Historical Events

Battle of Bouvines

1214 Battle of Bouvines: King Philip II of France vs. Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and King John of England; as a result, John loses Normandy and his other possessions in France, hence his nickname John "Lackland"

1566 Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)

Tobacco Introduced to England

1586 Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia

Battle of Gainsborough

1643 Oliver Cromwell defeats Royalists at Battle of Gainsborough

1661 English Parliament confirms Navigation Act

1663 English Parliament accepts Staple Act

1689 Battle of Killiecrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist forc

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