Historical Events

1551 English Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, is rearrested for treason and executed three months later

Drake Crosses the Pacific

1579 Francis Drake sights land in the Philippines after crossing the Pacific Ocean aboard the "Golden Hind" [1]

Battle of Quebec

1690 English demand the surrender of Quebec, and French Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac replies, "I have no reply to make to your general other than from the mouths of my cannon and muskets"

1710 British troops occupy Port Royal, Nova Scotia

1775 Portland, Maine, is burned by the British

1849 British seize Tigre Island in the Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras

1900 Great Britain and Germany sign the Yangtze Agreement, agreeing to maintain the territorial integrity of Chi

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