Jersey buys Fort Regent

Other events that occured in March

• 01

  Sir Stephen Dalton is appointed Lieutenant Governor
  Sir Stephen Dalton was born in Leicester and pursued a military career that culminated in an appointment as Jersey’s 42nd Lieutenant Governor

• 02

  Man sentenced to death for murder
  A man who was tried and convicted of murder was sentenced to death in March 1966, had his sentence commuted to life in jail.

• 03

  Theatre Royal and Opera House burns down
  Fire broke out at Jersey's Theatre Royal and Opera House in March 1899 and 40 minutes later it brought down the roof.

• 04

  Another Mother’s Son has its cinema première
  Louisa Gould’s story was turned into the film Another Mother’s Son, which was written by Jenny Lecoat and had its London premiere in March 2017.