Selected conflicts in the British Empire -- ca. 1500 to 1819
The
colour scheme reflects different types of events which can be (de)selected in the
filters.
The categories are subject to interpretation and simplification of the insurgents' motives.
Event descriptions in the labels are based on Wikidata / Wikipedia entries or item abstracts provided by the National Archives of the UK. Sources are indicated in the item labels.
Checking and updating the data is an on-going process. The current version of the geocoded data can be downloaded in
GeoJSON format.
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