Historical Events

Richard I Leaves the Holy Land

1192 Richard I leaves the Holy Land for England after initiating a three-year truce, ending the Third Crusade

Isabella of Angoulême

1200 Twelve-year-old French noblewoman Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen Consort of England to King John in Westminster Abbey

Edict of Expulsion

1290 The last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England

Roger Williams Banished

1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony

1651 English Parliament passes the Navigation Act meant to counter the Dutch, requiring English trade and fishing to be carried on English ships

Great Plague of London

1665 Due to the Great Plague of London, the British Parliament meets at the University of Oxford rath

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