Historedia
Person

David Baird

Events
3
Episodes
8
Years
1799–1806

Every event in Historedia whose sources name David Baird, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Seringapatam

    1799

    Role: Major General leading the British troops; a former captive of Tipu Sultan held for 44 months twenty years earlier

    1. 5 April 1799 · Fortress of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Siege of Seringapatam Opens

      British columns under General George Harris besieged Tipu Sultan's fortress of Seringapatam on 5 April 1799, the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

    2. 22 April 1799 · North side of the River Cauvery at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Breach Planning and Mysorean Defence

      Governor-General Richard Wellesley planned the opening of a breach; on 22 April the Mysorean defence blocked a battery on the north side of the River Cauvery.

    3. 4 May 1799 · Citadel and fortress walls of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Storming of the Citadel and Death of Tipu Sultan

      On 4 May 1799, after briefing and rations, British troops under David Baird breached the walls and stormed the citadel; Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed.

    4. 4 May 1799 · Battle site at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), including the Water GateAftermath and Commemoration

      Participants received a Governor-General's medal; the Water Gate where Tipu's body was found and other battle features survive, and the looted treasury jewels entered fiction.

  2. David Baird's expedition from Cork to the Cape of Good Hope

    1805–1806

    Role: Commander of the expedition

    1. 1805–1806 · Cape of Good HopeExpedition to the Cape

      Baird commanded the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, capturing Cape Town and forcing Janssens to surrender.

  3. Battle of Blaauwberg and British capture of the Cape

    1806

    Role: British Commander

    1. 8–18 January 1806 · BlaauwbergBattle of Blaauwberg

      British forces defeated Batavian troops in an amphibious operation, resulting in the withdrawal of Dutch forces from the Cape Colony.

    2. 10 January 1806 · Treaty Tree, WoodstockSigning at Treaty Tree

      A peace treaty was signed under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock, establishing British control over the Cape Colony.

    3. 18 January 1806 · Cape TownFormal Capitulation

      The Dutch Cape Colony formally capitulated to British forces, cementing its status as a British colony.

Sources

  1. Siege of Seringapatam (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
  2. Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-24
  3. Battle of Blaauwberg Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21