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| 1600 | Birth |  |
| 19th Nov Dunfermline Birth of Charles I, son of James I of England & Queen Anne of Denmark |
| 1604 | Education | |
| Leaves Scotland to live in England |
| 1616 | Investiture | |
| 4th Nov London Investiture as Prince of Wales at Westminster, the last investiture until 1911 |
| 1625 | Burial | |
| 5th May Westminster Abbey Attends the burial of James I in state as the chief mourner at Westminster Abbey |
| 1625 | Coronation | |
| 27th Mar Westminster Abbey Crowned King of England |
| 1625 | Marriage | |
| 1st May London Marries Henrietta Maria, daughter of the France's Henry IV |
| 1625 | Parliament | |
| 18th June London Opens his 1st parliament |
| 1625 | Siege of Cadiz | |
| Cadiz A naval bombardment of Cadiz ends in failure |
| 1625 | Taxation | |
| London Parliament grants tonnage & poundage for a year rather than life |
| 1625 | Treaty of Hague, The | |
| 9th Dec Hague, The The Dutch & English to subsidize support for German Protestants |
| 1626 | Legislation | |
| Edinburgh The Act of Revocation is passed in Scotland reforming ownership of Church lands |
| 1626 | Parliament | |
| 6th Feb London Refuses to grant funds without redress of grievances |
| 1626 | Reform | |
| The Act of Revocation is passed in Scotland reforming ownership of Church lands |
| 1626 | Trial | |
| 23rd Feb London Begins the impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham |
| 1627 | Succession | |
| London 2nd son of James I & Anne of Denmark, became heir when his brother Henry died in 1612 |
| London Succeeds as King of England |
| 1628 | Burial | |
| London Charles I buries the Buckingham in the Chapel of Henry VII, reserved for royalty |
| 1629 | Arrest | |
| 5th Mar London Has 9 MPs arrested |
| 1629 | Capture of Quebec | |
| 9th Aug Quebec Quebec is temporarily surrendered to the English |
| 1629 | Parliament | |
| 5th Mar London Appoints Laud & Wentworth as advisers to rule without Parliament |
| 10th Mar London Charles raises money by fines imposed by star Chamber & selling monopolies |
| 10th Mar London Parliament does not open again for 11 yrs |
| 1629 | Speech | |
| London Address es Parliament for the 1st time but fails to raise funds for a war with Spain |
| 1633 | Coronation | |
| 18th June Holyrood 1st time since early infancy that Charles has set foot in Scotland |
| 18th June Holyrood Creates controversy because of the Papist ceremony using a Church of England service |
| 1634 | Reform | |
| London Raises "ship money" on the coastal counties |
| 1635 | Reform | |
| London Tries to stop his 2nd Parliament debating taxation, outlawing Popery & Arminianism |
| 1635 | Taxation | |
| London Extends "ship money" to include inland counties |
| 1636 | Book Canons | |
| Issues the Book of Canons reorganizing the Scottish Church along English lines |
| The Scottish Church is to use a Prayer Book written in England by English churchmen |
| 1636 | Demonstrations | |
| St Giles The reading of the English Prayer Book causes a riot in Scotland |
| 1636 | Prayer Book Canons | |
| Issues the Book of Canons reorganizing the Scottish Church along English lines |
| The Scottish Church is to use a Prayer Book written in England by English churchmen |
| 1636 | Rebellion | |
| Glasgow The General Assembly abolishes Charles I's reforms & re-establishes Presbyterianism |
| 1636 | Reform | |
| Issues the Book of Canons reorganizing the Scottish Church along English lines |
| 1637 | Rebellion | |
| Charles attempts to impose the Anglican Book of Common Prayer on the Scots |
| Scots of all classes show their open resistance by signing the National Covenant |
| 1637 | Reform | |
| London Enhances the Navy, the "Sovereign of the Seas" is constructed |
| 1638 | Assembly of Scotland | |
| 24th Nov Glasgow Charles ' commissioner try to close the Assembly but they are ignored |
| 1638 | Constitution | |
| Berwick Charles I concedes the Scottish right to free church assembly and a free parliament |
| 24th Nov Glasgow Charles ' commissioner try to close the Assembly but they are ignored |
| 1638 | Episcopacy | |
| A general assembly of the Scottish church abolishes the episcopacy |
| 24th Nov Glasgow The episcopacy is abolished |
| 1638 | National Covenant | |
| The Scottish National Covenant is founded, "in defence of the true reformed religion" |
| 1638 | Pacification Berwick | |
| Berwick Charles I concedes the Scottish right to free church assembly and a free parliament |
| Berwick The 1st Bishop's War ends without fighting by the Pacification of Berwick |
| 1638 | Rebellion | |
| London Parliament refuses money & Charles is defeated |
| The Scots rebel against the Church worship which Charles designed for them |
