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Caribbean is in Atlantic Islands.
Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Greater Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Lesser Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Guadaloupe, Lesser Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
In 1794 Captain Richard Newton Ogle (age 25) died of the infectious fever on board HMS Boyne on its voyage from Guadaloupe.
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 16th April 1775 William Leybourne Leyboure (age 40) died at Saint Vincent And The Grenadines. He was buried at Saint George Cathedral and Graveyard.
Kingstown, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Saint George Cathedral and Graveyard, Kingstown, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Antilles Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 16th April 1775 William Leybourne Leyboure (age 40) died at Saint Vincent And The Grenadines. He was buried at Saint George Cathedral and Graveyard.
British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 29th August 1805 Brigadier-General Robert Bernard Sparrow (age 32) died aboard ship whilst returning from Barbados. He was buried at Tortola.
Cuba, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23rd February 1663. This morning came my Lord Windsor (age 36) to kiss the Duke's (age 29) hand, being returned from Jamaica. He tells the Duke, that from such a degree of latitude going thither he begun to be sick, and was never well till his coming so far back again, and then presently begun to be well. He told the Duke of their taking the fort of St. Jago, upon Cuba, by his men; but, upon the whole, I believe that he did matters like a young lord, and was weary of being upon service out of his own country, where he might have pleasure. For methought it was a shame to see him this very afternoon, being the first day of his coming to town, to be at a playhouse.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 3rd April 1663. I find at Court that there is some bad news from Ireland of an insurrection of the Catholiques there, which puts them into an alarm. I hear also in the City that for certain there is an embargo upon all our ships in Spayne, upon this action of my Lord Windsor's (age 36) at Cuba, which signifies little or nothing, but only he hath a mind to say that he hath done something before he comes back again. Late tonight I sent to invite my uncle Wight and aunt with Mrs. Turner (age 40) to-morrow.
Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th February 1663. Took my wife home, and I to my office. Find myself pretty well but fearful of cold, and so to my office, where late upon business; Mr. Bland sitting with me, talking of my Lord Windsor's (age 36) being come home from Jamaica, unlooked-for; which makes us think that these young Lords are not fit to do any service abroad, though it is said that he could not have his health there, but hath razed a fort of the King of Spain (age 57) upon Cuba, which is considerable, or said to be so, for his honour.
In August 1762 George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 38) commanded during the Capture of Havana.
Morro Castle Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
In 1762 William Keppel (age 34) directed at Morro Castle Havana.
Port Louis, Cuba, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 8th March 1748 William Cust (age 28) was killed by a cannon-ball whilst leading the attack on Port Louis on HMS Elizabeth.
Santiago de Cuba, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 9th April 1748 the Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a failed attempt by the British to force the entrance of the port of Santiago de Cuba.
Dominican, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
St Domingo, Dominican, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th May 1669. Thence carried them and Mr. Gibson, who met me at my Lord Brouncker's (age 49) with a fair copy of my petition, which I thought to shew the Duke of York (age 35) this night, but could not, and therefore carried them to the Park, where they had never been, and so home to supper and to bed. Great the news now of the French taking St. Domingo, in Spaniola, from the Spaniards, which troubles us, that they should have it, and have the honour of taking it, when we could not.
St Paul's, Dominican, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1776 Edward Payne Merchant puchased a coffee plantation at St Paul's.
Grenada, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 12th June 1795 Hugh Williams (age 28) was killed at Grenada, Caribbean. Monument in St Marys and St Nicholas Church Beaumaris [Map].
Hugh Williams: On 20th March 1767 he was born to Hugh Williams 8th Baronet and Emma Bridget Rowlands Viscountess Bulkeley.
On 4th November 1803 Major-General William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane (age 44) died at Grenada, Caribbean.
On 9th October 1838 Henry George Jarvis (age 29) died in Grenada, Caribbean. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Doddington [Map].
Henry George Jarvis: On 18th February 1809 he was born to George Ralph Payne Jarvis and Sarah Delaval.
Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
In 1595 Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent died near Puerto Rico.
Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
On 20th August 1780 Lucius Ferdinand Cary Master of Falkland (age 45) died in Tobago.
In 1833 General Lionel Smith 1st Baronet (age 54) was Governor of Tobago.
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
St Ann's, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 3rd February 1851 George Canning Harris 4th Baron Harris was born to George Harris 3rd Baron Harris (age 40) at St Ann's, Trinidad.
Virgin Islands Caribbean, Atlantic Islands, America, Americas, Continents
In September 1652 Peyton Carteret and Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 31) drowned in the Virgin Islands Caribbean when HMS Defiance sank.