Historical place archive

Leeward Islands in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1761–1761

Historical events in Leeward Islands

1761

1761
Commander in Chief
George Brydges Rodney · Military

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Leeward Islands station

Provenance

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