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Capture of Portsmouth

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1642Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1642

George Goring Norwich, 1st7 September 1642

Portsmouth · Warfare / Civil War

Goring surrenders the Royalist garrison of Portsmouth to Parliamentarian forces.

William Waller7 September 1642

Portsmouth · Warfare / Civil War

Waller receives the surrender of Portsmouth after Parliamentarian land and naval pressure.

Names involved

George Goring Norwich, 1stWilliam Waller

Provenance

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