Historical Events

1217 Battle of South Foreland: English fleet defeats France

1608 First English East India convoy to the Mughal court, headed by William Hawkins, lands in Surat, India

Book of Common Prayer

1662 Act of Uniformity requires English government and church officials to accept the Book of Common Prayer

William Penn Acquires the Lower Counties

1682 Duke of York, James II , awards the "Three Lower Counties" that form modern-day Delaware to William Penn , ensuring ocean access for his colony of Pennsylvania [1]

1751 Thomas Colley is executed in England for drowning a supposed witch

1814 British forces capture Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812 and destroy many landmarks

Darwin Invited Aboard HMS Beagle

1831 Naturalist John Henslow writes to Charles Darwi

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