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Covenanters

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

5Records
1639–1679Date range
3Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1639

Robert Devereux Essex, 3rd1639

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed 2nd-in-Command against the Scottish Covenanters

1677

John Graham Claverhouse1677

Warfare / Military

Appointed by Charles II to suppress the Covenanters

1679

James Scott Monmouth, 1st22 June 1679

Bothwell Bridge · Warfare / Military

Crushes the Covenanters rebellion, "the Protestant Dukes" finest hour

John Graham Claverhouse1679

Bothwell Bridge · Warfare / Military

Defeats the Covenanters

John Graham Claverhouse1679

Drumclog · Warfare / Military

Defeated by the Covenanters

Names involved

James Scott Monmouth, 1stJohn Graham ClaverhouseRobert Devereux Essex, 3rd

Provenance

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