This Day In European History

24th July

Events
1567: A one year old boy becomes King James VI of Scotland when his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, abdicates; he later becomes King James I of England.
1704: Britain seizes Gibraltar from Spain; they would still like it back.
1851: Britain abolishes the window tax.
1926: Britain's first greyhound track opens in Manchester.

Births
1802: Alexandre Dumas, French novelist.
1895: Robert Graves, English writer.

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