The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts between supporters of King Charles I, the Royalists, and those of Parliament, in England, with Scotland and Ireland also deeply involved. The causes included disputes over the king's power to tax and to rule without Parliament, as well as religious tensions. Parliament's New Model Army, with commanders such as Oliver Cromwell, defeated the Royalists. Charles was tried and executed in 1649, the monarchy and House of Lords were abolished, and England became a Commonwealth under Cromwell. The monarchy was restored in 1660, but the wars established that the Crown could not govern without Parliament.
Before and after
- from 7 June 1640 to 13 October 1659Reapers' War
- from 1 December 1640 to 13 February 1668Portuguese Restoration War
- 1642The Night Watch
- from 1642 to 1646First English Civil War
- from 1642 to 1651English Civil War
- 1642Invention of Pascal's calculator
- 8 January 1642Death of Galileo Galilei
- 25 December 1642Birth of Isaac Newton
- 1643Barometer
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- 13 April 1598Edict of Nantes
- 24 October 1648Peace of Westphalia
- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
The era
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