Historical Events

Battle of Bothnagowan

1040 King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth , who succeeds him as king (not murdered in his sleep as in Shakespeare's play)

Elizabeth I Turns Down the Netherlands

1585 Queen Elizabeth I of England refuses sovereignty of the Netherlands

1762 The English fleet occupies Havana

1765 Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an elm tree (Liberty Tree)

1813 The British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus

1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha

Victoria Meets Cetewayo

1882 Queen Victoria receives Zulu Chief Cetshwayo

1885 British Criminal Law Amendment Act raises the age of consent from 13 to 16 and protects against child prostitution

Colonists R

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