1715
Reballion of Landsdowne suppreses the
A Jacobite landing is expected in Plymouth but Landsdowne suppreses the rebellion
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Plymouth in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A Jacobite landing is expected in Plymouth but Landsdowne suppreses the rebellion
Leaves Plymouth on HMS Resolution with HMS Adventure to search the far southern oceans during his second voyage
Fights General Washington to a stand off
Sets sail in the HMS Beagle. Departs for 5 yrs research in South America & the Galapagos Islands
Birth of Robert Falcon Scott
First elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Winston Churchills cousin
The Endurance leaves Plymouth for Buenos Aires
Birth of Michael Mackintosh Foot
Michael Foot is born to Eva Mackintosh Foot, whose family name becomes his middle name.
Michael Foot is born into the political household of Isaac Foot, later Liberal MP for Bodmin.
Endurance sails from Plymouth as Shackleton begins the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Appointed Chief Officer of the Endurance
Elected 1st woman MP, 1919-1945, succeeds her husband as Member of Parliament for Plymouth
Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, 1st woman MP
Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport
Acts as Foot's election agent in the successful Plymouth Devonport campaign.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
General election outcome recorded for Michael Mackintosh Foot: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Government context for this general election: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1951 general election.
Birth of Trevor John Francis
Loses Plymouth Devonport to Conservative Joan Vickers at the general election.
Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth
Willoughby Harry Thompson becomes first Governor of Montserrat
Norman Derek Matthews becomes Governor of Montserrat
Gwilym Wyn Jones becomes Governor of Montserrat
David Kenneth Hay Dale becomes Governor of Montserrat
Prepares 3 Commando Brigade for South Atlantic deployment.
Arthur Christopher Watson becomes Governor of Montserrat
Christopher J. Turner becomes Governor of Montserrat
David G. P. Taylor becomes Governor of Montserrat
Frank Savage becomes Governor of Montserrat
Provenance
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