IV canonises St Richard of Chichester, former bishop of Chichester and now Sussex's patron saint.{{harvnb|Seward|1996|p=}}
126414 MayBattle of Lewes
1287FebruaryOld Winchelsea completely destroyed by flood.{{harvnb|Campbell|1992| p=193}}

14th century

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1315The Great Famine of 1315–17 brings a relatively large increase in mortality in Sussex and across much of northern Europe.{{harvnb|Jordan|1997| p=118}}
1336Edward III decides to site the county court for Sussex at Chichester.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/chichester|title=Constituencies - Chichester|publisher=The History of Parliament|access-date=14 April 2015}}
1338Start of the English Channel naval campaign, part of the Hundred Years' War, saw the unwalled Hastings burnt to the ground.{{harvnb|Longmate|2011| p=}}
1348Over the next 20 years the Black Death kills perhaps half of the population of Sussex.{{cite web|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/sbroadberry/wp/medievalpopulation7.pdf|last1=Broadberry|first1=Stephen|last2=Campbell|first2=Bruce M.S.|last3=van Leeuwen|first3=Bas|title=English Medieval Population: Reconciling Time Series and Cross Sectional Evidence|page=9|type=PDF|publisher=University of Warwick|date=27 May 2010|access-date=25 April 2015}}
135029 AugustBattle of Winchelsea{{harvnb|Wagner|2006| p=310}}
1353Chichester is named as the staple port for Sussex in the Statute of the Staple.
137710 DecemberBishop William Reade receives permission to fortify Amberley Castle.{{harvnb|Elwes|Robinson|1876| p=vi}}
1381Peasants' Revolt: people from Sussex participate in riots in London; Lewes Castle is sacked;{{cite web|url=http://www.lewes.gov.uk/Files/plan_Lewes_EUS_reportpg16to27.pdf|title=Sussex EUS – Lewes|type=PDF|publisher=Lewes District Council|access-date=21 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexcastles.com/sussex-timeline/1381-the-peasants-revolt.html|title=1381 The Peasants Revolt|publisher=Sussex Castles|access-date=21 April 2015}}{{harvnb|Cooper|2006| p=80}}
1385Work begins on Bodiam Castle{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodiam-castle/|publisher=National Trust|title=Bodiam Castle|access-date=16 April 2015}}

15th century

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1406James I of Scotland is imprisoned in Pevensey Castle, where Henry IV of England provided for his education.{{harvnb|Potter|2012| pp=116–117}}
1419Joan of Navarre, dowager Queen of England, is imprisoned in Pevensey Castle for the next three years after her step-son Henry V accuses her of planning to destroy the king by sorcery{{harvnb|Fritze|Robison|2002| pp=288–289}}
1450JuneRebels involved in Jack Cade's Rebellion assemble outside London.{{cite web|url=http://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/john-mend-alls-rebellion.html|publisher=Socialism or Your Money Back|title=Jack Cade's Rebellion/The Merfold Rebellion|date=13 June 2013|access-date=16 April 2015}}
145012 JulyJack Cade fatally wounded at Cade Street.{{harvnb|Spence|1999| p=233}}
1451Easter weekJohn and William Merfold indicted after publicly inciting the killing of the nobility, clergy, the deposition of King Henry VI and advocating rule by common people.

16th century

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1504A statute is passed to alternate the court of the High Sheriff of Sussex between Chichester and Lewes.{{harvnb|Herrup|1989| p=23}}
153820 DecemberShrine of St Richard destroyed following a royal order from Henry VIII.{{harvnb|Lehmberg|2014| p=71}}
154520 JulyAfter the Battle of the Solent, the French Navy landed at Brighton and Newhaven but is repulsed.{{cite web|url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_battle&id=376|title=Battle of the Solent, 18th July 1545 - 19th July 1545|publisher=Threedecks.org|access-date=16 April 2015}}
1555-1557As part of the Marian Persecutions, a significant number of men are martyred for their Protestant faith, including 17 men burnt alive in Lewes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/surrey_sussex/article_2.shtml|publisher=BBC|title=Remember remember...The Lewes 17|access-date=16 April 2015}}
c.1562First Huguenot community arrived at Rye, arriving at Winchelsea the following year.Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 28, Issue 5)
15881 OctoberRalph Crockett and Edward James executed in Chichester for being Catholic priests.{{harvnb|Venn|2011| p=420}}{{harvnb|Challoner|1839| p=143}}

