This Day In History - 24 June: Scotland Wins At Bannockburn, Medieval Dance Fever, & A Poor General Haig Cost The UK

Art: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, Scotland , Thomas Moran 1314 – : The Battle of Bannockburn concludes outside of Stirling Castle with a decisive victory of the 6.500 Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce over a much larger English force. It was the decisive battle of the First War of Scottish Independence with Scotland regaining its independence a decade later. 1340 – A large French fleet that had been gathered for the invasion of England was engaged and destroyed by Edward II

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