History and chronology of Robert Blake in England

General

Anglo Dutch Wars, 1st
Civil War
England Spain War
Government Commonwealth
Military

Events

Battle Cartagena
Battle Harwich
Battle Portland
Birth
Capture Jamaica
Capture Scilly Isles
Commander
Council State
Death
Defense Merchant Shipping
Destruction Barbary Fleet
Siege Bristol
Siege Jersey
Siege Lyme Regis
Siege Santa Cruz
Siege Taunton

Places

Bridgwater
Bristol
Cartagena
Harwich
Jamaica
Jersey
London
Lyme Regis
Plymouth
Portland Bill
Santa Cruz
Scilly Isles
Taunton

Robert Blake History of England


1599	Birth
Bridgwater Birth of Robert Blake
1643	Siege of Bristol
Bristol Takes part in the defense of Bristol
1643	Siege of Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis Takes part in the defense of Lyme Regis
1644	Siege of Taunton
Taunton Takes & holds Taunton for 2 years for the Parliamentary forces
1649	Commander
Appointed Commander of the Fleet
1650	Battle of Cartagena
Cartagena Chases the Royalist fleet from Kinsale to Lisbon & Cartagena where it is destroyed
1651	Capture of Scilly Isles
Scilly Isles Captures the Scilly Isles
1651	Council State
Appointed Member of the Council of State
1651	Siege of Jersey
Jersey Lands with a Parliamentary invasion force & captures Jersey
1653	Battle of Harwich
June Harwich Sinks 20 of the 110 ships sent by wTromp to break the English blockade of the Channel
1653	Battle of Portland
Mar Portland Bill Wins an exchange with the Dutch which closes the Channel to Dutch merchant shipping
1654	Defense Merchant Shipping
London Despatched by Cromwell to show the flag to hostile powers & protect English shipping
1655	Destruction Barbary Fleet
Destroys the Barbary pirate fleet
1657	Capture of Jamaica
Jamaica Defeats the Spanish after the British capture of Jamaica
1657	Death
17th Aug Plymouth Death of Robert Blake, while was entering Plymouth Harbour
1657	Siege of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Destroys the Spanish West Indian Fleet in Santa Cruz