Historical Events

Peace of Étaples

1492 Peace of Étaples signed between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France, ending an English invasion of France and French support for the Yorkist Pretender Perkin Warbeck

Act of Supremacy

1534 English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, making Henry VIII and all subsequent monarchs the Head of the Church of England

Drake Arrives at Ternate

1579 Francis Drake arrives at Ternate in the East Indies and makes a trade treaty with the Sultan of Ternate, buys a cargo of cloves [1]

1640 English Long Parliament forms

1655 England & France sign military & economic treaties

Handel's Failed Operation

1752 George Frideric Handel undergoes a failed eye operation

1762 Britain & Spain sign Treaty of Paris

1817 First permanen

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