Person

Robert Venables

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1655

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Robert Venables, 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. English Landing on Jamaica

    1655

    Role: General leading the invasion

    1. 1655 · JamaicaEnglish Invasion of Jamaica

      English forces under Penn and Venables invaded and conquered Jamaica from Spain in 1655.

    2. 1655 · JamaicaSpanish Exodus and English Settlement

      Most Spanish colonists fled after the conquest, while English immigrants and indentured laborers arrived.

Sources

  1. Jamaica Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18