Historical Events

959 Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes king of all England

Duke of Norfolk Arrested

1569 The Duke of Norfolk is arrested by Queen Elizabeth I for conspiring to marry Mary, Queen of Scots

Treaty of Raalte

1657 Treaty of Raalte makes William III , Prince of Orange, no longer Stadtholder of Overijssel province

Early Yacht Race

1661 Yachting begins in England as King Charles II defeats his brother James, Duke of York, in a yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend

1688 Prince William of Orange accepts invitation to take up the British crown

Bonnie Prince Charlie Flees

1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie escapes from Loch nan Uamh, Scotland, and sails to France disguised as a maid

1768 British troops under General Thomas Gage land in Boston

1801 Britain and Fran

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