The First English Civil War Timeline of the English Civil War

1 first english civil war

1.1 events of 1642
1.2 events of 1643
1.3 events of 1644
1.4 events of 1645
1.5 events of 1646
1.6 events of 1647

the first english civil war





events of 1642

22 august, king charles raises standard @ nottingham , war commences
23 august, battle of southam, first sizeable encounter between royalist & parliamentarian forces.
19 september charles s wellington declaration
23 september, battle of powick bridge
29 september, yorkshire treaty of neutrality signed, repudiated parliament 4 october.
17 october, king charles passed through birmingham, towns folk seized kings carriages, containing royal plate , furniture, conveyed security warwick castle, parliamentary stronghold. same day there skirmish @ kings norton
23 october, battle of edgehill
1 november, battle of aylesbury
12 november, battle of brentford.
13 november, battle of turnham green
17 december, declaration of lex talionis
23 december, bunbury agreement designed keep cheshire neutral during civil war (failed)

events of 1643

19 january, battle of braddock down
28 january, long parliament sends commissioners negotiate treaty of oxford (unsuccessful)
19 march, battle of hopton heath
30 march, battle of seacroft moor
3 april, battle of camp hill — royalist victory
8-21 april, siege of lichfield — royalist capture
25 april, battle of sourton down — parliamentarian victory
16 may, battle of stratton — royalist victory
29–31 may, siege of worcester — parliamentarians failed capture
16 june, long parliament passes licensing order
18 june, battle of chalgrove field — john hampden killed in skirmish
30 june, battle of adwalton moor
1 july, first meeting of westminster assembly
4 july, battle of burton bridge
5 july, battle of lansdowne (or lansdown) fought near bath.
13 july, battle of roundway down fought near devizes
20 july, battle of gainsborough
26 july, storming of bristol
17 august, church of scotland ratifies solemn league , covenant
2 september, beginning of siege of hull (1643)
18 september, battle of aldbourne chase
20 september, first battle of newbury
25 september, long parliament , westminster assembly ratify solemn league , covenant. under terms of deal scotland, committee of safety superseded committee of both kingdoms
11 october, battle of winceby

events of 1644

the scots marched south , joined parliament s army threatening york.

26 january, battle of nantwich
3 february, siege of newcastle, formal request surrender scots.
29 march, battle of cheriton
28 may, storming of bolton , bolton massacre
29 june, battle of cropredy bridge
2 july, battle of marston moor
13 september, second battle of aberdeen
19 october, siege of newcastle ends storming of city scottish soldiers
24 october, long parliament passes ordinance of no quarter irish
27 october, second battle of newbury
23 november, first publication of areopagitica john milton
4 november, long parliament sends propositions of uxbridge king @ oxford

events of 1645

6 january, committee of both kingdoms orders creation of new model army
28 january, long parliament appoints commissioners meet king s commissioners @ uxbridge
22 february, negotiations on treaty of uxbridge end unsuccessfully
23 april, long parliament passes self-denying ordinance
9 may, battle of auldearn
14 june, battle of naseby
2 july, battle of alford
10 july, battle of langport
15 august, battle of kilsyth
13 september, battle of philiphaugh
24 september, battle of rowton heath
surrender of leicester
october fear of royalist attack in south lincolnshire
charles went welbeck, nottinghamshire
17 december siege of hereford ended surrender of royalist garrison.

events of 1646

18 january, siege of dartmouth ended surrender of royalist garrison.
3 february, siege of chester ended surrender of royalist garrison after 136-day siege.
16 february, battle of torrington victory new model army
10 march, ralph hopton surrenders royalist army @ tresillian bridge in cornwall.
21 march, battle of stow-on-the-wold last pitched battle of first civil war victory new model army
13 april, siege of exeter ended surrender of royalist garrison.
5 may, charles surrendered scottish army @ southwell, nottinghamshire
6 may, newark fell parliamentarians
24 june, siege of oxford ended surrender of royalist garrison.
22 july, siege of worcester ended surrender of royalist garrison.
27 july, after 65-day siege wallingford castle, last english royalist stronghold, surrenders sir thomas fairfax.
19 august, royalist garrison of raglan castle surrendered (wales)
9 october, long parliament passes ordinance abolishing of archbishops , bishops in england , wales , settling lands , possessions upon trustees use of commonwealth

events of 1647

13 march, harlech castle last royalist stronghold in wales surrendered parliamentary forces.
29 may, general council of army drew-up solemn engagement
3 june, cornet george joyce (a junior officer in fairfax s horse) troop of new model army cavalry seizes king parliamentary guards @ holdenby house , place him in protective custody of new model army
4–5 june, @ rendezvoused on kentford heath near newmarket officers , men of new model army gave assent solemn engagement
8 june, general fairfax sent solemn engagement parliament along letter explaining king in custody of army negotiations conducted through new model army representatives
1 august, general council of army offers heads of proposals
31 august, montrose escaped highlands
october, agreement of people firm , present peace upon grounds of common right , presented army council
28 october, beginning of putney debates
26 december, faction of scottish covenanters sign engagement charles i