Today:
930 — The world’s oldest existing parliament, the Althing, was established in Iceland.
1314 — The Battle of Bannockburn began during the First War of Scottish Independence.
1532 — Henry VIII and Francis I signed a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.
1611 — English explorer Henry Hudson, his son, and several crew members were set adrift by mutineers in what is now Hudson Bay.
1683 — William Penn signed a treaty of friendship with the Lenape people in Pennsylvania.
1757 — The Battle of Plassey was fought in India, helping establish British control in Bengal.
1812 — Napoleon’s Grande Armée began its invasion of Russia.
1868 — Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an early practical typewriter.
1940 — Adolf Hitler toured Paris after German forces occupied the city during World War II.
2016 — The United Kingdom voted in the Brexit referendum to leave the European Union.
