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363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. [1]1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1003. Edward the Confessor, the future king of England (r. 1042-1066), is born to parents Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. 1016. Harold Harefoot, the future king of England (r.1035-1040), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northhampton. 1016.
24 March. England – Death of Queen Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England ). 1605. 5 November. England and Scotland – The Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and others attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England . 1606.
The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
The era is most famous for theatre, as William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became more acceptable to the people, most certainly after the Spanish Armada was repulsed.
5 January – Charles II gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. 15 March – highwayman John Nevison hanged in York for murder. [3] 10 May – Titus Oates arrested for perjury. [4] 31 July – the village of Churchill, Oxfordshire, is largely destroyed by fire. 10 December – Isaac Newton 's ...
February 4 – Tony Haygarth, actor (died 2017) [2] February 13 – Simon Schama, historian. February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch, actor (died 2020) April 10 – James Bate, actor (died 1992) April 21 – Diana Darvey, actress, singer and dancer (died 2000) May 14 – Francesca Annis, actress. July 10 – John Motson, football commentator (died 2023 ...
21 July – John Weaver, dancer and choreographer (died 1760) August – Henry FitzJames, illegitimate son of James II (died 1702) 11 August – Richard Mead, physician (died 1754) 16 October – Lady Mary Tudor, illegitimate daughter of Charles II, child actress (died 1726) Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1755)