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May 15, 2018 · Around 1830, as its business connections in mainland Mexico developed, Britain appointed a consul in California, William Hartnell. What, if any, proposals were raised in the British government or military to take California, and how far did they get?
Jul 7, 2000 · Towns and villages had been crowded. The countryside had been akin to Langland’s ‘plain full of people’. A hundred years later the position was very different. Population had fallen and continued to fall. Whole villages had vanished from the map. In the towns, rows of tenements stood empty.
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1400: Death of Geoffrey Chauceron the 25th October. 1401: Owen Glendowercharged with treason by Lord Grey. A new Act comes into force which allows the burning of heretics. 1403: Owen Glendowerwas defeated near Carmarthen. Battle of Shrewsbury on the 21st July. 1404: Owen Glendowerby now had gained overall control of Wales and taken control Harlech ...
1414:The Lollard Rising. 1415:Battle of Agincourt on the 25th October. 1416: Death of Owen Glendower. 1417:Institution of the Garter King of Arms. An English army is victorious at the Battle of Caen. 1420:At the Treaty of Troyes King Henry is guaranteed the French throne after the death of Charles the Sixth of France.
1422: Birth of William Caxton. 1429:Joan of Arc helps relieve Orleans and France itself from the English. 1431:Joan of Arc is burned as a witch in Rouen and King Henry the Sixth is crowned King of France. 1440:Foundation of Eton College by the King for the education of the poor. 1451:Foundation of Glasgow University. 1455-85:The Wars of the Roses. ...
1461:Battle of Towton on the 29th March. 1469:The Shetland Isles become part of Scotland. 1470: Thomas Malorywrites “L’ Morte D’Arthur”.
1471:On April 14 Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet and kill the Earl of Warwick. (as part of the wars of the Roses). Edward the Fourth seizes the throne of England.
1483:Lord Protector Richard assumes the throne from the twelve year old Edward before he could be crowned.
1484:The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter on the 2nd March and signed by King Richard III of England.
1485: Battle of Bosworth Field on the 22nd August. Richard is the last English King to die in battle and Henry Tudor assumes the throne. Birth of Hugh Latimer. William Caxton makes first printing of “L’Morte D’Arthur” by Malory. The Yeoman of the Guard is formed. 1486:The Houses of York and Lancaster are united at last by the marriage between King ...
Some of the key events in California’s history include the Spanish colonization, the California Gold Rush, the admission to the union as a state, and the state’s subsequent growth and development.
Feb 20, 2024 · Once, California was occupied only by indigenous people skillfully utilizing and living in harmony with the area's natural resources. Explore a timeline from the earliest days of California and discover the events that shaped our state.
Feb 29, 2016 · The phrase “leap year,” which probably refers to the jump in days of the week—a calendar date usually moves forward one day of the week per year, but it moves two days in a leap...
Sep 10, 2018 · The evolving book-length project will scrutinize these multiple visions and their geopolitical implications, showing not least of all how discriminatory practices in California linked with those across the British Empire to fuel wider anticolonialism and revisionist challenges to international order.
