Siege of Drogheda

Quando

3 de set. de 1649 – 11 de set. de 1649

Tipo

Cerco

Coordenadas

53.71° N, 6.35° W

Description

1649 siege

1649 battle of the Irish Confederate wars

The Siege of Drogheda, 3 to 11 September 1649, took place at the start of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The port of Drogheda was held by a mixed garrison of Irish Catholics and Royalists under the command of Sir Arthur Aston, when it was besieged by English Commonwealth forces under Oliver Cromwell.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Oliver Cromwell leads England's New Model Army to start the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland, and breaks through on September 11”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “massacre de Drogheda en Irlande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

• Irish Confederate Warsout. de 1641 · Guerra