Historical Events

1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleets

1689 Battle of Dunkeld is fought in Scotland between supporters of King James VII of Scotland and troops of William of Orange

Battle of Vimeiro

1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War

Stanley Honored

1895 Henry Morton Stanley makes his maiden speech in the UK House of Commons as the Member for North Lambeth in a discussion on Africa

1916 Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, arrested by the British

PGA Men's Championship

1920 PGA Championship Men's Gol

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