Historical place archive

Newtown, Isle of Wight in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1679–1679

Historical events in Newtown, Isle of Wight

1679

March 1679
Election to Parliament
John Churchill · Government of England

Is elected Member of Parliament for Newtown on the Isle of Wight and serves during the short 1679 Parliament.

Provenance

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