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Conflict Europe

English Civil War

1642 CE – 1651 CE · 9 years

The war that killed a king and birthed modern democracy — Parliament's army, led by Oliver Cromwell, defeated Charles I and briefly turned England into a republic.

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English Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Parliamentarians (Roundheads)
  • Royalists (Cavaliers)

Key moments

Defining events in the English Civil War.

  1. 1642 Edgehill
  2. 1644 Marston Moor
  3. 1645 Naseby

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1642 CE and 1651 CE.

1643 CE Battle of Rocroi 1645 CE Ottoman-Venetian War of Candia 1648 CE Khmelnytsky Uprising 1648 CE The Fronde 1649 CE Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Paramaribo Landmark · Americas 1650 CE – still standing Manchu Empire Polity · East Asia 1650 CE – 1914 CE Anglo-Powhatan Wars Conflict · Americas 1610 CE – 1646 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Galileo Galilei Figure · Italy 1564 CE – 1642 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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