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686 The Isle of Wight becomes the last place in the United Kingdom to convert to Christianity
806 Vikings slaughter all inhabitants on the religious island of Iona
, Scotland
, UK
.
1527 Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK
is founded by Bishop John Vesey.
1607 The British
national anthem
, ''God Save the King'', is first sung.
1704 British
forces under Sir
George Rooke capture Gibraltar
.
1704 French
and British
fleets clash off Malaga
, causing heavy casualties in both sides but without sinking any ships.
1708 Queen Anne
withholds Royal Assent
from a militia Bill, the last time a British
monarch
vetoes legislation.
1712 Thomas Newcomen
builds the first piston-operated steam engine
at Tipton, Staffordshire, UK
.
1742 Robert Walpole
was elevated to the peerage and thus moved from the House of Commons
to the House of Lords
, effectively ending his reign as Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom (see February 16, above).
1745 British
Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans.
1755 French and Indian War
: Braddock Expedition - British
troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French
and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington
survives.
1761 British
capture Pondicherry, India
from the French
.
1768 Boston
citizens refuse to quarter British
troops
1777 American Revolutionary War
: American
general
George Washington
defeats British
general
Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
1777 American Revolutionary War
: Battle of Bennington - British
forces are defeated by American
troops.
1777 American Revolutionary War
: Battle of Germantown - Troops under George Washington
are repelled by British
troops under Sir
William Howe.
1777 American Revolutionary War
: Battle of Saratoga - American
troops defeat the British
.
1782 Spanish
defeat British
forces and capture Minorca
. In Ohio
the Gnadenhutten massacre of Native Americans
takes place in which 29 men, 27 women, and 34 children were killed by white militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by another Native American group.
1796 British
government purchase a 40 acre (162,000 m²) site at Norman Cross the first purposely built prisoner of war
camp in England
at that time.
1800 Great Britain
passes the Act of Union to join Great Britain and Ireland
into the United Kingdom to take effect on 1 January 1801. The act is signed by King George III
in August.
1801 Second Battle of Abukir: a British
army under Ralph Abercromby
defeats the French
troops.
1801 First Battle of Copenhagen - The British
fleet under Admiral
Hyde Parker, along with Admiral
Horatio Nelson, attack Copenhagen
. Armed Neutrality of the North dissolved.
1801 Cairo
falls to British
troops.
1801 Battle of Algeciras: The French
fleet beats the British
fleet.
1802 Treaty of Amiens between France
and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition
.
1803 The United Kingdom redeclares war on France
after France refused to withdraw from Dutch
territory.
1804 Spain
declares war on Britain
.
1805 Napoleonic Wars
: Battle of Trafalgar - British
naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French
and Spanish
fleet off the coast of Spain. Admiral Nelson is fatally shot
1807 Disastrous British
attack to Buenos Aires
.
1807 With the death of Henry Benedict Stuart
, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, the movement of Jacobitism
comes to an effective end.
1809 Peninsular War
: The British
defeat the French
at the Battle of Corunna.
1810 King George III
of the United Kingdom recognized as insane.
1812 U.S. President James Madison
enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1812 War of 1812
: U.S. President
James Madison
asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1812 The War of 1812
begins between the United States
and the United Kingdom.
1812 Peninsular War
: Battle of Salamanca - British
forces led by Lord Wellington
defeat French
troops near Salamanca in Spain
.
1812 War of 1812
: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American
forces capture two British
ships; ''HMS Detroit'' and ''HMS Caledonia''.
1812 War of 1812
: Battle of Queenston Heights - As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States
forces under General
Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada
by British
and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock
(although he dies during the battle).
1813 War of 1812
: Battle of Stoney Creek - A British
force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American
force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
1813 War of 1812: Three weeks of British
raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
1813 War of 1812
: British
soldiers burn Buffalo, New York
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1814 Guyana
transferred from Netherlands
to Britain
; it is renamed "British Guiana".
1814 War of 1812
: Battle of Lundy's Lane - Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General
Riall's British
and Canadian
force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown | 
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