17th century

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161124 MarchThe first known reference to cricket being played by adults is recorded at Sidlesham on the Manhood peninsula.{{harvnb|Taneja|2009| p=71}}{{harvnb|Shephard|2014| p=328}}{{harvnb|McCann|2004| p=xxxi}}
1611First recorded use of the emblem of Sussex in John Speed's Theatrum Imperii Maganae Britanniae{{cite web|url=https://britishcountyflags.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/sussex-flag/|publisher=British County Flags|title=Sussex Flag|access-date=12 April 2015}}
162410 SeptemberJasper Vinall becomes the first person recorded to have died as a result of an incident in a game of cricket{{harvnb|McCann|2004|pp=xxxiii–xxxiv}}
1642DecemberEnglish Civil War: Battle of Muster Green in Haywards Heath results in the deaths or fleeing of 200 Royalists{{harvnb|Manton|2013| p=}}
164222–27 DecemberEnglish Civil War: Siege of Chichester{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol3/pp82-90|title=The City of Chichester: Historical introduction|publisher=British History Online|date=1935|access-date=1 April 2015}}
164314 April -
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English Civil War: Siege of Arundel Castle{{cite web|url=http://www.arundelcastle.org/resources/press/51-173.51-144.Civil%20War%20Breaks%20Out%20at%20Arundel%20Castle%20-%2025.03.13.pdf|type=PDF|title=Civil War Breaks Out at Arundel Castle|publisher=Arundel Castle|access-date=1 April 2015}}
164313 DecemberEnglish Civil War: Battle of Bramber Bridge
1643-164419 December 1643 – 6 January 1644English Civil War: Siege of Arundel
1655George Fox preaches at Ifield and as a result the first weekly Quaker meeting in Sussex is held; the first Quaker Friends meeting house in Sussex is built in 1676.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt3/pp71-72|publisher=British History Online: Victoria County History - Sussex A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3, Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) Including Crawley New Town... Ifield: Protestant nonconformity|title=Ifield: Protestant nonconformity|access-date=30 March 2015}}
169010 JulyBattle of Beachy Head.{{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1582844&sort=4&search=all&criteria=orford&rational=q&recordsperpage=60&p=2&move=n&nor=213&recfc=0|publisher=Pastscape, Historic England|title=Battle of Beachy Head 1690|access-date=30 March 2015}}

18th century

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174327 AugustHenry Pelham, one of the two MPs elected to the county of Sussex constituency, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/henry-pelham|publisher=Gov.uk|title=Past Prime Ministers - Henry Pelham|access-date=21 March 2015}}
1745Sussex Weekly Advertiser first published.{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/nostalgia/david-arnold-wilkes-and-liberty-cried-the-crowds-1-6391519|publisher=Sussex Express|title=David Arnold - 'Wilkes and Liberty' cried the crowds|date=2 November 2014|access-date=16 February 2015}}
1748FebruaryThe brutal murders take place of William Galley and Daniel Chater by the Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers.{{harvnb|Payton|2017| p=116}}
174916 JanuaryAt a special Assize in Chichester, seven men were convicted of smuggling and their part in murders carried out by the Hawkhurst Gang.{{harvnb|Harper|2014| p=30}}
176819 FebruaryThomas Paine moves to Lewes, where he develops his political ideas, particularly as part of the Headstrong Club.{{harvnb|Begler|2007| p=67}}
1794Sussex Yeomanry founded when there was a threat of invasion in the Napoleonic Wars.{{harvnb|Murland|Murland|2008| p=60}}

