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24 Nov
Abel Tasman Sights a New Island South of Australia
- 24thNovember 1642 -
Born in Lutjegast, Netherlands, around 1603, Tasman worked for the Dutch East India Company on anti-smuggling raids and other marine exercises before receiving his...
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12 Apr
The First Union Flag
- 12th April 1606 -
On the death of the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I, the nearest relative was James VI of Scotland. He was the great, great grandson of Henry VII through the marriage of Henry’s daughter, Margaret...
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29 Aug
The Battle of Worcester and Charles II’s Escape to France
- September 3rd 1651 -
The English Civil War, fought over the way and the right to govern the country, amongst other things, had its start and end within two miles of each other –...
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10 Mar
Charles I dissolves Parliament to start his ‘Personal Rule’
- 10th March 1629 -
During the reign of James I Parliament had grown increasingly powerful and was using finance as a way of exerting more and more power over the monarch. However,...
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29 Jun
The Original Globe Theatre Burns Down
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29th June 1613
In 1597 a certain Mr Allen failed to renew the lease on the land on which the theatre owned by Richard Burbage, the leading actor in a company named ‘The Lord Chamberlain’s Men’, was built...
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