Historical Events

Battle of Winchelsea

1350 Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships

Treaty of Picquigny

1475 Peace Treaty of Picquigny: King Louis XI buys English contacts

1612 Battle of Surat, India: English fleet defeats Portuguese

1708 British troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia

1782 British man o' war HMS Royal George capsizes at Spithead, off Hampshire, England, killing more than 800 crew members and visitors [1]

1st Electric Transformer

1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates the first electric transformer

Fighting The Scourge of Child Labour

1833 Britain's first Factory Act becomes law to regulate the labor of children and young persons in the mills and factories of the Uni

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