On this day ......

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26 August 1346 – Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy

 

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27 August 1776 – Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island

 

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28 August 1814 – Birth of Sheridan Le Fanu (200 years today)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Le_Fanu

 

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30 August 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Abercromby

 

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31 August 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England

 

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1 September 1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France

 

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2 September 1945 – The Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender

 

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3 September 1658 – Death Oliver Cromwell, English general and regicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell

 

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September 4, 1957 - Ford introduces the Edsel (OOPS!!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel

 

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September 5, 1666 - Great Fire of London ends

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

 

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September 6, 972- Death of Pope John XIII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XIII

 

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September 7, 1942 - Battle of Milne Bay ends. Australian & American troops defeat the Japanese

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay

 

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7 September 1887 – Birth of Dame Edith Sitwell, DBE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Sitwell

 

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9 September 1513 – King James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden

 

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10 September 1797 – Death of Mary Wollstonecraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

 

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11 September 1862 – Birth of Field Marshal Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, 12th Governor General of Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Byng_of_Vimy

 

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14 September 1864 – Birth of Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, CH, PC, QC, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Viscount_Cecil_of_Chelwood

 

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15 September 1859 – Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

 

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16 September 1701 – Death of King James II of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

 

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17 September 1771 – Death of Tobias Smollett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Smollett