Charles I of England Timeline of Events

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Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles believed was divinely ordained...

Timeline of Events

1625

3.27.1625

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

6.13.1625

King Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France

1628

3.1.1628

Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

6.7.1628

The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.

1640

5.5.1640

King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.

8.28.1640

Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.

10.26.1640

The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.

1642

1.4.1642

King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.

5.30.1642

From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.

8.22.1642

Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins.

1644

6.29.1644

Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.

1645

9.24.1645

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

1648

1.17.1648

England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.

12.6.1648

Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".

1649

1.6.1649

English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.

1.20.1649

Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".

1.30.1649

King Charles I of England is beheaded.

1660

10.17.1660

Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.

1661

1.30.1661

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.