John Keane Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Keane, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1838–18391 events3 places

Chronological biography

1838

Invasion of AfghanistanDecember 1838

Warfare / Anglo-Afghan War, 1st · Punjab

An army of 21,000 British and Indian troops under the command of Sir John Keane (subsequently replaced by Sir Willoughby Cotton and then by William Elphinstone) set out from Punjab in December 1838

1839

Invasion of AfghanistanMarch 1839

Warfare / Anglo-Afghan War, 1st · Quetta

By late March 1839, the British forces had reached Quetta, crossed the Bolan Pass and begun their march to Kabul

Invasion of Afghanistan25 April 1839

Warfare / Anglo-Afghan War, 1st · Kandahar

Kandahar is captured

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.