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Events relating to england
Parliament sends Charles I a list of political demands, the Nineteen Propositions, which it would be impossible for him to accept
Charles I, at Nottingham, raises the royal standard - signalling that he considers himself at war
Charles I leads his army into action at Edgehill - the first, but inconclusive, battle in the English Civil War
Charles I marches to within a few miles of Westminster (to Turnham Green), but withdraws without engaging the enemy
Charles I withdraws to Oxford, where he establishes his court for the rest of the war
In the first decisive battle of the English Civil War the king's nephew, Rupert of the Rhine, is heavily defeated at Marston Moor
Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell form England's first professional army, calling it the New Model Army
The royalist forces, again under the command of Rupert of the Rhine, suffer another major defeat at Naseby
With a parliamentary army surrounding royalist Oxford, Charles I escapes in disguise and heads north
Charles I puts himself in the hands of a Scottish army, opposed at the time to the English parliament
The Scottish army holding Charles I makes peace with parliament, and hands the king to parliamentary commissioners
Charles I is held at his palace of Hampton Court, as a prisoner of Cromwell and parliament
Scottish Covenanters invade England in support of the English king, Charles I, in his struggle against parliament
Parliamentary forces defeat the Scottish invaders and suppress other new outbreaks of royalist support
Colonel Thomas Pride denies entrance to the House of Commons to about 140 opponents of Cromwell's policies
Cromwell persuades the House of Commons, purged now of all opposition, that it is treason for a king to wage war against parliament
Charles I, brought to trial before 135 commissioners in Westminster Hall, refuses to recognise the court's validity
After a trial lasting a week in Westminster Hall, Charles I is convicted of treason for fighting a war against parliament
Charles I is beheaded on a scaffold erected in the street in London's Whitehall
Charles II, in the Hague, inherits the English and Scottish thrones of his executed father, Charles I
Parliament in London abolishes the monarchy in England, as 'unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous'
Parliament chooses Oliver Cromwell to chair the new English Commonwealth's council of state
John Milton becomes Latin secretary in Cromwell's council of state
James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, calculates that creation began on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC
The poems of Massachusetts author Anne Bradstreet are published in London under the title The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
