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The Battle of Margate (/ ˈ m ɑː ɡ eɪ t /), also known as the Battle of Cadzand (not to be confused with the 1337 Battle of Cadzand), was a naval battle that took place on 24–25 March 1387, during the Caroline War phase of the Hundred Years' War, between an English fleet and a Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Wager's Action off Cartagena is a circa 1747 seascape history painting by the English artist Samuel Scott . [ 1 ] It depicts Wager's Action in 1708, a naval a battle during the War of the Spanish Succession when the Royal Navy under Admiral Charles Wager attacked and sank ships of the Spanish treasure fleet .
Margate is a seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England.It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of 2 miles (3 kilometres) long, 16 miles (26 kilometres) north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.
The Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor was established in the National Heritage Area Act in 2022. [58] The National Heritage Area will help preserve and promote tourism at several dozen historic sites along an 8-mile-wide corridor in North Carolina and South Carolina.
The storm was so ferocious that the main and mizzen masts were cut away by the crew at 6.30am. The Margate lugger Victory, along with the Ocean, and the Eclipse attempted a rescue and possible salvage. [9] The Victory was lost along with her crew at 11.30 am. The storm raged all day and local lifeboats were not able to launch.
The First Bank of the United States was established at the direction of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791. Hamilton supported the foundation of a national bank because he believed that it would increase the authority and influence of the federal government, effectively manage trade and commerce, strengthen the national defense, and pay the debt.
August 19 – The Battle of Slankamen takes place between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire and allies at Syrmia (now the Serbian province of Vojvodina), and 25,000 Ottomans are killed, including Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, the Grand Vizier. August 23 – A total solar eclipse is visible across South America, Central America ...
The White Tower and part of the curtain wall, from the south bank of the Thames. Lord Scales was a committed supporter of the House of Lancaster, and also a veteran commander of the Hundred Years' War, used to ruthless methods. [12] As the Yorkists occupied London, Scales opened fire from the Tower indiscriminately into the surrounding streets.