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And then along came Oliver Cromwell who made a complete mess of things or perhaps he was just 350 years to early? We took this picture (right) whilst the Roundhead Generals were having a strategy meeting at Littlecote House in Wiltshire prior to the Battle of Newbury In the battle list below if a specific site, marked with
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1640 |
13/4/1640 |
King Charles I summons Parliament |
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1640 |
5/5/1640 |
King Charles I disolves, what becomes known as, the 'Short Parliament' |
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1640 |
The English 'Long Parliament' commences and remains until after the Civil War |
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1641 |
10/8/1641 |
King Charles I flees from London for the north |
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1642 |
Start of the English Civil War |
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1642 |
Siege of Hull, opening engagement of the English Civil War |
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1642 |
4/1/1642 |
Charles I makes a failed attempt to arrest the leaders of the Long Parliament |
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1642 |
23/9/1642 |
Battle of Powick Bridge, part of the First English Civil War |
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1642 |
23/10/1642 |
Battle of Edgehill, part of the First English Civil War |
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1642 |
1/11/1642 |
Battle of Aylesbury, part of the First English Civil War |
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1642 |
12/11/1642 |
Battle of Brentford, part of the First English Civil War |
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1642 |
13/11/1642 |
Battle of Turnham Green, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
19/1/1643 |
Battle of Braddock Down, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
13/3/1643 |
First Battle of Middlewich, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
19/3/1643 |
Battle of Hopton Heath, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
30/3/1643 |
Battle of Seacroft Moor, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
13/4/1643 |
Battle of Camp Hill, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
13/4/1643 |
Siege of Reading, part of the First English Civil War, held until 27th April 1643 |
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1643 |
25/4/1643 |
Battle of Sourton Down, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
16/5/1643 |
Battle of Stratton, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
18/6/1643 |
Battle of Chalgrove Field, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
30/6/1643 |
Battle of Adwalton Moor, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
5/7/1643 |
Battle of Lansdowne, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
13/7/1643 |
Battle of Roundway Down, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
20/7/1643 |
Battle of Gainsborough, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
26/7/1643 |
Storming of Bristol, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
10/8/1643 |
Siege of Gloucester , part of the First English Civil War, held until 5th September 1643 |
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1643 |
2/9/1643 |
Second Siege of Hull , part of the First English Civil War, held until 13th October 1643 |
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1643 |
18/9/1643 |
Battle of Aldbourne Chase, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
20/9/1643 |
First Battle of Newbury, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
11/10/1643 |
Battle of Winceby, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
1/11/1643 |
Battle of Heptonstall, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
4/11/1643 |
Battle of Olney Bridge, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
6/11/1643 |
First Siege of Basing House , part of the First English Civil War, held until 12th November 1643 |
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1643 |
13/12/1643 |
Battle of Alton, part of the First English Civil War |
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1643 |
26/12/1643 |
Second Battle of Middlewich, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
26/1/1644 |
Battle of Nantwich, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
27/2/1644 |
Siege of Lathom House , part of the First English Civil War, held until 27th May 1644 |
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1644 |
21/3/1644 |
Relief of Newark, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
25/3/1644 |
Battle of Boldon Hill, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
29/3/1644 |
Battle of Cheriton, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
22/4/1644 |
Siege of York, part of the First English Civil War, held until 16th July 1644 |
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1644 |
First Siege of Oxford, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
28/5/1644 |
Storming and Massacre of Bolton, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
4/6/1644 |
Second Siege of Basing House , part of the First English Civil War, held until 20th November 1644 |
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1644 |
29/6/1644 |
Battle of Cropredy Bridge, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
Siege of Taunton, part of the First English Civil War, held until July 1645 |
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1644 |
2/7/1644 |
Battle of Marston Moor, part of the First English Civil War |
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1644 |
2/8/1644 |
Battle of Lostwithiel, part of the First English Civil War, continued until 2nd September 1644 |
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1644 |
22/10/1644 |
Second Battle of Newbury, part of the First English Civil War |
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1645 |
21/5/1645 |
Second Siege of Oxford, part of the First English Civil War |
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1645 |
14/6/1645 |
Battle of Naseby, part of the First English Civil War |
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1645 |
10/7/1645 |
Battle of Langport, part of the First English Civil War |
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1645 |
15/8/1645 |
Battle of Kilsyth, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1645 |
24/9/1645 |
Battle of Rowton Moor, part of the First English Civil War |
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1645 |
8/10/1645 |
Third Siege and destruction of Basing House , part of the First English Civil War, held until 14th October 1645 |
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1646 |
16/2/1646 |
Battle of Torrington, part of the First English Civil War |
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1646 |
21/3/1646 |
Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, part of the First English Civil War |
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1646 |
1/5/1646 |
Third Seige of Oxford, part of the First English Civil War, continued until the Treaty of Oxford of 25th June 1646 |
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1648 |
8/5/1648 |
Battle of St Fagans, part of the Second English Civil War |
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1648 |
31/5/1648 |
Siege of Pembroke, part of the Second English Civil War, continued until 11th July 1648 |
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1648 |
12/6/1648 |
Siege of Colchester, part of the Second English Civil War, continued until 28th August 1648 |
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1648 |
24/6/1648 |
Battle of Maidstone, part of the Second English Civil War |
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1648 |
17/8/1648 |
Battle of Preston, part of the Second English Civil War |
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1649 |
Start of the Commonwealth architectural period (1649-1660) |
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1649 |
Charles I executed |
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1650 |
Start of the Middle Renaissance Classic architectural period (1650-1750) |
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1650 |
3/9/1650 |
Battle of Dunbar, part of the Third English Civil War |
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1651 |
20/7/1651 |
Battle of Inverkeithing, part of the Third English Civil War |
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1651 |
13/8/1651 |
Battle of Warrington Bridge, part of the Third English Civil War |
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1651 |
25/8/1651 |
Battle of Wigan Lane, part of the Third English Civil War |
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1651 |
3/9/1651 |
Battle of Worcester, part of the Third English Civil War |
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1653 |
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector |
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1655 |
25/3/1655 |
Battle of the Severn, although fought in America, at Horn Point, Annapolis, this is suggested to be the last battle of the English Civil War |
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1658 |
Oliver Cromwell dies |
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1660 |
Start of the Late Stuart architectural period (1660-1689) |
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1660 |
1/1/1660 |
Samuel Pepys starts to keep a diary |
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1660 |
25/5/1660 |
Charles II is crowned King of England |
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1660 |
2/9/1660 |
William Juxon becomes 77th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1660 |
17/10/1660 |
The Ten Regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I are hung, drawn and quartered |
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1660 |
28/11/1660 |
Royal Society is founded |
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