Difference between revisions 104939884 and 104939885 on dewiki{{Infobox military person |name= Myles Standish |image=[[File:Myles Standish.jpg|250px|alt=Head and shoulders painting of a man in 17th century attire. He has dark hair, a dark beard and mustache. He is wearing a large, white, ruffled collar.]] |caption= This portrait, first published in 1885, was alleged to be a 1625 likeness of Standish, although its authenticity has never been proven.<ref>Winsor, ''History of Boston'', 65.</ref> |nickname= |rank= [[Captain (land)|Captain]] |branch= |serviceyears= |allegiance= [[England]]<br/>[[Plymouth Colony]] |birth_date=c. 1584 |death_date= October 3, 1656 (aged 72) |birth_place= Possibly [[Lancashire]], [[England]] |death_place= [[Duxbury, Massachusetts]] |commands= [[Plymouth Colony]] militia |battles= [[Eighty Years War]] ([[Netherlands]])<br>[[Wessagusset]]([[Plymouth Colony]]) |profession= [[soldier]]<br>[[colony treasurer]]<br>[[assistant governor]] |spouse=[[Rose Standish]]<br>[[Barbara Standish]] }} '''Myles Standish''' (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656; sometimes spelled ''Miles'' Standish) wasHAHA JANICE NASHOOKPUK was here an English military officer hired by the [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] as military advisor for [[Plymouth Colony]]. One of the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]'' passengers, Standish played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception.<ref name=Philbrick84>Philbrick, 84.</ref> On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainde(contracted; show full)[[Category:American folklore]] [[Category:People from Duxbury, Massachusetts]] [[Category:17th-century American people]] [[Category:People of the Tudor period]] [[Category:People of the Stuart period]] [[fr:Myles Standish]] [[ko:마일스 스탠디시]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=104939885.
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