Historical Events

King's College Chapel

1446 Foundation stone is laid for King's College Chapel in Cambridge by King Henry VI , one of England's finest medieval buildings (main structure completed in 1515) [1]

1609 Admiral George Somers scuttles the "Sea Venture" in eastern Bermuda, the storm-damaged flagship of the London Company bound for Jamestown, Virginia. Survivors construct two new ships and continue on to resupply the embattled colony.

1759 British capture Fort Niagara from the French (Seven Years' War)

Maryland Tramples on the Magna Carta

1775 Maryland issues currency depicting George III the trampling Magna Carta

Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

1797 Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife, Spain

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