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#OTD in 1192, King Richard I was captured by Duke Leopold V of Austria near Vienna on his way back to England from the Third Crusade.

Leopold handed Richard over to Emperor Henry VI.

Henry ransomed Richard for 150,000 marks - 2 to 3 times the annual income of the English Crown.

Happy birthday to the @RoyalMarines.

They were formed #OTD in 1664 as The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot.

#OTD in 1616, Nicholas Culpeper was born in Ockley, Surrey.

“...I consulted with my two brothers, Dr. Reason and Dr. Experience, and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature, by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. Diligence, I at last obtained my desire...”

#OTD in 1788, Theodore Hook was born.

A noted practical joker, Hook made a bet with a friend in 1810 that he could make any house in London the most talked-about address in a week.

He won the bet by writing thousands of letters in the name of Mrs Tottenham of 54 Berners Street.

#OTD in 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first known person to swim the English Channel.

Webb swam from Admiralty Pier at Dover to Calais.

It took him 21 hours and 40 minutes.

Although the Channel is 21 miles at its narrowest, Webb’s zig-zag course was nearly 40 miles.

#OTD in 1939, the infamous Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed in Moscow.

The pact was a non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

It contained a Secret Protocol which carved up much of Eastern Europe between the two.

Nazi Germany invaded Poland nine days later.

#OTD in 1304, @stirlingcastle fell to an English army.

After a four month siege, it fell because of Warwolf.

Warwolf is thought to be the largest trebuchet ever built.

It could hurl 300lbs rocks over 200m.

The garrison weren’t allowed to surrender until ⚔️🐺 had been tested.

Happy 300th birthday to Reverend Gilbert White FRS.

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne is one of the most informative, interesting and certainly one of the most beautifully written books on nature in the English language. https://t.co/mNhvr1ZkxU

Today was a bad day for #England in the Hundred Years’ War.

#OTD in 1429, King Charles VII was crowned, after a successful campaign led by Joan of Arc.

#OTD in 1453, the Battle of Castillon was fought. A French army defeated an English one, in the last major battle of the war.

Today is Saint Swithin's Day.🌧 ☔️

Saint Swithin's Day if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain.
Saint Swithin's Day if thou be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.