It happened today – this day in history – June 12
1381: Rebels arrive at Blackheath during the peasants’ revolt 1458: Magdalen College, Oxford is founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of
Read more1381: Rebels arrive at Blackheath during the peasants’ revolt 1458: Magdalen College, Oxford is founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of
Read more1348: A ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. 1360: The Treaty of Brétigny
Read more1360: The Treaty of Brétigny signed by England and France ends the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War. 1521:
Read more1381: Rebels arrive at Blackheath during the peasants’ revolt 1665: New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is renamed
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