Historical Events

1100 King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest

Discovery of Hudson Bay

1610 English explorer Henry Hudson enters the bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay

1665 Battle of Vågen: English warships attack a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet in neutral Bergen, Norway, but the English are forced to retreat after suffering 421 dead and wounded

1695 Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer

1718 Austria joins Triple Alliance of Britain, France and the Dutch Republic forming the Quadruple Alliance, to fight against Spain

Battle of the Nile

1798 Battle of the Nile: British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson further decimates the French fleet

1858 The

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