1450    Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.

1940    World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.

1993    Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.

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.