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This inventor and pioneer industrialist is credited with inventing - or at least popularizing - the water frame and carding engine
He began as a barber and wig maker
His mass-production techniques were copied around the world
10 December, 1683
The Great Frost
Cold snap, lasting until 4 February, freezes the Thames, allowing a Frost Fair to last throughout January
This English king was officially the heir of Charles VI of France
He was heir because he married Charles's daughter Catherine
He never came to the French throne, for he died in 1422