1333 Battle of Halidon Hill at Berwick where an English army under Edward III and Edward Balliol defeated the Scots forces led by Sir Archibald Douglas. English archers devastated the Scottish army and inflicted terrible losses, including six earls, seventy barons and over 500 knights
1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
1810 Prussia's Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people
1816 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
1848 The first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
1860 The railroad reaches Kansas
1862 Forrest's first raid
1870 France declares war on Prussia; the Franco-Prussian war begins
1875 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC
1877 The first Wimbledon tennis championships held
1880 SF Public Library starts lending books
1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #226 Weringia
