1644 in England - Events

Events

  • King Charles I opens a Royalist 'parliament' at Oxford.
  • 26 January - First English Civil War: At the Battle of Nantwich the Parliamentarians defeat the Royalists.
  • 21 March - First English Civil War: Prince Rupert effects the Relief of Newark.
  • 29 March - First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Cheriton.
  • 20 April–14 June - First English Civil War: Royalists besiege Lyme Regis. They do not take the town, but destroy twenty ships.
  • 25 May - First English Civil War: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert storm and take Stockport and cross the Mersey.
  • 28 May - First English Civil War: Bolton Massacre: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert kill several hundreds of the town's defenders.
  • 29 June - First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
  • 2 July - The Battle of Marston Moor, the largest battle of the English Civil War, produces a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side, ending Charles I's hold on the north of England.
  • 14 July - Queen Henrietta Maria leaves the country for France.
  • 16 July - First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces capture York.
  • 2 September - Second Battle of Lostwithiel, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
  • 22 October - Newcastle upon Tyne captured by a Scottish army led by Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven.
  • 27 October - First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Second Battle of Newbury.
  • 23 November - John Milton's Areopagitica is published.
  • 19 December - The House of Commons passes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • 25 December - Christmas falls on a date set aside for fasting by Parliament, whose supporters are enjoined to observe the fast.

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