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1513 Event

September 9

Battle of Flodden: Scotland's King Killed Invading England

James IV of Scotland brought the largest Scottish army ever to enter England — estimated at 30,000 men — and positioned them on a hill where artillery couldn't angle downward effectively. The English commander, Thomas Howard, flanked him. James died fighting on foot, his body found the next morning within a spear's length of the English lines. He was the last British monarch to die in battle. Scotland lost the king, the archbishop, two bishops, nine earls, and perhaps 10,000 soldiers in one afternoon.

September 9, 1513

513 years ago

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