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Siege of Edinburgh

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

2Records
1572–1650Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1572

Elizabeth I1572

Edinburgh · Warfare / Civil War

Sends support to James VI in the siege against the last bastion for Queen Mary

1650

Oliver CromwellSeptember 1650

Edinburgh · Warfare / Civil War

Begins operations around Edinburgh after victory at Dunbar weakens Scottish resistance in the south.

Names involved

Elizabeth IOliver Cromwell

Provenance

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