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Facts

Date September 3, 1650
Location Dunbar • Scotland • United Kingdom
Participants Scotland • England
Context English Civil Wars

Timeline

Battle of Edgehill
October 23, 1642
Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor
Battle of Marston Moor
July 2, 1644
The Battle of Naseby
Battle of Naseby
June 14, 1645
Battle of Dunbar
September 3, 1650

Key People

Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
John de Warenne, 6th earl of Surrey
English noble

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