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    Oxford The siege of Oxford comprised the English Civil War military campaigns waged to besiege the Royalist controlled city of Oxford, involving three...
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    The siege of Oxford took place during the Anarchy—a period of civil war following the death of Henry I of England without a male heir—in 1142. Fought...
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    knights were released from the siege and escorted to the south-west of England, where they were reunited with Robert of Gloucester. The reasons for Matilda's...
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    during the English Civil War. In the evening of 29 May 1645, during the second siege of Oxford, a "bullet of IX lb. weight" shot from the Parliamentarians'...
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    then almost captured Matilda in 1142 during the Siege of Oxford, but the Empress escaped from Oxford Castle across the frozen River Thames to safety....
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    Rupert leaves Oxford for Bristol. 19 May–4 June: Second Siege of Oxford by Parliamentarian troops. 5 November: Charles I returns to Oxford to overwinter...
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    massacre (1003) Siege of Oxford (1142) Oxford Parliament (1258) St Scholastica Day riot (1355) Oxford Martyrs (1555) Oxford Parliament (1644) Oxford Parliament...
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    The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South...
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  • John Churchill (lawyer) (category Members of the Middle Temple)
    However, following the Battle of Naseby he withdrew his support for the king, sometime before the final Siege of Oxford. Nonetheless, the victorious Parliamentarians...
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    The siege of Leningrad (Russian: Блокада Ленинграда, romanized: Blokada Leningrada; German: Leningrader Blockade; Finnish: Leningradin piiritys, Italian:...
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