Historical Events

Carlisle Castle Siege Fails

1315 Robert the Bruce 's siege of Carlisle Castle ends in failure in Cumbria, England, during the First War of Scottish Independence

Henry Tudor Returns

1485 Henry Tudor 's army sails to England (future Henry VII )

King George I

1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England

1717 Nicholas Rowe is appointed British Poet Laureate by George I

1732 Foundations are laid for the Bank of England

The Discovery of Oxygen

1774 English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state

Surrender at Yorktown

1781 British army under General Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia

Battle of the Nile

1798 Battle of the Nile: British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson attacks and de

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