Historical Events

Cromwell Divides England

1655 Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divides England into 11 districts

1673 The Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture New York from the English; it is regained by the English in 1674

1757 Fort William Henry in New York surrenders to French and Indigenous forces

Cook Reaches the Bering Straits

1778 Captain James Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering Strait

Napoleon Sails into Exile

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte is sent to exile on Saint Helena aboard the British ship Northumberland

Stanley Reaches Boma

1877 Henry Morton Stanley 's party reaches Boma, Congo, after 999 days, losing half of its 228 members

1900 1st International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Boston, MA: Dwight Davis and Holcombe Ward beat Ernest Blac

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