Historical Events

York Conference

1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary, Queen of Scots

1796 Spain declares war on England

Battle of the Thames

1813 Battle of the Thames: American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh 's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada

1869 A strong hurricane known as the Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Maritime Canada. Incredibly, British naval officer Stephen Martin Saxby predicts the storm 10 months earlier in December 1868 through astronomy.

US Golf Open

1900 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins his only US title; beats Englishman J.H. Taylor by 2 strokes

1st Chief Justice of Australia

1903 Samuel Griffith is appointed t

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