Colonel Thomas Blood Dresses as a Clergyman and Attempts to Steal the British Crown Jewels From the Tower of London

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May 09, 1671

Colonel Thomas Blood dresses as a clergyman and attempts to steal the British crown jewels from the Tower of London

Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

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The Battle of Clonmel begins with the first of two assaults

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Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

← Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

Colonel Thomas Blood dresses as a clergyman and attempts to steal the British crown jewels from the Tower of London

The Battle of Clonmel begins with the first of two assaults

The Battle of Clonmel begins with the first of two assaults →

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