Historical Events

927 King Aethelstan is the first southern English king to gain control of much of the north of Britain when various local kings accept his overlordship at Eamont, Cumbria

Crusaders Take Acre

1191 Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years

1549 Kett's uprising occupies Norwich, England

Invasion of Île de Ré

1627 English invasion fleet under George Villiers lands on the Île de Ré, forced to withdraw after 3 months of combat and losing 4,000 of 7,000 troops

Habeas Corpus Ratified

1679 Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification for their imprisonment

Battle of Aughrim

1691 Battle of Aughrim (Ag

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