In 1249 Reginald II assumes the Manx throne. In 1643, the Battle of Stratton, Cornwall. Cornish royalists rout Cromwellian army and expel it from Cornwall. In 1830 William Archer, Irish naturalist, was born. Note: I tried using the ASCII characters for the fada, but my AOL Mail program did not respond. Therefore, the Irish language items are missing the fada.