Historical Events

1400 Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers

The Mayflower Departs

1620 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World [O.S. Sep 6]

The Old Pretender

1701 James Francis Edward Stuart (13) "The Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father James II

1795 British capture Cape Town, South Africa, from the Dutch

Canning Returns as Foreign Secretary

1822 George Canning becomes British Foreign Secretary for the second time, serving until 1827

Shakespeare's Birthplace

1847 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, preserving it as a national memorial to the Bard

Livingstone Sights Lake N

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