19th century

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180127 NovemberPrince Augustus Frederick becomes Duke of Sussex{{cite web|url=http://www.regencyhistory.net/2013/04/augustus-duke-of-sussex-1773-1843.html|title=Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843)|publisher=Regency History|first=Rachel|last=Knowles|date=6 April 2013|access-date=21 March 2015}}
18043 JuneBirth of Richard Cobden, statesman and co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League{{cite web|url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/learning/biographies/richardcobden(1804-1865).aspx|title=Manuscripts and Special Collections - Richard Cobden (1804-1865; manufacturer and politician) |publisher=University of Nottingham|access-date=21 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/cobden.htm|title=Biography = Richard Cobden (1804-1865)|first=Dr Marjorie|last=Bloy|access-date=21 March 2015}}
1804Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, gets royal permission for the title 'Sussex' to be transferred from the 25th Regiment of Foot to the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot. This regiment was replaced by the Royal Sussex Regiment 180 years later in 1881.{{cite web|url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/35th-royal-sussex-regiment-foot |title=35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot |publisher=National Army Museum |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518214148/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/35th-royal-sussex-regiment-foot |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}
1813Ashburnham blast furnace is closed, the last in the Weald as iron production is produced more cheaply in the Midlands and the north of England using coke.{{cite web|url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/mediafile/100428232/6035-Brede-Iron-industry-Proof-6_Final.pdf|title=Iron - a Once Great Wealden Industry |publisher=Woodland Trust|type=PDF|first=Jeremy|last=Hodgkinson|access-date=21 March 2015}}
1822Gideon Mantell discovers dinosaur teeth in Tilgate Forest that he later names as a new genus of dinosaur found 'iguanadon', the second named genus of dinosaur.
1823Sussex's first pier, the Chain Pier, is built in Brighton.{{harvnb|Drewry|1832| pp=69–74}}
182811 JuneSussex County Hospital (now Royal Sussex County Hospital) opens in Brighton{{cite web|url=http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/hospitals/our-hospitals/royal-sussex-county-hospital/#RSCH-history|title=History of Royal Sussex County Hospital Programme Board Presentation|publisher=Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust|type=PDF|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-date=30 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830084850/http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/hospitals/our-hospitals/royal-sussex-county-hospital/#RSCH-history|url-status=dead}}
1830Captain Swing riots take place across Sussex and England.{{harvnb|Fraser|Brown|2014| pp=220}}
1832The Petworth Emigration Scheme is set up by the Earl of Egremont. Over the next five years around 1,800 working-class people from Sussex and neighbouring counties emigrate to Upper Canada to escape poverty.{{harvnb|Messamore|2004| pp=91–100}}
1835John Sparshott is hanged in Horsham, becoming the second to last person in England to be put to death for homosexuality{{cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/unnatural-act-of-being-gay-saw-teen-lad-hanged-1-8044403|title='Unnatural' act of being gay saw teen lad hanged|publisher=West Sussex County Times|first=Jeremy|last=Knight|date=6 July 2017|access-date=9 October 2018}}
183627 DecemberLewes avalanche kills 8 people.{{harvnb|Locke|2011| p=146}}
183727 MarchDeath of Maria Fitzherbert, longtime companion of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom at her home in Steine House, Brighton.{{cite web|url=http://www.regencyhistory.net/2011/10/wives-and-mistresses-of-george-iv.html|title=Mrs Fitzherbert (1756-1837)|publisher=Regency History|first=Rachel|last=Knowles|date=16 October 2011|access-date=18 March 2015}}
18391 MarchSussex County Cricket Club formed, the first county cricket club.{{harvnb|Scott|2011| p=}}
184011 MayThe first railway line in Sussex, from Brighton to Shoreham opens.{{harvnb|Christopher|2014| p=}}
1853Lewes Prison, the local prison for male prisoners in Sussex, is opened.{{harvnb|D'Enno|2007| p=157}}
186125 AugustClayton Tunnel rail crash results in 23 deaths.
186425 JulyEbernoe Horn Fair is revived after a long lapse.
1865The County of Sussex Act 1865 confirms the sub-division of Sussex into east and west areas for purposes of administration.{{harvnb|Leslie|Short|1999| p=126}}
1884Skeleton Army riots in Worthing{{harvnb|Bennett|2003| p=185}}
1889County Councils were established for Sussex's eastern and western divisions.
1893An outbreak of typhoid fever in Worthing results in 188 fatalities.{{harvnb|Bristow|2003| p=152}}
1894Administration of the south of Tunbridge Wells and south of Lamberhurst is transferred to Kent County Council{{harvnb|Brabant|1909|p=312}}{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10098270/relationships|title=Broadwater Down - Relationships and Changes|publisher=A Vision of Britain|access-date=29 August 2015}}
1896The National Trust acquires its first property, Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston.{{harvnb|Quinn|2007| p=139}}

