Military History
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-52
- The Bishops' Wars 1639-40: Religious war between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters
- The Confederate War 1641-52: Irish Catholics against Protestant English and Scots
- The First Civil War 1642-6: Civil War in England and Wales between King and Parliament
- The Second Civil War 1648: Royalists, Scots and Presbyterians against the New Model Army
- The Third Civil War 1649-51: Charles II attempts to regain the throne of the Three Kingdoms
Foreign Wars, 1652-60
- The First Anglo-Dutch War 1652-4: Naval war between the English and Dutch republics
- The Anglo-Spanish War 1655-60: Cromwell's Protectorate in alliance with France against Spain
Battles and Sieges
- Aberdeen, 1644
- Adwalton Moor, 1643
- Aldbourne Chase, 1643
- Alford, 1645
- Alton, 1643
- Arundel, 1642
- Arundel, 1643
- Auldearn, 1645
- Barbados, 1651-2
- Basing House, 1643
- Basing House, 1644
- Basing House, 1645
- Benburb, 1646
- Birmingham, 1643
- Bolton, 1644
- Bovey Tracey, 1646
- Braddock Down, 1643
- Bradford, 1642
- Bradford 1644
- Brentford, 1642
- Bridgwater, 1645
- Bristol, 1643
- Bristol, 1645
- Cadiz, 1656
- Carbisdale, 1650
- Chalgrove Field, 1643
- Cheriton, 1644
- Cheriton order of battle
- Chester, 1645-6
- Chichester, 1642
- Clonmel, 1650
- Colby Moor, 1645
- Colchester, 1648
- Cropredy Bridge, 1644
- Devizes, 1643
- Devizes, 1645
- Donnington Castle, 1644
- Dover, 1652
- Drogheda, 1649
- Dunbar, 1650
- Dungan's Hill, 1647
- Dungeness, 1652
- Dunes, 1658
- Edgehill, 1642
- Edgehill order of battle
- Farnham, 1642
- Gabbard, the, 1653
- Gainsborough, 1643
- Galway, 1652
- Gloucester, 1643
- Grantham, 1643
- Highnam, 1643
- Hispaniola, 1655
- Hopton Heath, 1643
- Hull, 1642
- Hull, 1643
- Inverkeithing, 1651
- Inverlochy, 1645
- Jamaica, 1655
- Jersey, 1651
- Kentish Knock, 1652
- Kilkenny, 1650
- Kilsyth, 1645
- Knocknaclashy, 1651
- Knocknanuss, 1647
- Langport, 1645
- Lansdown, 1643
- Laugharne Castle, 1644
- Launceston, 1643
- Leeds, 1643
- Leghorn, 1653
- Leicester, 1645
- Lichfield, Mar 1643
- Lichfield, Apr 1643
- Limerick, 1650
- Limerick, 1651
- Liverpool, 1644
- Londonderry, 1649
- Lostwithiel, 1644
- Lyme, 1644
- Macroom, 1650
- Maidstone, 1648
- Mardyke, 1657
- Marston Moor, 1644
- Marston Moor order of battle
- Meelick Island, 1650
- Monte Cristo, 1652
- Montgomery, 1644
- Nantwich, 1644
- Naseby, 1645
- Naseby order of battle
- Newark, 1644
- Newark, 1646
- Newburn, 1640
- Newbury (First), 1643
- Newbury (First) order of battle
- Newbury (Second), 1644
- North Sea, 1652
- Oswestry, 1644
- Oxford campaign, 1644
- Pembroke, 1648
- Philiphaugh,1645
- Pill, 1644
- Plymouth, 1652
- Portsmouth, 1642
- Portland, 1653
- Porto Farina, 1655
- Powick Bridge, 1642
- Preston, 1648
- Rathmines, 1649
- Reading, 1643
- Ripple Field, 1643
- Roundway Down, 1643
- Rowton Heath, 1645
- St. Fagans, 1648
- Santa Cruz, 1657
- Scarriffhollis, 1650
- Scheveningen, 1653
- Scilly Isles, 1651
- Seacroft Moor, 1643
- Selby, 1644
- Sherborne Castle, 1645
- Sourton Down, 1643
- Stow-on-the-Wold, 1646
- Stratton, 1643
- Tadcaster, 1642
- Tecroghan, 1650
- Tenby, 1644
- Tippermuir, 1644
- Torrington, 1646
- Turnham Green, 1642
- Wakefield, 1643
- Waterford, 1649
- Waterford, 1650
- Wexford, 1649
- Winceby, 1643
- Winchester, 1642
- Winchester, 1645
- Winwick, 1648
- Worcester, 1651
- York, 1644
- York March, the, 1644
