23rd June: Britain’s historic foreign relations

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23rd June 2016

23rd June: Britain’s historic foreign relations

The 23^rd June has, historically, seen many events regarding Britain’s relationship with other countries and so I thought I’d put together this HistoryPod Extra to share some with you.

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#Britain
#Catholicism
#England
#Europe
#France
#Germany
#Henry VIII
#Independence
#Portugal
#Protestantism
#Prussia
#Revolution
#Scotland

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1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket

18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City

15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

23rd June: Britain’s historic foreign relations

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