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Lord God of Battles, aid! High lust and froward bearing, Proud heart, rebellious brow— Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now! The sinner that forswore Thee, The fool that passed Thee by, Our times are known before Thee— Lord, grant us strength to die!
An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online; Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993). Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Battles involving Great Britain (1707–1800) ... Battle of Boomplaats; British campaign in the Caribbean (1803) ...
The second part consists of a condemnation of five British kings, and as it is the only contemporary information about them, it is of particular interest to scholars of British history. Gildas swathes the condemnations in allegorical beasts from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation , likening the kings to the beasts described there: a ...
The European wars of religion are also known as the Wars of the Reformation. [1] [8] [9] [10] In 1517, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses took only two months to spread throughout Europe with the help of the printing press, overwhelming the abilities of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the papacy to contain it.
Great Britain (from 1707) Jacobites: Civil War, Royalist victory. in England, Scotland and Ireland Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91) - The Battle of the Boyne saw the last battle between two rival claimants for the throne; Jacobite rising of 1689 (1689-92) Jacobite rising of 1715 (1715–16) Jacobite rising of 1719 (1719)
Battle of Ravenna (432) Bonifacius: Flavius Aetius: 434 AD 453 AD Hunnic invasion of Europe: Hunnic Empire: Eastern Roman Empire Western Roman Empire Franks Goths Burgundians Saxons Alans Minor Germanic and Gallic tribes 451 AD 451 AD Battle of Avarayr: Sassanid Empire: Christian Armenian Rebels before 453 AD 454 AD Germanic-Hunnic Wars: Gepids ...
16 September – American Revolution: Battle of Harlem Heights – the Continental Army under Washington are victorious against the British on Manhattan. 24 September – first running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race [4] (not yet named), first of the British Classic Races, devised by Anthony St Leger, on Cantley Common at Doncaster.