American Revolutionary War: Colbert’s Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars at Arkansas Post.
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1775–1783 armed conflict in North America
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Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan
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The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
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Upland area in England
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1746 battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745
The Spithead mutiny begins
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Two mutinies by British sailors in 1797
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India
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Railway company in British India (1849–1951)
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of “prayer and fasting” in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
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Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
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1939–1945 global conflict
King George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.
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King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m.
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British passenger liner that sank in 1912
The George Cross is awarded “to the island fortress of Malta” by King George VI.
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1942 award by King George VI to the people of Malta
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
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British passenger liner that sank in 1912
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin
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German-British composer (1685–1759)
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
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