Historical Events

King Henry VI

1422 Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 8 months after the death of his father Henry V - youngest person to inherit the throne of England

Jacobite Rising

1745 Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland

Event of Interest

1751 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Arcot in India

1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge Indians in Bronx during Revolution

Cholera in London

1854 A major outbreak of cholera occurs in Soho, London; physician John Snow calls it "the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in this kingdom"

Jack the Ripper's 1st Victim

1888 The body of Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols , is found in Whitechapel in London's East End

Joule, Watt and Quadrant

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