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Priestly Polish destroyer Blyskawica defends Cowes Second World War Saunders-Roe established in East Cowes Benedictine Abbey completed at Quarr Victorians Queen Victoria dies Marconi experiments with radio waves The Tennyson Monument unveiled Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest opens Julia Margaret Cameron takes first photo's at Dimbola Cowes and Newport join the railway age Needles Old Battery built New Needles lighthouse planned Sailing race around the Isle of Wight won by America Charles Dickens writes David Copperfield Victoria and Albert buy Osborne House UK's first theme park opens at Blackgang Chine Work starts on St. Catherine's lighthouse Algernon Charles Swinburne Georgians The start of Cowes Week Start of the first Solent Packet services Worlds first yacht club formed Ryde Pier opens Shanklin Freshwater Bay inspires J.M.W. Turner First lighthouse built at The Needles Cowes Ryde Capability Brown designs the grounds of Appuldurcombe House Bembridge Windmill built Stuarts Scientist Robert Hooke discovers Law of Elasticity Princess Elizabeth dies at Carisbrooke King Charles I tries to escape from Carisbrooke Castle Tudors Bubonic plague strikes Newport Last French invasion Medieval Henry de Beauchamp crowned King of the Wight French forces devastate Newtown Pepper Pot lighthouse built on St. Catherine's Hill Isabella De Fortibus inherits Carisbrooke Castle Carisbrooke Castle now a stone fortress Dark Ages First Danish attack on England fails Wulfere conquers the Island West Saxon Chiefs Cerdic & Cynric take Wight Roman Roman Villa built in Newport Morton villa started at Brading 2nd Roman Legion captures Wight Pre-history Bronze Age burial mounds The Longstone erected at Mottistone Wight becomes an island Dinosaurs reign supreme Island Characters Suri Krishnamma... on growing up on the Isle of Wight Paul Sivell... 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