| The Scottish National Covenant is founded, "in defence of the true reformed religion" |
| July Charles I advises his Privy Council he will have to use force against the Covenantors |
| Nov Agrees to a General Assembly of the Church of Scotland which meets at Glasgow |
| Nov Support for the Covenant grows under the leadership of Montrose & Argyll |
| Nov The Scots Church Assembly decideds that bishops should be deposed or excommunicated |
| 1639 | Battle of Dee | |
| 19th June Aberdeen The Covenantors occupy Aberdeen |
| 1639 | Black Oath | |
| 21st May Ulster The "black oath" requires all Scots in Ulster to take an oath to the King |
| 1639 | Capture of Aberdeen | |
| 14th May Aberdeen The Royalists briefly occupy Aberdeen |
| 1639 | Capture of Dumbarton | |
| 21st Mar Dumbarton Dumbarton castle falls to the Covenanters |
| 1639 | Capture of Edinburgh | |
| 21st Mar Edinburgh Edinburgh castle falls to the Covenanters |
| 1639 | Capture of Inverness | |
| Feb Inverness The Covenantors capture Inverness |
| 1639 | Declaration of War | |
| Newburn Starts after Charles tries to enforce the English Book of Common Prayer on the Scots |
| 1639 | Parliament | |
| 30th Aug Edinburgh 1st day of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 14th Nov Edinburgh Final day of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 1639 | Rule of Ulster | |
| 21st May Ulster The "black oath" requires all Scots in Ulster to take an oath to the King |
| 1639 | Siege of Aberdeen | |
| 14th May Aberdeen The Royalists capture Aberdeen |
| 1639 | Taxation | |
| London "Ship money" is illegally raised inland in time of peace, finances Charles ' court |
| 1639 | Treaty of Berwick | |
| 18th June Berwick The treaty of Berwick ends the 1st Bishops War as Charles is forced to call a truce |
| 1640 | Assembly Opening | |
| 24th Sep York Calls an Assembly of Notables, lay & clerical |
| 1640 | Battle of Newburn | |
| 28th Aug Newburn Covenantor victory against Charles I at the battle of Newburn |
| 28th Aug Newburn The only battle of the Second Bishops ' War |
| 28th Aug Newburn Two days after the battle the city of Newcastle is surrendered to the Scots |
| 1640 | Capture of Newcastle | |
| 30th Aug Newcastle The Covenantors capture Newcastle |
| 1640 | Chamber | |
| 3rd Nov London The Long Parliament abolishes the Star Chamber |
| 1640 | Constitution | |
| 11th June Edinburgh Scotland declares its votes can become acts without the King's assent |
| 3rd Nov The Long Parliament votes that Parliament cannot be dissolved without its consent |
| 1640 | Council York | |
| 24th Sep York Charles I calls the Great Council to York |
| 1640 | Demonstrations | |
| Oct London There are demonstrations in the City of London for Charles to open Parliament |
| 1640 | Invasion of England | |
| Charles sees himself as the "Defender of the Faith" |
| The Scots invade with a crusade for presbyterianism |
| 20th Aug London Charles I leaves London for the north |
| Nov Durham The Scots advance as far as Durham |
| 1640 | Parliament | |
| London Charles 's attempted offer to cease the levying of Ship Money does not impress the Members of Parliament |
| London Parliament refuses to grant any money to Charles until its grievences are redressed |
| April London After 11 years of attempting personal rule, Charles recalls Parliament under the advice of Lord Wentworth, recently created Earl of Strafford |
| April London Charles I opens the "Short Parliament", to finance the war |
| April London Opens Parliament to finance the war |
| 13th April London Calls the 1st Parliament in 10 yrs to raise œ300,000 to fight the Scots Covenantors |
| 17th April London John Pym makes his long speech expressing the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies without a reduction of royal abuse |
| May London Dissolves Parliament after it refuses to finance the war |
| 4th May London Dissolves Parliament after failing to raise extra finances, after just 3 weeks |
| 2nd June Edinburgh 1st day, 2nd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 11th June Edinburgh Final day, 2nd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 11th June Edinburgh Scotland declares its votes can become acts without the King's assent |
| 15th July Edinburgh 1st day, 3rd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 3rd Nov London 5th & last Parliament |
| 3rd Nov London Charles recalls Parliament which refuses to fund his war against the Scots |
| 3rd Nov London Opened to maintain his army in the nth because a Scottish army had reached Durham |
| 3rd Nov London Opens the "Long Parliament" to pay his army & the Scots after the treaty of Ripon |
| 3rd Nov London Parliamentary demands lead ultimately to the English Civil War |
| 1640 | Petition Root & Branch | |
| 11th Dec The Root & Branch petition |
