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Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

Timeline of Events

1644

5.28.1644

Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.

9.1.1644

Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

1645

9.24.1645

Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles

1650

4.27.1650

The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army.