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| Alliance Charles I |  |
| Charles ' navy defects to Parliament |
| Alliance Rich | |
| Encircles 5 Royalist ships which surrender, the navy joins Parliament |
| Arrest Charles I | |
| 4th Jan London Enters Parliament to arrest 5 MP's for treason who find refuge in the City of London |
| 4th Jan London Says of Pym, Holles , Hampden, Haselrig & Strode, "the birds have flown" |
| Arrest Dering, Edward | |
| 10th Feb Tower of London Released from the Tower of London |
| Arrest Gardiner, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower for supporting the levying of ship money |
| Arrest Hampden, John | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown" |
| Arrest Haselrig, Arthur | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown" |
| Arrest Holles, Denzil | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown" |
| Arrest Hopton | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower for opposing Parliament's Ordinance to control of the Army |
| Arrest Pym, John | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown" |
| Arrest Strode, William | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown" |
| Battle of Banbury Compton, Spencer | |
| 22nd Dec Banbury Attacked in Banbury by the parliamentary forces on December 22, but relieved by Prince Rupert of the Rhine the next day |
| Battle of Barcelona Breze, Maille |  |
| 2nd July Barcelona Defeats a Spanish force under Ciudad Real |
| Battle of Barcelona Real, Ciudad |  |
| 2nd July Barcelona Defeated by a French Fleet under Maille-Breze |
| Battle of Breitenfeld, 1st Tortensson |  |
| 17th Sep Breitenfeld Wins a victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld |
| Battle of Breitenfeld, 2nd Tortensson | |
| 2nd Nov Breitenfeld Helps defeat the Imperial army |
| Battle of Brentford Charles I | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Essex is reinforced by 20,000 militia & forces Charles I back to Oxford |
| Battle of Brentford Devereux, Robert | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Rupert attacks Brentford & defeats Parliament's forces under Holles , Essex & Brooke |
| 13th Nov Chelsea Fields The Roundheads leave London & muster at Chelsea Fields after their defeat at Brentford |
| Battle of Brentford Holles, Denzil | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Rupert attacks Brentford & defeats Parliament's forces under Holles , Essex & Brooke |
| Battle of Edgehill Astley, Jacob | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the Royalist foot soldiers |
| Battle of Edgehill Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands some the Parliamentary horse & helps take the Royalist standard |
| Battle of Edgehill Bertie, Robert | |
| 22nd Oct Edgehill Resigns because Lord Forth devises the plan for the battle at Edgeghill |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Killed at the battle of Edgehill |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Resigns as General-in-Chief because Lord Forth plans the battle of Edgeghill |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Serves as a volunteer at the head of his own infantry regiment |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians |
| Battle of Edgehill Bulstrode, Richard | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Serves in an infantry regiment for the Royalists |
| Battle of Edgehill Byron | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the Royalist cavalry reserve |
| Battle of Edgehill Charles I | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill After the Battle Charles sets up his military HQ at Oxford |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Charles I opens the road to London |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Charles is forced to keep his HQ at Oxford until the end of the war |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill The battle ends in stalemate, both sides lose about 1,500 |
| Battle of Edgehill Charles II | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands a regiment as the Prince of Wales, charging in the front line |
| Battle of Edgehill Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Captain of troop of horse at the Battle of Edgehill |
| Battle of Edgehill Devereux, Robert | |
| 22nd Oct Wormleighton Royalists & Parliamentarians encounter each other before the battle of Edgehill |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill 1st major conflict of the civil war, fought between Essex & Charles I |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Both sides claim victory & Charles I rejects Parliament's overtures for peace |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Essex's scouts see the Royalist army 3 miles south of the Edgehill escarpment |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Essex withdraws to Warwick, the road to London is still open to Charles |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Holds the field at Edge Hill for the Parliamentarians |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill The battle ends in deadlock |
| 23rd Oct Warwick Essex withdraws to Warwick, the road to London is still open to Charles |
| 23rd Oct Warwick The Parliamentary forces withdraw to Warwick after the battle of Edgehill |
| Battle of Edgehill Digby | |
| 22nd Oct Edgehill Comands a Regiment for Parliament |
