Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.[1]
1187
Pope Clement III is elected.[2]
1490
Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.[3]
1562
The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.[4]
1606
The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.[5]
1675
The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.[6]