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Surrender of Edinburgh Castle

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

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1650Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1650

Oliver Cromwell24 December 1650

Edinburgh · Warfare / Civil War

Edinburgh Castle surrenders to Parliamentarian forces after Cromwell's army occupies southern Scotland.

Names involved

Oliver Cromwell

Provenance

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