20th century

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1907"Sussex by the Sea", written by William Ward-Higgs from his South Bersted home, is published for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://sussexhistory.co.uk/sussex-by-the-sea-lyrics.html|publisher=Sussex History |title=Sussex By The Sea Lyrics|access-date=18 March 2015}}
1910An airfield is established at Shoreham Airport making it one of the world's first airports.Nick Bloom, "Sunny Shoreham", Pilot, February 2012, p70
191624 MarchWithout warning a German submarine mistakenly torpedoes the SS Sussex, a cross-channel ferry, {{convert|13|miles|km}} south of Dungeness resulting in 80 deaths.{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1916Supp/d308|title=Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1916, Supplement, The World War|publisher=United States Office of the Historian|accessdate=8 August 2021}}
191630 JuneBattle of the Boar's Head, known as "the Day Sussex Died"{{cite web|url=http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/richebourg.htm |publisher=The Royal Sussex Living History Group |title=Richebourg - The Day Sussex Died |access-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405001844/http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/Richebourg.htm |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}
191813 OctoberAt a meeting at Danny House in Hurstpierpoint, the Imperial War Cabinet agrees terms of the armistice to be offered to Germany at the end of World War I.{{cite web|url=http://www.dannyhouse.org.uk/history.html|publisher=Danny House|title=Danny House - History|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=22 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322164910/http://dannyhouse.org.uk/history.html|url-status=dead}}
1925The Administration of Estates Act 1925 abolishes the custom of 'borough English' or ultimogentiture, a practice that prevailed more extensively in Sussex than elsewhere in England.
192611 MayAngry confrontations known as Battle of Lewes Road take place in Brighton during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.
19349 OctoberFascists and anti-Fascists clash at the Battle of South Street in Worthing.{{harvnb|Hare|1991|p=178}}
1940SeptemberOperation Sea Lion planned by Nazi Germany to land on the Sussex coast and part of the coast of Kent and invade the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_sealion.htm|publisher=History Learning Site|title=Operation Sealion|access-date=17 March 2015}}
1940German air raids on Sussex begin, those in Brighton being known as the Brighton Blitz.
1942Dieppe Raid launched from Newhaven.{{harvnb|Locke|2011| p=154}}
1943Deception plan Operation Fortitude launched to convince Nazis that invasion would come from First United States Army Group based in Sussex and Kent to invade the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France.{{harvnb|Barbier|2007| p=132}}
1944Ports of Shoreham and Newhaven used as embarkation points for the D-Day landings.{{cite web|url=http://www.shoreham-port.co.uk/Latest-News/shoreham-port-remembers-d-day|publisher=Shoreham Port|title=Shoreham Port Remembers D-Day|access-date=21 February 2015}}{{harvnb|Symonds|2014| p=221}}
19458 MayVE Day marks the end of the war in Europe.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8/newsid_3580000/3580163.stm|publisher=BBC|title=1945: Rejoicing at end of war in Europe|access-date=21 February 2015}}
194515 AugustVJ Day marks the end of World War II.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm|publisher=BBC|title=1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day|access-date=21 February 2015}}
19467 SeptemberTeddy Donaldson establishes a new official airspeed world record of {{convert|615.78|mph|km/h kn|abbr=on}} in a Gloster Meteor F.4 over Littlehampton.{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Donaldson.htm|title=Edward Mortlock Donaldson|publisher=rafweb.org|access-date=13 July 2009}}
1946New Towns Act 1946 designates Crawley as the site of a new town.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/603/603ap23.htm|title=Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence. Supplementary memorandum by Crawley Borough Council (NT 15(a))|access-date=2 April 2008|publisher=The Information Policy Division, Office of Public Sector Information|year=2002|work=United Kingdom Parliament Publications and Records website}}
19537 SeptemberNeville Duke establishes a new official world air speed record of {{convert|727.63|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, flying Hunter WB188.{{cite web |url=http://speedrecordclub.com/records/outair.htm |title="Air Speed Records." |access-date=2011-03-10 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013142357/http://speedrecordclub.com/records/outair.htm |archive-date=13 October 2007}} Outright Records via web.archive.org. Retrieved: 10 March 2011.
