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William

The badly behaved schoolboy hero of a series of children's books by English author Richmal Crompton, published from 1922–70. William rebels against conventional English family life and, with his fellow ‘Outlaws’, Henry, Douglas, and Ginger, has many mishaps from which there is no honourable escape. Violet Elizabeth Bott, a ‘soppy’ girl, is an unwelcome addition to the Outlaws.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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The Abolition of British Slavery
Hippies
Victoria's Wars
Global Warming
World War 1 Tech
The Boys of H Company
FIRST 48: Desert Bones/Party's Over
Isaac's Storm
LOST SHIPS: The Ghost Of The Trafalgar
The Crusades
Feature
Voices of the Armistice
Churchill's Wizards
The American Civil War: The Road to War
Samuel Pepys
Company of Liars
Global Warming
3 January 1946

Nazi Propagandist William Joyce, the notorious radio broadcaster known as 'Lord Haw-Haw', is hanged for treason.

4 January 1885
The first successful appendix operation is performed by Dr William West Grant in Iowa in the United States of America.
6 January 1971

A further four US Army officers have charges dropped against them with regard to the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Lieutenant William Calley will be the only soldier ever convicted for the massacre.

25 January 1981

In Britain, the 'Gang of Four', Labour Party politicians Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers announce their intention to leave the Labour party to form a new social democratic party.

28 January 1915

The First World War: The American merchant ship, William P. Frye is sunk by a German cruiser.

13 February 1692

Massacre of Glencoe: Roughly 78 Macdonalds in Scotland re killed for not pledging allegiance to King William of Orange

27 February 2003

In England, Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.

13 March 1781
William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
18 March 1850
Henry Wells and William G. Fargo found American Express.
22 March 1968
The Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland is appointed Army Chief of Staff with General Creighton Abrams replacing Westmoreland as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam.
26 March 1981
In Britain, Roy Jenkins, David Owen, William Rodgers and Shirley Williams launch a new political party, the Social Democrat Party.
29 March 1971
The Vietnam War: In America, Lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam.
2 April 1900
The Foraker Act is signed by American President William McKinley, establishing civilian government in Puerto Rico.
25 April 1964
President Johnson announces that General William Westmoreland will replace General Paul Harkins as head of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam.
28 April 1789
Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the Bounty set course for Tubuai south of Tahiti.
6 May 1966
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed upon the shore in southern Maryland 8 days after he died in a boating accident. 
12 May 1689
King William III of England joins the League of Augsburg, later known as the Grand Alliance, a European coalition against France.
9 June 1915
The First World War: U.S. Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan, resigns due to his concerns over President Woodrow Wilson’s handling of the crisis generated by a German submarine’s sinking of the British cruiser Lusitania the previous month.
20 June 1837
On the death of William IV, his niece Victoria becomes Queen of England.
21 June 1982
In Britain, Diana, Princess of Wales gives birth to Prince William.
23 June 2005
In Britain, Prince William graduates from St Andrews University in Scotland.
27 June 1864
American Civil War: Union General William T. Sherman launches a major attack on Confederate General Joseph Johnston’s army at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.
3 July 2004
Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament by defeating Serena Williams in the final.
5 July 1865
In London, William Booth and his wife Catherine establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army.
7 July 1898
U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing the Republic of Hawaii.
10 July 1972
In Britain, The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw announces to the House of Commons that he has held secret talks with the IRA.
15 July 1881
American outlaw 'Billy The Kid' - William Bonney - is shot dead by Sheiff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
22 July 1298
The English Army of Edward I defeats the Scots led by William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk in Scotland.
27 July 1689
The Glorious Revolution: The Jacobite Army defeat government troops loyal to William of Orange at the Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland.
1 August 1831
In England, King William IV opens the newly rebuilt London Bridge which crosses the River Thames.
2 August 1100
William II of England, son of William the Conqueror, is killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest, Hampshire. The King was supposedly mistaken for a deer.
5 August 1305
Scottish leader William Wallace is betrayed by John de Menteith as the English capture Wallace at Robroyston near Glasgow.
16 August 1812
During the War of 1812, American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit and his army to the British without a fight.
17 August 2000
In Britain, Prince William, second in line to the throne, secures a place at St. Andrews University in Scotland after successfully passing his GCSE exams.
22 August 1973
Henry Kissinger is named U.S. Secretary of State replacing William Rogers.
23 August 1305
Scottish nationalist leader William Wallace is executed by the English.
27 August 1776
American Revolution: British forces under General William Howe defeat Patriot forces under General George Washington at the Battle of Brooklyn in New York.
28 August 1972
In Britain, Prince William of Gloucester is killed after his light aircraft crashes in the West Midlands.
31 August 1955
In America, the world's first solar-powered automobile, designed by William G. Cobb, is demonstrated at the General Motors Powerama in Chicago.
6 September 1901
U.S. President William McKinley is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz while at a reception at Buffalo in New York. McKinley dies 8 days later.
11 September 1297
Scottish nationalist William Wallace defeats the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in Scotland.
14 September 1901
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes U.S. President following the death of William McKinley, who was shot on 6th September.
15 September 1830
In England, the Liverpool to Manchester railway line is officially opened. William Huskisson MP travels on the first train, but is tragically run over and killed whilst attempting to step off the train to shake hands with the Duke of Wellington.
23 September 1806
American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis, Missouri from the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back.
7 October 1840
William II becomes King of the Netherlands.
9 October 1635

