Historical Events

1364 Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany

1608 Captain Christopher Newport arrives in Virginia for the second time with supplies from England for colonists

1650 English merchant Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau (dating agency) on Threadneedle Street in London

1793 Tennis is first mentioned in the English publication Sporting Magazine

‘Bobbies’ Take To The Streets Of London

1829 First units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's first modern police force

1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 people

1885 First practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England

1915 British Army conquers Chilli al Imara, Mesopotami

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