Historical Events

1548 Mary, Queen of Scots, arrives in France at the age of 6

1599 Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces led by Sir Conyers Clifford, who are sent to relieve Collooney Castle

The Mayflower

1620 The Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims bound for the New World

Haydn Leaves England

1795 Austrian composer Joseph Haydn leaves England forever, calling the time spent there "the happiest of his life"

1863 The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863)

Fourth Gladstone Ministry

1892 Fourth and last British government of William Gladstone forms

1901 Great Britain issues a procl

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