Historical place archive

Western England in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1655–1655

Historical events in Western England

1655

1655
Commander of Western Counties
John Desborough · Government of England

Appointed commander over the Western counties under the Rule of the Major-Generals

Provenance

About these place records

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