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| Arrest of Charles I Charles I |  |
| 1st Dec The Army siezes Charles I |
| Battle of Preston Dean, Richard | |
| 19th Aug Preston The Scots are driven off by a charge of pikemen under Colonels Thomas Pride and Richard Dean |
| Battle of Preston Lambert, John | |
| 17th Aug Preston As a cavalry Commander serving under Cromwell defeats the Scottish-Royalists |
| Battle of Preston Milton, John | |
| 19th Aug Preston A small tributary of the Ribble, causes the poet John Milton later to write of "Darwen's stream with blood of Scots imbued" |
| Battle of Preston Pride, Thomas | |
| 19th Aug Preston The Scots are driven off by a charge of pikemen under Colonels Thomas Pride and Richard Dean |
| Battle of Winwick Pass Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 19th Aug Winwick Pass Fighting in the fields outside the town of Preston, the English Parliamentarian forces of Oliver Cromwell inflict a major reverse on the Anglo-Scottish Royalist army of the Duke of Hamilton |
| Birth of Sheffield Sheffield | |
| Birth of John Sheffield, only son of the 2nd Earl of Mulgrave |
| Constitution Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Agrees Parliament's decision to cease constitutional negotiations with the King |
| Before the execution of Charles I the Commons makes itself the highest body |
| Fails to persuade Charles to accept Constitutional limitations on monarchy |
| Constitution Pride, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament |
| Death of Fairfax Fairfax | |
| Death of Ferdinando Fairfax |
| Death of Herbert Herbert | |
| 20th Aug Death of Edward Herbert |
| Diplomacy Charles I | |
| London Parliament discovers Charles ' secret negotiations with Scotland |
| Exile of Somerset Somerset, Edward | |
| Forced into exile |
| Invasion of England Hamilton, James |  |
| 8th July Leads an inexperienced Army into England |
| Parliament Defection Charles I | |
| 15th Jan London Following his treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I |
| Parliament Long Pride, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament |
| Parliament Rump Fairfax, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Attempts to form a provisional Government around the Independent Members of Parliament |
| 7th Dec London Opposes Colonel Thomas Pride's purge of Parliament |
| Parliament Rump Pride, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament |
| Purge Pride's Purge Pride, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament |
| Treaty of Newport Ireton, Henry | |
| 6th Dec Newport Asks Pride to exclude from Parliament those who had voted for the Newport treaty |
| Treaty of Scotland Charles I | |
| 15th Jan London Following his treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I |
| Trial of Charles I Charles I | |
| 13th Dec London The "Rump Parliament" of 60 members votes that Charles be brought to trial |
