Historical place archive

Jamaica in History

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

3 records1 event labels3 people1655–1657

Historical events in Jamaica

1655

16 May 1655
Capture of Jamaica
Robert Venables · Anglo-Spanish War

Commands the land forces that capture Jamaica after the failed attack on Hispaniola

16 May 1655
Capture of Jamaica
William Penn · Anglo-Spanish War

Helps capture Jamaica from Spain during Cromwell's Western Design

1657

1657
Capture of Jamaica
Robert Blake · England War

Defeats the Spanish after the British capture of Jamaica

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Jamaica. 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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