English Civil War

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  • Charles 1 of England accedes to the English throne

  • Charles dimisses Parliament

    does not call it again until 1640

  • Charles forced to sign the Treaty of Ripon

  • King Charles 1 raises his standard at Nottingham and the war commeneces

  • committee of both kingdoms orders the creation of the New Model Army

  • Battle of Stow-on-the-World the last pitched battle of the First Civil War is a victory for the New Model Army

  • "An Agreement of the People of England, and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom and safety" presented to the Rump Parliament

  • Charles 1 of England executed by beheading