1961AugustCharter granted to the University of Sussex, the first university in Sussex.{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/|publisher=University of Sussex|title=About the University|access-date=21 February 2015}}
1962Chichester Festival Theatre opens.{{cite web|url=https://www.cft.org.uk/about-us/history|title=Chichester Festival Theatre - About Us|publisher=Chichester Festival Theatre|access-date=9 October 2018}}
196514 JuneBishop David Cashman is made the first bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Arundel and Brighton.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcashman.html|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy|title=Bishop David John Cashman|access-date=21 February 2015}}
1966Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designated; it was revoked in 2010 upon the establishment of the South Downs National Park.
1967The first Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe are held
1967The first South of England Show is held at Ardingly.{{cite web|url=http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/Ardingly_Walk___map.pdf|publisher=Mid Sussex District Council|title=Ardingly|type=PDF|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829185231/http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/Ardingly_Walk___map.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}
19674 NovemberIberia Flight 062 crashes into the southern slope of Blackdown killing all 37 people on board{{ASN accident|id=19671104-1}}
1968Sussex Police is formed.{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/16f0feef-d2eb-40bb-b491-1b6e470892ca|publisher=National Archives|title=Sussex Police Authority|access-date=21 February 2015}}
1970A team at the Institute of Development Studies and the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex publishes the Sussex Manifesto at the request of the United Nations.
1971Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is set up by an Act of Parliament.
1972JulyThe South Downs Way is established as Sussex's first National Trail and the UK's first long-distance bridleway.{{harvnb|Ravenscroft|1992| p=145}}
1972OctoberSussex Gay Liberation Front holds a demonstration in favour of gay rights, a precursor to the annual Brighton Pride event{{cite web|url=http://www.brightonourstory.co.uk/brighton-s-history/a-history-of-lesbian-and-gay-brighton-chapter-3-out-of-the-closet-1967-87/|title=Brighton Ourstory :: A History of Lesbian & Gay Brighton Chapter 3: Out of the Closet, 1967-87|first=Simon Chilton -|last=www.sitebysimon.co.uk|website=www.brightonourstory.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2018}}
1974As part of the Local Government Act 1972 the Lord Lieutenancy of Sussex replaced with one each for East and West Sussex which are made ceremonial counties.[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/1 UK Government. Local Government Act 1972.] Retrieved 27 January 2014.
1980Wilton Park is used as a venue for South African leaders including Jacob Zuma and the ruling National Party to meet behind closed doors.{{cite web|url=https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/about-us/history-of-wilton-park/|publisher=Wilton Park|title=History of Wilton Park|access-date=21 February 2015}}
1982At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Brighton, delegates vote for a moratorium on commercial whaling.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/20-years-on-and-whales-are-under-threat-again-6112892.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/20-years-on-and-whales-are-under-threat-again-6112892.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Independent|title=20 years on and whales are under threat again|first=Michael|last=McCarthy|date=2 January 2006|access-date=1 October 2018}}
198322 OctoberBBC Radio Brighton is relaunched as BBC Radio Sussex.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p021lm1r|title=Radio Legends: Piers Bishop|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 February 2015}}
198328 OctoberHigh Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is confirmed.{{cite web|url=http://www.highweald.org/learn-about/about-aonbs/facts-and-figures.html|title=Facts and figures|publisher=High Weald AONB|access-date=21 February 2015}}
1983The Sussex Border Path is devised. The main path is {{convert|222|km|abbr=on}} long and stays close to Sussex's borders with Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, connecting Thorney Island to Rye.{{coord|50.949|0.729|display=inline|region:GB_scale:10000}}
198412 OctoberBrighton bombing assassination attempt on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11156356/Brighton-bombing-I-cant-find-it-in-my-heart-to-forgive-the-creature-Magee-says-Norman-Tebbit.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 October 2014|title=Brighton bombing: I can't find it in my heart to forgive the creature Magee, says Norman Tebbit|first=Norman|last=Tebbit|access-date=21 February 2015}}

