Historical place archive

Harwich in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1653–1653

Historical events in Harwich

1653

June 1653
Battle of Harwich
Robert Blake · Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Sinks 20 of the 110 ships sent by wTromp to break the English blockade of the Channel

Provenance

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