The Battle of Torrington (16 February 1646) was a decisive battle of the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War and marked the end of Royalist...
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Great Torrington (often abbreviated to Torrington, though the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated in the same region) is a...
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Connecticut Torrington, Wyoming Westford- Nabnasset (Torrington Lane), Massachusetts Battle of Torrington, fought in 1646 during the English Civil War Earl of Torrington...
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of Stratton (1643) Battle of Inverlochy (1645) Battle of Torrington (1646) Battle of Dunbar (1650) Irish Confederate Wars: Battle of Benburb (1646) "Gerards...
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Torrington realised that not to give battle was to be guilty of direct disobedience; to give battle was, in his judgment, to incur serious risk of defeat...
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Little Torrington is a village and a civil parish near Great Torrington, in the Torridge district, north Devon, England. In 2001 the population of the civil...
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HMS Dreadnought (1660) (redirect from HMS Torrington (1654))
ship of the line, in service with the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1690. The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name Torrington for the navy of the...
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First English Civil War, 1646 (section End of the war)
defeated in the field at the Battle of Torrington on 16 February and the last Royalist field army was defeated at the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold on 21 March...
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3 February, Siege of Chester ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison after a 136-day siege. 16 February, Battle of Torrington victory for the New...
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history books deal with the final campaign of the civil war in a single paragraph, and the Battle of Torrington they seldom mention at all. In this story...
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Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions (redirect from List of the largest non-nuclear explosions)
February 1646, 80 barrels (5.72 tons) of gunpowder were accidentally ignited by a stray spark during the Battle of Torrington in the English Civil War, destroying...
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Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (c. 1648 – 13 April 1716) was an English Royal Navy officer, peer and politician. Dismissed by King James II of England in 1688...
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Battle of Torrington 16 February - Parliamentarians defeat the Royalists. Battle of Orbetello 14-16 June - The Spanish navy defeats France Battles of...
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The Pannier Market in Great Torrington in Devon is a Victorian pannier market of 12 small indoor shops - six either side of a narrow cobbled lane built...
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blown up in the Battle of Torrington, a battle of the First English Civil War. The Royalists who held the town had stored some 80 barrels of gunpowder in...
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Cromwell's soldiers after the Battle of Torrington. Henry was heavily fined for his actions against parliament and significant parts of the Bidlake estate had...
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Charles Trevanion (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Cornwall)
part in the Siege of Plymouth, and fought at the Battle of Torrington in February 1646. It surrendered along with the remnants of the Royalist army in...
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returned on 29 March 1646 after success both at the Battle of Torrington and in overturning the siege of Plymouth. On Sunday 14 August 1743, a great fire...
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approved by England's House of Commons as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. February 16 – First English Civil War – Battle of Torrington: A decisive Parliamentary...
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Great Torrington Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Great Torrington, Devon, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Great...
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February 16 (redirect from 16th of February)
the Battle of Karuse. 1630 – Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil. 1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon:...
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Joshua Sprigg (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
novel Simon, where he is portrayed helping the wounded of both sides of the Battle of Torrington, and plays a pivotal role in connecting the story with...
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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB, PC (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy...
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Litchfield County, Connecticut (redirect from Torrington, CT μSA)
population density of any county in Connecticut and is the state's largest county by area. Litchfield County comprises the Torrington, CT, Micropolitan...
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approved by England's House of Commons as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. February 16 – First English Civil War – Battle of Torrington: A decisive Parliamentary...
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The Battle of Naseby took place on 14 June 1645 during the First English Civil War, near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. The Parliamentarian...
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (redirect from Afterglow of Zeon)
the Principality of Zeon's defeat. The Delaz Fleet, a group of Zeon remnants, launches an attack on the Earth Federation's Torrington Base, stealing the...
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James Berry (major-general) (category Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire)
took part in the Battle of Torrington, the last major action of the war in the West Country. He and his regiment then joined the Siege of Oxford, just before...
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of the Three Kingdoms] Battle of Torrington – 1646 – First English Civil War, 1646 (First English Civil War) [Wars of the Three Kingdoms] Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold...
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Dartmouth and in the battle of Torrington, and captured Powderham Castle and St. Michael's Mount. In October 1645, during the siege of Basing House, Hammond...
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