william king life timeline |
|---|
| Norman Conquest: Battle of HastingsIn England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England. | Sunday, October 14th, 1066 |
| Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London. | Tuesday, December 25th, 1066 |
| Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of FalkirkKing Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeats William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town. | Tuesday, July 22nd, 1298 |
| King William s War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France. | Thursday, May 12th, 1689 |
| Massacre of Glencoe : About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. | Wednesday, February 13th, 1692 |
| The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. | Sunday, February 8th, 1693 |
| Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. | Sunday, February 7th, 1819 |
| British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III. | Friday, February 19th, 1819 |
| Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children. | Monday, September 3rd, 1855 |
| Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom. | Friday, January 18th, 1884 |
| City & South London Railway: London s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. | Tuesday, November 4th, 1890 |
| King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir. | Sunday, November 23rd, 1890 |
| Steve Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William s Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to apartheid. | Thursday, August 18th, 1977 |
| James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime. | Sunday, June 7th, 1998 |
Beauty from order springs.