A timeline of the English Civil War, and partly on the wider more far reaching War of the Isles,
1625 Charles I of England accedes to
the English throne, and shortly after marries a French Roman Catholic princess,
Henrietta Maria
1626 Parliament dismisses George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
from command of English forces in Europe; Charles, furious, dismisses Parliament.
1628 Charles recalls Parliament; Parliament draws up Petition of Right which
Charles reluctantly accepts.
1633 William Laud appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
1637 Charles attempts to impose Anglican services on the Presbyterian Church
of Scotland, Jenny Geddes reacts starting a tumult which leads to the National
Covenant.
1639 - 1640 Bishops' Wars in Scotland.
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1640
1640 Charles recalls Parliament to raise funds: this was
the Short Parliament, which was promptly dismissed by Charles
October 26,
1640 Charles forced to sign the Treaty of Ripon
November 1640 Charles again
summons Parliament; this was the Long Parliament
1642 until the outbreak
of the Civil War
February 23 Henrietta Maria goes to the Netherlands with Princess
Mary and the crown jewels.
June 2 Nineteen Propositions rejected.
Events of 1642
July Charles I of England besieges the city of Kingston upon
Hull in order to secure its arsenal.
22 August, Charles I of England raises
his standard at Nottingham and the war commences
23 September, Battle of Powick
Bridge.
23 October, Battle of Edgehill
12 November, Battle of Brentford.
Events of 1643
Battle of Braddock Down
19 March, Battle of Hopton
Heath
Battle of Seacroft Moor
Battle of Stratton
18 June, Battle of
Chalgrove Field John Hampden killed in the skirmish
30 June, Battle of Adwalton
Moor
5 July, Battle of Lansdowne (or Lansdown) fought near Bath.
13 July,
Battle of Roundway Down fought near Devizes
20 September, First Battle of
Newbury
11 October, Battle of Winceby
Events of 1644
A Scottish
army marched South and joined Parliament's army threatening York.
26 January,
Battle of Nantwich
29 March, Battle of Cheriton
May 28 The Bolton Massacre,
Royalist forces horrificly slaughter locals
29 June, Battle of Cropredy Bridge
2 July, Battle of Marston Moor
27 October, Second Battle of Newbury
13
September, Second Battle of Aberdeen, Massacre of City's Citizens by Royalist
forces.
Events of 1645
9 May, Battle of Auldearn
16 June, Battle
of Naseby
2 July, Battle of Alford
15 August, Battle of Kilsyth, Royalist
armies slaughtered many innocents in the civil war in Scotland. and in
the rest of the British isles
13 September, Battle of Philiphaugh
24
September, Battle of Rowton Heath
Surrender of Leicester
October fear
of Royalist attack in south Lincolnshire
Charles went to Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
17 December Siege of Hereford ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison.
Events of 1646
18 January, Siege of Dartmouth ended with the surrender
of Royalist garrison.
16 February, Battle of Torrington victory for the New
Model Army
14 March, Hopton surrenders the Royalist army in the south-west
21 March, Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold the last pitched battle of the First
Civil War is a victory for the New Model Army
5 May Charles surrendered to
a Scottish army at Southwell, Nottinghamshire
13 April Siege of Exeter ended
with the surrender of Royalist garrison.
6 May Newark fell to the Parliamenterians
24 June, Siege of Oxford ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison.
22
July, Siege of Worcester ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison.
27
July after a 65 day siege Wallingford Castle, The last English royalist stronghold,
surrenders to Sir Thomas Fairfax.
Events of 1647
19 August Royalist
garrison of Raglan Castle surrendered
31 August Montrose escaped from the
Highlands
13 March Harlech Castle the last Royalist Stronghold surrendered
to the Parliametry forces.
Events of 1648
8 May Battle of St. Fagans
16 May(?) – July 11 Siege of Pembroke
24 June Battle of Maidstone
13 June – August 28 Siege of Colchester
17 August – August 19
Battle of Preston
December 1648 Pride's Purge, when troops under Colonel Pride
removed opponents of Oliver Cromwell from Parliament by force of arms.
Events
of 1649
20 January 1649 The trial of Charles I of England begins
27 January
1649 The death warrant of Charles I of England is signed
30 January 1649 Charles
I of England executed by beheading
Third English Civil War
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1650
1 December, Battle of Hieton (skirmish)
3 September,
Battle of Dunbar (1650)
1651
20 July, Battle of Inverkeithing
3
September, Battle of Worcester
Events after the English Civil War
1650-1660
English Interregnum
1649-1653 The first period of the Commonwealth of England
1653-1658 The Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell
1658-1659 The Protectorate
under Richard Cromwell
1659-1660 The second period of the Commonwealth of
England
1660 English Restoration
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