Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
7 17th century. 8 18th century. 9 Civil wars and revolutions. 10 See also. 11 References. 12 Sources. 13 Further reading. ... Third English Civil War (1650–1652)
Second English Civil War Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Parliamentary forces: Royalist forces Scotland: 1649 1651 Third English Civil War Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Parliamentarians: Royalists Scottish Covenanters: 1649 1653 Mughal–Safavid War: Mughal Empire: Safavid Empire: 1649 1653 Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Third English Civil War (1650–52) – the supporters of King Charles II against the supporters of the Rump Parliament; Jacobite Rebellions –A Civil war in England, Scotland, and Ireland fought over many years to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms Article by Jane Ohlmeyer arguing that the English Civil War was just one of an interlocking set of conflicts that encompassed the British Isles in the mid-17th century; Celtic Dimensions of the British Civil Wars at History Ireland; Englishcivilwar.org News, comment and discussion about the English Civil War
The First English Civil War had ended in May 1646, when Charles I surrendered to the Scottish Covenanter army in England. After failing to persuade the King to take the Covenant, the Scots finally handed him over to the commissioners of the English Parliament (the " Long Parliament ") in early 1647.
The siege of Oxford comprised the English Civil War military campaigns waged to besiege the Royalist controlled city of Oxford, involving three short engagements over twenty-five months, which ended with a Parliamentarian victory in June 1646. The first engagement was in May 1644, during which King Charles I escaped, thus preventing a formal siege.
21 March, Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold the last pitched battle of the First Civil War is a victory for the New Model Army 13 April, Siege of Exeter ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison. 5 May, Charles surrendered to a Scottish army at Southwell, Nottinghamshire