On this day in 1675, Wampanoag warriors killed seven colonists in Swansea in retaliation for a series of injustices suffered at the hands of the English. He was king of Spain from 1556 to 1598, King of England and Ireland by marriage from 1554 to 1558 (as husband of Mary I), King of Naples from 1554 to 1598, and King of Portugal from 1581 to 1598. The agreement between Richard the Lionheart and Tancred ultimately benefited the king of Sicily, for it included an alliance against Tancred's rival, the new German emperor, Henry VI. Hosting many prestigous events such as a 2 Day ISDE Qualifier, Multiple National Enduros, and a 2 Day National Hare Scramble.
Philip II of Spain (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was, starting in 1556, king of Spain, Italy and Burgundy, the Netherlands, Naples, and overseas Spanish America.He was born in Valladolid, and was the only son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his wife to live until he was an adult. It was Philip II who sent the Armada against England in 1588.
Philip, on the other hand, was unwilling to jeopardize his friendship with Henry and was irritated at … King Philip's War, 1675-76, with its horrors commit- ted on both sides, was ultimately the war to end all wars in New England's battle for supremacy. King Philip’s War (1675-1676) was the last attempt by Native Americans living in modern southern New England to drive out the English settlers from their homeland. The war is named for Metacomet, the Wampanoag chief who adopted the name Philip because of the friendly relations … Philip’s first target was the imposing castle of Gisors, described by some as the key to the region. Gisors’ castellan was Gilbert de Vascoeuil, who owned land in both the king of England’s and the king of France’s territories. By the 1670s there were more than 50,000 English colonists living in New England, and they were steadily encroaching on land held by Native people. King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–78 between Indian inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their Indian allies. Philip, Or Metacomet (also known as King Philip) (c. 1640–1676), Wampanoag sachem and leader in King Philip's War.Son of the powerful Massasoit, who had helped early Plymouth Colony survive, Metacom accepted the English name Philip when he replaced his deceased brother as the Wampanoags' principal sachem in 1662. Founded in 1972 the King Philip Trail Riders have been the premier trail riding club in New England. King Philip's War (1675-1678) was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the Treaty of Casco Bay in April 1678. Rather than defend that mighty fortress, Gilbert meekly surrendered. For over thirty years we have been …

King Philip’s War was a bloody conflict in the 1670s that involved every New England colony and all the peoples of the Algonquian nation. King Philip Escaping from the Swamp on a Raft, Illustration published in Pictorial History of King Philip’s War, circa 1851 The battles continued throughout Massachusetts for the rest of the year while, in the meantime, Christian Indians throughout the colony were rounded up and imprisoned to prevent them from joining Philip’s forces. For many historians an earlier conflict, the Pequot War of 1637, exemplifies the ruthlessness and lack of respect for their opponents that the Puritans would again reveal in King Philip's War. Born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, It is the bloodiest conflict in American history, on a per capita basis. This raid is generally considered the beginning of King Philip's War, a bloody conflict that would involve every New England … Prince Philip became a member of the British royal family when he married then-Princess Elizabeth in November 1947.