| 1642 |
First Civil War |
| 9 January |
King leaves London |
| 22 August |
King raises standard at Nottingham |
| 23 September |
Skirmish at Powick, Worcs (Royalist
victory) |
| 23 October |
Battle of Edgehill (Royalist victory) |
| 1643 |
|
| 5 July |
Battle of Lansdowne (Royalist victory |
| 13 July |
Batle of Roundway Down (Royalist victory) |
| 27 July |
Royalists capture Bristol |
| 10 August - 5 September |
Siege of Gloucester (Parliamentary
victory) |
| 20 September |
Battle of Newbury (Parliamentary victory) |
| 1644 |
|
| 29 June |
Battle of Cropredy Bridge (Royalist victory) |
| 2 July |
Battle of Marston Moor (Parliamentary victory) |
| 1645 |
|
| February |
Formation of New Model Army under Sir Thomas
Fairfax |
| 26 May |
Battle of Evesham (Parliamentary victory) |
| 30 May |
Sack of Leicester by Royalists |
| 14 June |
Battle of Naseby (Parliamentary victory) |
| 24 September |
Battle of Rowton Heath (Parliamentary victory) |
| 15 October |
Sack of Basing House |
| 1646 |
|
| 5 February |
Chester falls to Parliament |
| 21 March |
Battle of Stow on the Wold (Parliamentary
victory) |
| 5 May |
Charles I surrenders to the Scots at Newark |
| 24 June |
Oxford (Royalist capital) surrenders to
Parliament |
| 23 July |
Worcester surrenders to Parliament |
| 1647 |
|
| 3 February |
Charles I handed over by the Scots to Parliament |
| 2 June |
Charles I taken into custody by the Army |
| 28 October - 8 November |
Putney Debates between Army and Levellers |
| 11 November |
Charles I attempts escape to Isle of Wight (but
is recaptured) |
| 26 december |
Charles I signs the Engagement with the
Scots |
| 1648 |
Second Civil War |
| 17 January |
Parliament breaks off negotiations with the King |
| 23 March |
Royalist revolt in Wales |
| 26 May |
Royalist revolt in Kent defeated |
| 8 June |
Royalist revolt in Essex |
| 17 August |
Battle of Preston (Parliamentary victory) |
| 6 December |
'Pride's Purge' of the House of Commons |
| 1649 |
|
| 20 January |
Trial begins of Charles I |
| 30 January |
Charles I executed |
| 17 March |
Monarchy abolished |
| 19 March |
House of Lords abolished |
| 19 May |
England proclaimed a Commonwealth |
| 15 August |
Cromwell begins campaign in Ireland |
| 1650 |
Third Civil War |
| 24 June |
Charles II lands in Scotland |
| 26 June |
Cromwell becomes Lord General of the
Parliamentary army |
| 3 September |
Battle of Dunbar (Parliamentary victory) |
| 1651 |
|
| 1 January |
Charles II crowned at Scone |
| 1 August |
Charles II invades England with Scottish army |
| 23 August |
Scottish army occupies Worcester |
| 3 September |
Battle of Worcester (Parliamentary
victory) |
| 16 October |
Charles II flees England |
| 1653 |
|
| 4 July |
'Barebones' Parliament asssembles , nominated by
Cromwell |
| 1655 |
|
| March |
'Rule of Major Generals' |
| 1658 |
|
| 3 September |
Death of Oliver Cromwell |
| 1660 |
Restoration |
| 29 May |
Charles II returns to London |
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