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| Alliance Charles I | |
| 2nd April Newark Sends Montreuil to Newark to prepare the Scots for his reception
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| 26th Dec Promises to impose Presbyterianism for 3 yrs to gain Scottish support
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| 26th Dec The Scots promise to restore Charles if he restores Presbyterianism
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| 26th Dec Isle of Wight Signs a secret Treaty at the Isle of Wight with the Scots
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| Arrest Charles I | |
| 30th Jan London Parliament pays a œ400,000 ransom to Charles' Scottish captors
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| 13th April Exeter Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
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| 4th June London Taken prisoner by the Army from Holmby House in Northamptonshire
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| Arrest Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Holmby Orders the abduction of Charles II at Holmby
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| Arrest Fairfax, Thomas | |
| Jan Holdenby Charles I is deliverred by the Scots to the commissioners of parliament, Fairfax meets the King beyond Nottingham, and accompanies him during the journey to Holdenby
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| Arrest Henrietta Maria | |
| 13th April Exeter Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
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| Battle of Marston Moor Lambert, John | |
| Marston Moor Leads the Parliament's cavalry
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| Battle of Stow on the Wold Astley, Jacob | |
| 20th Mar Stow Astley takes up a defensive position on a hillside below Stow-on-the-Wold
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| 21st Mar Stow Astley is forced to surrender himself to the Parliamentarians
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| 21st Mar Stow Attempts to transfer forces from Wales to Oxford but is defeated by Morgan & Brereton
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| Battle of Stow on the Wold Brereton, William | |
| 21st Mar Stow Intercepts Lord Astley & stops him marching from Wales to join Charles I in Oxford
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| Battle of Stow on the Wold Lucas, Charles | |
| 21st Mar Stow Taken prisoner during the royalist defeat
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| Battle of Stow on the Wold Morgan, Thomas | |
| 21st Mar Stow Intercepts Lord Astley & stops him marching from Wales to join Charles I in Oxford
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| Birth John George III | |
| Saxony Birth of John George III, son of Elector John George II
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| Capture Fairfax, Thomas | |
| 16th Feb Torrington Captures Torrington from the Royalists
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| 13th April Exeter Captures the garrison ar Exeter & Princess Henrietta becomes a prisoner of Parliament
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| Chief Minister Kumazawa, Banzan | |
| 6th Aug Berlin Appointed Chief Minister of Okayama
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| Civil War England Leslie, Alexander | |
| Jan Turns Charles I over to Parliament
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| Civil War England Maitland | |
| Carisbrooke Confers with Charles I & gains the Engagement from him
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| Supports Charles I
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| Commander Lambert, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North for Parliament
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| Commander Alamgir | |
| Balkh Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Balkh & Badakhstan
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| Constitution Lilburne, John | |
| A radical group within the New Model Army, the Levellers, calls for Constitutional reform
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| Diplomacy Charles I | |
| Offers to repeal all the penal laws if the Vatican assists him to victory
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| Diplomacy Montreuil, Jean de | |
| 2nd April Newark Sent by Charles I to Newark to help prepare the Scots for his reception
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| Exile Charles I | |
| 11th Nov Carisbrooke Hosted by the Governor of Carisbrooke Castle
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| Exile of Charles I Charles I | |
| 11th Nov Isle of Wight Escapes to the Isle of Wight
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| Exile of Holles Holles | |
| Takes up exile in France
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| Governor Alamgir | |
| Badakhshan Appointed Governor of Badakhshan
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| Balkh Appointed Governor of Balkh
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| Impeachment Holles | |
| London Impeached by the Parliamentary Army
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| Levellers Lilburne, John | |
| A radical group within the New Model Army, the Levellers, calls for Constitutional reform
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| Lieutenant Graham, James | |
| Sep Appointed Lieutenant General for Scotland, 2nd term, by Charles II
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| Mobilization Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Triptow Heath Flees Parliament & joins an Army with 100 members of the House of Commons
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| Mobilization William II | |
| Borkum With the Duke of Lorraine raises a force of 1,000 for his father-in-law Charles I
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| Negotiations Montreuil, Jean de | |
| 22nd Mar Oxford Returns to Oxford after negotiating peace with Parliament but Charles I rejects it
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| Peace Charles I | |
| Offers a seperate peace with the Independents in Parliament but they do not respond
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| 2nd April The French send Montreuil to Scotland to negotiate peace with the Covenanters
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| Peace Hopton | |
| 9th Mar Truro Driven back to Truro, Hopton offers peace terms with the Parliamentary forces
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| Peace Turenne | |
| Ulm Forces the Truce of Ulm on Maximilian but Maximilian breaks the truce
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| Peerage Charles I | |
| 14th Mar Somerset Makes the Earl of Glamorgan Duke of Somerset
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| Quakers Fox, George | |
| Founds the "Friends of the Truth", later becomes the Quakers
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| Rebellion Charles I | |
| 26th Dec London Parliament renounces its allegiance to the King
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| Rebellion Philip IV | |
| Naples Defeats a rebellion led by Masaniello in Naples, put down by Don John of Austria
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| Reform Lilburne, John | |
| The Levellers call fo a full franchise under a Republican Government
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| Restoration Charles I | |
| 26th Dec London Promises to impose Presbyterianism for 3 yrs to gain Scottish military support
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| Restoration Mazarin, Jules | |
| Calais Prevents Charles II arriving at Calais to join William of Orange & restore his throne
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| Rule of Badakhshan Aurangzeb | |
| Badakhshan Shah Jahan makes Aurangzeb governor of Balkh and Badakhshan (near modern Turkmenistan and Afghanistan), replacing Aurangzeb's ineffective brother Murad Baksh
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| Rule of Balkh Aurangzeb | |
| Balkh Shah Jahan makes Aurangzeb governor of Balkh and Badakhshan (near modern Turkmenistan and Afghanistan), replacing Aurangzeb's ineffective brother Murad Baksh
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| Siege of La Bassee Rupert of the Rhine | |
| La Bassee Succesfully defends La Bassee
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| Siege of London Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 6th Aug London Enters London with an Army & forces Parliament to take him & the other MPs back
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| Speaker Willoughby | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Lords
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| Succession William II | |
| Succeeds as Stadholder of The Netherlands, Stadholder of the northern provinces
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| Surrender Berkley, John | |
| 13th April Exeter Surrenders at Exeter, Fairfax declares that the Western War is over
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| Surrender Charles I | |
| 13th April Exeter John Berkley surrenders & ends the war in the west
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| 13th April Exeter John Berkley surrenders & surrenders Princes Henrietta to Parliament
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| Treaty of Peace Fairfax, Thomas | |
| 13th Mar Signs a peace treaty with Lord Ralph Hopton who agrees to disband his forces
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| Treaty of Peace Hopton | |
| 13th Mar Signs a peace treaty with Fairfax in Truro
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