Follow John Lawson through 16 dated historical records for England.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
John Lawson was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The naval operations off the English east coast formed part of the campaign that culminated in the Battle of the Gabbard near the Suffolk coast.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The fleets manoeuvred in the southern North Sea as England and the Dutch Republic contested maritime communications in June 1653.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. Sources associate the June 1653 engagement with the Gabbard and North Foreland rather than establish an independent major battle at Harwich.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the opening day English and Dutch squadrons fought near the Gabbard shoal while the English made effective use of sustained gunnery.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the following day renewed English pressure and additional warships contributed to a major Dutch reversal in the North Sea.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch fleet withdrew after losses in the two day battle, allowing English forces to intensify pressure on Dutch shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The opposing English and Dutch fleets engaged off Scheveningen in the final major naval battle of the First Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The death of Maarten Tromp during the engagement seriously disrupted Dutch command while fighting continued across the fleets.
Role range: 1652-1654
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The severe Dutch losses contrasted with the strategic importance of ending the immediate pressure of the English blockade on coastal shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
Commands part of the English fleet and is mortally wounded at Lowestoft.
Role range: 1665-1667 – 1615-1665
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The English and Dutch fleets assembled off the Suffolk coast for the first great fleet battle of the Second Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1665-1667
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting was shaped by fleet formations and heavy broadsides as both sides contested control of the waters off Lowestoft.
Role range: 1665-1667
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The destruction and capture of numerous Dutch vessels gave the English a decisive victory and disrupted Dutch naval command.
Role range: 1665-1667
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Dutch East India merchantmen were sheltered in Bergen harbour when an English squadron mounted its attack.
Role range: 1665-1667
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Danish Norwegian shore batteries intervened in the engagement and helped prevent the English from seizing the Dutch convoy.
Role range: 1665-1667
John Lawson served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. After a costly exchange of fire the English attacking force withdrew and the Dutch ships remained in the harbour.
Role range: 1665-1667
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.