July 6th

On this day - July 6th 1189- Richard I "The Lionheart" becomes King of England 

Richard 1 was the ruler of England from 1189 and until his death in April 1199. The nickname "The Lionheart" was given to him because of his reputation as a great military leader. He had taken control of his own army at the age of 16 and he was a central commander during the third Crusade. Richard 1 was born in England, but spent most of his adult life in France, even after becoming the King. He regarded his kingdom over England mainly as a source for revenue to support his armies. None the less, he was considered a hero by many of his English subjects.

March 4th

On this day - March 4th 1665 - England declared war against the Netherlands

In 1665 started the second anglo-dutch war which lasted until 1667. Tis was the second conflict between the two countries, and two more were yet to come. The reason for the conflict was Englands wish to end the dutch trade domination of world trade. Although England started out as the most successful ended the conflict with the Netherlands as the winner. The reason the Netherlands won this war was simply because they were in a better financial situation than England. This ment that they could continue supplying their fleet with new ships as the war dragged on, and in the end this led to their victory. In fact, the war led to increased share in the world trade for the Netherlands who could increase their world trade without fear of the English, who did not have enough ships left. In 1667 was the treaty of Breda signed between the two countries.

February 12th

On this day - February 12th 1993 -James Bulger were abducted, tortured and murdered by two ten year old boys

James Bulger was two years old when he was abducted from a shopping centre in England. His abducters were two ten year old boys, Jon and Robert. CCTV evidence from the shopping centre show the two boys observing children and probably selecting what they saw as an "appropriate" kid. James was out with his mum shopping when he was abducted. Jon and Robert took James on a 4km walk across Liverpool. He was later dropped on his head and tortured. James body was found on Railroad tracks two days after the murder. His body was severed by both the torture and trains.
On February 20th were the two murderes charged with murdere. In november were they found guilty and they became the youngest convicted murderes in modern English history.