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Capture of Berwick 1216

Approximate location: the point for Berwick-upon-Tweed, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location.

Key facts

Year1216Wikidata P585 (point in time)
EraMedieval (500–1499)derived from year
LocationEnglandNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentEuropeNatural Earth
Coordinates55.7692, -2.0025Wikidata P276 location: Berwick-upon-Tweed (approximate)

About the battle

Capture and sack of Berwick by King John’s English army on 15 January 1216, during the Anglo-Scottish war of 1215–17. (Wikidata description, reviewed and corrected; sources: German Wikipedia: Eroberung von Berwick (rev 270812186))

There is no English Wikipedia article on this battle yet; the description above is based on Wikidata, corrected against the sources cited.

Location

55.7692, -2.0025 · England

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Quick answers

When was the Capture of Berwick?
In 1216.
Where was the Capture of Berwick fought?
In what is now England (Europe), at about 55.77, -2.00.

From Wikidata (CC0) and Natural Earth; see the sources column in Key facts.

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