Historical Events

Earliest English Printed Book

1477 "Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers," the first dated printed book in England, is printed by William Caxton at his press in Westminster

1742 Prussia and Great Britain sign an anti-French military covenant

Jacobites Occupy Carlisle

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie 's Jacobite army occupy Carlisle during its invasion of England

Funeral of the Duke of Wellington

1852 State funeral of Duke of Wellington is held at St Paul's Cathedral in London

1901 The USA and Great Britain sign the Second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, or Interoceanic Ship Canal Treaty

Battle of the Somme

1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the First Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers are killed or wounded

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