Commonwealth of England

This article is about the specific polity Commonwealth of England and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War.

Establishment

Chronology

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1. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

1.1.Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They resulted in victory for the Parliamentarian army, the execution of Charles I, the abolition of monarchy, and founding of the Commonwealth of England, a Unitary state which controlled the British Isles until the Stuart Restoration in 1660.

1.1.1.Third English Civil War

Was a war between the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of Scotland that result in the inglobation of Scotland into the Commonwealth.

1.1.1.1.Royalist Invasion of England

Was the invasion of England by the Kingdom of Scotland in the Third English Civil War.

Disestablishment