List of 1650 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1650
Date | Event |
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April 27, 1650 | The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army. |
August 13, 1650 | Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards. |
September 3, 1650 | Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War. |