{"slug": "robert-blake-admiral", "label": "Robert Blake (admiral)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake_%28admiral%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320959", "qid": "Q320959", "description": "military commander of the Commonwealth of England (1599-1657)", "entries": 9, "years": 6, "span": [1598, 1657], "span_label": ["1598 CE", "1657 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prince-rupert-of-the-rhine", "label": "Prince Rupert of the Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tunis", "label": "Tunis", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "commonwealth-of-england", "label": "Commonwealth of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tagus", "label": "Tagus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spanish-treasure-fleet", "label": "Spanish treasure fleet", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – The first ever set of rules and regulations for England's Parliamentary Navy, Robert Blake's The Laws of War and Ordinances of the Sea, is adopted by the House of Commons, and Blake is promoted to the position of General at Sea of the English fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22–October – Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert's fleet in Kinsale, Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#April–June", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1650, "year_label": "1650 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Commonwealth of England's navy Robert Blake blockades a surviving English Royalist fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the Tagus estuary at Lisbon. Rupert breaks out on October 12.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373388330#January–March", "title": "1650", "revid": 1373388330, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1652, "year_label": "1652 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 (May 29, New Style) – First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Dover – The opening battle is fought off Dover between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into two squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne; the result is inconclusive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367149733#April–June", "title": "1652", "revid": 1367149733, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Battle of Porto Farina, Tunis: English admiral Robert Blake's fleet defeats the Barbary pirates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#April–June", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Admiral Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#April–June", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Anglo-Spanish War – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: English Admiral Robert Blake attempts to seize a Spanish treasure fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#April–June", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#Deaths", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Deaths"}}]}