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1612 CE - 1671 CE: Life of the Parliamentarian general Sir Thomas Fairfax.
1612 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax is born in Denton, North Yorkshire.
1642 CE - 1651 CE: The English Civil Wars between Parliamentarians ('Roundheads') and Royalists ('Cavaliers').
1644 CE: The Parliamentarians, with the help of Scottish troops, defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil Wars.
1645 CE: The English Parliament motions to form a new professional fighting force, the New Model Army.
1645 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax is appointed the commander of the New Model Army during the English Civil Wars.
1645 CE: The Self-Denying Ordinance forbids any member of Parliament from also being a military commander in the New Model Army.
1645 CE: The Parliamentarians led by Sir Thomas Fairfax defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil Wars.
1645 CE: The Parliamentarians led by Sir Thomas Fairfax
defeat a Royalist army led by Lord Goring near Langport in Somerset.
1645 CE: The Parliamentarians led by Sir Thomas Fairfax beseige and capture Bristol after the surrender by Prince Rupert.
1648 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax inherits from his father the title Baron Fairfax of Cameron.
1648 CE: At the Battle of Maidstone, Sir Thomas Fairfax leads the Parliamentairans to victory against a Royalist army led by the Earl of Norwich.
1648 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax leads the Parliamentarian siege which captures Colchester.
1648 CE: The New Model Army marches on Parliament to apprehend Presbyterian MPs and receive the arrears in their pay.
1650 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax resigns as commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army, refusing to lead them against Scotland.
1671 CE: Sir Thomas Fairfax dies in Yorkshire.