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Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of Medway. Kent has a nominal border with France halfway through the Channel Tunnel...

Timeline of Events

1450

5.8.1450

Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.

1940

5.10.1940

World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.

1993

10.16.1993

Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.

2006

2.22.2006

At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.