* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

George Rooke, the commander of the Anglo-Dutch fleet that conquered Gibraltar on behalf of the Archduke Charles

* Summer – Charles XII of Sweden counter-attacks his enemies by invading Zealand ( Denmark ), assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir George Rooke, rapidly compelling the Danes to submit to peace.

An Anglo-Dutch force led by Admiral Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar in 1704 on behalf of the Archduke Charles, pretender to the Spanish Throne.

* Lady Mary Tudor ( 1673-1726 ), daughter of Charles II and Moll Davis ; wife of 2nd Earl of Derwentwater, Henry Graham and James Rooke

She went to the Slade School in 1908, but stood outside the groups growing up at the time, the group that gathered around Eric Gill at Ditchling and the group that grew up at the Central School of Art and Design around Noel Rooke.

In 1925 he went on to commission engravings from John Nash, Noel Rooke, David Jones, John Farleigh and Mabel Annesley among others.

From the eighteenth century, Spanish sources reported that immediately after the takeover of the city, Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own initiative caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession of the Rock in name of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, whose government ratified the occupation.

Also, some British sources have accounted the flag story ( He had the Spanish flag hauled down and the English flag hoisted in its stead ; Rooke's men quickly raised the British flag ... and Rooke claimed the Rock in the name of Queen Anne ; or Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own responsibility caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession in name of Queen Anne, whose government ratified the occupation ).

" On the back cover of the same collection, editor and critic Constance Rooke calls Brand " one of the very best in the world today ", and goes on to " compare her to Neruda or — in fiction — to Saramago.

Rooke initially accepted the prize money and the trip with Miriam on camera.

** Paul McCartney ( compilation producer ) and Sam Okell & Steve Rooke ( mastering engineers ) for Band on the Run ( Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition )

* Paul McCartney ( compilation producer ), Sam Okell & Steve Rooke ( mastering engineers ) for Band on the Run ( Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition ) ( Paul McCartney & Wings )

The Nonsuch would remain at Tangiers and off the African coast and had a number of successive captains who would go on to achieve flag rank, including George Rooke, Cloudesley Shovell and Francis Wheler.

An inquest of the deceased was held on 31 October by county coroner Benjamin Rooke at the local Artichoke public house.

At the first meeting of the Council of Defence, McCay rejected the arguments of Captain William Rooke Creswell for the majority of the defence budget to be spent on supporting the British fleet.

At once, Hardy gave chase, and caught Rooke on 17 October in time to prevent him crossing the Bay of Biscay.

* England 1704 Scotland 1704 Gibraltar captured on 23 August by the combined Dutch and British fleet under the command of Admiral George Rooke

Royal Navy warships under Admiral Rooke arrived in Lough Foyle on 11 June, but refused to smash through the boom ( floating barrier ) across the River Foyle at Culmore.

The band formed in 1988 with Charlie Rooke on guitar and lead vocals, Allan Catlin on double bass and lead vocals, and Danny Simcic / Tony Day on drums.

They became known for their black high neck tops | skivvies and energetic live shows, including Catlin balancing on his double bass while playing, and Rooke leaping off the drum kit mid-guitar solo.

From then on he was an established goalscorer, being the club's top goalscorer for four seasons straight, from 1956-57 through to 1960-61-when he hit 29 goals, the most by an Arsenal player since Ronnie Rooke.

General Douglas MacArthur announced that Rooke Island ( now called Umboi Island ) had been occupied on Saturday 12 February 1944 by American forces who met no opposition.

In 1701 he joined the fleet under Sir George Rooke at Cadiz, and shortly afterwards, as commodore, took command of a detachment charged with cooperating in an attack on Guadeloupe and Martinique, which was unsuccessful.

The move was surprising, but Rooke immediately made an impact, scoring the winner on his debut against Charlton Athletic on December 14, 1946.

A statue to Sir George Rooke was erected in 2004 as part of the tercentenery celebrations.

Anderson and colleagues from St Thomas ' Hospital, London, were the first to mention a case with possible clinical findings of LEMS in 1953, but Lambert, Eaton and Rooke at the Mayo Clinic were the first physicians to substantially describe the clinical and electrophysiological findings of the disease in 1956.

The Spanish general Francisco Castillo Fajardo defeated a combined Anglo-Dutch invasion led by the English Admiral Sir George Rooke aimed at seizing Cadiz.

In his return to England, Rooke won an important naval battle, the Battle of Vigo Bay, which resulted in the complete destruction of the Spanish treasure fleet but marginal financial gain as most the treasure had already been unloaded ashore.

* January 24 – George Rooke, English admiral ( b. 1650 )

** Sir George Rooke fails to take Cadiz, but captures a Spanish treasure fleet and destroys French and Spanish warships.

* August 4 – English and Dutch forces under Sir George Rooke capture Gibraltar from Spain.

# Lady Mary Tudor ( 1673 – 1726 ), married Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater ; after Edward's death, she married Henry Graham, and upon his death she married James Rooke.

Within the Booderee National Park is HMAS Creswell, the Royal Australian Navy College named after Sir William Rooke Creswell, the Director of the Commonwealth Naval Forces which later became the RAN.

New facilities for the sciences included the renovation of the Olin Science Building, the construction of the Rooke Chemistry Building in 1990 and the completion of a new Biology Building in 1991.

* Sally J. Rooke ( 1840 – 1908 ) Telephone operator who perished in the 1908 flood " while at her switchboard warning others of their danger.

Besides some of the London group ( Goddard, Wallis, Ward, Wren who was a young protégé of Scarburgh ), it included ( in the account of Thomas Sprat ) Ralph Bathurst, Robert Boyle, William Petty, Lawrence Rooke, Thomas Willis, and Matthew Wren.

* The Irish composer William Michael Rooke ( 1794 – 1847 ) wrote an unperformed work Cagliostro.

After the accession of Queen Anne in March 1702, he became commander of the land forces co-operating with Sir George Rooke in Spain, where he fought in the Battle of Cádiz in August 1702 and the Battle of Vigo Bay in October 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

In 1644, Owen married Mary Rooke ( d. 1675 ).

* Rooke, Constance, ed.

By Constance Rooke.

Leon Rooke called it one of the five best novels of the twentieth century.

Leon Rooke, CM ( born September 11, 1934 ) is a Canadian novelist.