Historical place archive

Buckinghamshire in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Buckinghamshire in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels1 people1640–1642

Historical events in Buckinghamshire

1640

13 April 1640
Election for Buckinghamshire
John Hampden · Government of England

Hampden returns to Parliament as a prominent opponent of ship money.

3 November 1640
Election to Long Parliament
John Hampden · Government of England

Hampden is re-elected and helps coordinate parliamentary opposition.

1642

1642
Raising of Greencoat Regiment
John Hampden · Civil War

Hampden raises a Parliamentarian infantry regiment in Buckinghamshire and becomes one of Parliament's prominent wartime leaders.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Buckinghamshire. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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