Historical Events

1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scottish dynastic conflict

King Bans Wool Exports

1336 English King Edward III bans wool export to Flanders and later grants a company of merchants a monopoly on selling wool in attempt to maximise taxes

1549 French troops conquer Ambleteuse in Pas-de-Calais and kill all the English prisoners

1588 Commander of the English fleet, Lord Howard of Effingham, calls off the chase of the Spanish Armada off the coast of Scotland

Wellington Enters Madrid

1812 Duke of Wellington 's Anglo-Portuguese troops enter Madrid, Spain, following their victory at the Battle of Salamanca

Robert Southey Poet Laureate

1813 Robert Southey is appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III

1st Antiseptic Surgery

1865 British surgeon Joseph Li

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