| Battle of Edgehill Feilding | |
| 22nd Oct Edgehill Commands a regiment for the Royalists |
| Battle of Edgehill Hampden, John | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Arrives late in the day to support Essex |
| Battle of Edgehill Heydon, John | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands the cannon for Parliament |
| Battle of Edgehill Lucas, Charles | |
| 22nd Oct Edgehill Commands 200 Royalist horse |
| Battle of Edgehill Ramsay, James | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands detachments of dragoons for Parliament |
| Battle of Edgehill Verney, Edmund | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Royalist standard bearer, killed in battle |
| Battle of Edgehill Wilmot, Harry | |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Commands 5 Royalist regiments of horse |
| Battle of Edgehill Rupert of the Rhine |  |
| 22nd Oct Edgehill Advises Charles I to mobilize at Edgehill the next morning & challenge his enemy |
| 23rd Oct Edgehill Defeats the Earl of Essex near Worcester |
| Battle of Newbury, 1st Charles I | |
| 20th Sep Newbury Fights an inconclusive battle then returns to Oxford |
| 20th Sep Newbury Retreats from Gloucester to Newbury in the face of Essex's advance |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Brown, John | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Routed by a Royalist force led by Prince Rupert |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Byron | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Joins forces with Prince Rupert |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Charles I | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge The Royalists draw 1st blood in the civil war |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Crane, Richard | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Knighted by Charles I for his service at Powick Bridge |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Digby | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Helps Prince Rupert route a Parliamentary force heading for Worcester |
| Battle of Powick Bridge Rupert of the Rhine | |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Fires on the advanced guard of Parliamentarians who are heading towards Worcester |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Leads a detachment of 1,000 horse & dragoons & routes a Parliamentary force |
| 23rd Sep Powick Bridge Wins the 1st skirmish of the civil war defeating the Earl of Essex near Worcester |
| Battle of Schweidnitz Tortensson | |
| Schweidnitz The Winner of the Battle of Schweidnitz |
| Battle of Seaforth Moor Fairfax, Thomas | |
| 2nd April Seaforth Moor Fairfax loses 1000 of his infantry at Seacroft and describes this as his worst ever defeat, with only a few cavalry reaching the safety of his father's main army at Leeds |
| Battle of Turnham Green Charles I | |
| Nov Turnham Green Charles I is turned back at Turnham Green on his way to London, forced back to Reading |
| Battle of Turnham Green Devereux, Robert | |
| Nov Turnham Green Charles is turned back at Turnham Green |
| Battle of Turnham Green Ramsey, James | |
| Nov Kingston Helps turn back Charles I from his advance on London |
| Battle of Worcester Rupert of the Rhine | |
| Sep Worcester Essex occupis Worcester as Charles I is unable to send reinforcements to Prince Rupert |
| 23rd Sep Worcester Rupert of the Rhine does not have enough forces to defend Worcester & camps at Powick Bridge |
| 25th Sep Worcester Ordered by Charles I to make Worcester secure & preserve his forces for battle |
| Biblioteque Mazarine Library Mazarin, Jules | |
| Paris Founds the Biblioteque Mazarine library |
| Cambridge Volunteers Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 15th July Cambridge Moves in Parliament he be authorized to raise two companies of volunteers in Cambridge |
| Captain Capel | |
| London Appointedn-General of the Parliamentary forces in the north, East Anglia & the west |
| London Appointed General of the Parliamentary forces in the north, East Anglia & the west |
| Captain Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 28th Aug Huntingdon Appointed Captain of a troop of horse he musters at Huntingdon |
| 28th Aug Huntingdon Appointed Captain of Horse |
| Captain Devereux, Robert | |
| London Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the Parliamentary Army |
| Capture of Banbury Charles I | |
| 27th Oct Banbury The Royalists capture Banbury |
| Capture of Brentford Devereux, Robert | |
| Nov Brentford Recaptures Brentford after Charles I retreats to Reading |
| Nov Turnham Green Charles is turned back at Turnham Green |
| Capture of Brentford Rupert of the Rhine | |
| 12th Nov Brentford Rupert of the Rhine captures Brentford for the Royalists, as ordered by Charles I |
| Capture of Dorset Earl, Walter | |
| Dorset Earl & Trenchard capture almost all of Dorset for Parliament |
| Capture of Dorset Trenchard, Thomas | |
| Dorset Earl & Trenchard capture almost all of Dorset for Parliament |
| Capture of Hull Hotham, John | |
| 31st Jan Hull Captues Hull for Parliament |
| Capture of Newark Henderson, John |  |
| Newark Captures Newark for the Royalists |
| Capture of Oxford Byron | |
| 10th Sep Oxford Byron surrenders Oxford to Parliament |
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