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21st century

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rowspan=2| 2000 |
Brighton and Hove is granted city status, becoming Sussex's second city
| Sir Charles Burrell, 10th Baronet begins the process of rewilding land at what went on to become Knepp Wildland, the first lowland rewilding project in England{{cite web|url=https://knepp.co.uk/background|title=Background|work=Knepp Wildland}}
20027 OctoberPiers Sellers becomes the first native of Sussex to journey into outer space.{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9158571.Sussex_astronaut_Dr_Piers_Sellers_looks_back_on_the_Space_Shuttle/|title=Sussex astronaut Dr Piers Sellers looks back on the Space Shuttle|publisher=The Argus|date=25 June 2011|access-date=20 February 2015}}
2003Thousands of Chagossians settle in Crawley following their earlier forced eviction by the UK Government from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean{{cite web|url=https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2017/06/22/lost-in-exile-chagos-islanders-of-west-sussex|title=Lost in exile: The forgotten Chagos Islanders|publisher=New Internationalist|first=Alexi|last=Demetriadi|date=22 June 2017|access-date=8 October 2018}}
20055 DecemberThe first civil partnership formed under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 takes place between Matthew Roche and Christopher Cramp at St Barnabas Hospice, Worthing{{cite news | date=6 December 2005| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4505270.stm | title='Gay wedding' man dies of cancer | work=BBC News|access-date=14 May 2006}}
200716 JuneSussex Day, Sussex's county day is celebrated for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/enjoy_west_sussex/sussex_day.aspx|title=Sussex Day|publisher=West Sussex County Council|access-date=31 August 2012}}
200914 MarchFinance ministers and central bankers of the G20 meet at South Lodge Hotel in Lower Beeding in advance of the 2009 G20 London summit.
rowspan=2| 20111 AprilSouth Downs National Park becomes fully operational.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12930989|title='Historic day' for South Downs National Park|publisher=BBC|date=1 April 2011|access-date=20 February 2015}}
| 20 MayFlag of Sussex registered by Flag Institute.{{cite web|url=http://www.englishcountyflags.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=9|title=Teenager unveils Sussex County flag|publisher=English County Flags|date=6 June 2011|access-date=20 February 2015}}
201221 NovemberKaty Bourne is elected as the first Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner{{cite web|url=http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/improved-turnout-at-this-year-s-sussex-pcc-election-1-7369378|title=Improved Turnout at this Year's Sussex PCC Election|publisher=Bexhill Observer|date=6 May 2016|access-date=9 May 2016}}
rowspan=2|2013SummerProtests against fracking take place in Balcombe{{cite news|title=Goals Collide in Drilling Protests|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/business/energy-environment/08iht-green08.html|access-date=8 August 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 August 2013|author=Stanley Reed}}
| 21 NovemberBeachy Head West, Kingmere and Pagham Harbour are made the first Marine Conservation Zones in Sussex waters.{{cite web|title=Marine conservation zone designations in England|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-conservation-zone-designations-in-england#2013-mcz-designation-orders-and-factsheets|website=GOV.UK|access-date=19 February 2016}}
2014UNESCO designates land between the Rivers Adur and Ouse to be the Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve, Sussex's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/brighton-lewes-downs/|title=Brighton & Lewes Downs|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=6 October 2018}}
rowspan=2|201522 AugustA Hawker Hunter T7 military aircraft participating in the Shoreham Airshow crashes onto the A27 dual carriageway outside of Shoreham Airport, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others.{{cite web|title=Shoreham Airshow crash: Pilot in critical condition|url=http://tvnewsroom.org/newslines/world/shoreham-airshow-crash-pilot-in-critical-condition-97709/|website=TV News Room|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150823211045/http://tvnewsroom.org/newslines/world/shoreham-airshow-crash-pilot-in-critical-condition-97709/|archive-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
| 15 DecemberTimothy Peake becomes the first British European Space Agency astronaut as well as the first person from Sussex to board the International Space Station.
