English Civil War Timeline of Events

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English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...

Timeline of Events

1642

1.4.1642

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

8.22.1642

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

1643

7.13.1643

English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down

12.13.1643

English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

1644

7.2.1644

English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.

10.27.1644

Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.

1645

6.14.1645

English Civil War: Battle of Naseby

7.10.1645

English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.

1646

2.16.1646

Battle of Great Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.

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.

1649

1.6.1649

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