A+E Networks. Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britainâs southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.William was the illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy, by his concubine Arlette, a tannerâs daughter from the town of Falaise.illiam then marched on London and received the cityâs submission. On Christmas Day, 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end.
18th century [edit]. The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
A eugenics sterilization law that he proposed later became the model for sterilization laws in 12 states and also served as a model for the Nazis. (Dolan). In 1933 the Nazi government passed a Law for the Prevention of Congenitally Ill Progeny, allowing for the involuntary sterilization of over 35,000 people. Laughlin was so proud, that Germany had followed suite, he translated the law into English and posted it in several eugenics journals.