Historical Events

Defender of the Faith Henry Rejects Rome

1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"

1698 France, England & Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession

Franklin Returns to America

1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England

1746 Battle of Rocoux: French defeat British, Austrian and Dutch armies

1776 Brigadier-General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British during the Battle of Valcour Island (American Revolutionary War)

1797 Battle of Camperdown: British North Sea fleet led by Admiral Adam Duncan decisively defeats a Dutch fleet led by Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter, capturing eleven Dutch ships

1899 South African Boers declare war on Grea

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