rowspan=2| 2016MayThe South Downs National Park is granted International Dark Sky Reserve status, to restrict artificial light pollution above the park; it is the second such area in England and the 11th in the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36254411|title=South Downs National Park wins 'dark sky reserve' status|publisher=BBC|date=10 May 2016|access-date=16 September 2019}}
| 23 JuneThe people of Sussex vote to leave the EU by a margin of 50.23% to 49.77% or 4,413 votes in the referendum on UK membership of the EU.{{cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/result-sussex-votes-to-leave-by-majority-of-just-4-400-votes-1-7447628|title=RESULT: Sussex votes to leave by majority of just 4,400 votes|publisher=West Sussex County Times|date=24 June 2017|access-date=24 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36617385|title=EU referendum: Sussex votes narrowly for Brexit|publisher=BBC|date=24 June 2017|access-date=24 January 2018}}
rowspan=2|2018The Rampion Wind Farm becomes operational, a wind farm that lies off the Sussex coast between Worthing and Seaford.{{cite web|url=https://www.offshorewind.biz/2018/04/17/rampion-offshore-wind-farm-hits-full-stride/|title=Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Hits Full Stride|publisher=Offshore Wind.biz|access-date=6 October 2018}}
|3 OctoberPrince Harry and Meghan Markle make their first official visit to Sussex as Duke and Duchess of Sussex{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-45719964|title=Harry and Meghan visit Sussex as duke and duchess|publisher=BBC|date=3 October 2018|access-date=6 October 2018}}
201931 MayDEFRA designate "Selsey Bill and the Hounds" as a Marine Conservation Zone. The zone is an inshore site which covers an area of approximately {{convert|16|km2}} and is located by the town of Selsey. The site adjoins the Bracklesham Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest.{{cite web|author=DEFRA|title=Marine conservation zone designations in England|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-conservation-zone-designations-in-england#2019-mcz-designation-orders-and-factsheets|website=GOV.UK|access-date=4 March 2024}}
20206 FebruaryThe first case in Sussex of COVID-19 was reported when a man who returned from Singapore and France to the Brighton on 28 January{{Cite journal|last1=Spiteri|first1=Gianfranco|last2=Fielding|first2=James|last3=Diercke|first3=Michaela|last4=Campese|first4=Christine|last5=Enouf|first5=Vincent|last6=Gaymard|first6=Alexandre|last7=Bella|first7=Antonino|last8=Sognamiglio|first8=Paola|last9=Sierra Moros|first9=Maria José|last10=Riutort|first10=Antonio Nicolau|last11=Demina|first11=Yulia V.|date=5 March 2020|title=First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020|journal=Eurosurveillance|volume=25|issue=9|doi=10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.9.2000178|issn=1025-496X|pmc=7068164|pmid=32156327}}{{cite news|last1=Boseley|first1=Sarah|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/third-person-in-uk-confirmed-as-having-coronavirus|title=First British national to contract coronavirus had been in Singapore|date=6 February 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207020202/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/third-person-in-uk-confirmed-as-having-coronavirus|archive-date=7 February 2020|last2=Campbell|first2=Denis|last3=Murphy|first3=Simon}}{{Cite news|last1=Mohdin|first1=Kim Willsher Aamna|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/coronavirus-five-new-cases-in-france-are-british-nationals|title=Coronavirus: British nine-year-old in hospital in France|date=8 February 2020|work=The Observer|access-date=27 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226161959/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/coronavirus-five-new-cases-in-france-are-british-nationals|archive-date=26 February 2020|last2=Madrid|first2=and Sam Jones in|issn=0029-7712}}
2021MarchDEFRA announces a bylaw first proposed by the Sussex IFCA to prevent trawling on {{convert|304|km2}} of sea bed off the coast of Sussex. The law should help the rewilding and regeneration of the Sussex kelp forest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trawling-ban-sussex-kelp-forests/|title=Trawl fishing banned off Sussex coastline to restore kelp forests|publisher=Oceanographic Magazine|accessdate=6 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/kelp|title=Kelp|publisher=Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority|accessdate=6 April 2021|archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111083252/https://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/kelp|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/trawl-fishing-ban-off-sussex-coast-aims-to-restore-seaweed-forests|title=Trawl fishing ban off Sussex coast aims to restore seaweed forests|website=TheGuardian.com |date=22 March 2021|accessdate=6 April 2021}}

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