Historical Events

910 The last major Viking army to raid England, led by King Edward and Earl Æthelred, is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex

1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London

William Wallace Captured

1305 Scottish resistance leader William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution

1388 Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England

1583 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the English crown, establishing the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire

Event of Interest

1600 Gowrie Conspiracy: Ruthven family lures Scottish King James VI to Gowrie House,

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