On this day - 17 April

Three hundred and thirty five years after the alleged war began between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, peace was declared on April 17th 1986. It is unclear whether the war ever technically existed due to uncertainty about the validity of the declaration of war. It was a bloodless war with no shots fired from either side. It was also one of the longest wars to have existed.

The war came about due to the English civil war, during which the royalists were in control of the Isles of Scilly. The Netherlands allied with the parliamentarians who they thought would win the civil war. At the conclusion of the civil war, the Dutch and the Commonwealth of England signed the Treaty of Westminster but the Isles of Scilly were never mentioned within this and therefore were not included in the peace treaty.

Prince Philip was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. At the age of 99, Prince Philip passed away. His funeral took place on April 17th 2021 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Modifications to the planned ceremony were made to ensure compliance with Covid 19 restrictions, with only 30 members of Prince Philip's family attending the ceremony inside the chapel.