11 April 1644
Battle of Selby
Fairfax defeats Royalist forces at Selby, helping open the way for Parliamentarian pressure on York.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Selby in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Fairfax defeats Royalist forces at Selby, helping open the way for Parliamentarian pressure on York.
Defeats the Royalists under Lord Bellasis & captures Selby
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