Pam
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- Location
- Cumbria, England.
13th April
1360 Black Monday. A freak hail storm killed over 1,000 English troops during the 100 year war. This terrible storm produced more casualties than any previous battle of the war.
1829 British Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, lifting restrictions imposed on Catholics at the time of Henry VIII.
1912 The formation of the Royal Flying Corps (later incorporated into the RAF).
1935 Imperial Airways and QANTAS inaugurated their London to Australia air service.
1360 Black Monday. A freak hail storm killed over 1,000 English troops during the 100 year war. This terrible storm produced more casualties than any previous battle of the war.
1829 British Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, lifting restrictions imposed on Catholics at the time of Henry VIII.
1912 The formation of the Royal Flying Corps (later incorporated into the RAF).
1935 Imperial Airways and QANTAS inaugurated their London to Australia air service.