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Byron Biography and Timeline

Follow Byron through 8 dated historical records for England.

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Byron, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records

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1639–1652Years on this page

1639

December 1639

Lieutenant

Lord · Lieutenant Tower of London · Tower of London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London

1643

20 September 1643

Battle of Newbury, 1st

Lord · Newbury · Warfare / Civil War

Fights for the defeated Royalists

Role range: 1642-1649

1643

Peerage

Lord · Warfare / Civil War

Created Baron Byron

Role range: 1642-1649

1644

25 January 1644

Battle of Nantwich

Lord · Chester · Warfare / Civil War

Forced to retreat to Chester

Role range: 1642-1649

25 January 1644

Battle of Nantwich

Lord · Nantwich · Warfare / Civil War

Defeated by Fairfax. Byrons infantry join the Parliamentarians

Role range: 1642-1649

2 July 1644

Battle of Marston Moor

Lord · Marston Moor · Warfare / Civil War

Commands the Royalist Horse

Role range: 1642-1649

1644

Governor

Lord · Governor of Chester · Chester · Government / Government of England

Appointed Governor of Chester

Role range: 1642-1649

1652

Death of Byron

Lord · Governor of Chester · Warfare / Military

Death of John Byron

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.