| 1640 | Plot | |
| London Marie de'Medici & 600 others are entertained at court, fears of a Catholic plot |
| 1640 | Reform | |
| 3rd Nov London The Long Parliament declares extra Parliamentary taxation illegal |
| 1640 | Rule of Durham | |
| 16th Oct Durham Under the terms of the Treaty of Ripon Scotland is awarded Durham |
| 26th Oct Durham The treaty of Ripon allows the Scots to keep control of Northumberland and Durham |
| 1640 | Rule of Northumberland | |
| 16th Oct Northumberland Under the Treaty of Ripon the Scots are to keep Northumberland |
| 26th Oct Northumberland The treaty of Ripon allows the Scots to keep control of Northumberland and Durham |
| 1640 | Rule of Scotland | |
| 11th June Edinburgh Scotland declares its votes can become acts without the King's assent |
| 1640 | Siege of Durham | |
| Sep Durham The Covenantors lay siege to Durham after the victory at Newburn |
| 1640 | Treaty of Covenanters | |
| Forced to sign a humiliating Treaty with the Scottish "covenanters" |
| The Scottish Covenanters resist Charles ' attempts to impose a high Church |
| 1640 | Treaty of Ripon | |
| 16th Oct Ripon The Scots keep Northumberland & Durham |
| 16th Oct Ripon The Scots will be paid œ850 per day until an English Parliament resolves final terms |
| 26th Oct Ripon Ends the Second Bishop's War between Charles I & the Scots |
| 26th Oct Ripon The 2nd Treaty of Ripon ends the 2nd Bishop's War |
| 26th Oct Ripon The treaty of Ripon allows the Scots to keep control of Northumberland and Durham |
| 3rd Nov Ripon Opens the "Long Parliament" to pay his army & the Scots after the treaty of Ripon |
| 3rd Nov Ripon Under the terms of the Treaty Charles opens Parliament |
| 1641 | Alliance | |
| 10th Aug Edinburgh Arrives in Scotland to form an alliance against Parliament |
| 1641 | Battle of Newburn | |
| Newburn Scottish Bishops occupy Newcastle & 6 northern counties after the battle of Newburn |
| 1641 | Capture of Newcastle | |
| Newcastle Scottish Bishops occupy Newcastle & 6 northern counties after the battle of Newburn |
| 1641 | Chamber | |
| 5th July The Long Parliament abolishes the Star Chamber |
| 1641 | Constitution | |
| 16th Feb Provides for minimum 50 day sessions of Parliament which must be called every 3 yrs |
| 16th Feb Signs the Triennial Act, Parliament must meet every 3 yrs |
| May The Triennial Act permits Parliament to assemble every 3 yrs without royal initiative |
| 11th May Parliament cannot be dissolved against its will |
| Aug Edinburgh Forced to grant the Scottish Parliament stronger controls than Westminster |
| 27th Nov Charles I must accept the Grand Remonstrance and allow circulation of its copies, a document that outlines the crimes that officials had accused Charles of committing during his reign |
| 1641 | Court | |
| 5th July The High Court of Charles I is abolished by the Long Parliament |
| 1641 | Demonstrations | |
| Dec London Demonstrations occur against the King, "roundheads" & "cavaliers" |
| 1641 | Dismissal | |
| London Dismisses Henry Vane as Secretary of State, leader of the opposition in Parliament |
| 1641 | Economy | |
| 7th Aug Ship Money is abolished by the Long Parliament |
| 1641 | Election | |
| Dec City of London Returns a majority for Parliament in the common council |
| 1641 | Execution of Strafford | |
| 10th May London Signs the Act of Attainder against Strafford |
| 11th May London Sends the Prince of Wales to the House of Lords to plead mercy for Strafford |
| 12th May Tower Hill Strafford is executed for treason |
| 1641 | Grand Remonstrance | |
| 28th Oct Leith News of Pym's Grand Remonstrance against the King reaches Charles I |
| 23rd Nov The Grand Remonstrance is passed in Parliament by 11 votes |
| 25th Nov Sir Ralph Hopton presents Charles I with the Grand Remonstrance |
| 27th Nov A "grand remonstrance" is carried by Parliament, listing the King's misdeeds |
| 27th Nov Charles I must accept the Grand Remonstrance and allow circulation of its copies, a document that outlines the crimes that officials had accused Charles of committing during his reign |
| 1st Dec Hampton Court Receives a deputation from Parliament delivering the Grand Remonstrance |
| 2nd Dec Continues policy of not dealing directly with the Grand Remonstrance |
| 1641 | Legislation | |
| Passes an Act abolishing Star Chamber |
| 16th Feb Charles I signsTriennial Act, which requires Parliament to meet every three years with or without the King's consent |
| 16th Feb Signs the Triennial Act, Parliament must meet every 3 yrs |
| 1641 | Lieutenant Tower | |
| Dec Tower of London Appoints Lunsford Lieutenant of the Tower but forced to cancel this by the City |
| Dec Tower of London Forced by the City to appoint John Byron as Lieutenant of the Tower |
| 1641 | |
