Historical Events

Battle of Menai Straits

1282 Battle of Menai Straits (Moel-y-don): forces of Edward I defeated as they try to cross a pontoon bridge during their reconquor of Wales

Coronation of Henry VI

1429 Boy king Henry VI , aged seven, is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea

1900 Battle at Bothaville: Major General Charles Knox beats Boers

1914 The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts

French Without Tears

1936 Terence Rattigan 's play "French Without Tears" premieres in London

1956 Suez Crisis: British Royal Marines storm Port Said in Egypt amid

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