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On November 25 1120, the ‘White Ship’ sank in the English Channel. It was carrying a number of English nobles, and crucially the only legitimate heir to English King Henry I, William Adelin (1103-1120). Stephen, who would become King after Henry, had been supposed to board the vessel also, but did not. Why?
1819 – Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore. He previously was involved in the capture of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars 1856 – Britain’s Queen Victoria issues a Warrant to establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. 1886 – German engineer Karl Benz…
