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Covenanters

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

6Records
1638–1675Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1638

Alexander Leslie Leven, 1st1638

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Covenanters during the Bishops War

1642

Alexander Hamilton27 April 1642

Down · Warfare / Military

Begins to secure a base for the Covenanters in Down

Alexander Hamilton12 May 1642

Down · Warfare / Military

Succeeds in securning a base for the Covenanters in Down

Alexander Hamilton1642

Ulster · Warfare / Military

Appointed General of the Artillery of the Covenanters in Ulster

Robert Munro1642

Ulster · Warfare / Military

Appointed Lieutenant General of the Covenanters during the campaign in Ulster

1675

William Drummond Strathallan, 1st1675

Dumbarton · Warfare / Military

Held for 1 yr in Dumbarton Castle for liaising with exiled Covenanters in Holland

Names involved

Alexander HamiltonAlexander Leslie Leven, 1stRobert MunroWilliam Drummond Strathallan, 1st

Provenance

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