Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Sir John Burroughs

Battles of Sir John Burroughs

English Army officer, 1562 to 1627

Sir John Burroughs is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1620 and 1622: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 1 campaign, all in present-day Germany. Taken in date order, the sites lie 73 km apart end to end, 24 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4).

Palatinate campaignSiege of FrankenthalSiege of HeidelbergCapture of MannheimPalatinate campaignSiege of FrankenthalSiege of HeidelbergFrankfurtStuttgartCologneNürnbergStrasbourgLuxembourgSaarbrückenBonnWiesbadenMetz100 km49.473N, 8.363E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1620: 1 engagements1621: 1 engagements1622: 2 engagements2 in 162216201622
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Palatinate campaign, 1620Siege of Frankenthal, 1621Siege of Heidelberg, 1622Capture of Mannheim, 162216201622
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1620Palatinate campaignPalatinate, GermanyCatholic victory
1621Siege of FrankenthalFrankenthal, Germany24 km EImperial–Spanish victory
23 July 1622Siege of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany29 km SESpanish-Imperial victory
20 October 1622Capture of MannheimMannheim, Germany19 km NWImperial–Spanish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Jan van Ravesteyn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.