First English Civil War
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Was a civil war in England and Wales that opposed the Royalists (that believed in the in the superiority of the king over the parliament) and the Parliamentarians (that wanted a constitutional monarchy). The war was won by the Parliamentarians who imposed a constitutional monarchy on king Charles I. The refusal of the king to make concession caused the Second English Civil War.
Chronology
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December 1642: Fairfax was defeated at the Battle of Tadcaster on 6 December and both Leeds and Pontefract Castle were captured.
September 1644: Battle of Aberdeen (1644).
October 1642: After the Battle of Edgehill, King Charles I captured Banbury.
December 1642: Battle of Tadcaster.
January 1644: Siege of Arundel.
April 1644: Siege of Wardour Castle.
June 1644: Battle of Oswestry.
February 1645: Battle of Inverlochy.
May 1645: The Royalists stormed the Parliamentarian town of Leicester.
July 1645: Battle of Alford.
July 1645: Battle of Langport.
September 1645: Siege of Bristol.
January 1646: Fall of Hereford in December 1645.
April 1646: Siege of High Ercall Hall.
June 1646: Siege of Newark.
July 1646: Siege of Oxford.
December 1642: Siege of Chichester.
November 1642: Royalist forces sacked Brentford.
September 1644: Battle of Tippermuir.
August 1645: Battle of Kilsyth.
July 1643: Storming of Bristol.
May 1643: Battle of Stratton.
July 1643: Battle of Burton Bridge.
September 1645: Battle of Philiphaugh.
February 1646: Battle of Torrington.
July 1646: Siege of Waterford.
August 1642: In 1642, Charles I declared war on Parliament, sparking the English Civil War.
October 1642: King Charles I was greeted by cheering crowds as he arrived in Oxford.
November 1642: Prince Rupert swept down the Thames Valley, capturing Abingdon, Aylesbury and Maidenhead.
December 1642: Storming of Farnham Castle.
January 1643: Battle of Braddock Down.
April 1643: Siege of Jerusalem.
July 1643: Cromwell rode into Gainsborough.
December 1643: Second Battle of Middlewich.
January 1644: Battle of Nantwich.
May 1644: Siege of Lincoln.
May 1644: Bolton massacre.
July 1644: York is besieged by the Parlamentarians.
October 1644: Siege of Myitkyina.
February 1645: Battle of Weymouth.
June 1645: The Royalist forces surrendered at Truro in Cornwall.
September 1645: Battle of Rowton Heath.
November 1645: Siege of Basing House.
December 1645: Siege of Lathom House.
February 1646: Siege of Chester.
May 1646: The Parlamentarians captured Exeter and Barnstaple in April.
March 1647: Harlech Castle in Wales held out until 13 March 1647 but then surrendered to the Parlamentarians.
May 1643: The Parlamentarians captured Wakefield.
July 1643: After a three-day siege, Gainsborough surrendered to the Royalists.
June 1645: Leicester was recovered by Parliament.
September 1642: Siege of Portsmouth.
September 1642: Battle of Powick Bridge.
January 1643: Battle of Leeds.
April 1643: Siege of Reading.
April 1644: Battle of Selby.
May 1645: Battle of Auldearn.
June 1645: Siege of Carlisle (1644).
July 1645: Great Siege of Scarborough Castle.
