Follow George Monck through 119 dated historical records for England.
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George Monck was a English naval commander in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The Dutch success temporarily improved the passage of merchant shipping through the English Channel before the campaign resumed.
Role range: 1652-1654
Commands with the English fleet during the victory over the Dutch at the Gabbard.
Role range: 1652-1654 – 1608-1670
Commands in the English fleet during the battle that ends the main fighting of the First Anglo-Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654 – 1608-1670
George Monck served as a English naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The three day battle near Portland pitted Dutch convoy escorts against an English fleet and culminated in heavy damage to Dutch warships.
Role range: 1652-1654
George Monck served as a English naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting centred on Dutch merchant shipping returning through the Channel and the opposing effort to intercept its naval escort.
Role range: 1652-1654
George Monck served as a English naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch escort preserved part of its merchant convoy although the English fleet gained the advantage in the three day engagement.
Role range: 1652-1654
George Monck was a English general at sea 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
George Monck was a English general at sea 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
George Monck was a English general at sea 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
George Monck served as a English general at sea 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
George Monck served as a English general at sea 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
George Monck served as a English general at sea 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
George Monck served as a English commander 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
George Monck served as a English commander 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
George Monck served as a English commander 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
Takes overall command of the English army in Scotland after the Cromwellian conquest.
Role range: 1654-1660
Consolidates English military government in Scotland after Royalist resistance is suppressed.
Role range: 1654-1660
Works to suppress Royalist resistance led by William Cunningham and Highland allies.
Role range: 1653-1654 – 1654-1660
Maintains order in Scotland for the Protectorate through military government and local administration.
Role range: 1654-1660
Keeps the Scottish army loyal during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.
Role range: 1654-1660
Works with the Scottish council to preserve order and taxation under the Protectorate.
Role range: 1654-1660
Keeps the army in Scotland calm after Oliver Cromwell dies.
Role range: 1654-1660
Monck began marching south to restore parliamentary government.
Role range: 1649-1660 – 1659-1660
Begins moving south to challenge army factions and restore parliamentary government.
Role range: 1654-1660
The restored Rump Parliament relies on Monck's army as political order breaks down.
Role range: 1608-1670
Corresponds with Parliament while presenting himself as defender of lawful authority.
Role range: 1654-1660
Initially supports Richard Cromwell while political authority weakens in England.
Role range: 1654-1660
Appointed commander in chief as Parliament and the army seek a stable settlement.
Role range: 1608-1670
Maintains discipline among the Scottish army as English politics fractures.
Role range: 1654-1660
Marches south from Scotland, calling for order and a free Parliament.
Role range: 1608-1670
Enters London with his army and becomes the decisive figure in the political settlement.
Role range: 1608-1670
Monck entered London with his army and became decisive in resolving the political crisis.
Role range: 1649-1660 – 1659-1660
Monck restores the members excluded in Pride's Purge, allowing them to outvote the Rump.
Role range: 1608-1670
The secluded members return to Parliament and Monck is confirmed as commander in chief.
Role range: 1608-1670
Monck secured the readmission of members excluded during Pride's Purge.
Role range: 1649-1660 – 1659-1660
Negotiates with the City of London while pressure grows for a free Parliament.
Role range: 1608-1670
Declares support for a free Parliament and undermines the remaining authority of the Rump.
Role range: 1608-1670
The restored Long Parliament dissolves itself after Monck supports elections for a new Parliament.
Role range: 1608-1670
Monck backs elections for a new Parliament to decide the terms of Charles II's return.
Role range: 1608-1670
Monck supports the dissolution of the Long Parliament and new elections for a settlement with Charles II.
Role range: 1608-1670
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