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9 de may. de 2024 · On August 20, 1640, the Covenanters invaded England for the second time, and in a spectacular military campaign they took Newcastle following the Battle of Newburn (August 28). Demoralized and humiliated, the king had no alternative but to negotiate and, at the insistence of the Scots, to recall parliament.
- The First English Civil War
English Civil Wars - 1642-46, Parliament, King Charles: The...
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- National Covenant
National Covenant, solemn agreement inaugurated by Scottish...
- Battle of Newburn
Battle of Newburn, (Aug. 28, 1640), decisive military...
- Battle of Dunbar
Battle of Dunbar, (September 3, 1650), decisive engagement...
- Battle of Edgehill
Battle of Edgehill, (Oct. 23, 1642), first battle of the...
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- English Civil Wars
In 1640 Charles was forced to summon Parliament to raise...
- The First English Civil War
6 de may. de 2024 · Charles, deeply perturbed at his second defeat, convened a council of peers on whose advice he summoned another Parliament, the Long Parliament, which met at Westminster in November 1640.
Hace 3 días · In 1639, Charles had recalled Wentworth to England and in 1640 made him Earl of Strafford, attempting to have him achieve similar results in Scotland. This time he proved less successful and the English forces fled the field at their second encounter with the Scots in 1640.
Hace 3 días · Charles surrendered to a Scottish force and after lengthy negotiations between the English and Scottish parliaments he was handed over to the Long Parliament in London. Charles refused to accept his captors' demands for a constitutional monarchy, and temporarily escaped captivity in November 1647.
Hace 3 días · In 1640, Cromwell was returned as MP for Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments, and joined the Parliamentarian army when the First English Civil War began in August 1642.
9 de may. de 2024 · Major Events: Battle of Breitenfeld. Battle of Nördlingen. Battle of Rocroi. Battle of White Mountain. Battle of Dessau. (Show more) Key People: Christian IV. Gustavus Adolphus. Axel, Count Oxenstierna. Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu. Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne. (Show more) On the Web:
Hace 4 días · GLOUCESTER 1640–60. Gloucester was renowned during the Civil War and afterwards as a parliamentary and puritan stronghold. In 1642 the Presbyterian Richard Baxter praised the inhabitants as 'a civil, courteous, and religious people', while Thomas Pury, one of the city's M.P.s, was a prominent zealot in the Long Parliament.