The founder of Rhode Island, religious dissident Roger Williams, is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court of Massachusetts.

13 October 1996
British racing driver Damon Hill, driving a Williams, wins the Japanese Grand Prix to win the Formula One World Championship.
14 October 1066
The Battle of Hastings takes place on the southern coast of England. An English army, commanded by King Harold, is defeated by the invasion force of William of Normandy. King Harold is killed and William ‘The Conqueror’ is proclaimed King of England.
20 October 1973
In America, President Richard Nixon orders Solicitor General Robert Bork to dismiss Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox; Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resign in protest.
27 October 1978
In England, Barry Williams kills four people in two separate shooting incidents on the same day in the West Midlands. 
29 October 1901
American President, William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York.
4 November 1677
The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange.
5 November 1688
The Glorious Revolution: William of Orange’s force land on English soil at  Brixham on the south coast.
6 November 1900
In America, Republican President William McKinley is re-elected after defeating Democrat challenger, William Jennings Bryan.
13 November 1887
Violence erupts in London’s Trafalgar Square at a Socialist rally attended by Irish agitators demanding the release of MP William O'Brien. The brutality which the police used to quell the demonstrators earned the day the name Bloody Sunday.
17 November 1970
The Vietnam War: The court-martial hearing of 1st Lieutenant William Calley begins in America. Calley was to be the only U.S. soldier convicted with regard to the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. 
18 November 1307
Swiss revolutionary leader William Tell is reputed to have shot the apple off his son’s head with a crossbow.
23 November 1890
Following the death of King William III of the Netherlands, Princess Wilhelmina, I the absence of a make heir becomes, Queen of the Netherlands. Although her mother Emma is named Regent until Wilhelmina’s 18th birthday.
28 November 1582
In England, William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway.
7 December 1732
In England, the original Covent Garden Opera House is opened with a performance of ‘Way of the World’ by William Congreve.
25 December 1643
Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company founds Christmas Ireland in the Indian Ocean.
26 December 1606
William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is performed at the court of King James I of England.
29 December 1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King begins his first of three terms as Prime Minister of Canada.
3 December 1947
The first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ on Broadway in America.
3 January 1946

Nazi Propagandist William Joyce, the notorious radio broadcaster known as 'Lord Haw-Haw', is hanged for treason.

 

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