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Oct 4, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The battle was fought between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. King Harold II was killind during battle. -
Aug 5, 1100
Henry I
Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. -
Aug 24, 1200
John of England
John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral. -
Jan 25, 1271
Marco Polo's travels in Asia
He left in 1271 with his father and uncle at the young age of seventeen. -
Jan 25, 1343
Birth of English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343 in London, England. He was known as the Father of English Literature. He wrote The Caterbury Tales and House of Fame. -
Jan 25, 1412
Birth of Joan Arc
Joan Arc was born in 1412 in Domremy, France. -
Jan 25, 1480
Birth of Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal. He was known for captaining the first circumnavigation expedition. -
Aug 2, 1492
Christopher Columbus first sails the Atlantic
Christopher set sail with his crew believed in a ton of bad signs. They found land on October 12 after sailing for 71 days. In March 1493, Columbus returned to Spain with a few Indians. -
Apr 27, 1527
death of Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese navigator who led a Spanish expedition to explore the world for the first time. -
Feb 15, 1564
Birth of Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy and studied medicine at Pisa University. He became professor of mathematics at Padua, where he improved the refracting telescope, with which he found craters on the moon and the moons of Jupiter. -
Sir Isaac Newton
Isaac was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. He studied at Cambridge. He is known for the legend that the fall of an apple initiated the train of thought that led to the law of gravitation. -
Benjamin Franklin
He was Ambassador to France 1777-85, and President of Pennsylvania 1785-88. In 1787, he helped formulate the Constitution of the United States. -
Charles Darwin
Charles was born in Shrewsbury, England. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, then biology at Cambridge. He was known as the discoverer of natural selection.
