Historical Events

King John's Liverpool Charter

1207 King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen)

Hudson Explores Delaware Bay

1609 English explorer Henry Hudson is the first European to sail into Delaware Bay, naming it South Bay

Battle of Newburn

1640 Second Bishop's War: King Charles I 's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force in the Battle of Newburn

Herschel Discovers Enceladus

1789 William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus

Britain Abolishes the Slave Trade

1833 Britain's Slavery Abolition Act gains royal assent

1884 MLB pitcher Mickey Welch sets a record for most consecutive batters struck out to begin a game, striking out the first nine men he faces

1914 World War I: Battle of Helgo

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