Historical Events

1547 Battle of Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots

Royal Marriage Demanded

1547 English demand Edward VI (10) wed Mary, Queen of Scots (5)

Smith Leads Jamestown

1608 John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown Colony Council, Virginia

1798 British Honduras defeats Spain in the Battle of St. George's Caye

1813 American naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie

British Golf Open

1875 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 4th title; beats fellow Scot Bob Martin by 2 strokes

Kitchener Confronts the French

1898 Lord Kitchener sails from Khartoum to Fashoda to confront French attempts to claim territory in Sudan

1931 Lord Cecil of the British government says war is never

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