Historical Events

1776 American Revolutionary War: US forces abandon Fort Lee, New Jersey and retreat to Pennsylvania after British and Hessian troops take Fort Washington, New York

1794 Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain

British Poet Laureate

1850 Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth

1861 The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia, USA, for London, England on the Elizabeth Watts

1869 Hudson Bay Company signs deed of transfer of Prince Rupert's Land (3.9 million sq. km) to the British Crown, who then cedes it to Canada for £300,000, or $1.5 million (effective 1870) [1]

1905 The steamer "Hilda" sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)

1926 British mi

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