Historical Events

Siege of Saint-Dizier

1544 French city of Saint-Dizier seized by Imperial army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V during Italian War (1842-46)

Francis Courts Elizabeth

1579 Francis, Duke of Anjou, visits English Queen Elizabeth I in an attempt to court her

1590 Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier [or August 18, 1591]

1648 Battle of Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton defeats the Scots; ends August 19, 1648

1796 British defeat Batavian Navy in Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Darwin Climbs Campana

1834 Charles Darwin reaches the top of Campana in Chile during his voyage on the Beagle

1836 British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages, and deaths

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