Historical Events

Westminster Abbey Consecrated

1269 The new gothic style Westminster Abbey is consecrated by Henry III after the bones of Edward the Confessor are transferred to it. Construction began in 1220. [1]

King Henry IV

1399 Henry of Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV of England in Westminster Abbey, a few weeks after deposing Richard II

1492 English admiral Sir Edward Poynings' fleet occupies Lock

Pilgrimage of Grace

1536 Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Northern England, a protest against King Henry VIII 's break with the Pope and the dissolution of the monasteries

1659 Major general John Lambert drives out English Rump government

1702 Dutch and English troops occupy Liège

1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)

1812 Battle of Queenstown Heigh

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