Events in Guernsey History
- 1876-03-01 Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
- 1877-02-07 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)
- 1969-10-01 Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
Famous People from Guernsey
Isaac Brock (1769-1812)
1769-10-06 British army officer who successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812, born in St Peter Port, Guernsey
- 1792-05-18 Margaret Ann Neve, British 1st recorded female Supercentenarian, who lived in three centuries, born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey (d. 1903)
- 1859-02-01 Victor Herbert, American cellist, composer, and conductor (Babes in Toyland; Eileen), born in Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey (d. 1924) [he believed he was born in Dublin, Ireland] [1]
- 1923-05-26 Roy Dotrice, British actor (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Amadeus) and narrator (A Song of Ice and Fire), born in Guernsey, Channel Islands (d. 2017)
- 1955-11-09 Karen Dotrice, British actress (Mary Poppins), born in Guernsey, Channel Islands
Famous British People
Ada Lovelace
Alan Sugar
Alan Turing
Aldous Huxley
Alec Guinness
Alec Issigonis