|
13th February 800 AD
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned emperor of the Roman Empire by Pope Leo 111
[Source: Chambers Dictionary of World History (1993) Lienman, B.P. and Boyd, K (eds) (Edinburgh. Chambers Press)]
|
|
19th February 1801
The ship "True Briton" sailed from Gravesend, the start of her fifth voyage with the East India Company. Captained by William Stanley Clarke the ship was headed for the Coromandel Coast and China. On board, serving as seaman was 17 year old Charles Graydon, a native of Whitburn Co. Durham. Charles's pay was 45s per month and on the ship's safe return to England in February 1803 he received a total of £35. 11s 1d
[Source: East India Company records, Indian Office library oc L/MAR/B/2970 and 297GG]
|
|
