• Independence ends with both sides claiming victory. 1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony...
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    Spanish Castilianised his name where he was known as Juan Aquines. Circa 1559, he dissolved his partnership with this brother, taking £10,000 from the...
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    Nation. Overlook Press. p 93. Anderson, Roger C. Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton University Press. pp. 487–488. Foote, Shelby (2011-01-26)...
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    the next year, given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda and promoted to rear-admiral while commanding HMS Valiant in 1790. William sought to be made...
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  • policemen. 1 February: The last and largest warship built on the Thames, HMS Thunderer is launched by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company in...
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    some improvements. Ships with triple gun-decks such as Nelson's famous HMS Victory had been phased out. Triple-deckers had been found to be too unstable...
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  • (b. 1516) 1632 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559) 1632 – Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b....
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    at the Wayback Machine Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 273. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2...
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    ISBN 1-84176-289-X. Thomas, David A (1972). Nazi Victory: Crete 1941. New York: Stein and Day. ISBN 0-8128-1559-9. Warwick, Nigel W. M. (2014). In Every Place:...
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    royal supremacy over the Church of England through the Act of Supremacy in 1559; this had been first instituted by her father Henry VIII and rescinded by...
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